YOUR WEEKLY ASTRO-TRADING PLAN

IN THIS ISSUE:

The Bottom Line
Comment
A Later Issue
Toothpick Trauma
Planetary Contest
Bank Doors Shut
Watch Yorba.TV
The Economic Calendar
Astrological Dynamics
Spiritual Focus for the Week
Global Equities Markets
U.S. Equity Trends
Gold and Silver
Financial Cycles Model Portfolio
Market Sector Strength and Weakness
Astro-Trading Gann Plan Calendar
Stocks to Watch

THE BOTTOM LINE: We have a potentially choppy week in the markets ahead
of us, with lots of potential for false signals and fake-outs. My
expectation is that we will see rising stock prices overall during the
first part of the week, with a sharply lower close on Friday.

COMMENT: The United Astrology Conference (UAC 2008) will be getting
underway later this week in Denver, Colorado, and I'll be there to speak
as a part of the faculty for the event.

UAC 2008 will be the world's largest gathering of professional
astrologers ever! Over 270 classes, several pre- and post-conference
workshops, and many other exciting events are planned especially for
this remarkable conference. The faculty is comprised of 150 of the most
highly respected astrologers from all over the world, and they will be
speaking on topics of interest to every level of astrological knowledge,
from beginner to long-time professional.

If you're in Denver, please be sure to connect with me at the event,
which will be held at the Adams Mark Hotel. I'll be speaking on Monday,
May 19, and would be glad to chat with you personally at any time during
the week-long event.

You'll find more information on UAC 2008, including details on
registration and accommodations, at www.uacastrology.com .

A SCHEDULE SHIFT
Because I'll be speaking at UAC next week, the next issue of
FinancialCyclesWeekly will be slightly delayed in publication. Look for
it in your email inbox a few hours after the normal publication time.

IRRATIONAL REACTIONS
As an astrologer I'm sometimes quite surprised to witness people
reacting in negative ways to the notion of using astrology in the
markets. After all, what's wrong with correlating knowledge of planetary
cycles with market trends, especially when that connection offers such a
profitable competitive edge?

The answer, of course, is that those negative reactions are based in
biases against the word "astrology" itself, and against presumed notions
of what that word implies, with little or no connection to the realities
of empirical astrological analysis.

Unfortunately, too, the reactions often have an element of fear in them
as well. It would be bad enough if they were provoked by ridicule of
astrology as superstitious entertainment, but instead they seem grounded
in a genuine apprehension that something underhanded is going on when
astrology produces amazing results.

The attitude, in short, is that "if there's something spectacular going
on here that I don't fully understand, and if there's any way I can
label it in a way that connects it with mysterious forces, then it must
be evil."

And that attitude isn't limited to astrology. It came out early last
week in Land O' Lakes, Florida, when a middle school teacher suddenly
found himself in the unemployment line after performing a parlor magic
trick.

Substitute Teacher Jim Piculas said he made a toothpick disappear and
reappear in front of students at the Rushe Middle School, and then later
got a call from the supervisor of teachers, saying he had been accused
of wizardry.

"I get a call the middle of the day from the head supervisor of
substitute teachers," Piculas explained. "He says, 'Jim, we have a huge
issue. You can't take any more assignments. You need to come in right
away.'"

According to Piculas, the anti-magic bias may have serious career
repercussions. He said he's concerned that the incident may prevent him
from being considered for future teaching jobs.

PERSONAL PLANETARY POSSIBILITIES
It may not be magic, and it doesn't have anything to do with astrology
or the markets, but it's great entertainment, especially if you're a
table-top game geek. Thanks to a new contest that's just gotten
underway, you have a chance to have a planet officially named after
you--at least in a popular game-playing universe!

In this contest from Amazing Space Venture, the clever tile and card
playing game of intergalactic space exploration, slightly mad game
inventor Dr. Nevets Yahsel invites you to join him and his sidekick, the
blundering space explorer wannabe Captain Rookie, in discovering the
answers to the tantalizing mysteries of deep space in a challenging
scavenger hunt.

The contest is open to the ENTIRE UNIVERSE and runs from May 9 through
May 26, with the winner announced on May 27. In the contest, there are 6
multiple choice questions related to SherCo Games' Amazing Space
Venture. All answers can be figured out by reviewing the Amazing Space
Venture web site either at www.amazingspaceventure.com or
www.shercogames.com and/or www.boardgamegeek.com/contest/sherco .

You do not need to own a copy of the game to determine the correct
answers; for each correct answer you get 1 entry in a random drawing to
win one of three prizes: First Prize is a planet card named after you in
the first expansion set of cards for Amazing Space Venture, plus a copy
of the game; Second Prize is a copy of the Amazing Space Venture game;
and Third Prize is an Amazing Space Venture T-shirt.

FEDS CLOSE ANOTHER BANK
Last Friday regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
announced the closing of all nine branches of ANB Financial National
Association in Bentonville, Arkansas. According to FDIC spokesman David
Barr, the bank's locations will now be run by Pulaski Bank and Trust
Company. ANB Financial, with roughly $2.1 billion in assets and $1.8
billion in total deposits, was closed because of "unsafe and unsound"
business practices, including lax lending standards for construction and
development projects in Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, and Arkansas.

This was the third closure this year of an FDIC-insured bank, following
Douglass National Bank in January and Hume Bank in March. Douglass and
Hume are both in Missouri, and both were much smaller banks than ANB
Financial, with Douglass showing $58.5 million in assets and Hume
holding $18.7 million.

The fact that the assets of ANB Financial dwarf those of the other two
institutions is obvious a cause for concern. The real worry, however, is
that these three closures are just the tip of the iceberg. Apparently
the FDIC shares that concern, since the agency has announced plans to
beef up its bank-failure staff, including re-hiring up to 25 retired
former employees on a temporary basis.

FINANCIAL ASTROLOGY ON WEB TV
Because I'll be traveling this week to the UAC gathering in Denver,
plans for my next appearance on Michael Yorba's "Commodity Classics"
show have not yet been finalized. I may be doing a remote broadcast from
the site of the conference; if so I'll be joining Michael at 4:30 p.m.
Eastern time (3:30 Central). I suggest that you tune in to the show
online then at www.yorba.tv to see if financial astrology is being
featured then. You can also go to the Video Gallery section of the
Publications page on my website at
http://www.timbost.com/publications/videogallery.html to find the
archived videos from my previous appearances on this TV program.

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 watching for the reports on Import and Export
Prices, ICSC-UBS Store Sales, MBA Purchase Applications, Retail Sales,
Business Inventories, the EIA Petroleum Status Report, the EIA Natural
Gas Report, the Consumer Price Index, the Empire State Manufacturing
Survey, Treasury International Capital, Industrial Production, the
Philadelphia Fed Survey, the Housing Market Index, Consumer Sentiment,
Housing Starts, Jobless Claims, and the Money Supply.

It's also a week to listen to the nuances in presentations by central
bank officials. On Monday and Tuesday Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
President Sandra Pianalto will appear in Paris on a panel at the Global
Interdependence Center; on Tuesday Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank
President Charles Plosser will be moderating a panel on fair disclosure
at the Atlanta Fed conference in Sea Island, Georgia; on Tuesday San
Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen will be in
Vancouver, British Columbia, to talk about the U.S. economy; and also on
Tuesday Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Hoenig will be
talking about the U.S. economy before an audience in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. Then on Wednesday San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President
Janet Yellen moves on to Tacoma, Washington, where she will present "An
Introduction to the Federal Open Market Committee" at he Pacific
Northwest Regional Economic Conference.

ASTROLOGICAL DYNAMICS
The astrological factors impacting the markets this week tend to be a
mixed bag, but one with a slight bias to the upside overall. Even so,
there will be plenty of challenges for traders, with some contradictory
indicators, potential for sudden intraday reversals, and a couple of
periods with the Moon void-of-course thrown in to add to the general
confusion.

One of those void-of-course periods is on Monday morning when the
markets open. In fact, the lunar void lasts until just about an hour
before the closing bell in New York, so this is a day to wait for some
of the market choppiness to sort itself out before taking action. The
day does have a modestly positive tone, however, thanks to a Sun/Jupiter
trine that afternoon.

The signals are mixed on Tuesday, with a geocentric Mercury/Cupido
opposition signaling weakening stock prices and the entry of
heliocentric Mercury into Libra announcing the start of a rising tide.

I suspect that the bullish sentiment will prove to be the dominant force
in Tuesday's trading, especially since Wednesday brings some additional
bullish indicators, namely the Sun/Admetos conjunction and the
heliocentric Venus/Poseidon opposition. Another void-of-course Moon
kicks in on Wednesday afternoon, however, so the better part of wisdom
will be to avoid optimistic extremes and step aside from active trading
for a few hours.

Optimism is also likely to be the order of the day on Thursday, with its
waxing heliocentric Earth/Vulcanus trine adding some surprisingly
positive strength to the market environment. The tone shifts after that,
however, with Friday's heliocentric Mercury/Zeus conjunction and
Saturday's heliocentric Mars/Saturn conjunction both signaling choppy
action followed by declining prices.

Throughout this trading week I will be tracking heliocentric
fifth-harmonic planetary lines (H,72,N,-2) for Mercury, Venus, Neptune,
Chiron, Cupido, Zeus, and Vulcanus, 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 astro-trading
analysis and trading software 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 we work to transform emotional blockages into more fulfilling
expressions of divine wisdom, we can gain a great deal of insight if we
expand our personal horizons to include the interests and ideals of
others. As we discover our common longing for abundance, harmony, and
creativity, we will spontaneously open ourselves to the kind of
transcendent inspiration that turns the chores of mundane experience
into rites of ecstatically expanded consciousness.

"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security."
--Dwight David Eisenhower

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
Asian and U.S. stock markets showed some weakness last week, with the
European bourses also posting modest losses. In many cases the week's
trading did little more than simply erase the slim gains of the previous
week. The positive spots in the week's action were in Brazil and Australia.

Dow Jones Industrial Average -- down 2.39%
Dow Jones Transportation Average -- down 2.16%
Dow Jones Utilities Average -- down 2.77%
S+P 500 -- down 1.81%
NASDAQ Composite Index -- down 1.27%
Russell 2000 -- down 0.78%
London FTSE-100 -- down 0.17%
Amsterdam Index -- down 0.17%
Paris CAC-40 -- down 2.15%
Frankfurt DAX -- down 0.57%
Mexico Index -- down 1.13%
Sao Paulo BOVESPA -- up 0.40%
Sydney All Ordinaries -- up 1.46%
Bombay SENSEX -- down 4.90%
Tokyo Nikkei Index -- down 0.81%
Shanghai SE Composite Index -- down 2.16%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index -- down 4.49%

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U.S. EQUITY TRENDS
It was a week of distribution for U.S. stocks, leaving all of our
technical trend assumptions intact. In spite of all the efforts to get a
big rally going, we still don't have the technical confirmation for a
fully bullish stance.

The Russell 2000 closed the trading week at 720.05. The Russell remains
on a January 4 short-term sell signal, with a daily close above 799
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 NASDAQ Composite back off a bit to finish the week at 2445.52, still
short of our technical price target to confirm a reversal to the upside.
The NASDAQ currently remains on a November 8 short-term sell signal,
with a daily close above 2735 needed to reverse our technical trend
assumptions back to the buy side. The NASDAQ is on a January 22
long-term sell signal, with a daily close of 3044 or higher needed to
resume long-term bullish expectations. 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 April 24 correct planetary daily low set by the S+P 500 has
continued to support that index, even after a losing week brought it
down to a close of 1388.28. The S+P is still on a December 17 short-term
sell signal, with a daily close above 1436 needed to reverse 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 -- As I mentioned last week, even though we are likely to see
considerable bearish pressure for Gold continuing until mid-summer, the
short-term factors support the brief rally that has just gotten
underway. Gold is still trading well above its 200-day moving average,
and unless we suddenly see support in the 833-836 range getting
challenged, we can look for more upside expansion during the next week
or two.

SILVER -- Silver has been struggling lately to break out significantly
above its 10-day moving average, and the astrological factors at work
suggest that might be possible in the coming weeks, especially after the
Full Moon adds its energy to a Moon/Jupiter parallel. At that point we
have the distinct likelihood that rising Silver prices will continue at
least into the end of May and possibly into early June as well. A daily
close above 17.00 will be a significantly bullish signal in this market.

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FINANCIAL CYCLES MODEL PORTFOLIO

TRADES CLOSED LAST WEEK: DE, ANDE.
We closed two trades during the past week, with one winner and one loser
bringing us a net profit of $1,110.00.

We sold 200 shares of Deere and Company (DE) at 83.25 on 05/05/08,
taking a loss of $150.00 (a 0.94% loss in 4 trading days).

We sold 400 shares of The Andersons Inc. (ANDE) at 45.15 on 05/06/08,
taking a profit of $1,260.00 (a 7.50% gain in 11 trading days).

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

We bought 300 shares of Dover Corporation (DOV) at 49.80 on 05/05/08,
with an initial stop set at 47.25.

We sold short 100 shares of Autozone Inc. (AZO) at 125.25 on 05/06/08,
with an initial buy stop set at 130.00.

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REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MODEL PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY
So far this year we have had a total of 45 completed trades, with 21
winners and 24 losers bringing us a total net profit of $16,902.00. The
largest profit for a single trade has been $3,450.00, with our winners
averaging $1,070.24; the largest single-trade loss has been $800.00,
with our losers averaging $232.31. The overall average profit per trade
has been $375.60, and the mean duration of our trades has been 9.6
trading days.

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

During 2006 we had a total of 177 completed trades, with 74 winners and
103 losers bringing us a total net profit of $9,881.00. The largest
profit for a single trade was $2,595.00, with our winners averaging
$473.04; the largest single-trade loss was $949.00, with our losers
averaging $247.31. The overall average profit per trade was $55.82. The
mean duration of our trades was 9.0 trading days.

During 2005 we had a total of 200 completed trades, with 79 winners and
121 losers bringing us a total net profit of $14,993.00. The largest
profit for a single trade was $4,884.00, with our winners averaging
$630.55; the largest single-trade loss was $956.00, with our losers
averaging $304.42. The overall average profit per trade was $74.97. The
mean duration of our trades was 10.4 trading days.

During 2002-2004 inclusive we had a total of 584 completed trades, with
322 winners, 260 losers, and 2 break-even trades bringing us an average
annual net profit of $50,528.83. The largest profit for a single trade
was $9,240.00; the largest single-trade loss was $1,170.00; the average
profit per trade was $259.57. The mean duration of our trades during
those three years was 11.0 trading days.

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CURRENT POSITIONS IN THE MODEL PORTFOLIO
Autozone Inc. (AZO) -- sold short 100 shares at 125.25 on 05/06/08;
currently 122.44. Lower buy stop to 124.50.

Dover Corporation (DOV) -- bought 300 shares at 49.80 on 05/05/08;
currently 51.80. Raise stop to 50.60.

Equifax Inc. (EFX) -- sold short 400 shares at 39.75 on 05/01/08;
currently 37.78. Lower buy stop to 38.50.

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (TROW) -- bought 200 shares at 58.75 on
04/25/08; currently 60.47. Raise stop to 59.00.

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MARKET SECTOR STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS
STRONGEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Oil and Gas Equipment and Services; Wholesale Industrial Equipment;
Industrial Metals and Minerals; Oil and Gas Drilling and Exploration;
Independent Oil and Gas.

WEAKEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Major Airlines; Generic Drugs; Southeast Regional Banks; Drug Related
Products; Wholesale Building Materials.

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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.

May 11
Mars quincunx Pluto 02:55 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Uranus 04:26 EDT
Heliocentric Earth biquintile Heliocentric Hades 04:44 EDT
Sun square Chiron 04:58 EDT
Mars contraparallel Jupiter 09:18 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Mars 11:39 EDT
Mercury square 03/03/07 Lunar Eclipse point 16:36 EDT
Heliocentric Earth sextile Heliocentric Mercury 16:36 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Neptune 20:55 EDT

May 12
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Saturn 00:28 EDT
Sun sextile Uranus 00:32 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Poseidon 01:04 EDT
Heliocentric Venus sextile Heliocentric Kronos 01:30 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Chiron 02:26 EDT
Moon Crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 03:47 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon 04:09-14:48 EDT
Heliocentric Venus quintile Heliocentric Neptune 07:51 EDT
Heliocentric Venus semisquare Heliocentric Uranus 08:53 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Admetos 10:08 EDT
Mercury biquintile Poseidon 11:16 EDT
Heliocentric Earth square Heliocentric Neptune 11:34 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Vulcanus 11:38 EDT
Sun trine Jupiter 13:28 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Apollon 16:51 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Zeus 19:16 EDT
Venus quincunx Cupido 19:40 EDT
Mars semisextile Saturn 23:16 EDT

May 13
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Hades 00:24 EDT
Venus sesquiquadrate Pluto 04:23 EDT
Heliocentric Earth in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Poseidon 05:41 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Neptune 07:41 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Transpluto 07:47 EDT
Sun square True Lunar Node 14:13 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Pluto 15:32 EDT
Mercury square 09/07/06 Lunar Eclipse point 16:13 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury enters Libra 17:57 EDT
Venus biquintile Zeus 19:22 EDT
Heliocentric Venus trine Heliocentric Mars 19:36 EDT
Mercury opposition Cupido 20:50 EDT
Transpluto direct station 22:21 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Venus 23:29 EDT

May 14
Mars parallel Vulcanus 00:20 EDT
Moon Crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 00:39 EDT
Mercury quintile Transpluto 07:10 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Chiron 07:42 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Cupido 10:32 EDT
Sun sextile Vulcanus 11:46 EDT
Sun square Neptune 11:50 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon 12:38-23:46 EDT
Sun square 08/16/08 Lunar Eclipse point 15:11 EDT
Neptune parallel True Lunar Node 15:14 EDT
Heliocentric Venus trine Heliocentric Saturn 15:36 EDT
Heliocentric Venus opposition Heliocentric Poseidon 15:50 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Kronos 17:26 EDT
Venus square 02/07/08 Solar Eclipse point 19:22 EDT
Sun conjunct Admetos 21:17 EDT
Heliocentric Earth opposition Heliocentric Admetos 21:25 EDT
Sun parallel Admetos 22:34 EDT
Mercury biquintile Jupiter 23:40 EDT
Sun biquintile Pluto 23:54 EDT

May 15
Venus Crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 00:35 EDT
Heliocentric Saturn sextile Heliocentric Poseidon 02:55 EDT
Heliocentric Venus biquintile Heliocentric Cupido 02:56 EDT
Heliocentric Earth trine Heliocentric Vulcanus 04:01 EDT
Venus semisquare Kronos 06:25 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Vulcanus 12:11 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Neptune 14:56 EDT
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Admetos 15:46 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Mars 16:02 EDT
Sun quincunx Apollon 16:04 EDT
Mars semisextile Kronos 19:17 EDT
Sun sesquiquadrate Zeus 19:24 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Poseidon 19:30 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Saturn 19:39 EDT
Pluto square 09/22/06 Solar Eclipse antiscion 20:19 EDT
Moon Crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 23:16 EDT

May 16
Heliocentric Earth semisextile Heliocentric Apollon 02:13 EDT
Neptune quincunx Vulcanus 03:21 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Admetos 05:44 EDT
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Zeus 12:34 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Apollon 13:10 EDT
Heliocentric Venus quincunx Heliocentric Zeus 15:20 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Zeus 15:54 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Venus 16:21 EDT
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Mercury 17:06 EDT
Sun semisextile Hades 20:06 EDT
Venus contraparallel Pluto 20:48 EDT
Heliocentric Mars sextile Heliocentric Poseidon 21:53 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon begins 23:29 EDT

May 17
Venus conjunct 08/01/08 Solar Eclipse antiscion 00:43 EDT
Heliocentric Mars conjunct Heliocentric Saturn 01:30 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Jupiter 04:14 EDT
Heliocentric Venus semisquare Heliocentric Hades 04:30 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Transpluto 05:55 EDT
Heliocentric Earth quincunx Heliocentric Hades 10:29 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon ends 10:59 EDT
Mercury in 24th Harmonic to Kronos 11:25 EDT
Venus square Chiron 13:27 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Cupido 15:36 EDT
Heliocentric Venus quintile Heliocentric Vulcanus16:45 EDT
Heliocentric Venus trine Heliocentric Jupiter 20:12 EDT
Pluto biquintile Admetos 23:55 EDT

May 18
Sun square Transpluto 02:21 EDT
Saturn conjunct 02/21/08 Lunar Eclipse point 02:38 EDT
Mercury square 09/11/07 Solar Eclipse point 03:38 EDT
Heliocentric Earth biquintile Heliocentric Kronos 06:42 EDT
Venus sextile Uranus 07:22 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Chiron 09:02 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Pluto 11:02 EDT
Venus trine Jupiter 11:17 EDT
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Jupiter 14:09 EDT
Heliocentric Earth square Heliocentric Transpluto 17:40 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Admetos 17:48 EDT
Heliocentric Venus sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Pluto 19:08 EDT
Venus square True Lunar Node 19:26 EDT
Heliocentric Venus quincunx Heliocentric Cupido 21:05 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Uranus 23:24 EDT

While the weekly Gann Plan Astro-Trading Calendar acknowledges and
honors the work of legendary trader W. D. Gann, it only reflects a small
portion of the wisdom that Gann brought to the markets during the last
century. For more Gann Plan trading insights be sure to read the free
GANN PLAN TRADING LETTER. The current issue can be downloaded without
charge or obligation at http://www.gannplan.com. New issues of the
letter appear at irregular intervals, so be sure to get your free
subscription when you visit the site; you'll be notified about each new
issue as soon as it is available.

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STOCKS TO WATCH: NCR, WMB

NCR Corporation (NCR)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 12/11/1996; 09:30 a.m.
As it leaves its recent station transiting Jupiter is not only
conjoining the NCR First-Trade Ascendant; it's also conjoining
First-Trade Jupiter as well. Along with transiting Pluto conjoining the
First-Trade Moon, that's a lot of positive energy, but as Jupiter moves
along, the positive impact is likely to dissipate. That's why we are
ready to add a short position in NCR to the Model Portfolio early in the
trading week; we will set our initial buy stop at 27.05.

Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 12/04/1967; 10:00 a.m.
Transiting Saturn is impacting the WMB First-Trade Jupiter as transiting
Venus conjoins First-Trade Hades and transiting Jupiter conjoins the WMB
First-Trade Ascendant, so it hasn't been surprising to see this stock
pull back a bit during recent trading sessions. In our book that ushers
in a potential buying opportunity, so we plan to wait until near the end
of this trading week and then add a long position to the Model
Portfolio. We will set our initial stop at 33.50.

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