YOUR WEEKLY ASTRO-TRADING PLAN

IN THIS ISSUE:

The Bottom Line
Comment
Fiscal Aviation
Will Bush Blink?
European Ostrich
Political Dyspepsia
New Eclipse Report
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: While stock prices are likely to trend a bit higher as
the trading week gets underway, we are likely to see choppiness and
confusion prevail by midweek, and even some positive price action in the
week's final sessions is unlikely to make much of a dent in the market's
overall bearish uncertainty. I'm still looking for solid gains in
equities later in the month, however.

COMMENT: While I noted last week that "equities prices have a lot more
downside potential" and warned readers that "caution is in order if
you're a buyer now," I also suggested that we would see a positive week
for stocks, with advancing prices after a volatile session on Monday. I
was counting on the midweek solar eclipse to help fuel an extension of
the short-term rally.

As it turned out, that forecast was wrong. As is so often the case when
Mercury is retrograde, the reliability of even the most meticulously
back-tested indicators went out the window, and the overall analysis was
muddled, even though many details were accurate. In retrospect, the
importance of the positioning of the solar eclipse between two
transneptunian stations should have been more obvious: with Poseidon
going retrograde just prior to the eclipse (high hopes fading) and
Admetos going direct just afterwards (increasing hindrances), there was
more than enough evidence that the positive effects of the eclipse would
be muted.

LOOK! UP IN THE SKY!
The thump-thump-thump of whirlybird blades can be heard across the land,
and already people are running out of their houses, craning their necks
heavenward as they eagerly wait for greenbacks to start floating down
from the sky.

Helicopter Ben is on the move! The intensity and frequency of the
rate-cutting by the Federal Reserve is a startling indication of just
how serious the current economic situation is. So far at least, the
emergency actions of the Fed have been able to keep the banking and
credit system intact, but just how long will Dr. Bernanke be able to
keep this mission aloft? And what movie are we watching,
anyway--"Pennies from Heaven" or "Black Hawk Down"?

A NEW DECISION FROM THE DECIDER?
President Bush will be giving Congress his annual assessment of the
economy this week, which should be very interesting. While he continues
to insist that the basic fundamentals of the U.S. economy are solid,
there are signs that he may be modifying his opinion somewhat. During a
broadcast interview over the weekend, he admitted that "the signs are
troubling enough" economically for him to go ahead and sign a $168
billion tax-rebate stimulus package into law later this week. The
President's use of language and his grasp of economic issues are always
wondrous to behold, so what he says this week will deserve particular
attention.

EUROPE LOOKS THE OTHER WAY
Last week the Bank of England followed the lead of the Federal Reserve
and cut interest rates again, but the European Central Bank continued to
do its own thing, leaving interest rates unchanged in what may be a
last-ditch effort to keep a smiley face firmly displayed on the united
currency. Even so, ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet was obliged to
admit that the economic situation on the continent is far from rosy. "If
I take all the data," he told a news conference, "they confirm risks lie
to the downside."

While a lot of energy has thus far been invested in maintaining the
propaganda line of an economically solid European Union, some
significant cracks are starting to appear in that edifice. Although not
many observers noticed the reports in the wake of last week's news that
the U.S. service sector had plunged, there was in fact also word that
service businesses in Italy, Spain, and Germany had all taken
significant hits as well, their first in many years. And while U.S.
financial institutions have been actively struggling in their efforts to
account for the full impact of the subprime crisis, Europe has worked to
maintain the appearance of immunity--at least until now.

In the coming weeks and months I'm looking for the unfolding of more
evidence of the real impact of the credit collapse in Europe, and with
it a move by the European Central Bank to bring interest rates more in
line with those in Britain and the U.S.

ELECTION QUEASINESS
Last week's service sector shocker and a grim forecast from Cisco both
gave traders the jitters, but of course the stock market is responding
to more than just the current economic news. While it's clear that the
economy is in deep doo-doo, there's also the irksome matter of the U.S.
presidential elections, which are also in deep doo-doo.

The problem with the balloting on "Super Tuesday" was that it created
even more uncertainty about the ultimate election outcome in November,
and, as always, the stock market abhors uncertainty. Prices responded
accordingly.

On the Republican side, Senator John McCain emerged as the clear
front-runner and the probable nominee, which is an outcome that many
mainstream Republicans have had a hard time swallowing. Even so, as
Tuesday's ballots were counted Mitt Romney's relatively strong showing
left the possibility of a brokered convention. But then, in a surprise
move, Romney withdrew from the race with the rather bizarre declaration
that for him to continue campaigning at this point--9 months before the
election--would only support terrorism. So with the field of candidates
now reduced to McCain, Mike Huckabee, and Ron Paul, the Republican power
brokers are preparing for a coronation at their convention and voters in
the remaining primaries are assured that the media will pretty much be
ignoring their balloting.

The Democrats, meantime, have been engaging in their time-honored party
tradition of petty squabbling, character assassinations, and racist
diatribes. The fact that neither Clinton nor Obama has gained a clear
advantage at this point is not a real difficulty in and of itself; close
races are the life-blood of politics. The really thorny problem is the
massive confusion and rapidly-brewing controversy around the issues
related to primaries without delegates, potential voting irregularities,
and the affiliations of Super Delegates. It's a situation that's already
looking alarmingly like a setup for a replay of the catastrophic
Democratic convention of 1968.

It's not unusual to see a queasy market reaction during the run-up to a
presidential election. What's different here is that the queasiness has
set in so early in the process, and no one seems to have any antacids handy.

NEW ECLIPSE REPORT AVAILABLE
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solar eclipse. You'll find complete ordering information at
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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
http://www.timbost.com/publications/videogallery.html and check out the
"Top Listed Site Astrology" button for links to other astrological resources.

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THE ECONOMIC CALENDAR
This week we will be tracking the economic news on ICSC-UBS Store Sales,
MBA Purchase Applications, the Treasury Budget, Retail Sales, Business
Inventories, the EIA Petroleum Status Report, the EIA Natural Gas
Report, International Trade, the Empire State Manufacturing Survey,
Import and Export Prices, Treasury International Capital, Industrial
Production, Consumer Sentiment, Jobless Claims, and the Money Supply.

On Monday St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President William Poole will be
in St. Louis, Missouri to talk to a local chapter of the NABE and field
questions from journalists and the audience. San Francisco Federal
Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen will be speaking to a local San
Francisco group on Tuesday, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President
Charles Evans will be speaking in Chicago on Thursday, and on Friday
Federal Reserve Governor Frederic Mishkin will be at Dartmouth College
in Hanover, New Hampshire to talk about central bank strategies for
dealing with financial disruptions. In Washington on Thursday morning it
will be Fed Chairman Ben Shalom Bernanke in the spotlight; he will be
testifying on the economy and the financial markets before the Senate
Banking Committee.

ASTROLOGICAL DYNAMICS
Mercury remains in retrograde motion throughout this trading week, so
it's especially difficult to read the market indicators, even the
astrological ones. Conventional expectations break down, signals get
confused, and it's easy to make mistakes in interpreting the signals
that do get through. And even when we get the correct information and
interpret it correctly, there's still no guarantee of positive
results--as astro-traders, along with our trading colleagues who use
other analytical approaches, we can get the analysis right, but get the
trade itself wrong.

For example, if our research shows that a particular astrological aspect
moves the market up 80% of the time, we may choose to enter a trade on
that basis. Even so, as the aspect makes its influence felt, the market
index may still move down, becoming part of the 20% statistic connected
with the times when the indicator doesn't work. It's the exception to
the rule, the other side of the equation.

All that is meant to say that this is a week for us to be especially
careful in our trading. That's particularly true as we encounter the
lunar perigee and deal with the mixed market signals that are so
characteristic of Mercury retrograde periods.

The astrological aspects at the start of the trading week don't have a
particularly dramatic influence. Nevertheless, they do add a slightly
positive bias to equities trading. Monday morning's heliocentric
Mars/Apollon waning square is a fairly consistent indicator of rising
stock prices, so I'm expecting an upward trend lasting at least during
the first few hours of the trading session and possibly carrying over
into the following trading day.

By Tuesday evening, however, the positive energy of the waning
Sun/Admetos square and the heliocentric Mercury/Uranus opposition is
substantially weakened by the Venus/Vulcanus opposition, which is likely
to contribute to some choppy but volatile trading for several days.

Wednesday produces its own share of contradictions. It brings the lunar
perigee and two activations of lunar eclipses, so it should be an
extremely interesting trading day. On top of that, the waning
Sun/Vulcanus quincunx at midday and the waning Venus/Mars quincunx that
afternoon both point to rising equities prices, but the waxing
semisextile between heliocentric Mars and Hades is a solid indicator of
declining values.

That negative energy has the potential for influencing the trading
action for several days, but Valentine's Day on Thursday brings a series
of bullish astrological factors, including a waning Venus/Hades
quincunx, a heliocentric Venus/Cupido conjunction, a waning Sun/Mars
trine, and a waning Sun/Hades trine. Those positive indicators are
backed up on Friday by a waxing Sun/Apollon trine and the entry of
heliocentric Mercury into Libra, which are both positive market signals.

Even if this trading week does end on a positive note, however, I
suspect that any price advances for the week as a whole are likely to be
hard fought. While the positive energy may have a stronger impact than I
think, it definitely runs into some blockages by midweek, and even
though the trading volatility may pick up in the week's final trading
sessions, the net result is likely to be less than encouraging. And once
again, with Mercury retrograde even the best analysis shouldn't be
trusted 100 percent.

Throughout this trading week I will be tracking heliocentric
fifth-harmonic planetary lines (H,72,N,-2) for the Earth, Mercury,
Venus, Neptune, Chiron, Kronos, 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!

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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.

As always, the key to our material comfort and our spiritual well-being
is an active cultivation of gratitude. If we make an extra effort now to
express profound appreciation, we can sow the seeds of even greater
blessings to come. This is especially true if we passionately connect
with the positive elements in our cultural and spiritual traditions; in
expressing gratitude to our ancestors we can provoke an abundant
flowering of security and grace in our hearts today.

"There are people who have money and people who are rich." -- Coco Chanel

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 Shanghai, it was a rough week for stocks,
with indices around the world uniformly giving back all of their gains
from the previous week. Aside from the losses in the U.S., the bourses
in Europe were particularly hard hit, with Paris and Amsterdam leading
the declines.

Dow Jones Industrial Average -- down 4.40%
Dow Jones Transportation Average -- down 1.99%
Dow Jones Utilities Average -- down 3.07%
S+P 500 -- down 4.60%
NASDAQ Composite Index -- down 4.50%
Russell 2000 -- down 4.33%
London FTSE-100 -- down 4.07%
Amsterdam Index -- down 4.32%
Paris CAC-40 -- down 5.39%
Frankfurt DAX -- down 2.89%
Mexico Index -- down 2.64%
Sao Paulo BOVESPA -- down 3.28%
Sydney All Ordinaries -- down 2.69%
Bombay SENSEX -- down 4.26%
Tokyo Nikkei Index -- down 3.56%
Shanghai SE Composite Index -- up 6.46%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index -- down 2.71%

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U.S. EQUITY TRENDS
Last week's drop in U.S. share prices confirmed our bearish trend
indicators in all time frames. Prices typically fall much more rapidly
than they rise, and with our price targets for technical trend
reversals, our expectations are likely to remain bearish whether or not
we get immediate price action to the upside.

The NASDAQ Composite closed the week at 2304.85. 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 698.90. 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 r.92equired 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 1331. 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 -- Gold found a short-term trading bottom last week and started to
push back towards its record price levels. This week I expect to see the
yellow metal break through resistance and set new record highs, and even
if we see some fresh consolidation in the weeks ahead there's room for
more upside expansion before a fresh corrective pattern takes over.

SILVER -- Silver got the sharp move to the downside that I was looking
for last week, but it came during a void-of-course Moon and Silver
promptly regained its losses and then moved to new highs during the
subsequent trading sessions of the week. Much of the cycles work on
Silver suggests an imminent move to the downside, but this metal's
trading behavior has been erratic enough lately that a reversal into
negative territory is anything but a foregone conclusion. I think we
will see clearer trend indicators emerging following the lunar eclipse
on February 20, but until then the only suggestion I can make is to
trade this metal with extreme caution.

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FINANCIAL CYCLES MODEL PORTFOLIO

TRADES CLOSED LAST WEEK: COG, ATVI, ITT.
We closed three trades during the past week, with one winner and two
losers bringing us a net profit of $725.00.

We bought to cover 300 shares of Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation (COG) at
39.75 on 02/04/08, taking a loss of $225.00 (a 1.92% loss in 4 trading
days).

We bought to cover 400 shares of Activision, Inc. (ATVI) at 26.75 on
02/08/08, taking a profit of $1,200.00 (a 10.08% gain in 30 trading days).
We sold 200 shares of ITT Corporation (ITT) at 56.25 on 02/08/08, taking
a loss of $250.00 (a 2.17% loss in 9 trading days).

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

We bought 200 shares of Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) at 42.95 on
02/05/08, with an initial stop set at 39.50.

We sold short 600 shares of PSS World Medical Inc. (PSSI) at 17.50 on
02/05/08, with an initial buy stop set at 18.65.

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REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MODEL PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY
So far this year we have had a total of 14 completed trades, with 7
winners and 7 losers bringing us a total net profit of $9,150.00. The
largest profit for a single trade has been $3,300.00, with our winners
averaging $1,527.14; the largest single-trade loss has been $370.00,
with our losers averaging $220.00. The overall average profit per trade
has been $653.57, and the mean duration of our trades has been 14.7
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
Epicor Software Corporation (EPIC) bought 500 shares at 10.50 on
01/17/08; currently 12.25. Raise stop to 11.09.

Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) -- sold short 100 shares at 87.50 on
02/01/08; currently 81.78. Lower buy stop to 83.15.

Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) -- bought 200 shares at 42.95 on 02/05/08;
currently 41.88. Raise stop to 40.50.

PSS World Medical Inc. (PSSI) -- sold short 600 shares at 17.50 on
02/05/08; currently 17.37. Lower buy stop to 17.75.

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MARKET SECTOR STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS
STRONGEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Wholesalers; Medical Laboratories and Research; Medical Practitioners;
Home Health Care; Drug Related Products.

WEAKEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Semiconductor Memory Chips; Recreational Vehicles; Heavy Construction;
Farm Products; Broadline Semiconductors.

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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.

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

February 11
Mercury square 02/07/08 Solar Eclipse antiscion 00:17 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Vulcanus 00:50 EST
Heliocentric Venus quintile Heliocentric Neptune 04:19 EST
Heliocentric Venus sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Vulcanus 04:21 EST
Mercury semisextile Jupiter 04:58 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Mars 05:10 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Apollon 05:19 EST
Mercury crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 06:33 EST
Heliocentric Mars square Heliocentric Apollon 06:42 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Zeus 07:13 EST
Mercury trine Zeus 14:35 EST
Heliocentric Venus semisquare Heliocentric Apollon 17:29 EST
Sun parallel Mercury 19:28 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 19:40 EST
Void-of-Course Moon begins 20:00 EST
Heliocentric Venus sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Mars 21:51 EST
Heliocentric Venus sextile Heliocentric Zeus 23:04 EST

February 12
Venus contraparallel Vulcanus 01:19 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Cupido 01:20 EST
Void-of-Course Moon ends 04:34 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Kronos 08:12 EST
Venus trine Admetos 08:35 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Chiron 09:30 EST
Mercury sesquiquadrate Hades 13:49 EST
Sun square Admetos 19:45 EST
Venus opposition Vulcanus 21:59 EST
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Uranus 22:59 EST
Mercury parallel Poseidon 23:30 EST

February 13
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Saturn 06:37 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 10:13 EST
Mercury sesquiquadrate Mars 10:41 EST
Mercury parallel Neptune 10:42 EST
Sun conjunct 08/16/08 Lunar Eclipse point 11:31 EST
Sun quincunx Vulcanus 11:57 EST
Mercury in 24th harmonic to Venus 12:47 EST
Heliocentric Earth square Heliocentric Admetos 14:00 EST
Venus quincunx Mars 14:29 EST
Venus square 08/28/07 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 14:41 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Neptune 17:38 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Chiron 18:48 EST
Lunar perigee 20:08 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisextile Heliocentric Vulcanus 20:33 EST
Heliocentric Mars semisextile Heliocentric Hades 21:32 EST
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Pluto 21:56 EST
Sun in 24th harmonic to Mercury 23:31 EST

February 14
Void-of-Course Moon 00:05-07:19 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Poseidon 00:09 EST
True Lunar Node retrograde station 00:39 EST
Venus quincunx Hades 02:30 EST
Heliocentric Venus conjunct Heliocentric Cupido 02:57 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Admetos 09:05 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Vulcanus 10:39 EST
Venus square Apollon 11:35 EST
Sun trine Mars 11:38 EST
Mercury opposition 08/01/08 Solar Eclipse point 11:52 EST
Jupiter semisquare True Lunar Node 12:20 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisextile Heliocentric Mercury 15:13 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Apollon 15:43 EST
Heliocentric Earth sextile Heliocentric Apollon 17:14 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Zeus 17:53 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Hades 22:44 EST
Sun trine Hades 22:46 EST

February 15
Heliocentric Earth quintile Heliocentric Poseidon 00:01 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Mars 01:53 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Zeus 02:02 EST
Heliocentric Venus sextile Heliocentric Chiron 02:35 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Neptune 04:19 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 04:32 EST
Sun trine Apollon 09:53 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Pluto 12:07 EST
Mercury biquintile Kronos 15:13 EST
Venus semisextile True Lunar Node 15:18 EST
Heliocentric Mercury enters Libra 17:42 EST
Sun sesquiquadrate Zeus 18:13 EST
Venus in 24th harmonic to Jupiter 20:28 EST
Heliocentric Earth sextile Heliocentric Hades 21:42 EST
Venus square 02/21/08 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 22:46 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Chiron 23:36 EST

February 16
Void-of-Course Moon 05:17-10:12 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Cupido 08:16 EST
Heliocentric Venus square Heliocentric Uranus 15:48 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Kronos 16:07 EST
True Lunar Node direct station 19:02 EST
Sun quintile Cupido 19:42 EST
Sun parallel True Lunar Node 19:51 EST
Sun conjunct True Lunar Node 19:53 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 20:19 EST
Heliocentric Venus biquintile Heliocentric Vulcanus 20:30 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Saturn 23:41 EST

February 17
Mars conjunct Hades 00:04 EST
Mercury square Poseidon 02:49 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Jupiter 04:06 EST
Venus biquintile Saturn 05:53 EST
Sun semisquare Jupiter 09:21 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Vulcanus 11:07 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Neptune 11:17 EST
Venus enters Aquarius 11:22 EST
True Lunar Node quintile Cupido 11:28 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisextile Heliocentric Mars 13:15 EST
Void-of-Course Moon begins 16:13 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Poseidon 18:30 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Venus 21:49 EST
Venus semisextile Pluto 23:38 EST

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STOCKS TO WATCH: HPQ, PSSI.

McDonald's Corp. (MCD)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 07/05/1966; 10:00 a.m.
McDonald's has gotten some strong positive publicity lately as it has
promoted the latest incarnation of its "Voice of McDonald's" employee
talent search campaign. Even so, this stock has been trading well below
the price levels it was hitting in December, and is still priced below
its 50-day moving average. Yet none of this is really surprising from an
astro-trading perspective, considering the fact that transiting Saturn
is currently on its way to conjoin the MCD First-Trade Ascendant. That
event takes place on February 19, with transiting Mercury back in direct
motion and with transiting Mars conjoining First-Trade Mars, followed by
such positive aspects as transiting Apollon trine First-Trade Mars and
square First-Trade Apollon, transiting Jupiter square First-Trade
Cupido, and transiting Jupiter trine First-Trade Pluto and First-Trade
Uranus. In other words, this looks like a good setup for a long
position, so we plan to enter one early in the trading week, with an
initial stop set at 50.00.

Terra Industries Inc. (TRA)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 07/06/1973; 10:00 a.m.
Terra produces and markets nitrogen and methanol products for
agriculture and industry in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. Transiting
Saturn conjoined the TRA First-Trade Ascendant on the date of the recent
solar eclipse, and now we can look forward to Saturn sextile First-Trade
Vulcanus, Saturn sesquiquadrate First-Trade Chiron, Saturn semisquare
First-Trade Poseidon, Saturn square First-Trade Neptune, Saturn trine
First-Trade Admetos, and Mars conjunct First-Trade Saturn. With that
kind of line-up in store, we are ready to add a short position in TRA to
the Model Portfolio early in the coming trading week. Our initial buy
stop will be set at 48.00.

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (WFR)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 07/13/1995; 09:30 a.m.
MEMC Electronic Materials produces wafers for the worldwide
semiconductor industry; its products are used in the manufacture of
semiconductor devices including memory, microprocessor, logic, and power
devices. WFR has pulled back considerably from its December high, and
has been trading in a fairly congested channel for the past few weeks.
Transiting Saturn crosses the WFR First-Trade Ascendant this week, and
after that there are a number of potentially positive aspects, including
transiting Jupiter semisquare First-Trade Pluto, Chiron trine
First-Trade Apollon, Uranus trine First-Trade Vulcanus, Jupiter
sesquiquadrate the First-Trade Midheaven, Mars trine First-Trade
Poseidon, and Jupiter square First-Trade Apollon. We thus plan to buy
WFR before the end of the trading week; our initial stop will be set at
62.50.

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