Astrologers get a raw deal. If we get it wrong we’re ridiculed, and our failed forecasts are seen as further evidence that astrology doesn’t work. You compare that with economists and weather forecasters. Like astrologers they frequently get it wrong, yet very few people suggest that economics and meteorology are pseudo-sciences, practised only by charlatans and fools.
As far as my own predictions are concerned, I do get it wrong – as you’ll discover if you search through this website. For example, I predicted that Obama was going to lose the 2008 Presidential Election. In terms of the stock market, at the end of April I forecast that there would not be a crash in the early Summer.
I’m not sure to what extent my prediction was wrong. In May and June there were major retreats in the stock market, though there wasn’t a crash. So maybe in that sense I was right, though cynics would say that that’s akin to predicting that aliens won’t materialise in Central Park in early 2011. However a lot of people were predicting a crash in the early Summer, and I therefore feel that my April prediction was useful.
Looking forward to the late Summer and early Autumn, I am going to be very cautious. Financial astrologers often avoid making hard predictions and instead they make conditional ones:
Given you’ve got XYZ happening in the stars, and the market happens to be hitting a new high, then expect a reversal pattern…
Anyway, I am going to start by going through the major events taking place over the next few months, events which I believe could have a bearing on the stock market.
August 13-14 Uranus moves from Aries to Pisces. In other words Uranus is crossing zero degrees Aries. This could stir things up, and create a certain amount of nervousness.
August 16 Jupiter in Aries makes a stressful, opposition aspect to Saturn in Libra. This Jupiter-Saturn contact tells us about the times we’re living in – it’s about limitation rather than growth. And coming so shortly after Uranus’ movement into Aries, there could be a growing pessimism about the prospects for the stock market. Or at the very least there could be a battle between the bulls and the bears.
August 20 Mercury starts going backwards, from the Earth’s point of view. Mercury is the planet of communication and commerce, and Mercury turning retrograde could signal a turn in the stock market. However Mercury is in Virgo, the sign of its rulership, and I’m not convinced that this event will cause much damage.
August 21 Saturn makes a 90-degree aspect to Pluto. A lot of astrologers are going to be excited about this aspect, and it certainly cranks up the pressure. But I think its influence is exaggerated.
September 8 A New Moon. People are definitely back from their Summer holidays, and its trading as normal.
September 8 Venus moves into Scorpio. Venus is the planet of money, and it doesn’t like being in this sign. Venus went into Scorpio just over a week before the October 1987 stock market crash and the fact that Venus goes into Scorpio on the same days as a New Moon could give the sign-change added significance.
September 8-9 Jupiter moves from Aries to Pisces. A planet changing sign can bring a change of energy, and coming so soon after the Venus sign-change people’s moods, and expectations, could shift.
September 18-19 A conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus. Usually this conjunction is fairly upbeat, and in general I would regard it as being more bullish than bearish. Still, it could make people nervous and impulsive, as their fingers hover over the sell or buy button.
September 21 The Sun in Virgo is opposition Jupiter in Pisces. This aspect happens once a year, and can be very dangerous. It releases a lot of energy, and can be linked with disasters. There was a Sun-Jupiter opposition on October 18 1987, the day before the 1987 Crash, which took place on October 19.
September 22 or 23 The Autumnal Equinox. In itself this is not a big deal, but given its proximity to the Sun-Jupiter opposition it could help trigger some major market movements.
September 23 A Full Moon. Full Moons happen every month, but this Full Moon falls very close to both the Sun-Jupiter opposition and the Equinox. So it’s another event that could act as a trigger.
So I have given you a long list of astrological events, but what’s the overall picture? I am not making any predictions on the basis of this list. However I do feel that September could be a very dangerous month for the stock market. The New Moon on September 8 marks the beginning of this dangerous phase, and the Full Moon on September 23 probably marks the end.
If the stock markets are looking strong through late August and early September, then the September New Moon could see the beginning of a significant reversal, especially as Venus is simultaneously going into Scorpio. If markets continue to rise, beyond the New Moon, then one should perhaps look to the week starting on Monday September 20 for major happenings.
On the plus side, I believe that if the markets can survive September, there probably won’t be any shocks for the rest of the year – in other words the danger will have passed.
However remember that I am only giving my view, and there’s a good chance that I’m wrong.
Remember also that one should never use astrology alone to make stock market forecasts. One has to use other techniques, for example economic and technical analysis.
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I get really, really annoyed with people who knock astrology, & I always say the same thing to them: “have you ever studied it? I mean, cracked a book & studied it? or did you ever have your horoscope done by a professional astrologer, or even the very good computer reports? Huh? Huh? the answer is always,,,’well, no….’ so then, SHUT UP…but I say it politely, of course…..!! Thanks for letting me vent!! Regards!!!
Your comments are a joke…look at Sept 21…supposed to be a negative sign…what did the market do…kept going up!
All your comments are either childishly vague or wrong…but not to worry…people who follow astrology won’t notice a thing!
Paul
lol
Paul,
Thanks for the comments.
As I said:
On the plus side, I believe that if the markets can survive September, there probably won’t be any shocks for the rest of the year – in other words the danger will have passed.
Which is pretty much what happened, at least so far. In other words, I was saying that if the market were going to crash in the Autumn, it would happen in September. It’s now late November, and in spite of the Irish crisis, the markets are holding up.
Archie
There is nothing predictive about astrology…there have been dozens of scientific double blind tests over the decades which prove astrologers cannot get right any better than a guess.
Why would anyone want to give an astrologer money for an opinion that has the same chance of being wrong as it has as being right?…the mind boggles!
Paul
Archie
I love reading your messages…there all so wrong!
You were convinced there was not going to be any crashes in early summer…oops…we had the biggest one day drop in Dow history beginning of May.
Then you are bearish about September…yeah…nasty old September…gotta watch that one…what areally happend…we had one of the biggest rallies in Dow history…I could go on…Archie don’t forget to keep using the get out clause…for entertainment purposes only…otherwise you could find yourself being served.
Paul
lol
Paul,
Thanks for continued interest in my website.
Yes, I got the early summer wrong, and I never denied it. As for my article about the Autumn, I was never making any concrete forecasts in it. Though I suppose when an astrologer writes something, people read into it what they want. All I was doing was stating that in September a lot of things were going on, astrologically, that astrologers associate with stock market corrections, so if the market was going to crash in the Autumn, it would probably happen by the end of September. That is different from saying that the markets will crash in September. So in the case of this article, I don’t I have anything to attract either credit or condemnation.
By the way, I know when I am wrong, and I don’t sweep my mistakes under the carpet. I try to learn from them. And I have always been quite clear that you cannot use astrologer alone to predict market movements. As I wrote at the end of the article:
However remember that I am only giving my view, and there’s a good chance that I’m wrong.
Remember also that one should never use astrology alone to make stock market forecasts. One has to use other techniques, for example economic and technical analysis.
By the way, are you as down on economists and technical analysts as you are on astrologers?
Archie
You are either right or wrong…that’s what astrology is all about…astrology could not foretell the biggest one day crash in DJIA HISTORY…astrologers get it wrong more times that they get it right…why do you people delude yourselves!
No one can foretell the future any better than a guess…that includes economists and tech analysists…and that’s scientifically proven.
Paul
Any form of forecasting is about being attempting to be right. But you can’t judge astrology on the basis of one, single event. In the same way, you wouldn’t judge a new drug on the basis of how one patient responded to it.
My view on astrology and the stock markets is clear. I have said that astrology on it’s own can’t predict market movements. It needs to be used alongside other techniques.
Archie
I am not judging astrology on one event…that’s not scientific.
I am judging the millions of astrologers around the world who did not see that event coming.
There is no predictive value in astrology or tech analysis…even when combined you still have a zero predictive value.
Do people actually give you money for nothing better than a guess…talk about money for old rope.
Paul.
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