Tag: Lunar Nodes

(28 September 2025)  US stocks finished the week slightly lower as markets began to price in a possible government shutdown after September 30.  The decline coincided with the Mars-Pluto square and Mars crossing the ecliptic, both of which hinted at possible weakness.  However, as I noted in last week's post, the past performance of these alignments was quite unremarkable and did not present a compelling case for significant downside. The planetary highlights this week involve Mercury and Venus.  Mercury is due to cross the ecliptic on Tuesday (and thus conjoin...