(26 April 2026)  Stocks were mixed last week as growing doubts about the US-Iran peace talks were offset by strong semiconductor earnings led by Intel.  While the NASDAQ and the S&P 500 hit new record highs, the Dow and the NYSE Composite were down modestly on the week.

This mixed performance was not unexpected given 1) the bullish influence of the April 25 septile (51.4 degrees) aspect of Saturn and Uranus and 2) the potentially bearish influence of the separation of Jupiter’s conjunction with the NYSE Ascendant at 23 degrees of sidereal Gemini.  Since these contradictory influences are likely to remain active this week, let’s dive a bit deeper into their respective effects.

As our previous study showed, the Saturn-Uranus septile is a bullish influence both before and after its exact 51.4 degree alignment.  However, its bullish effects tend to be focused more in the period after the exact septile alignment.  With the current alignment coming exact on April 25, this would tend to be a bullish influence over the next two weeks at least.

The updated cumulative trend chart below shows the current alignment (red line) is greatly outpacing the average and median lines for this septile.  Does this mean we should expect some mean reversion in the coming days as the red line may move lower in order to connect up with its long term average and medians?  Not necessarily as we will find out below…

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