Financial Cycles Weekly.com #0806

February 3-9, 2008 with Tim Bost


YOUR WEEKLY ASTRO-TRADING PLAN


IN THIS ISSUE:

The Bottom Line
Comment
A Bearish Start
Innovation or Desperation?
Twelve Zeros
Eclipse Report Savings
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: It looks like another positive week for stocks is
ahead, with a volatile session on Monday followed by solid advances for
the rest of the week. Some of the biggest advances are likely to come on
Wednesday and Thursday, as the annular solar eclipse intensifies the
trading atmosphere.

COMMENT: The market astrology for February suggests a generally positive
month for stocks, but even though it brings some short-term
opportunities for traders on the long side, it's hardly the time for a
bullish celebration. In fact, there are plenty of fundamental reasons to
believe that equities prices have a lot more downside potential this
year. While the January pullback has reduced prices somewhat, stocks are
hardly bargains now. There are negative signs based on the failure of
normally bullish indicators in late 2007, including the lack of strength
in late October and December. And finally, in spite of the recent rally,
it's not an environment in which risk is back in vogue. In fact,
mainstream investors are extremely risk-adverse at this point. So
caution is in order if you're a buyer now.

JANUARY INDICATOR FAVORS THE BEARS
Yale Hirsch of the Stock Traders Almanac pioneered calendar-related
research into stock market trends, and is the authority on a number of
seasonal trends, including the January Indicator. Basically, the January
Indicator says that the market's advance or decline during the month of
January provides an advance warning of the overall direction of the
market during the remainder of the calendar year.


Since 1953 there have been 21 down Januarys, and in 16 of those cases
the entire year closed lower, with only 5 occasions in which the year
closed higher. With the S+P down 6.1% during the January we've just
finished, there's thus a 76% probability that the S+P will close lower
for the year as well.

YAHOO! OR VOODOO?
Last week, when Microsoft announced its unsolicited bid to acquire
Yahoo! for over $44 billion dollars, CEO Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie,
the chief software architect at Microsoft, were euphoric about how
brilliant the scheme is, since it will create a synergy between the two
firms that will allow the new behemoth to compete more effectively with
Google, the undisputed leader in search engines. The only element
missing from the self-congratulatory conference call was a personal word
from Bill Gates.


Remember Bill Gates? While it's true that he's planning to leave
Microsoft this summer to go save humanity, he's going to retain the
position of Chairman of Board, so presumably he has at least a passing
interest in the proposed Yahoo! takeover. But Gates wasn't a part of the
announcement, which leads me to suspect that maybe this cutthroat
business strategist has some private doubts about Microsoft's ability to
conquer Google, even in an alliance with Yahoo!.


In the meantime, Yahoo! has let it be known that it will be taking its
own sweet time before responding to Microsoft's bid. The review of the
offer "will include evaluating all of the Company's strategic
alternatives including maintaining Yahoo! as an independent company,"
Yahoo! said. "A review process like this is fluid, and it can take quite
a bit of time."


Interestingly enough, it's taking time that has reduced the competitive
edge that Yahoo! once enjoyed, especially with regard to Google. The
same could be said of Microsoft, which has actually slowed down its pace
of innovation as it has created endless iterations of its flagship
products, geared primarily toward creating stronger proprietary barriers
to competition. Historically, Microsoft has been more intent on trying
to put its rivals out of business, rather than trying to outclass them
with substantively better products.


Google, on the other hand, is essentially a company run with the
mentality of engineers who are obsessed with innovation. If there's a
way of doing something better or faster, Google will find it. If a
product or service can be made more useful, Google will take a shot at
it. That kind of dedication has driven Google to ever-increasing market
share, while Yahoo! and Microsoft have both been slow to respond.


A look at the astrology behind the scenes helps clarify some of the
possibilities and potential problems in this situation. In this case,
because we are considering a potential acquisition, I'm looking at
incorporation charts for the companies involved rather than First-Trade
horoscope, using the dates of the most recent incorporations (Microsoft
noon 09/22/1993 in Olympia, Washington; Yahoo! noon 05/18/1999 in Dover,
Delaware; Google 15:42 08/24/2004 in Dover, Delaware- the timed data for
Google comes from a PDF of the incorporation certificate on the
company's investor relations website).


Microsoft's voracious appetite for growth is revealed by the tight
Pluto/Cupido conjunction in its incorporation chart, augmented by a
Mercury/Jupiter conjunction. Transiting Neptune is currently approaching
a square with that Pluto/Cupido combination, while transiting Saturn is
square the incorporation True North Node, signaling a need to get clear
about mergers and acquisitions, perhaps with a sense that the
possibilities in that area are extremely limited.


Would the acquisition of Yahoo! be a good idea? Apollon in Yahoo!'s
incorporation horoscope conjoins Microsoft's Mercury/Jupiter
conjunction, suggesting the notion that an acquisition of Yahoo! could
help Microsoft expand its kingdom significantly. But aside from that, I
don't see much real resonance between the two charts, at least not
enough to justify the gleeful talk of synergy on the Microsoft
conference call. In fact, given the Saturn/True Lunar Node square, I get
the distinct impression that Microsoft's move is more about desperation
than innovation.


By the way, it's also interesting that Google has the only incorporation
chart among the three featuring a retrograde Mercury. Since Microsoft's
bid has come with transiting Mercury retrograde, it looks like the
proposal on the table may not come to full fruition, while at the same
time it could work out to Google's clear advantage.

AN EVEN BIGGER BUDGET
As the week gets underway President Bush will be sending Congress a
spending plan for a record $3 trillion (that's $3,000,000,000,000 with
12--count 'em--zeros!) for his final year in office. The huge federal
budget, for the fiscal year starting in October, projects a deficit of
about $400 billion for the next two years, more than double the 2007
deficit of $163 billion, with economists already speculating that the
real figure could top the previous record deficit of $413 billion,
especially if the current recession deepens. That record was set by Bush
in 2004; the other noteworthy budget record of his administration came
in 2002, when he proposed the nation's first $2 trillion annual budget.

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NEWS AND UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
Check my website for the latest news and special offers; it's updated
several times each week. Go to www.TimBost.com and click on "Latest
News." While you're there, be sure to see the streaming videos of my
latest broadcast interviews at
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"Top Listed Site Astrology" button for links to other astrological
resources.


*****

THE ECONOMIC CALENDAR
This week we will be tracking the economic news on Factory Orders, the
ISM Non-Manufacturing Survey, the Challenger Job-Cut Report, ICSC-UBS
Store Sales, MBA Purchase Applications, Productivity and Costs, Chain
Store Sales, the EIA Petroleum Status Report, the EIA Natural Gas
Report, the Pending Home Sales Index, Consumer Credit, the RBC CASH
Index, Wholesale Trade, Jobless Claims, and the Money Supply. There will
also be interest rate announcements from the European Central Bank and
the Bank of England.


In spite of the market's efforts at recovery, there are still lots of
things to be uneasy about in the economy as a whole, and the Fed's
forces will be out in full array this week in an effort to stir up some
optimism. On Monday Federal Reserve Governor Randall Kroszner will be
speaking at the American Securitization Forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. On
Tuesday Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker will be
going to Charleston, West Virginia to talk to bankers about the economic
outlook. On Wednesday Lacker will be moving on to Huntington, West
Virginia, to speak at Marshall University, while Kroszner will be in
Washington speaking at a Women in Housing and Finance forum and
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser will be in
Birmingham, Alabama to tout the U.S. economy. On Thursday Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart will be in Atlanta to
talk at a conference of the Association for Corporate Growth, and Dallas
Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher will be going to Mexico
City to speak about central bank independence (presumably he's for it).
Then on Friday Lockhart will be speaking at the Southern Center for
International Studies in Atlanta and San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank
President Janet Yellen will be in Honolulu, Hawaii to speak at an annual
economic forecast dinner.

ASTROLOGICAL DYNAMICS
With the passage of heliocentric Mercury into Leo as the week starts,
I'm expecting stocks to begin the week with a positive boost. The
heliocentric Venus/Pluto semisextile on Monday morning may feed the
bullish sentiments. Nearly three hours prior to Monday's closing bell,
however, a void-of-course Moon gets started; it will hang on through the
remainder of Monday and will last until after lunchtime on Tuesday.
Throughout that period my personal strategy will be to avoid initiating
any new trades; I'll simply watch the markets from the sidelines and
track the progress of the trades that are already in the works.


Even though most of Tuesday will carry the influence of the
void-of-course Moon, the Sun/Chiron conjunction and the Poseidon
retrograde station both bring a lot of positive energy to the markets,
and my expectation is that their influence will considerably outlast the
lunar void. That positive energy gets considerable amplification on
Wednesday, with the heliocentric Mercury/Chiron opposition and the
Sun/Mercury conjunction.


Those events are just the prelude to the biggest astrological happening
of the week, however. Wednesday evening we will have a powerful solar
eclipse. Although it will only be visible as an annular eclipse over
most of Antarctica, with a partial eclipse visible in Australia and New
Zealand, it will still have a strong impact on markets throughout the
world. My expectation is that the solar eclipse will strengthen the
overall positive bias we will be experiencing in U.S. equities, but all
of the results of the eclipse won't be immediately apparent.


Thursday brings a direct station for the transneptunian factor Admetos,
a phenomenon that adds yet another solid positive bias to the week's
trading. Although the influence of this station will be modified
somewhat by other planetary aspects (like the heliocentric
Mercury/Neptune opposition, which is likely to produce some choppy
trading), I fully expect it to make its influence felt in greater
bullishness as we end this week and get ready for the next one.


Throughout this trading week I will be tracking heliocentric
fifth-harmonic planetary lines (H,72,N,-2) for Mercury, Venus, Jupiter,
Uranus, Pluto, Chiron, Apollon, Admetos, and Poseidon, using the
Fibonacci/Galactic Trader software from P.A.S. to follow the active
planetary support and resistance in real time. For more information on
this software as an astro-trading platform go to
http://server1.fibonaccitrader.com/licenseWeb/index.jsp?PROMOCODE=TIM .


Have a great week!

*****

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.

The demands of society, fossilized tradition, and our own personal
pettiness can keep us caught up in negative expectations, but right now
we can reach for new heights of spiritual inventiveness, unmasking our
true divinity as we release the toxicity of decaying thought forms. Even
in the midst of this cleansing process, however, we can feel overwhelmed
by the part of us that insists on struggle, that demands aggressive
action as a way of keeping the ego alive.


"Evil (ignorance) is like a shadow--it has no real substance of its own,
it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by
trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other
form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a shadow to
disappear, you must shine light on it." --Shakti Gawain

For more astrologically-based spiritual insights and a free subscription
to our monthly e-zine, be sure to visit
www.PracticalSpiritualAstrology.com.


*****

GLOBAL EQUITIES MARKETS
The selling continued in Asia last week with Shanghai the biggest loser,
but markets in Europe and the Americas bounced back fairly aggressively
last week, with Mexican equities showing especially dramatic strength.


Dow Jones Industrial Average -- up 4.39%
Dow Jones Transportation Average -- up 7.43%
Dow Jones Utilities Average -- up 5.35%
S+P 500 -- up 4.87%
NASDAQ Composite Index -- up 3.75%
Russell 2000 -- up 6.08%
London FTSE-100 -- up 2.73%
Amsterdam Index -- up 2.95%
Paris CAC-40 -- up 2.05%
Frankfurt DAX -- up 2.23%
Mexico Index -- up 9.06%
Sao Paulo BOVESPA -- up 6.29%
Sydney All Ordinaries -- down 0.07%
Bombay SENSEX -- down 0.65%
Tokyo Nikkei Index -- down 0.97%
Shanghai SE Composite Index -- down 9.26%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index -- down 3.98%

*****

U.S. EQUITY TRENDS
While U.S. stocks bounced back sharply last week in perfect coordination
with the planetary stations and our short-term expectations, the move
wasn't strong enough to change any of our price-based trend indicators.
All of our indicators now signal bearishness, so the current rally
should be approached quite cautiously.


The S+P 500 closed the week at 1395.42. 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.


The NASDAQ Composite closed the week at 2413.36. 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 730.50. 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.

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


*****

METAL MARKETS
GOLD -- We got the slight dip in Gold prices that I anticipated for last
week, but right now the coast looks clear for another strong advance in
the yellow metal. I'm expecting particularly hot momentum early in the
trading week, but even though the pace of the price advances for Gold
may slow down a bit after that, there's the possibility that this move
to the upside could last until well past the middle of the month.
SILVER -- Last week I was expecting a positive trend for Silver in spite
of the potential for a pullback in Gold, and that divergent action was
exactly what happened. Apparently it was the harbinger of things to
come, at least as far as the astrology is concerned. During the week
ahead, the potential for divergence in the two metals is much stronger
than has been the case in recent memory. As Gold moves upward this week,
I'm expecting a sharp move to the downside to get underway for Silver,
signaling the beginning of what could turn out to be a fairly
substantial drop in price.


*****

FINANCIAL CYCLES MODEL PORTFOLIOTRADES CLOSED LAST WEEK:
SPSS, CRY, EV, ESLT, VTR.

We closed five trades during the past week, with three winners and two
losers bringing us a net profit of $2,540.00.


We bought to cover 300 shares of SPSS Inc. (SPSS) at 33.40 on 01/29/08,
taking a profit of $555.00 (a 5.25% gain in 17 trading days).


We sold 1,000 shares of CryoLife Inc. (CRY) at 7.05 on 01/30/08, taking
a loss of $300.00 (a 4.08% loss in 6 trading days).


We bought to cover 200 shares of Eaton Vance Corp. (EV) at 37.50 on
01/30/08, taking a profit of $1,910.00 (a 20.30% gain in 28 trading days).


We bought to cover 200 shares of Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT) at 59.75 on
01/30/08, taking a profit of $450.00 (a 3.63% gain in 10 trading days).


We bought to cover 300 shares of Ventas Inc. (VTR) at 45.25 on 02/01/08,
taking a loss of $75.00 (a 0.56% loss in 7 trading days).


*****

POSITIONS ADDED TO THE PORTFOLIO LAST WEEK: ITT, COG, XOM.
We added one long position and two short positions to the Model
Portfolio last week.


We bought 200 shares of ITT Corporation (ITT) at 57.50 on 01/28/08, with
an initial stop set at 52.50.


We sold short 300 shares of Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation (COG) at 39.00
on 01/29/08, with an initial buy stop set at 44.00.


We sold short 100 shares of Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) at 87.50 on
02/01/08, with an initial buy stop set at 91.50.


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REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MODEL PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY
So far this year we have had a total of 11 completed trades, with 6
winners and 5 losers bringing us a total net profit of $8,425.00. The
largest profit for a single trade has been $3,300.00, with our winners
averaging $1,581.67; the largest single-trade loss has been $370.00,
with our losers averaging $213.00. The overall average profit per trade
has been $765.91, and the mean duration of our trades has been 14.8
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.


*****

CURRENT POSITIONS IN THE MODEL PORTFOLIO
Activision, Inc. (ATVI) -- sold short 400 shares at 29.75 on 12/26/07;
currently 26.43. Lower buy stop to 26.75.


Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation (COG) -- sold short 300 shares at 39.00 on
01/29/08; currently 39.20. Lower buy stop to 39.75.


Epicor Software Corporation (EPIC) bought 500 shares at 10.50 on
01/17/08; currently 11.21. Raise stop to 10.60.


Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) -- sold short 100 shares at 87.50 on
02/01/08; currently 85.95. Lower buy stop to 89.50.


ITT Corporation (ITT) -- bought 200 shares at 57.50 on 01/28/08;
currently 60.17. Raise stop to 56.25.


*****

MARKET SECTOR STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS
STRONGEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:

Semiconductor Memory Chips; Surety and Title Insurance; Printed Circuit
Boards; Savings and Loans; Auto Parts Stores.

WEAKEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Computer Based Systems; Technical and System Software; Data Storage
Devices; Silver; Oil and Gas Equipment and Services.


*****

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.

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


February 4
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Uranus 00:37 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Kronos 02:10 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Saturn 05:28 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Jupiter 05:52 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Pluto 07:48 EST
Heliocentric Venus semisextile Heliocentric Pluto 10:47 EST
Sun semisquare Pluto 12:48 EST
Void-of-Course Moon begins 13:20 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Admetos 13:49 EST
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Cupido 16:04 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 17:00 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Mars 18:49 EST
Sun sextile Cupido 19:12 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Poseidon 19:58 EST


February 5
Sun conjunct Chiron 01:06 EST
Heliocentric Earth opposition Heliocentric Chiron 01:14 EST
Heliocentric Venus enters Sagittarius 01:40 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Vulcanus 03:52 EST
Poseidon retrograde station 06:00 EST
Venus square 09/07/06 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 06:00 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Jupiter 07:48 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Zeus 09:09 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Hades 12:41 EST
Venus in 24th harmonic to Pluto 13:47 EST
Void-of-Course Moon ends 14:10 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Uranus 15:02 EST
Venus semisextile Cupido 18:47 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Apollon 20:41 EST
Mercury sesquiquadrate Kronos 22:32 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Pluto 22:36 EST


February 6
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Cupido 00:08 EST
Venus semisextile Chiron 00:48 EST
Sun semisextile Uranus 02:57 EST
Mars square 03/14/06 Lunar Eclipse point 03:41 EST
Mercury conjunct 02/07/08 Solar Eclipse point 05:20 EST
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Chiron 06:35 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 13:07 EST
Heliocentric Earth conjunct Heliocentric Mercury 13:15 EST
Sun conjunct Mercury 13:18 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Uranus 17:42 EST
Mercury parallel True Lunar Node 17:59 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Kronos 19:18 EST
Mercury semisextile Uranus 21:13 EST
Mercury semisextile Venus 21:17 EST
Venus sextile Uranus 21:22 EST
Venus square 03/03/07 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 22:13 EST
Annular Solar Eclipse 22:44 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Saturn 23:17 EST


February 7
Jupiter square 09/11/07 Solar Eclipse antiscion 00:11 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Jupiter 00:19 EST
Admetos direct station 02:43 EST
Sun sesquiquadrate Kronos 06:21 EST
Mars semisextile Vulcanus 07:40 EST
Heliocentric Venus quincunx Heliocentric Kronos 08:58 EST
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Neptune 09:04 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 10:50-20:48 EST
Heliocentric Venus quintile Heliocentric Chiron 11:40 EST
Heliocentric Earth quincunx Heliocentric Uranus 12:42 EST
Mars quintile Saturn 15:20 EST
Mercury conjunct Chiron 15:47 EST
True Lunar Node direct station 17:16 EST
Venus crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 18:01 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Mars 19:47 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Kronos 20:52 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Admetos 21:50 EST
Heliocentric Venus square Heliocentric Saturn 22:43 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Vulcanus 23:07 EST
Mercury sextile Cupido 23:48 EST
February 8
Heliocentric Venus semisextile Heliocentric Jupiter 03:01 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Apollon 03:11 EST
Mercury semisquare Pluto 04:12 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Poseidon 04:32 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Zeus 04:54 EST
Venus parallel Cupido 06:32 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 06:38 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Hades 08:45 EST
Heliocentric Mars sextile Heliocentric Admetos 18:41 EST
Heliocentric Earth in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Saturn 19:10 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Pluto 19:35 EST


February 9
Heliocentric Mercury enters Virgo 00:14 EST
Heliocentric Earth sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Jupiter 03:09 EST
Heliocentric Mars conjunct Heliocentric Vulcanus 09:07 EST
Jupiter square Zeus 09:49 EST
Sun square 08/01/08 Solar Eclipse antiscion 15:25 EST
Void-of-Course Moon begins 16:05 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Kronos 18:11 EST
Venus quintile Poseidon 19:28 EST
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Saturn 23:05 EST
Sun parallel Neptune 23:40 EST


February 10
Heliocentric Venus semisextile Heliocentric Poseidon 00:29 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Jupiter 00:56 EST
Void-of-Course Moon ends 01:17 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 01:55 EST
Sun semisextile Venus 05:48 EST
Heliocentric Earth in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Mercury 06:17 EST
Venus sesquiquadrate Saturn 09:19 EST
Mercury in 24th harmonic to True Lunar Node 13:20 EST
Sun parallel Poseidon 14:15 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Poseidon 15:19 EST
Venus semisextile Neptune 18:14 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Hades 19:59 EST
Sun conjunct Neptune 21:03 EST
Heliocentric Earth opposition Heliocentric Neptune 21:11 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Venus 23:00 EST

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STOCKS TO WATCH: HPQ, PSSI.

Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 05/06/2002; 09:30 a.m.
Transiting Jupiter is on its way to conjoin the HPQ First-Trade
Descendant, but even before it gets there this stock enjoys a couple of
weeks of very positive aspects, with transiting Jupiter sextile the
First-Trade Moon, transiting Neptune trine First-Trade Apollon, and
transiting Jupiter in opposition to First-Trade Jupiter. At the end of
the month we'll also see transiting Mars conjoining First-Trade Kronos
and transiting Jupiter trine the First-Trade Sun, so it's entirely
possible that HPQ will enjoy a more extended positive run. Our plan is
thus to add a long position in HPQ to the Model Portfolio early in the
trading week; our initial stop will be set at 39.50.

PSS World Medical Inc. (PSSI)
NASDAQ; optionable
First Trade Date: 05/05/1994; 09:30 a.m.
PSSI also has transiting Jupiter getting ready to conjoin its
First-Trade Descendant, but in this case Jupiter reaches that
conjunction faster and it's immediately followed by transiting Chiron
square First-Trade Admetos, which should provide a very sobering
influence on the trading in this stock. Combined with a look at the
technical factors at work with PSSI, this astrological picture suggests
that a short sale is in order, even though PSSI is already down about
15% so far this year. We plan to add a short position to the Model
Portfolio by mid-week, with an initial buy stop set at 18.65.


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