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YOUR WEEKLY ASTRO-TRADING PLAN
IN THIS ISSUE:
Comment
Saturn Comes Back
Too Many Stations
Collards and Motherboards
Housing and Holiday Shopping
Pre-Publication Discounts
The Week Ahead in Earnings
The Economic Calendar
Astrological Dynamics
Spiritual Focus for the Week
Global Equities Markets
U.S. Equity Trends
Financial Cycles Model Portfolio
Market Sector Strength and Weakness
Astro-Trading Gann Plan Calendar
Stocks to Watch
COMMENT: My thanks to all of you who have expressed
concern and offered me suggestions after getting the news about my computer crash last week.
The Thanksgiving holiday provided a little extra time to work on getting a new computer up
and running, and I’m grateful that I’ve been able to get most of my operations
going again.
The actual hardware failure was a good bit more extensive than I had at first imagined. What
I initially thought was just a balky power switch turned out to be “a completely fried
motherboard,” in the words of the technician who tried in vain to rescue me. Although
there was relatively little damage to essential data on the hard drive, the situation called
for an entirely new machine, complete reinstallation of key software, and a seemingly endless
stream of obstacles and complications.
PART ONE OF A SATURN RETURN
I should have known that I could expect some challenges of this sort, but in the real world
who deals with every potential disaster proactively? Certainly not me, at least not where
my own life and livelihood are concerned. As an astrologer, I’m a lot like the barefooted
shoemaker—I spend most of my time pouring over horoscopes for clients, analyzing the
markets, and refining my skills at astro-trading. As a result, I put far too little energy
into looking at my own chart and forecasting the particulars of my personal life.
In this case, however, there are a couple of key bits of information that are
relevant to the situation. They testify both to the unusual seriousness of the circumstances
and to the degree to which I have been particularly negligent in servicing myself as a client.
For starters, with the coming Saturn station in about 10 days, I will be experiencing the
opening phases of my second Saturn return, which is a cosmic process that won’t be complete
for me until late next summer. Saturn returns are significant because they only come around
about every 30 years, and typically mark important life turning points.'
“What’s your Saturn return going to be about?” Patty asked
me several weeks ago. “Do you need to be concerned about your health?”
With my usual optimism, I told her than in my case the transit of Saturn to
its natal position would more likely be focused on the processes and structures of communication
that I use in my daily life, giving me an opportunity to bring greater clarity and efficiency
to the way that I connect with the world around me.
That was an accurate statement, of course, but I didn’t specifically
mention computers. They aren’t usually associated with Saturn, which has to do with
limitations and barriers, with bones and aging, and with heavy things that get in the way,
like rocks and pieces of lead. Or, for that matter, like dead computers with fried motherboards.
A DOUBLE STATION EVENT
I also neglected to give adequate attention to the potential personal impact of the stations
of Mercury and Uranus just a few days apart—Mercury ended its three-week retrograde
period and went direct on November 17, and Uranus made its direct station on November 20,
just hours before the New Moon.
There’s a funny thing about Mercury retrograde periods. The retrograde
time itself is well-known as a period in which communication, transportation, and commerce
can all go wrong. It’s not a good time for signing contracts or launching new projects.
The conventional wisdom is that such matters are better left until after Mercury resumes direct
motion.
What’s interesting is that in many cases a Mercury retrograde period
will end, the direct station will pass, and THEN all hell breaks lose with Mercury-related
catastrophes. There are car wrecks, interpersonal blowups, misunderstandings and missed messages.
Communications get snarled. And yes, there are technological malfunctions, too.
In modern astrology, technology is associated with the planet Uranus. Radio,
television, airplanes, and computers are all said to have an affinity with that planet’s
phases and changes. So when Uranus makes one of its annual direct stations, and that event
happens to take place just a couple of days after a Mercury station, it’s not at all
surprising to experience some computer woes.
HOME COOKING
The fact is, I was actually fairly well prepared for computer problems, or at least I thought
I was. I’m actually rather proud of the fact that I had been reasonably diligent about
backing up my hard drive. I managed to salvage a large percentage of my data. But a fried
motherboard just wasn’t on the menu.
Even so, I’m determined to make the best of a difficult situation. Maybe
there’s even a use for fried motherboard! With the right kind of barbeque seasoning,
it could become a new delicacy in Southern down-home cooking, and with the addition of some
corn bread and collard greens on the side, it may even make a palatable meal.
THE ROAD AHEAD FOR THE MARKETS
Right now we have a mixed bag of technical indicators. There are good reasons to be bearish
right now, with market astrology adding its voice to the cautionary chorus. There’s
definitely a potentially strong correction waiting in the wings. Even so, there are also good
arguments that we haven’t yet seen the top to the market rally at this point. For example,
a quick glance at the monthly chart for the NASDAQ Composite reveals a trading channel that
has a long way to go before it reaches the highs of early 2000.
We are continuing to see signs of economic weakness, most notably in the real
estate sector. That means the upcoming announcements about home sales will be especially worth
watching, along with some figures that haven’t been getting adequate attention—the
number of mortgage foreclosures. While that number is up substantially, I think it is unlikely
to compare with what we will see once more ARMs start adjusting and more cash-strapped home
owners and bag holders find it increasingly difficult to keep up with their mortgage payments.
And with substantial loss in equity, there will certainly be serious repercussions in lending,
interest rates, and consumer spending. It’s not a pretty picture.
That particular doomsday scenario isn’t likely to play out for at least
a few more months, however. In the meantime, with eager consumers knocking down the doors
to kick off the holiday shopping season and with the historically most treacherous stock market
months now safely behind us, we can anticipate the current market enthusiasm to swell into
resounding ho-ho-ho’s in the weeks ahead.
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THE WEEK AHEAD IN EARNINGS
This week we will be keeping an eye on the earnings announcements from Donaldson Company (DCI),
Chico’s FAS, Inc. (CHS), Dress Barn (DBRN), Tiffany and Company (TIF), Aeropostale,
Inc. (ARO), Brown-Forman Corporation (BFB), H+R Block Inc. (HRB), H.J. Heinz Company (HNZ),
and The Cheesecake Factory (CAKE). THE ECONOMIC CALENDAR
The economic headlines for the week are likely to come from the latest numbers on ICSC-UBS
Store Sales, Durable Goods Orders, Existing Home Sales, Consumer Confidence, MBA Purchase
Applications, the EIA Petroleum Status Report, Corporate Profits, GDP, New Home Sales, Jobless
Claims, the EIA Natural Gas Report, Personal Income and Outlays, the Help Wanted Index, the
National Association of Purchasing Mangers Chicago Report, Farm Prices, Construction Spending,
the ISM Manufacturing Index, Motor Vehicle Sales, and the Money Supply.
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser will be speaking
in Rochester, New York on Tuesday and in Philadelphia on Friday, and New York Federal Reserve
Bank President Timothy Geithner will no doubt get some press when he speaks on a panel Wednesday
morning at the National Conference on the Securities Industry in New York. But the real center
of attention this week is more likely to be Fed Chairman Ben Shalom Bernanke. He’ll
be in front of the National Italian American Foundation in New York on Tuesday, and will be
very much in the spotlight on Friday when he opens the International Research Forum on Monetary
Policy at the Federal Reserve in Washington. The session will be especially noteworthy because
it also includes participation from the European Central Bank.
ASTROLOGICAL DYNAMICS
As a whole, the week ahead promises to be a positive one for stocks. Transiting Jupiter will
be soon be forming an opposition to the midpoint of transiting Saturn and transiting Uranus,
and we can expect the results of that planetary interaction to start playing out, first with
a further intensification of the upward mood of the markets, and then with a short-term corrective
blip. Throughout the coming week, we will be getting the positive side of that equation; the
short-term potential for a positive bias in the markets remains in place until about December
3 or 4.
There are several times when a void-of-course Moon will keep us away from active
trading this week, including virtually the entire trading day on Monday, all of Wednesday
afternoon, and the last couple of hours of trading on Friday.
There’s lots of Neptune action to keep speculation going this week, including
a Mercury/Neptune square on Tuesday and a Venus/Neptune sextile on Thursday. Both of these
aspects are playing out against the background of the current Saturn/Neptune opposition, a
sober indicator that not all speculation is to be trusted. But Neptune is also conjunct Cupido
in the chart for the New York Stock Exchange, a factor which may explain some of the market’s
persistently bullish attitude.
Speaking of the NYSE chart, we should also take note of the fact that transiting
Uranus is currently square the NYSE Apollon, something that adds extra volatility to the trading
environment. The volatility of Uranus can send the market skyrocketing or it can yank it back
down to earth in a hurry, and with a Mars/Saturn square this week we may see some unpleasantness
on the trading floor and in the geopolitical environment as well.
Throughout this week we will be tracking geocentric fourth-harmonic planetary
lines (G,90,N,-2) for Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Cupido, Hades, and Admetos, using
the Fibonacci/Galactic Trader software from P.A.S. to follow the active planetary support
and resistance in real time.
Have a great week!
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SPIRITUAL FOCUS FOR THE WEEK
Many of history's most successful traders have clearly understood that emotional equilibrium
is the key to effective trading. Through Practical Spiritual Astrology we have an opportunity
to restore inner harmony, enhance emotional balance, and make wiser choices in the markets.
There’s a tough struggle going on right now between our heart-felt push
toward more expansive and loving possibilities and our judgmental inner voices that keep warning
us to get serious and protect ourselves. While there’s certainly no doubt about which
side of this internal argument represents a calling toward higher spiritual accomplishments,
we may find ourselves a bit perplexed by the amount of emotional stress this debate provokes.
As much as we would like to remain serene and blissfully detached from emotional drama, we
would be better off if we understood the true role that our extreme emotions play: they compel
us to break through the limitations of our old paradigms, catapulting us into more advanced
evolutionary states, whether we feel ready for them or not!
"You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful—and
neglected—secret to success and happiness… The world is full of genies waiting
to grant your wishes." --Percy Ross
'For more astrologically-based spiritual insights and a free subscription to
our monthly e-zine, be sure to visit www.PracticalSpiritualAstrology.com.
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GLOBAL EQUITIES MARKETS
With the exception of Tokyo, stocks in the Pacific Rim posted respectable gains for the week.
In Europe, however, equities prices took substantial losses, while in the U.S. the smaller-cap
issues faired nicely while the blue chips suffered.
Dow Jones Industrial Average – down 0.51%
Dow Jones Transportation Average – down 0.05%
Dow Jones Utilities Average – up 0.16%
S+P 500 – down 0.02%
NASDAQ Composite Index – up 0.59%
Russell 2000 – up 0.51%
London FTSE-100 – down 2.12%
Paris CAC-40 – down 2.11 %
Frankfurt DAX – down 0.48%
Sydney All Ordinaries – up 1.26%
Tokyo Nikkei Index – down 2.66%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index – up 0.55%
Singapore Straits Times Index – up 0.58%
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U.S. EQUITY TRENDS
In spite of increasingly severe indications of economic weakness, all of our market trend
indicators are now bullish. While it won’t take much to trigger a significant correction,
our analysis shows that there’s sufficient head room available for continuing action
to the upside.
In the S+P 500 we have August 18 buy signals in place for the short term and the intermediate
term, conforming to our long-term trend assumptions. A close for the S+P below 1168 will signal
a long-term bearish trend, with a close below 1219 turning our intermediate-term indicator
bearish, and a close below 1261 generating a sell signal for the short term.
The Russell 2000 is on a November 14 buy signal. A daily close below 746 will reverse our
short-term indicator, while a close below 668 will flip our intermediate-term buy signal and
a close below 614 will move our long-term indicator for the Russell to the sell side.
Our indicators for the NASDAQ all remain on the plus side. The NASDAQ Composite is now on
a September 1 short-term buy signal, an October 13 intermediate-term buy signal, and an October
13 long-term buy signal. A daily close below 2134 will flip our short-term indicator back
to the sell side, with a daily close below 2039 needed to bring the intermediate indicator
back to the sell side and a daily close below 2027 required for a reversal of the long-term
buy signal.
S+P 500 -- Long-Term Bullish; Intermediate-Term Bullish; Short-Term Bullish
NASDAQ -- Long-Term Bullish; Intermediate-Term Bullish; Short-Term Bullish
RUSSELL 2000 -- Long-Term Bullish; Intermediate-Term Bullish; Short-Term Bullish
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FINANCIAL CYCLES MODEL PORTFOLIO POSITIONS CLOSED DURING
THE PREVIOUS WEEK: KMX, PBCT.
We closed two positions in the Model Portfolio last week, with two losers bringing us a net
loss of $250.00.
On 11/24/06 we sold 200 shares of CarMax Inc. (KMX) at 45.99, taking a loss of $142.00 (a
1.52% loss in 4 trading days) and reversing our position to a short sale at 45.99.
On 11/24/06 we sold 200 shares of Peoples Bank Bridgeport Connecticut (PBCT) at 44.01, taking
a loss of $108.00 (a 1.21% loss in 12 trading days).
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POSITIONS ADDED TO THE PORTFOLIO DURING THE PREVIOUS
WEEK: GM, KMX, SOHU.
We added two long positions and one short position to the Model Portfolio last week.
We bought 300 shares of General Motors Corporation (GM) at 31.40 on 11/24/06, with an initial
stop set at 29.00.
We sold short 200 shares of CarMax (KMX) at 45.99 on 11/24/06, with an initial buy stop at
47.25.
We bought 400 shares of Sohu.Com Inc. (SOHU) at 25.42 on 11/24/06, with an initial stop set
at 24.00.
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REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MODEL PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY
So far this year we have had a total of 164 completed trades, with 68 winners and 96 losers
bringing us a total net profit of $10,147.00. The largest profit for a single trade has been
$2,595.00, with our winners averaging $501.22; the largest single-trade loss has been $949.00,
with our losers averaging $252.97. The overall average profit per trade has been $61.87, and
the mean duration of our trades has been 9.2 trading days.
During 2005 we had a total of 200 completed trades, with 79 winners and 121 losers bringing
us a total net profit of $14,993.00. The largest profit for a single trade was $4,884.00,
with our winners averaging $630.55; the largest single-trade loss was $956.00, with our losers
averaging $304.42. The overall average profit per trade was $74.97. The mean duration of our
trades was 10.4 trading days.
During 2004 we had a total of 213 completed trades, with 104 winners and 109 losers bringing
us a total net profit of $48,913.50. The largest profit for a single trade was $5,645.00;
the largest single-trade loss was $750.00; the average profit per trade was $229.64. The mean
duration of our trades was 10.3 trading days.
During 2003 we had a total of 176 completed trades, with 99 winners and 77 losers bringing
us a total net profit of $51,717.00. The largest profit for a single trade was $9,240.00;
the largest single-trade loss was $1,170.00; the average profit per trade was $293.85. The
mean duration of our trades was 10.1 trading days.
During 2002 we had a total of 195 completed trades, with 119 winners, 74 losers, and 2 break-even
trades bringing us a total net profit of $50,956.00. The largest profit for a single trade
was $5,100.00; the largest single-trade loss was $1,055.00; the average profit per trade was
$261.31. The mean duration of our trades was 12.7 trading days.
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CURRENT POSITIONS IN THE MODEL PORTFOLIO
Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM) – sold short 200 shares at 49.31 on 11/17/06; currently
50.45. Lower buy stop to 51.20.
CarMax Inc. (KMX) – sold short 200 shares at 45.99 on 11/24/06; currently 46.07. Lower
buy stop to 47.00.
Factset Research Systems (FDS) – bought 200 shares at 52.97 on 11/17/06; currently 53.62.
Raise stop to 52.70.
General Motors Corporation (GM) – bought 300 shares at 31.40 on 11/24/06; currently
31.23. Raise stop to 30.49.
Landstar System Inc. (LSTR) – bought 200 shares at 44.33 on 11/03/06; currently 46.42.
Raise stop to 46.15.
Sempra Energy (SRE) – bought 200 shares at 54.10 on 11/14/06; currently 54.51. Raise
stop to 54.20.
Sohu.Com Inc. (SOHU) – bought 400 shares at 25.42 on 11/24/06; currently 25.20. Raise
stop to 24.60.
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MARKET SECTOR STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS
STRONGEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Copper; Metal Fabrication; Diversified Investments; Office REITs; Personal Computers.
WEAKEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Office Supplies; Drug Stores; Personal Products; Computer Based Systems; Major Automobile
Manufacturers.
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ASTRO-TRADING GANN PLAN:
ASTROLOGICAL EVENTS DURING THE COMING WEEK
"I know in each moment I am free to decide."
Whether you are day-trading or just looking for optimum entry and exit points during the course
of a particular trading day, an awareness of the intraday astrological aspects at work can
alert you to significant opportunities and potential pitfalls. The events on our weekly calendar
are calculated for New York time, but are listed around the clock and throughout the week
so you can apply them to Forex, to global markets or to events outside of your trading day
as well.
November 26
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Jupiter 04:17 EST
Heliocentric Mercury enters Virgo 05:00 EST
Venus sextile Zeus in right ascension 05:45 EST
Mercury trine Uranus in right ascension 07:08 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 07:55 EST
Venus contraparallel Hades in right ascension 12:47 EST
Heliocentric Venus quintile Heliocentric Zeus 13:28 EST
Venus contraparallel Hades 14:25 EST
Mercury parallel Poseidon in right ascension 14:47 EST
Mercury parallel Poseidon 15:15 EST
Heliocentric Venus semisquare Heliocentric Poseidon 18:05 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Kronos 18:48 EST
Mars quintile Chiron 20:23 EST
Mars opposition Admetos in right ascension 20:38 EST
Mars opposition Admetos 21:06 EST
Sun square 08/28/07 Lunar Eclipse point 23:07 EST
November 27
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Saturn 00:09 EST
Mercury contraparallel Saturn 01:00 EST
Mercury contraparallel Saturn in right ascension 01:10 EST
Venus conjunct Cupido 02:13 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Mars 04:21 EST
Mars contraparallel Admetos in right ascension 04:38 EST
Venus conjunct Cupido in right ascension 04:58 EST
Heliocentric Earth square Heliocentric Mercury 05:34 EST
Mars contraparallel Admetos 06:07 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 08:00-15:21 EST
Sun quintile Neptune 11:08 EST
Venus square 03/03/07 Lunar Eclipse point 11:51 EST
Sun contraparallel Vulcanus in right ascension 13:33 EST
Mercury in 24th Harmonic to Jupiter 13:54 EST
Sun contraparallel Vulcanus 15:13 EST
Heliocentric Venus quincunx Heliocentric Admetos 16:02 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Poseidon 17:09 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Hades 18:32 EST
Sun sextile Chiron 19:33 EST
Heliocentric Venus semisquare Heliocentric Chiron 20:39 EST
Heliocentric Venus quincunx Heliocentric Vulcanus 20:56 EST
Pluto opposition Hades in right ascension 21:58 EST
November 28
Sun square 10/17/05 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 01:35 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 01:40 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Chiron 02:09 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Vulcanus 02:14 EST
Heliocentric Jupiter enters Sagittarius 02:16 EST
True Lunar Node direct station 05:48 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Apollon 06:12 EST
Venus square Uranus in right ascension 06:36 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Zeus 06:59 EST
Mars trine Vulcanus 08:05 EST
Heliocentric Venus sextile Heliocentric Apollon 08:38 EST
Sun parallel Cupido in right ascension 17:57 EST
Heliocentric Venus opposition Heliocentric Hades 19:42 EST
Mercury square Neptune 19:47 EST
Sun parallel Cupido 19:52 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Cupido 21:12 EST
Mars square Saturn 21:59 EST
True Lunar Node retrograde station 22:52 EST
November 29
Mars trine True Lunar Node in right ascension 00:02 EST
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Uranus 02:12 EST
Venus square 09/07/06 Lunar Eclipse point 03:21 EST
Heliocentric Earth quintile Heliocentric Saturn 04:44 EST
Heliocentric Mars sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Kronos 08:13 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Kronos 08:26 EST
Heliocentric Venus conjunct Heliocentric Pluto 08:37 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Chiron 09:44 EST
Mars semisextile Apollon 09:58 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 11:29-18:30 EST
Heliocentric Earth quincunx Heliocentric Poseidon 12:07 EST
Mercury sesquiquadrate Kronos 13:32 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 18:29 EST
Sun semisextile Poseidon 19:01 EST
Mars square 04/24/05 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 23:58 EST
November 30
Mars semisquare Zeus 00:22 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Jupiter 02:32 EST
Mars semisextile Pluto 02:38 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Mars 02:52 EST
Venus in 24th Harmonic to Jupiter 04:01 EST
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Cupido 04:10 EST
Mars quincunx Hades 04:43 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Saturn 07:17 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Neptune 07:35 EST
Sun sextile Chiron in right ascension 09:07 EST
Mercury biquintile Hades 20:56 EST
Mercury parallel Neptune 21:29 EST
Venus sextile Neptune 22:21 EST
Heliocentric Earth in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Admetos 22:31 EST
December 1
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Poseidon 01:38 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Vulcanus 06:10 EST
Heliocentric Earth trine Heliocentric Chiron 06:55 EST
Pluto opposition Hades 07:11 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Admetos 09:50 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 10:30 EST
Heliocentric Venus biquintile Heliocentric Admetos 11:02 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Vulcanus 11:39 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Chiron 11:51 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 13:40-20:26 EST
Heliocentric Venus enters Capricorn 14:49 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Apollon 16:09 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Zeus 17:03 EST
Sun sesquiquadrate Vulcanus 17:31 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Neptune 17:35 EST
Heliocentric Venus semisextile Heliocentric Jupiter 19:11 EST
Heliocentric Mars square Heliocentric Saturn 20:07 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Hades 20:26 EST
Heliocentric Mars square Heliocentric Neptune 20:33 EST
Venus biquintile Vulcanus 22:27 EST
Mars biquintile Kronos 23:57 EST
December 2
Heliocentric Earth sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Apollon 00:30 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Pluto 01:27 EST
Venus square 09/11/07 Solar Eclipse point 02:05 EST
Heliocentric Saturn opposition Heliocentric Neptune 03:14 EST
Heliocentric Earth trine Heliocentric Zeus 04:10 EST
Mercury parallel Pluto 05:41 EST
Mercury trine True Lunar Node 11:41 EST
Sun semisquare Apollon 12:53 EST
Mars in 24th Harmonic to Cupido 16:25 EST
Heliocentric Venus quintile Heliocentric Uranus 16:26 EST
Heliocentric Earth in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Hades 17:54 EST
Venus contraparallel Kronos 18:22 EST
Venus square 10/03/05 Solar Eclipse antiscion 19:36 EST
Heliocentric Mars biquintile Heliocentric Hades 20:01 EST
Mercury in 24th Harmonic to Poseidon 21:54 EST
Heliocentric Mercury enters Libra 22:32 EST
Sun sextile Zeus 22:42 EST
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STOCKS TO WATCH: AZR, CAL, MAC.
Potential Candidates for Short-Term Trades
Azar Corporation (AZR)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 07/14/1993; 09:30 a.m.
Transiting Jupiter is closing in on the AZR First-Trade IC, with transiting Saturn conjoining
First-Trade Chiron as it slows down in the approach to its December 5 station. That’s
not an unhealthy combination of astrological factors, but AZR hasn’t been responding
much. Instead, the stock for the owner of the Tropicana casino-hotels in Las Vegas and Atlantic
City, N.J. has been trading in a narrow range in recent months, a sharp contrast to its lively
run-up this past spring as it was being talked about as a take-over candidate. Our assessment
is thus that as Jupiter moves on its way and as Saturn backs into another conjunction with
First-Trade Chiron, AZR will sell off. Our plan is thus to add a short position to the Model
Portfolio near the end of this trading week, with an initial buy stop set at 55.00.
Continental Airlines (CAL)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 07/14/1993; 09:30 a.m.
It’s interesting to compare CAL to AZR, especially since they share a common First-Trade
date. Even with identical First-Trade charts, two stocks won’t always react to astrological
influences in the same way. Part of the story here of course is the difference in the two
businesses, since airlines aren’t exactly like casinos (in spite of the fact that getting
on a plane is more and more of a gamble every day). But CAL has also been behaving differently
that AZR, as a quick glance at the technical charts will reveal—while AZR has been trading
flat, CAL has been climbing steadily toward the stratosphere. We like the looks of this stock
for additional growth as well, so we will add an immediate long position in CAL to the Model
Portfolio, setting our initial stop at 41.50.
Macerich Company (MAC)
NYSE: optionable
First Trade Date: 03/10/1994; 09:30 a.m.
MAC has got transiting Jupiter about to conjoin its First-Trade Descendant and transiting
Apollon square its First-Trade Uranus. On top of that, transiting Mars will soon be conjoining
First-Trade Cupido, the First-Trade North Lunar Node, and First-Trade Pluto. That’s
a pretty juicy combination, but things could moderate somewhat early this week as the transiting
Moon conjoins First-Trade Saturn and transiting Mercury forms an opposition to First-Trade
Admetos. If this stock pulls back a couple of points by midweek we will be ready to enter
a long position then, with an initial stop set at 82.00.
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