Combining alignment effects: assessing bullish and bearish influences

(8 March 2026) Stocks fell across the board last week as investors reacted to the US-Israel attack on Iran.  Oil prices spiked as Iran closed the Straits of Hormuz, a strategic bottleneck for the world's supply of oil and natural gas. The selling was not unexpected given the ongoing bearish influence of several key alignments: the 105-degree Jupiter-Saturn alignment, the Mercury Rx-Venus and Mercury Rx-Sun conjunctions and the approaching triple conjunction of the Mercury Rx, Mars and the North Lunar Node. But how much lower could stocks go?  This is hard to say based on our analysis.  Our backtesting only looks at average and median outcomes and thus...

Markets sink on Iran war, Mercury Rx conjunctions

(4 March 2026)  US stocks are down are so far this week as investors weigh the geopolitical fallout of the US-Israeli attack on Iran. ...

Stocks fall after Mercury turns retrograde; Iran attack unsettles markets

(1 March 2026)  US stocks finished modestly lower last week on higher-than-expected wholesale inflation data and renewed worries over the negative economic impact of...

Stocks vulnerable before Saturn-Pluto alignment

(25 February 2026)  So far this week US stocks have been choppy with a slight bearish bias as most indexes have moved lower. This...

Feb 28: Mercury retrograde conjunct Venus

(22 February 2026)  US stocks ended the week higher as markets rallied after Friday's Supreme Court decision struck down Trump's tariff policy. Even with...

This week’s hidden Jupiter-Saturn aspect

(18 February 2026)  Synopsis: Thursday's "hidden" Jupiter-Saturn alignment introduces some downside risk to the market over the next week or two. Evidence from previous...

After its ingress, Saturn conjoins Neptune

(15 February 2026) Stocks generally moved lower last week on growing fears that AI disruption could undermine profitability in several economic sectors.  While technology...

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