YOUR WEEKLY ASTRO-TRADING PLAN

IN THIS ISSUE:

The Bottom Line
Comment
Overqualified Applicants
Problems and Politicians
Dubya Doubles Troubles
Pluto Makes a Move
The Economic Calendar
Astrological Dynamics
Spiritual Focus for the Week
Global Equities Markets
U.S. Equity Trends
Metal Markets
Financial Cycles Model Portfolio
Market Sector Strength and Weakness
Astro-Trading Gann Plan Calendar
Stock to Watch

THE BOTTOM LINE: A break for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and a
shorter trading week won't make much difference for a stock market
that's determined to head south. Lower prices in equities until Thursday
or Friday should result in another fairly sizeable net loss for the
week, in spite of the fact that Friday may provide a bit of positive
price action as bargain hunters decide to move in at last.

COMMENT: It's been quite a week for trading! U.S. stocks knocked out
significant support and appear to be pushing toward even lower lows,
dragging the rest of the world with them. The precious metals hit new
record highs and then pulled back into an all too brief and shallow
buying opportunity. The Fed and the President both tried to calm the
market chaos, with their comments producing reactions exactly the
opposite of what we might reasonably expect they had intended.

Appropriately enough, the Financial Cycles Model Portfolio is now
heavily weighted toward the short side. Even so, in the interest of
diversification I continue to look for viable long positions to add,
ones that could provide dramatic profits if and when a bullish mood
returns to Wall Street. Right now there are surprisingly few candidates
available, but the search itself adds a good measure of certainty to the
trades that do get executed, including the short sales that are based on
more bearish perspectives.

LOOKING FOR WORK
I suppose it made sense that people with job experience that's somehow
related to the building trades would be applying for positions at a
builders' supply store. Nevertheless, it was a little surprising here in
Sarasota, Florida recently when more than 500 job applicants showed up
with resumes in hand, hoping to land one of 175 retail sales positions
at a new Lowe's store that will be opening on January 25.

While the jobs at the home improvement store are sorely needed to help
improve a severely struggling local economy, the interviews for those
jobs revealed a lot about just how challenging times have actually
become. According to Jeff Duncan, the manager of the new store, most of
the applicants have been used to earning far more than the $8 to $10 an
hour that Lowe's is offering its new hires. In fact, a lot of the job
seekers have formerly had jobs as realtors, mortgage brokers, builders
or property appraisers.

"It was strange and eye-opening when I was doing the interviews to se
what some of these people were making; the home builders and mortgage
brokers," Duncan said. But what may really be strange is the experience
local home owners have once the new store is open and they come in to
shop, only to find that the clerk waiting on them is the banker who
loaned them the money for their home, or even the contractor who built
the house in the first place.

BAFFLING BEN STRIKES AGAIN
When the stock market began to sell off sharply last Thursday, it wasn't
just because of the frighteningly disappointing earnings announcements
from some the largest and most important banks in the U.S. When he
appeared before Congress, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Shalom Bernanke
admitted that the economy is skating on extremely thin ice right now,
with the likelihood of a recession looming large. Yet like his
illustrious predecessor, Dr. Ben did his best to avoid muddying the
waters with plain talk. Instead, he hinted strongly that help is on the
way, or at least it needs to be in the form of more interest rate cuts,
all the while implicitly confessing that the Fed's strongest actions and
best intentions could ultimately do little to reverse the increasingly
dire financial distress the country is in. So he turned the tables on
the Congress and asked them to figure out a rescue plan, and fast!

That's what really upset the markets. It wasn't just that the Fed
Chairman seems to be running out of arrows in his quiver; it's who he's
turning to when he's looking for help. After all, when the head of the
Central Bank expects a bunch of politicians to come up with a
well-reasoned, effectively administered economic plan, the handwriting
is clearly on the wall--we're in big trouble! Bernanke's comments were
more than enough to frighten the horses, and stock traders responded to
his words by selling everything in sight, especially the financial
issues, at whatever prices they could get.

LITTLE HELP FROM THE PRESIDENT
As if Ben Shalom Bernanke's comments weren't enough, President Bush
decided to step into the spotlight on Friday to do his bit toward
calming down the markets. Given his apparent general lack of economic
perspicacity, it's not too surprising that the mere thought of his
pontificating on matters that might impact the markets was enough to
send a cold wind blowing down Wall Street. Traders didn't like what he
had to say any more than they were enamored of Dr. Bernanke's comments
the previous day, and with a long weekend for the inanity of it all to
really sink in, there will inevitably be more downside action ahead,
both in U.S. markets and in other parts of the world.

WELCOME TO PLUTO
As this trading week comes to an end, Pluto will be moving into the
zodiac sign of Capricorn, its first visit there in a couple of
centuries. Pluto last made an entrance of this sort in 1762; the times
prior to that were in 1269-1270 and 1515-1516. It's definitely a big
change, and there's much to be said about its potential impact on the
economy and the markets. I'll leave that for other occasions, however.
For the time being, the main thing to remember is that this is far from
a one-day event. The real impact of Pluto moving into Capricorn will
unfold gradually during the coming years; it will stay in that sign
until 2023.

NEWS AND UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
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resources.

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THE ECONOMIC CALENDAR
With government offices and all markets closed on Monday for the Martin
Luther King Jr. Day holiday, this will be a very slim week for economic
news. The reports we will be watching include the State Street Investor
Confidence Index, ICSC-UBS Store Sales, MBA Purchase Applications,
Existing Home Sales, the EIA Petroleum Status Report, the EIA Natural
Gas Report, Jobless Claims, and the Money Supply. Tuesday will also
bring an interest rate announcement from the Bank of Canada, which
should be interesting given the current turmoil surrounding interest
rate policies in the U.S.

ASTROLOGICAL DYNAMICS
With lingering energy from the recent Venus/Admetos quincunx and the
lunar perigee, there's a decidedly negative bias to the market
environment as we move into the delayed start of a new trading week. The
waxing Jupiter/Saturn trine in the early morning hours on Monday is
likely to begin pumping some more positive assumptions into traders'
minds after a delay of a few trading days (these are outer planets
moving slowly), but I don't think the bulls can expect much help from
this planetary combination early in the week, especially since it's
immediately followed by a Void-of-Course Moon that lasts nearly 24 hours.

That Void-of-Course Moon takes place with all U.S. markets closed for
the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, so my usual caveat about not
initiating new trades during such a period is superfluous. When things
get going on Tuesday morning, however, they will do so with the negative
energy of a heliocentric Venus/Poseidon conjunction in play, amplified
by the power of the Full Moon. The Mercury/Neptune conjunction Tuesday
night reinforces the short-term bearish expectations, although this
aspect is often followed by sharp moves upward after a few trading days.

Wednesday brings little to suggest a significant change in trend that
day, although there's the likelihood of an ever-so-slight ray of
optimism creeping through the clouds of negativity. Wednesday evening's
heliocentric Mercury/Admetos conjunction should keep the cap on any
unseemly market optimism, however.

The astrological action begins to heat up a bit on Thursday, with a more
dynamic planetary tug-of-war going on as the fundamentally negative
trading bias remains. The Venus/Pluto conjunction and the entry of Venus
into Capricorn during the early morning hours both add to the push
toward the downside, and the heliocentric Jupiter/Kronos opposition
should be initially neutral before contributing to the upside energy at
the beginning of the following trading week. The Apollon retrograde
station just prior to Thursday's opening bell deserves particular
attention, since this planetary phenomenon typically has a delayed but
significant impact on trading, with its powerful positive energy kicking
in about 10 days after the station. It won't help matters much on
Thursday, but it is definitely a harbinger of more positive times to come.

By the way, there's a brief period with a Void-of-Course Moon in effect
just after the opening bell on Thursday, so it's best to exercise some
caution then, especially with orders that could execute "at the open."
It's better to wait until the dust has settled after about an hour of
trading that day, and then look for appropriate positions.

Friday's market action is likely to be dominated by two planetary
ingresses--heliocentric Mercury entering Gemini on Thursday evening and
geocentric Pluto going into Capricorn Friday night. The heliocentric
Mercury ingress should help bring prices up, but the Pluto ingress is
anybody's guess, since the last time it happened was in the year 1762.
Even so, this significant Pluto event should add substantial extra
energy to the trading environment, and I expect it will strengthen a
move back to the upside after we get this bearish week out of the way.

Throughout this trading week I will be tracking heliocentric
fourth-harmonic planetary lines (H,90,N,-2) for Mercury, Jupiter,
Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, Admetos, and Kronos, 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.

At the sacred time of the Full Moon, it is time for us to give voice to
the most egalitarian spirit that we can possibly embody, for when we
give concrete form to our highest impulses toward graciousness and
growth, we become channels for divine love. This actually requires very
little effort on our part; all we have to do is let go of our ego-driven
fears.

"Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the
rest is in the hands of God." --George Washington

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
While Sydney and Tokyo managed to slow the rate of their losses a bit
last week, that was hardly good news as equities markets sold off
sharply around the globe. Even the seemingly impervious bourses in
Mumbai and Shanghai took nasty dips, while the intensity of the
bearishness increased substantially in both Europe and the Americas.

Dow Jones Industrial Average -- down 4.02%
Dow Jones Transportation Average -- down 0.19%
Dow Jones Utilities Average -- down 7.28%
S+P 500 -- down 5.41%
NASDAQ Composite Index -- down 4.10%
Russell 2000 -- down 4.47%
London FTSE-100 -- down 4.15%
Amsterdam Index -- down 6.59%
Paris CAC-40 -- down 5.19%
Frankfurt DAX -- down 5.23%
Mexico Index -- down 6.77%
Sao Paulo BOVESPA -- down 7.16%
Sydney All Ordinaries -- down 4.21%
Bombay SENSEX -- down 8.71%
Tokyo Nikkei Index -- down 1.77%
Shanghai SE Composite Index -- down 5.55%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index -- down 6.20%
Singapore Straits Times Index -- down 2.71%

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U.S. EQUITY TRENDS
The S+P 500 smashed through its long-term bearish trigger point last
week, so our trend indicators for U.S. equities are now 89% bearish
overall. The short-side opportunities continue to multiply, while long
positions in this market environment get more and more risky.

The Russell 2000 is on a January 4 short-term sell signal, with a daily
close above 799 now required to return to short-term bullishness for the
Russell. Our August 3, 2007 intermediate-term sell signal for the
Russell 2000 remains in place at this point, with a daily close above
824 currently required to reactivate intermediate-term bullishness. The
Russell is now also on a November 26, 2007 long-term sell signal, with a
daily close above 856 needed to move our long-term indicator for the
Russell back to the buy side.

With the S+P 500 breaking through all of its 2007 support zones and
returning to trading levels not seen since 2006, we now have confirmed
bearishness for this index in all time frames and have recalibrated our
upside targets for trend reversals. The S+P 500 is on a December 17
short-term sell signal, with a daily close above 1436 needed to reverse
this signal back to the long side. The S+P 500 is on a November 26, 2007
intermediate-term sell signal, with a daily close above 1499 needed to
reverse it back to the buy side. For the long-term, the S+P is on a
January 17 sell signal, with a daily close above 1552 now need to flip
our long-term trend expectations back to bullish assumptions.

The NASDAQ Composite remains on a November 8 short-term sell signal,
with a daily close above 2861 needed to reverse our technical trend
assumptions back to the buy side. We are now also on a January 8
intermediate-term sell signal, with a daily close above 3026 required to
flip this indicator back to the buy side. Our October 13, 2006 long-term
buy signal for the NASDAQ is still in place, but just barely so; a daily
close below 2331 will reverse this to a long-term sell signal.

S+P 500 -- Long-Term Bearish; Intermediate-Term Bearish; Short-Term Bearish
NASDAQ -- Long-Term Bullish; Intermediate-Term Bearish; Short-Term Bearish
RUSSELL 2000 -- Long-Term Bearish; Intermediate-Term Bearish; Short-Term
Bearish

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METAL MARKETS
GOLD -- Last week I said that I expected to see Gold "hitting a little
price resistance, especially during the first part of the trading week,"
with a "resumption of bullishness for Gold" toward the end of the week.
That's exactly how the trading went, with prices pulling back about 3%
by the close of trading on Wednesday, followed by positive trading days
on Thursday and Friday. At this point the main planetary impacts on Gold
are coming from transit-to-transit dynamics rather than from influences
on the COMEX Gold horoscope, and it looks like there's a good likelihood
of Gold getting stalled at current levels or pulling back a bit more
during the coming week or so. As we close out January and get into
February, however, I'm looking for more aggressive action to the upside.

SILVER -- Like Gold, Silver set a new high early last week, but then the
inevitable profit-taking took over and this metal gave up some ground
before bouncing back toward the end of the week. What's interesting
here, however, is that Silver is showing a bit more volatility than
Gold, even in this overheated market environment. With this week's Full
Moon coming on the heels of the lunar perigee, it's quite likely that we
will see Silver turning back down a bit, and with the extra drama that
Silver has been experiencing lately it wouldn't be too surprising to see
a sharper and more sustained downward leg for Silver than the one that
Gold is likely to exhibit. The corollary here is that if we get a
significant downward move for Silver during the next couple of weeks,
it's likely to last well past the middle of February before we a return
to the upside action.

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FINANCIAL CYCLES MODEL PORTFOLIO

TRADES CLOSED LAST WEEK: QDEL, UNT.
We closed two trades during the past week, with one winner and one loser
bringing us a net profit of $825.00.

We bought to cover 500 shares of Quidel Corp. (QDEL) at 17.25 on
01/16/08, taking a profit of $875.00 (a 9.21% gain in 9 trading days).

We sold 200 shares of Unit Corporation (UNT) at 45.75 on 01/17/08,
taking a loss of $50.00 (a 0.54% loss in 8 trading days).

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POSITIONS ADDED TO THE PORTFOLIO LAST WEEK: ESLT, EPIC.
We added one long position and one short position to the Model Portfolio
last week.

We sold short 200 shares of Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT) at 62.00 on
01/15/08, with an initial buy stop set at 62.75.

We bought 500 shares of Epicor Software Corporation (EPIC) at 10.50 on
01/17/08, with an initial stop set at 9.25.

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REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MODEL PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY
So far this year we have had a total of 5 completed trades, with 2
winner and 3 losers bringing us a total net profit of $2,585.00. The
largest profit for a single trade has been $2,400.00, with our winners
averaging $1,637.50; the largest single-trade loss has been $370.00,
with our losers averaging $230.00. The overall average profit per trade
has been $517.00, and the mean duration of our trades has been 9.6
trading days.

During 2007 we had a total of 161 completed trades, with 74 winners and
87 losers bringing us a total net profit of $17,297.00. The largest
profit for a single trade was $5,264.00, with our winners averaging
$576.30; the largest single-trade loss was $1,224.00, with our losers
averaging $294.56. The overall average profit per trade was $107.43. The
mean duration of our trades was 11.6 trading days.

During 2006 we had a total of 177 completed trades, with 74 winners and
103 losers bringing us a total net profit of $9,881.00. The largest
profit for a single trade was $2,595.00, with our winners averaging
$473.04; the largest single-trade loss was $949.00, with our losers
averaging $247.31. The overall average profit per trade was $55.82. The
mean duration of our trades was 9.0 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 2002-2004 inclusive we had a total of 584 completed trades, with
322 winners, 260 losers, and 2 break-even trades bringing us an average
annual net profit of $50,528.83. 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 $259.57. The mean duration of our trades during
those three years was 11.0 trading days.

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CURRENT POSITIONS IN THE MODEL PORTFOLIO
Activision, Inc. (ATVI) -- sold short 400 shares at 29.75 on 12/26/07;
currently 26.90. Lower buy stop to 27.50.

Eaton Vance Corp. (EV) -- sold short 200 shares at 47.05 on 12/18/07;
currently 33.12. Lower buy stop to 38.00.

Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT) -- sold short 200 shares at 62.00 on 01/15/08;
currently 59.04. Lower buy stop to 61.75.

Epicor Software Corporation (EPIC) bought 500 shares at 10.50 on
01/17/08; currently 10.36. Raise stop to 9.95.

Monarch Casino and Resort (MCRI) -- sold short 400 shares at 28.25 on
11/13/07; currently 19.05. Lower buy stop to 20.00.

SPSS Inc. (SPSS) -- sold short 300 shares at 35.25 on 01/03/08;
currently 32.21. Lower buy stop to 33.50.

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MARKET SECTOR STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS
STRONGEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Home Improvement Stores; Sporting Goods; Trucking; Residential
Construction; Semiconductor Equipment and Manufacturing.

WEAKEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Surety and Title Insurance; Heavy Construction; Copper; Technical
Services; Oil and Gas Equipment and Services.

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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 for longer-term trades 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
this 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. Note
that in order to save space this calendar excludes most lunar aspects,
which can also be important in moving markets as well.

January 20
Sun in 24th harmonic to Chiron 02:13 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 02:46-03:05 EST
Mercury sesquiquadrate Kronos 06:25 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Uranus 06:27 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Jupiter 07:17 EST
Sun semisextile Pluto 07:28 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Mars 07:36 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Neptune 08:25 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Kronos 08:36 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Saturn 09:50 EST
Sun enters Aquarius 11:43 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 12:21 EST
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Venus 15:50 EST
Heliocentric Mars quincunx Heliocentric Chiron 17:04 EST
Heliocentric Mars biquintile Heliocentric Neptune 17:35 EST
Sun semisquare Cupido 18:16 EST
Venus opposition Hades 22:55 EST

January 21
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Poseidon 02:08 EST
Sun biquintile Mars 03:41 EST
Venus sextile Apollon 03:53 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Cupido 04:00 EST
Jupiter trine Saturn 04:13 EST
Void-of-Course Moon begins 05:56 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Admetos 08:36 EST
Heliocentric Earth in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Mars 08:45 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Zeus 14:44 EST
Sun semisquare Uranus 14:59 EST
Mars semisextile Vulcanus 15:03 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Hades 18:02 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Vulcanus 21:56 EST

January 22
Sun biquintile Saturn 00:38 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Pluto 02:57 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Cupido 04:29 EST
Heliocentric Venus conjunct Heliocentric Poseidon 05:06 EST
Void-of-Course Moon ends 05:20 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 06:18 EST
Mercury square 08/01/08 Solar Eclipse antiscion 07:01 EST
Mercury parallel Neptune 08:02 EST
Venus sextile True Lunar Node 08:31
Full Moon 08:35 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Chiron 09:44 EST
Sun biquintile Hades 12:53 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Mars 13:06 EST
Venus square 03/18/07 Solar Eclipse point 13:57 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Zeus 14:59 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Uranus 19:54 EST
Mercury conjunct Neptune 20:38 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Jupiter 21:24 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Kronos 21:49 EST

January 23
Saturn contraparallel Chiron 01:42 EST
Mercury parallel Poseidon 03:14 EST
Heliocentric Earth quintile Heliocentric Mercury 06:31 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Neptune 09:37 EST
Venus square 09/22/06 Solar Eclipse point 13:44 EST
Heliocentric Earth sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Uranus 14:24 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Pluto 14:51 EST
Sun quincunx Kronos 15:29 EST
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Admetos 20:38 EST
Venus biquintile Admetos 21:19 EST
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Apollon 21:40 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Vulcanus 21:43 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 21:46 EST

January 24
Venus semisquare Chiron 01:01 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Apollon 01:06 EST
Heliocentric Earth quincunx Heliocentric Jupiter 01:24 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisextile Heliocentric Kronos 01:38 EST
Venus conjunct Pluto 01:58 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Zeus 02:30 EST
Heliocentric Venus semisextile Heliocentric Zeus 03:03 EST
Venus enters Capricorn 03:05 EST
Heliocentric Jupiter opposition Heliocentric Kronos 04:24 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Hades 05:41 EST
True Lunar Node direct station 06:15 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Jupiter 09:17 EST
Apollon retrograde station 09:20 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 09:43-09:48 EST
Venus in 24th harmonic to Cupido 09:59 EST
Mars square 03/14/06 Lunar Eclipse point 10:41 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisextile Heliocentric Saturn 11:45 EST
Jupiter quintile Apollon 14:01 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Pluto 14:17 EST
Heliocentric Venus sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Hades 15:15 EST
Venus square 09/22/06 Solar Eclipse antiscion 16:27 EST
Heliocentric Mercury enters Gemini 18:21 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Uranus 19:02 EST
Venus contraparallel Hades 22:17 EST

January 25
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Apollon 00:24 EST
Pluto semisquare Chiron 03:01 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Mars 04:43 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Kronos 08:25 EST
Heliocentric Earth biquintile Heliocentric Pluto 08:34 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Jupiter 08:47 EST
Jupiter sextile Poseidon 08:54 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Saturn 10:11 EST
Jupiter square 03/29/06 Solar Eclipse point 12:41 EST
Heliocentric Earth sextile Heliocentric Mercury 14:23 EST
Venus square 03/18/07 Solar Eclipse antiscion 16:13 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 17:35 EST
Pluto enters Capricorn 21:38 EST

January 26
Heliocentric Venus semisquare Heliocentric Pluto 00:30 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Poseidon 00:34 EST
Sun square 08/16/08 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 01:03 EST
Jupiter sesquiquadrate Admetos 03:14 EST
Heliocentric Venus semisextile Heliocentric Cupido 06:04 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 06:32-17:35 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Admetos 06:33 EST
Heliocentric Mars trine Heliocentric Uranus 06:46 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Vulcanus 07:36 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Apollon 10:55 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Zeus 12:18 EST
Sun in 24th harmonic to Neptune 12:35 EST
Sun contraparallel Admetos 15:20 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Hades 15:23 EST
Venus opposition Kronos 17:08 EST
Heliocentric Earth quintile Heliocentric Admetos 19:23 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Poseidon 23:27 EST

January 27
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Cupido 01:14 EST
Heliocentric Venus square Heliocentric Chiron 02:22 EST
Heliocentric Mars in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Kronos 06:06 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Chiron 06:22 EST
Mercury square Admetos 07:01 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Venus 07:43 EST
Heliocentric Venus quintile Heliocentric Saturn 09:46 EST
Sun quincunx Saturn 14:20 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Uranus 15:58 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 16:23 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Kronos 17:38 EST
Venus quintile Uranus 17:44 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Mars 18:33 EST

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portion of the wisdom that Gann brought to the markets during the last
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STOCKS TO WATCH: CRY, VTR.

CryoLife Inc. (CRY) NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 07/15/1997; 09:30 a.m.
Biotech company CryoLife is currently trading at nearly half the price
it was going for last summer, thanks to transiting Admetos in opposition
to the CRY First-Trade Moon and sextile the First-Trade Sun and to
transiting Saturn crossing the First-Trade Ascendant. Both of those
negative aspects have just hit their peak, which means that we can
expect the prospects for this stock to turn back toward a more positive
direction. This should be helped along by transiting Neptune conjoining
First-Trade Jupiter and transiting Jupiter trine the First-Trade
Ascendant as it conjoins the First-Trade Part of Fortune. Our plan is
thus to add a long position in CRY to the Model Portfolio this week,
with an initial stop set at 6.00.

Ventas Inc. (VTR)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 02/04/1992 09:30 a.m.
Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Ventas finances, owns, and leases
hundreds of nursing facilities, hospitals, and senior housing facilities
in 42 U.S. states. In recent weeks the transit of Jupiter over the VTR
First-Trade Midheaven has kept this stock up in spite of the general
downdraft in the markets, but that transit is now in the past and we are
looking ahead to some potentially more stressful planetary aspects
coming up, including transiting Vulcanus semisquare First-Trade Hades,
transiting Pluto semisquare the First-Trade Sun, and transiting Saturn
semisquare the First-Trade Part of Fortune. All these set the stage for
a brief but significant dip in this stock's price, so we plan to sell
VTR short early in the trading week, with an initial buy stop set at 47.50.

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