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(2 April 2019) Stocks have moved higher
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These gains are in keeping with expectations as I suggested that last week's entry of life. While nothing is fated, some planetary
Jupiter into sidereal Sagittarius was likely to correlate with some upside. The bullish patterns strongly incline us towards
outlook was even more likely due to the midweek Venus-Uranus-Chiron alignment. This particular life outcomes.
prevailing optimism is a reflection of the approaching Jupiter retrograde station on April
10. As I have noted previously, stocks were likely to trend higher leading into that date
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due to the generally bullish influence of Jupiter.
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But all this optimism may not last. Jupiter's influence is likely to wane fairly soon after update on the financial markets and discuss
April 10. And as it happens, Mercury begins its transit of sidereal Pisces on April 11. how changing planetary positions may be
(Please note that I use the traditional Indian sidereal zodiac and not the Western tropical reflecting developments in the political and
zodiac to calculate sign transits.) This is a potentially negative influence on the stock economic spheres. While it aims to be
market because Mercury is said to do poorly in the sign of Pisces (the Fish). Mercury is the
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planet of logic and analytical discrimination and is closely associated with commercial predictive, I take a
activities such as trading and investing. Pisces has an almost diametrically opposite probabilistic view of
symbolism of empathy, sensitivity, intuition, and transcendent knowledge. Since the future trends.
energies of Mercury do not fit well in Pisces, it is said to be debilitated in this sign.
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In terms of financial astrology, Mercury's transit of Pisces has a somewhat bearish effect. issues, there are also some
To be clear, this transit is only one factor out of many and therefore is usually not the posts that examine other
determining factor of whether the market rises or falls. But recent transits through Pisces events from an astrological
suggests the market does relatively worse during its two or three week transit period. And perspective. Using a blend of Vedic and
even if it finishes higher by the end of the Pisces transit, there is often a pullback of some Western systems of interpretation, we can
size during the transit. see how symbolic correlations emerge
between the stars and the worlds of politics,
business, and entertainment.
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2015 Mar 28 - Apr 11 +2.0%
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2016 Mar 19 - Apr 2 +1.3%
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2018 Mar 1 - May 9 (incl. Rx) -1.0% Archive 2015
2019 Apr 11 - May 2 ???
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Indeed, some Pisces transit periods have been positive as in 2015 and 2016. And yet there
is usually a good reason why stocks might rise in those anomalous Mercury-in-Pisces Archive 2003-2008
periods. In 2015, Mercury was conjunct the Sun and Uranus alongside Ketu and all of
those planets were aspected by bullish Jupiter in Cancer, its sign of exaltation. Overall, that
is a classic astrological signature for a rising stock market. In 2016, Mercury was also Subscribe to Free Newsletter
conjunct the Sun and Uranus so this set up a more bullish baseline for Mercury's transit
through Pisces.
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Fast forward to today. From April 11 to May 2, Mercury will again transit Pisces. Besides
The origins of Vedic
the approaching Saturn retrograde station in late April, this is another reason to expect a
astrology (or "Jyotish" in
rise in volatility. Also we can see the situation of Mercury will be quite mixed. Uranus has
Sanskrit) can be traced back
moved out of Pisces and into Aries now so it lacks that bullish co-factor. Mercury's
thousands of years into the
dispositor, Jupiter, is strong in its own sign of Sagittarius, so that could support sentiment
hazy mists of antiquity.
somewhat. However, we should note that Jupiter will move back into the less commodious
Unlike Western astrology,
confines of Scorpio on April 24 so that could have somewhat negative knock-on effect upon
however, Vedic astrology has
Mercury.
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The bottom line is the stock market will be more prone to declines in April, especially after
the Jupiter station on the 10th and Mercury enters Pisces on the 11th.
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The outlook for this week is also not looking great. We could eke out another up day on
Wednesday (Apr 3) but the late week looks less positive as Mercury is aspected by Saturn
while the Sun and Moon are in a tense 90-degree alignment with Saturn. Friday's US jobs
report is therefore more likely to correlate with some downside.
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