Weekly column: Geocosmic forces shaping global markets

Review

What an event!

The MMA 2024 Investment Retreat was greater than I ever imagined. The presenters offered remarkable new research and offered valuable strategies for long-term investing in the stock market (U.S., German, Hang Seng), Gold, Silver, Copper, U.S. Dollar, Euro, Yen, T-Notes, Real Estate, Crude Oil, and Wheat. The presentation on Wheat revealed a remarkable correlation of droughts to the Saturn/Neptune cycle, and a low-cost investment to add to one’s investment portfolio.

Additionally, the presentations at the end of Friday and Saturday by renowned Mundane Astrologers Claude Weiss and Aleksandar Imsiragic, covering world conditions through the end of this decade, were off-the-charts. They included in depth analysis of future trends for Russia, China, Taiwan, Ukraine, Poland and other “hot spots” coming up in the world. Everyone (all 80+ attendees) was enthralled, which led to extremely lively round table interactions to close out each day. The entire event was amazing, from the brilliance of the presenters to the community bonding that formed amongst the participants. Please see “Announcements” at the end of this week’s column for more information.

Now to the markets. This is proving to be a very bullish period for global stock indices following the recent lunar eclipse conjunct Neptune and making a grand trine to Uranus and Pluto on September 18. In fact, this could be a harbinger of what to expect as we enter the “Aries Vortex” next spring as Saturn begins its 36-year conjunction with Neptune at – guess what? – 0° Aries, the “World Point.” This will also be the midpoint of Uranus trine Pluto. It’s also the midpoint in time of the “New Aira” (2020-2032) that started with the Jupiter/Saturn conjunction of December 21, 2020, in 0° Aquarius, ushering in this Techno-Renaissance we have been experiencing, and will continue with astounding innovations for the rest of this decade. Those are the stock sectors leading this global financial revolution.

But back to the present. All global indices were bullish last week. In Asia and the Pacific Rim, Australia’s ASX and India’s Nifty made new all all-time highs on Friday. Japan’s Nikkei is knocking at the door of the same. Hong Kong and China had huge rallies, ending their longer-term being trends.

In Europe, Germany’s DAX continued its explosion to new all-time highs on Friday. The Netherlands AEX also had a good week, but like the Zurich SMI and London FTSE, failed to make new all-time highs (so far). This could be a sign of intermarket bearish divergence, although it looks more like the DAX is just the leader.

In the U.S. there is also a continuing case of intermarket bearish divergence as both the S&P and DJIA soared to new all-time highs. But the usual leader, the NASDAQ, still struggles and remains well short of its all-time high made back in mid-July when the powerful conjunction of Mars-Uranus-Algol took place. It seems like the stock markets of the world do well under hard aspects this year. In fact, they seem to be doing well under all aspects this year, perhaps related to the 14-year Jupiter/Uranus conjunction of April 20 that was the focus point of the Forecast 2024 Book that projected something like this would happen this year.

These explosive rallies have not been limited to stocks. Gold made another new all-time high on Thursday, one day after we issued a Special Report to all MMA subscribers on the yellow metal. That report is available to anyone who orders a subscription to a MMA Subscription Report. I think it will prove to be a very valuable guide for Gold trading these next few weeks. Bitcoin also had an excellent week, breaking out above the neckline of a bullish inverted head and shoulders pattern, right in line with a recent report we had sent out here as well. BTC is nearing its all-time high too, after a difficult few months.

Short-term geocosmics

“Many blame human nature, that there is something wrong with human nature that causes us to be so self-destructive. The problem is not with our nature It’s with our information. If you give good people bad information, they make bad decisions. They make self-destructive decisions… The basic misunderstanding is about what information is. Information isn’t truth. The basic function of information is not to reveal the truth. Its basic function is to connect large numbers of people into networks. The easiest way to connect people is not with truth, but with fictions, fantasies, and mass delusions.” Yuval Noah Harari, “We Are on the Verge of Destroying Ourselves,” YouTube, Amanpour and Company, September 16, 2024.

A lot has happened in financial markets over the past two weeks, following the lunar eclipse conjunct Neptune (and trine Uranus and Pluto). Several stock indices and Gold made new all-time highs. Silver and Bitcoin are on the move up. All this euphoria has been created by central banks lowering their benchmark interest rates on that lunar eclipse conjunct Neptune.

Now the question is: How long can this euphoria (and bullishness) last under the Jupiter waning square to Saturn aspect that is in effect until mid-June 2025? We also need to bear in mind the important Saturn in a waxing semi-square to Pluto aspect that began in early May and will last through January 27, 2025. This one is important because it’s second passage just took place in the middle of last week as many stock indices and Gold made new all-time highs. These are two important long-term geocosmic signatures, which I addressed at last week’s MMA Investment Retreat, related to the past performance of the DJIA. The presentation also reviewed the data related to the Saturn/Neptune conjunction of February 2026 +/- 10 months, and on the midpoint of 2025-2027 Aries Vortex. Important things are happening now in the cosmos. Bigger things are coming up.

Aside from those long-term transiting aspects, next week will also witness a solar eclipse at 10° Libra on October 2. It does not make any major aspects to other planets, nor are there other major planetary aspects in effect to one another taking place. But the eclipse may be important by the simple fact that it finds the Sun and Moon both in air signs. Air-air combinations are important solar/lunar reversal signatures, especially for Silver. That is, when the Sun is in an air sign, the 3-4 times during the month that also finds the Moon in an air sign usually coincides with at least one of those 2-3-day intervals coinciding with a steep sell off in Silver. The first of these four in this instance was last Monday, which was not a steep sell off. The second will be this Wednesday and Thursday. The third and fourth instances will occur Friday, October 12, and then Monday, October 21. These latter two are mostly over a weekend, so we will want to pay close attention to the one that occurs this week with the solar eclipse.

The following week may be more important from a geocosmic standpoint for it will be heavily weighted with Jupiter aspects. On October 8, Mercury will trine Jupiter, one day before the “big guy” (Jupiter) turns retrograde (conjunct Donald Trump’s natal Sun). On October 13, the Sun will make a waxing square to Jupiter. If Trump is going to get momentum back in his favor, this is the time to do so.

Amidst these fine Jupiter dynamics, there are also two Pluto signatures of importance: Pluto turns direct October 11 and is then squared by Mercury as it enters Scorpio, Pluto’s home field, on October 13. Someone gains and someone loses. As written before, whoever is leading in the polls September 10-October 10 tends to lose momentum (and often the race) in several of the most recent elections. I think it is safe to say that Kamala Harris has been leading in the polls. Now comes the test to see if she can make it to the finish line. Perhaps she is the one to reflect the Pluto signatures as they are in hard aspect to her own natal Mercury in early Scorpio. She must be careful of what she says now, or of information about her past that may be sensationalized. Mercury/Pluto or Mercury/Scorpio combinations can pertain to times of exposure regarding something that has been hidden, kept secret, or an effort to undermine one in some way. The term “muckraking” comes to mind with Mercury/Pluto combinations.

Hold onto your seats. This is the last month before the election. It is not going to be calm. It’s not going to be boring, although I am certain that many will be more than happy once it is over, and life returns to normal. Except, life may not be returning to any kind of “normal” for the rest of this decade. Think excitement, newness, and innovation and embrace change (for the better, if possible). It is a “New Aira.”