YOUR WEEKLY ASTRO-TRADING PLAN

IN THIS ISSUE:

The Bottom Line
Comment
Conspiracy and Collapse
Big Bucks from Banks
Blackouts in Africa
Soros the Seer
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: Stocks are likely to confirm a short-term trading
bottom this week, with the stage set for higher prices to come. The
strongest surge is likely to come at the beginning of the week, but even
if prices pull back a bit, the week as a whole should end on the
positive side.

COMMENT: With the Federal Reserve holding an emergency meeting and then
giving the markets a huge shot of adrenaline in the form of a
75-basis-point cut in interest rates, we were clearly in a Code Blue
situation as the trading week got underway. Banks, currencies, and the
entire global economic situation remain in critical condition.
Meanwhile, there's been an interesting addition to the array of symptoms
in the grim diagnosis--at least some of the current catastrophe is
allegedly due to the previously unnoticed activities of a single
individual, 31-year-old Jerome Kerviel of Societe Generale SA. The bank
blamed Kerviel for causing a 4.9 billion-euro ($7.2 billion) trading
loss, the largest in banking history, after gambling $73.5 billion--more
than the bank's entire net worth in the European markets.

At least that's the official story at this point. Christian
Charriere-Bournazel, Kerviel's attorney, is pointing out that his client
"didn't steal anything, take anything, he didn't take any profit for
himself." Charriere-Bournazel added that "The suspicion on Kerviel
allows the considerable losses that the bank made on subprimes to be
hidden."

LONE ROGUES STRIKE AGAIN
In general, I enjoy conspiracy theories just as much as anyone else
does, but there are also times when it's just as entertaining to pay
attention to the anti-conspiracy theories, the official explanations
that are meant to debunk alternative explanations for events and safely
lay the conspiratorial speculations to rest.

A case in point is the "lone gunman" concept in the realm of political
assassinations. By definition, an assassination that is solely the work
of a lone gunman cannot be the result of a conspiracy, since a
conspiracy requires the participation of more than one person. After the
Warren Commission determined that a lone gunman had assassinated
President John F. Kennedy, a precedent had been set that was followed
faithfully in the official word on other assassinations and
assassination attempts, from Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X to
Bobby Kennedy, George Wallace, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. The
remarkable thing was that a "lone gunman" was somehow responsible every
single time, and in every case anyone who questioned the "lone gunman"
explanation was immediately labeled a "conspiracy theory nut."

My point here is not to jump into paranoid politics or to argue for or
against "lone gunman" explanations; it's just to focus on the phenomenon
and to observe how convenient that explanation became when current
events failed to match conventional wisdom. That convenient "lone
gunman" explanation for assassinations was not unlike the currently
evolving scapegoat for financial catastrophes--the "rogue trader."

With the rogue trader scenario, a huge bank or other financial
institution suddenly discovers that there has been a massive
misappropriation of funds, a big drop in share value, or an unexpected
meltdown of another sort. The institution in question also learns that
the gigantic loss has been caused by a solitary individual who has
hacked a computer, made unauthorized trades, falsified records, or
manipulated key data in some sort of nefarious way. This "rogue trader"
may or may not have personally benefited from the transactions, but
typically the individual in question has been extraordinarily
circumspect, and generally behaved in a way that led nobody suspecting
that anything out of line was occurring.

The revelations about Jerome Kerviel at Societe Generale last week were,
of course, just the latest in an extended series of "rogue trader"
explanations for colossal financial failures. The first, and certainly
the most famous, case was that of Nick Leeson, who at age 28 disappeared
from the Singapore office of Barings Bank in February, 1995. After his
$1.3 billion in trading losses brought down the 233-year-old
institution, Leeson served three and half years in prison. While there
he wrote a memoir, "Rogue Trader," which was made into a movie starring
Ewan McGregor in 1999. He currently lives in Galway, Ireland, where he
serves as General Manager of the Galway United football club and
supplements his income with appearances on the lecture circuit.

Later in 1995 Tokyo-based Daiwa Bank was forced to shut down its U.S.
branches after revealing $1.1 billion in losses incurred by trader
Toshihide Iguchi, the firm's chief government bond trader in New York,
over an 11-year period. Iguchi, who was born in Kobe, Japan, had majored
in psychology at Southwest Missouri State University. After being
convicted of fraud and falsifying documents, he served a four-year
sentence in a Pennsylvania prison.

In 1996 the Japanese firm Sumitomo admitted to a $2.6 billion loss due
to unauthorized trades by its chief copper trader, Yasuo Hamanaka, who
was sentenced to eight years in prison and was released in 2005.
John Rusnak, a trader for Allied Irish Banks based in Baltimore,
Maryland at the firm's Allfirst Financial Unit, managed to hide more
than $691 million in losses over a period of five years before being
discovered in 2002. Rusnak went to prison and Allied Irish Banks sold
Allfirst to the M+T Bank Corporation in Buffalo, New York.

At the end of August, 2006, a 32-year old Canadian trader named Brian
Hunter was up about $2 billion for the year in his trading of natural
gas futures at the Amaranth Advisors Hedge Fund. But then he managed to
lose about $5 billion in a single week, and by the time the dust had
settled Amaranth had lost $6.4 billion and gone belly-up.

That's quite a history, and in every case a Rogue Trader was solely
responsible. And so, when there's a revelation that a Rogue Trader has
once again done his part to contribute to the current financial turmoil,
our first impulse is to accept that notion without much question. The
media focuses on the personality of the individual, and questions about
his background, motivations, and methods abound.

Yet while there may not be a full-fledged cloak-and-dagger conspiracy at
foot, I think that the "rogue trader" explanation has at least a little
bit of slight-of-hand built into it. Like the notion of a lone gunman,
it can potentially divert our attention from the really important
matters that we should be considering. And even if a solitary individual
can create billions of dollars in losses, there's a corrupt and
crumbling system here that deserves much closer examination.THE COST OF THE MONEY BUSINESS
An industry survey has revealed that a 20 of the largest banks in the
U.S., the cost of complying with U.S. laws and banking regulations grew
by 159% between 2001 and 2006, far outstripping the growth in bank
profits. It currently costs the average large bank in the U.S. about
$83.5 million each year just to comply with the Patriot Act,
Sarbanes-Oxley, and other regulations.

POWERLESS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Mining operations and heavy industry in two African nations ground to a
halt this past week as a result of repeated power blackouts, provoking
statements from the presidents of both Zambia and Zimbabwe suggesting
that sabotage was behind the crippling outages. The nationwide blackouts
have created sharp drops in the output of Zambia's copper mines.

In Zambia, power officials blamed the outages on the massive flooding
that has also damaged the country's agricultural production. The
Zimbabwean shutdowns came about when the South African utility company
ESKOM turned off the flow of electricity to the country, as well as to
neighboring Botswana, Namibia, and Mozambique, in order to "conserve
energy" in the face of an "electricity emergency."

Astrologically, it's interesting to note that in the horoscopes for both
Zambia (10/24/1964, 00:00 EET, Lusaka) and Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia
Independence Declaration 11/11/1965, 11:15 GNT, Salisbury), transiting
Saturn is currently conjoining the transneptunian Zeus in the national
chart, indicating a breakdown in machinery and production. In both cases
transiting Chiron is sesquiquadrate the national Vulcanus as well, so
there are unusual problems with power plants. On top of that, transiting
Admetos is exactly conjunct Jupiter in the Zambia horoscope, signaling a
total halt to the country's flow of wealth.

SOROS SEES SLIDE AHEAD
Amid speculation that one of his funds had just shorted markets in
Mumbai just before Indian share prices tumbled along with plunging
markets around the world, billionaire investor George Soros told an
Australian daily newspaper last week that he thinks the U.S. is headed
for recession as the world sits on the brink of historic economic crisis.

"The situation is much more serious than any other financial crisis
since the end of World War II," Soros said, blaming the crisis on the
fact that political and economic decision making in recent years has
been based too much on the kind of "market fundamentalism" that assumes
financial markets will somehow act to balance themselves. "This is the
wrong idea," he said. "we really do have a serious financial crisis now."

NEWS AND UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
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resources.

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THE ECONOMIC CALENDAR
With the flow of economic reports getting back to normal this week, we
will be watching for news on New Home Sales, ICSC-UBS Store Sales, MBA
Purchase Applications, Durable Goods Orders, Consumer Confidence, GDP,
the ADP Employment Report, the EIA Petroleum Status Report, the EIA
Natural Gas Report, Personal Income and Outlays, the Employment Cost
Index, Motor Vehicle Sales, the Employment Situation, the ISM
Manufacturing Index, Consumer Sentiment, Construction Spending, the
National Association of Purchasing Managers Chicago Report, Farm Prices,
the Help Wanted Index, the Monster Employment Index, Jobless Claims, and
the Money Supply. The week will also bring reports from Japan on
production and employment, and the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee
will be meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday to consider yet another cut in
interest rates, with an announcement due Wednesday afternoon, with a
heliocentric Mercury/Neptune sesquiquadrate adding an air of unreality
to the statement. It will be an interesting parade of information, with
plenty of punditry to go along with it, but in terms of its ability to
move the markets it's nevertheless likely to pale in comparison to the
earnings reports that come out this week--hold on to your hats!

ASTROLOGICAL DYNAMICS
Last weekend's Venus/Kronos opposition and heliocentric Mercury/Cupido
opposition both bring some positive energy to the table as far as stock
prices are concerned as the current trading week gets underway. Sunday
evening's waning Venus/Uranus quintile and Monday morning's waning
heliocentric Mars/Saturn semisquare may dampen the market enthusiasm a
bit, but I think the Mercury retrograde station will be a strong enough
trigger for a clear reversal to the upside, especially since it's being
reinforced by last week's entry of Pluto into Capricorn.

If we get a dramatically positive start to the week on Monday, it will
most likely be tempered ever-so-slightly on Tuesday by the waning
heliocentric Venus/Jupiter semisquare, with Tuesday evening's
Venus/Saturn trine adding to stabilizing energy. All of that
conservative force is likely to go out the window on Wednesday, however,
thanks to the Mars direct station. Even though the exact time of the
station is after the New York closing bell, we should get more than
enough energy from this celestial event to bring stock prices up
significantly, especially since there's also a lunar apogee to add a
little juice to the mix.

That positive energy continues into Thursday, thanks to the
Venus/Poseidon sextile. Even so, there is a Void-of-Course Moon in
effect throughout the entire trading day on Thursday, so I think it's
the better part of wisdom to back away from active trading altogether
that day--what looks like an amazing opportunity could easily turn out
to be an uncomfortably severe disaster!

On Friday the Venus/Jupiter conjunction and the waxing heliocentric
Venus/Vulcanus trine are both likely to provoke some topping action, but
even with the negative potential brought by these astrological events,
the aggregate impact of the planetary stations and the clustering of
positive dynamics should be more than enough to signal a solid
turn-around for stock prices this week.

Throughout this trading week I will be tracking geocentric
fourth-harmonic planetary lines (G,90,N,-2) for the Sun, Mercury, Venus,
Mars, Admetos, and Poseidon, 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.

During the closing days of the month we may feel that it is once again
time to take dramatic action, to push forward towards our highest
aspirations. We have waited a long time for this occasion, and are
likely to feel charged up with the will to move ahead. Even so, it is a
good thing now for us to pause, to meditate, and to reflect on what we
can do differently, on how we can decisively step away from our old
pettiness and short-sightedness and act only in ways that are congruent
with our spiritual destiny.

"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of
leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination
of nonessentials." --Lin Yu-t'ang

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
Unless you were trading in North America or Australia, it wasn't much
of a week to be bullish in equities, and even in those locations the
gains were heavily laced with antacids. In countries where the Federal
Reserve wasn't pumping more cash into the system at a furious pace, the
slide in share prices continued, with issues in Frankfurt and Shanghai
the hardest hit.

Dow Jones Industrial Average -- up 0.89%
Dow Jones Transportation Average -- up 7.06%
Dow Jones Utilities Average -- down 3.93%
S+P 500 -- up 0.41%
NASDAQ Composite Index -- down 0.59%
Russell 2000 -- up 2.29%
London FTSE-100 -- down 0.55%
Amsterdam Index -- down 2.53%
Paris CAC-40 -- down 4.21%
Frankfurt DAX -- down 6.80%
Mexico Index -- up 1.78%
Sao Paulo BOVESPA -- down 0.08%
Sydney All Ordinaries -- up 1.50%
Bombay SENSEX -- down 3.43%
Tokyo Nikkei Index -- down 1.67%
Shanghai SE Composite Index -- down 8.08%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index -- down 0.32%
Singapore Straits Times Index -- down 2.71%

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U.S. EQUITY TRENDS
The NASDAQ Composite triggered a long-term sell signal last week, so all
of our trend indicators are now on the bearish side, and we have
recalibrated some of our upside targets for trend reversals. While
long-side opportunities are almost certainly waiting in the wings, our
trend studies require some solid positive confirmation before fresh buy
signals get triggered.

The NASDAQ Composite closed the week at 2326.20. The NASDAQ is now on a
January 22 long-term sell signal, with a daily close of 3044 or higher
needed to resume long-term bullish expectations. This index remains on a
November 8 short-term sell signal, with a daily close above 2735 now
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 2861 currently required to flip this indicator back to
the buy side.

The Russell 2000 closed the week at 688.60. The Russell 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.

The S+P 500 closed the week at 1330.61. The S+P 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.

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

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METAL MARKETS
GOLD -- I noted last week that "there's a good likelihood of Gold
getting stalled at current levels or pulling back a bit more during the
coming week or so." That pull-back came aggressively on Tuesday with a
dramatically lower open and trading that dropped below $850 an ounce
before the yellow metal bounced back and then got jammed into a narrower
trading range for a couple of sessions. By the end of the week, however,
Gold had broken out again, finishing up at a new record high. This is
the kind of behavior we may continue to witness during the coming
trading week, but the astrological dynamics behind Gold trading get
increasingly positive as the week moves on and as we head into February,
so I'm expecting even higher prices ahead, even if we get another dip in
this week's trading.

SILVER -- I expected the Full Moon brought Silver sharply lower on
Tuesday. That downward move was not sustained, however, and by the end
of the trading day Silver was back above $16. Silver continues to show
some real liveliness, especially compared to the relatively small daily
trading ranges it experienced during its inexorable move upward in late
December and early January. While the week ahead may again bring another
sharp move down to knock out some protective stops, the overall trend
for Silver this week is likely to be positive once again.

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FINANCIAL CYCLES MODEL PORTFOLIO

TRADE CLOSED LAST WEEK: MCRI.
We closed one trade during the past week, with one winner bringing us a
net profit of $3,300.00.

We bought to cover 400 shares of Monarch Casino and Resort (MCRI) at
20.00 on 01/23/08, taking a profit of $3,300.00 (a 29.20% gain in 47
trading days).

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

We bought 1,000 shares of CryoLife Inc. (CRY) at 7.35 on 01/22/08, with
an initial stop set at 6.00.

We sold short 300 shares of Ventas Inc. (VTR) at 44.50 on 01/23/08, with
an initial buy stop set at 47.50.

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REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MODEL PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY
So far this year we have had a total of 6 completed trades, with 3
winners and 3 losers bringing us a total net profit of $5,885.00. The
largest profit for a single trade has been $3,300.00, with our winners
averaging $2,191.67; the largest single-trade loss has been $370.00,
with our losers averaging $230.00. The overall average profit per trade
has been $980.83, and the mean duration of our trades has been 15.8
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 26.44. Lower buy stop to 27.45.

CryoLife Inc. (CRY) -- bought 1,000 shares at 7.35 on 01/22/08;
currently 7.37. Raise stop to 7.05.

Eaton Vance Corp. (EV) -- sold short 200 shares at 47.05 on 12/18/07;
currently 34.87. Lower buy stop to 37.50.

Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT) -- sold short 200 shares at 62.00 on 01/15/08;
currently 56.02. Lower buy stop to 59.75.

Epicor Software Corporation (EPIC) bought 500 shares at 10.50 on
01/17/08; currently 10.79. Raise stop to 10.55.

SPSS Inc. (SPSS) -- sold short 300 shares at 35.25 on 01/03/08;
currently 31.95. Lower buy stop to 33.40.

Ventas Inc. (VTR) -- sold short 300 shares at 44.50 on 01/23/08;
currently 44.01. Lower buy stop to 45.25.

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MARKET SECTOR STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS
STRONGEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Surety and Title Insurance; Residential Construction; Southeast Regional
Banks; Savings and Loans; Automobile Dealerships.

WEAKEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Personal Computers; Diagnostic Substances; Heavy Construction; Health
Care Plans; Major Drug 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 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 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

January 28
Mercury parallel True Lunar Node 02:35 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Neptune 04:59 EST
Heliocentric Earth square Heliocentric Poseidon 05:19 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Saturn 07:08 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Poseidon 09:38 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Mercury 10:28 EST
Heliocentric Mars semisquare Heliocentric Saturn 11:04 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Venus 14:13 EST
Mercury retrograde station 15:31 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Admetos 15:35 EST
Heliocentric Venus trine Heliocentric Uranus 16:30 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Vulcanus 16:38 EST
Void-of-Course Moon begins 16:48 EST
Venus square 03/14/06 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 17:45 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Apollon 19:56 EST
Sun square Poseidon 21:16 EST
Heliocentric Venus sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Kronos 22:58 EST

January 29
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Hades 00:25 EST
Sun in 24th harmonic to Mercury 04:12 EST
Void-of-Course Moon ends 04:35 EST
Venus semisquare Neptune 04:53 EST
Heliocentric Venus semisquare Heliocentric Jupiter 05:00 EST
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Pluto 08:53 EST
Sun sesquiquadrate Mars 10:16 EST
Sun biquintile Kronos 11:37 EST
Heliocentric Mercury enters Cancer 12:48 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Chiron 15:33 EST
Heliocentric Venus trine Heliocentric Mars 15:42 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 16:40 EST
Sun semisextile Jupiter 19:51 EST
Sun opposition 08/01/08 Solar Eclipse point 20:46 EST
Venus trine Saturn 21:18 EST
Mercury square Admetos 23:22 EST

January 30
True Lunar Node retrograde station 00:08 EST
Heliocentric Earth in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Vulcanus 00:53 EST
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Kronos 02:47 EST
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Jupiter 04:38 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Saturn 05:09 EST
Heliocentric Venus biquintile Heliocentric Hades 06:33 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Mars 08:17 EST
Heliocentric Earth biquintile Heliocentric Jupiter 11:31 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Venus 12:18 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Neptune 14:18 EST
Mars direct station 17:34 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Poseidon 19:00 EST
Heliocentric Venus square Heliocentric Neptune 20:06 EST
Heliocentric Mars biquintile Heliocentric Cupido 21:37 EST
Venus quintile Apollon 22:11 EST
Mercury semisquare Venus 22:20 EST
Lunar apogee 23:20 EST

January 31
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Admetos 01:03 EST
Venus sextile Poseidon 01:48 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Vulcanus 02:08 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Chiron 02:15 EST
Venus square 03/29/06 Solar Eclipse point 02:18 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 03:34-17:08 EST
Venus sesquiquadrate Admetos 04:39 EST
Heliocentric Earth sextile Heliocentric Zeus 05:59 EST
Sun sesquiquadrate Hades 06:49 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Zeus 06:53 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisextile Heliocentric Mercury 07:04 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Hades 10:03 EST
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Poseidon 14:20 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 17:31 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Cupido 20:12 EST
Chiron sextile Cupido 22:18 EST

February 1
Venus contraparallel Hades 00:35 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Neptune 01:21 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Hades 01:21 EST
Sun trine Zeus 01:36 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Chiron 01:43 EST
Venus conjunct Jupiter 06:33 EST
Sun crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 07:04 EST
Sun parallel Pluto 10:02 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Uranus 11:33 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Kronos 13:08 EST
Heliocentric Earth biquintile Heliocentric Uranus 13:15 EST
Sun square 02/07/08 Solar Eclipse antiscion 13:22 EST
Heliocentric Venus opposition Heliocentric Admetos 13:54 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Saturn 15:56 EST
Heliocentric Venus trine Heliocentric Vulcanus 18:04 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Cupido 19:54 EST
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Mars 23:44 EST
February 2
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Neptune 01:09 EST
Sun in 24th harmonic to True Lunar Node 02:36 EST
Heliocentric Jupiter trine Heliocentric Saturn 03:39 EST
Venus square 09/11/07 Solar Eclipse antiscion 05:57 EST
Heliocentric Venus semisextile Heliocentric Apollon 07:07 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Admetos 12:13 EST
Heliocentric Venus semisquare Heliocentric Zeus 12:36 EST
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Vulcanus 13:21 EST
Venus square Zeus 16:30 EST
Chiron parallel Apollon 16:53 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Apollon 16:53 EST
Void-of-Course Moon begins 17:21 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 17:55 EST
Heliocentric Mars quincunx Heliocentric Neptune 18:23 EST
Mercury conjunct Neptune 19:33 EST
Heliocentric Earth quintile Heliocentric Apollon 20:26 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Venus 20:30 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Hades 21:42 EST

February 3
Heliocentric Venus quincunx Heliocentric Hades 00:56 EST
Void-of-Course Moon ends 04:52 EST
Heliocentric Earth sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Pluto 06:28 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Zeus 06:36 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Pluto 06:51 EST
Heliocentric Earth in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Mercury 06:56 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Cupido 08:17 EST
Heliocentric Mercury enters Leo 10:54 EST
Venus semisquare True Lunar Node 12:20 EST
Heliocentric Venus biquintile Heliocentric Kronos 14:27 EST
Heliocentric Earth trine Heliocentric Cupido 14:50 EST
Mercury square 08/01/08 Solar Eclipse antiscion 19:02 EST

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STOCKS TO WATCH: COG, ITT, XOM.

Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation (COG)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 02/08/1990; 09:30 a.m.
As transiting Jupiter is closing in on the COG First-Trade Midheaven,
transiting Saturn is simultaneously setting up a trine to First-Trade
Mars and a sesquiquadrate to First-Trade Venus. Add transiting Chiron
conjoining the First-Trade True Lunar Node and forming a sesquiquadrate
to First-Trade Jupiter, and you've got the makings for a nasty dip in
the price of this stock. Our plan is to sell COG short early in the
trading week, with an initial buy stop set at 44.00.

ITT Corporation (ITT)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 02/01/198; 10:00 a.m.
Not only is transiting Jupiter moving toward its conjunction with the
ITT First-Trade Midheaven; it will also form a juicy semisquare to
First-Trade Neptune to sustain the positive impact. While it's possible
that this stock will pull back a bit as we move into the second week of
February, it's also possible that the conjunction of transiting Uranus
with the First-Trade Moon will give ITT another boost, so our plan is to
add an immediate long position to the Model Portfolio. Our initial stop
will be set at 52.50.

Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 12/01/1999 09:30 a.m.
In considering astro-trades for XOM, it's useful to look at the
company's original First-Trade horoscope as well as the current one.
Founded in 1870, the company was known as Exxon Corporation prior to
changing its name to Exxon Mobil Corporation in 1999; its First-Trade
chart set for 10:00 a.m. on 03/25/1920 is also relevant, especially
since this 1920 horoscope is currently experiencing its third Saturn
Return. During the coming weeks, transiting Jupiter will conjoin the
1999 First-Trade Ascendant as transiting Mars crosses the 1920
First-Trade Ascendant and then conjoins 1999 First-Trade Kronos. This is
a positive set-up for this stock. After that, however, transiting Saturn
will conjoin the 1999 First-Trade Apollon/Vulcanus midpoint and return
to conjoin the 1920 First-Trade Saturn. Even more importantly, as
transiting Saturn makes its direct station in the spring it will exactly
conjoin the 1920 First-Trade IC, creating a massive negative influence
on the stock price before it moves ahead for the third passage of its
current Saturn Return in July. While this may sound complex, the
combined picture presented here is one of a stock moving up in price to
create a "perfect storm" scenario for profitable shorting. Our plan is
thus to sell XOM short near the end of the current trading week; we will
set our initial buy stop at 91.50.

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