Crude Oil followed stocks

BRIEF REVIEWAND PREVIEW

Most of the world stock markets posted multi-month highs between March 14-21, and then pulled back into late last week.

Crude Oil followed stocks, rallying to 41.90 on Tuesday, March 22, a gain of 60% since the decade-long low of 26.05 on February 11. This was their highest mark since December 4, and a sign that the long-term cycle lows expected under the squares of Saturn/Neptune and Jupiter/Saturn may be in, as discussed in this year’s Forecast 2016 Book, as well as at the recent MMA Investment Retreat in Italy last September. The low was ideally due between November 2015 and June 2016. Yet, like stocks, Crude Oil has pulled back into Thursday, March 24, the last trading day in last week’s shortened holiday markets.

Gold and Silver did not fare so well. Gold soared to its highest price in more than a year when it reached 1287.80 on March 11. By Thursday, March 24, it was back down as low as 1211. Silver topped out one week later than Gold, at 1617 on March 18. One week later, on Thursday, March 24, Silver was down as low as 1510. Of course, Mars has left Scorpio now for Sagittarius. Mars in Sagittarius is not historically as bullish for metals as when it is in Scorpio. It will return to Scorpio after May 27, due to Mars turning retrograde (along with Pluto), on April 17-18. Metals are still a market offering good trading opportunities this year.

SHORT-TERM GEOCOMICS

The first part of the “Incredible Spring Lineup of Geocosmic Signatures,” as discussed in our recent YouTube interview with German journalist and astrologer Antonia Langsdorf, has now concluded. This first wave was in force March 6-26, and included ten important geocosmic signatures in this short span of time. It began with the Pisces solar eclipse of March 8, in exact opposition to Jupiter in Virgo. It just ended with the second passage of the Jupiter square Saturn on Wednesday, March 23, the same day as the solar eclipse, and just one day after the Belgium Terrorist attacks. On Friday, March 25, Saturn turned retrograde (that was part of the Jupiter/Saturn square, and thus it is more Saturn than Jupiter for the world). On the same day, March 25, Venus made a mutable T-square with the Jupiter/Saturn square, thus ending the first round of the “Incredible Spring Lineup of Geocosmic Signatures.” Most world financial markets were closed on Good Friday, March 25. However, many financial markets were falling as of Thursday’s close, including stocks, metals, Crude Oil, and currencies. Maybe it was just as well that the trading week ended one day early.

LONGER-TERM GEOCOSMIC SIGNATURES AND FINANCIAL/MUNDANE ASTROLOGY

“It may be months or even years before we truly understand the forces driving this election… One of two pillars of American politics is wobbling. The Republican Party is stressed and on the verge of collapse…we’ll need a deep dive to know why hip, young college students who demand a free Internet and its unlimited choice are embracing an aging socialist who would massively grow the federal government…he seems very inverse of their values…How did a Republican senator despised on Capitol Hill become the only other viable choice for Republican voters? And how did a woman so embroiled in scandal virtually all of her personal and professional life become the odds-on favorite to win the White House?”- The Arizona Republic Editorial Board, “A Political Year That Changed Everything,” March 22, 2016.

Well, they just do not understand Mundane Astrology. They have no awareness of the powerful mutable T-square that is unfolding in the heavens, August 2015 through September 2016, with the center of focus in effect March-June 2016. And in the collective arrogance (or simple ignorance) of humankind, there is almost no awareness (or acceptance) of the connection that exists between cycles in the cosmos with cycles in human activity. “As above, so below” – if you can read the writing on the walls of the heavens, which is not an easy language to learn.

Prior to the losses associated with such strong Saturn influences last week (Saturn rules losses), financial markets had done quite well going into this first section of the spring line up of geocosmic signatures. Stocks markets had rebounded solidly from their lows of February 11, making new multi-month highs early last week. Precious metals had rallied sharply from their lows of December to post multi-month highs on March 11 (Gold) and March 18 (Silver). Crude Oil has exploded up since February 11 to its recent high of last week, March 22.

Much of these gains can be attributed to the very bullish decisions of the world’s central banks. The ECB surprised the financial world by announcing a much stronger than expected stimulus package on March 10. One week later, the Federal Reserve Board announced it would not raise its short-term rates. Just three months earlier, they strongly suggested they would raise rates four times in 2016. Now that has been scaled back to maybe two rate hikes this year.

Why the change of position? Is it because the world economy is so weak that central bankers fear another recession? Or is there some other reason? And what will be the effect of such monetary stimulus by the central banks? Obviously, they want economic growth. They want inflation. And if they have the power (and independence) they have enjoyed these past seven years, they will get what they want. They will get asset inflation under Jupiter in opposition to Neptune, as stocks and commodities resume their bull markets. They will create an explosion of wealth going into the USA presidential election (and who does that favor?). Yes, the charts of stock markets are still bearish, but they are approaching a critical trendline, which – if broken - can become suddenly very bullish. The problem then will be how to cool down an overheated economy and stock market. But that is a question central bankers may wish to delay facing until after the election, until the greatest threat to their independence and power since Andrew Jackson is removed from the equation.

This is springtime, and the most intense gathering of planets in our solar system is arranging itself into a very powerful configuration, now through June. The first part has been completed.

The second installment comes up within a week of Apri117-18, when both Mars and Pluto turn retrograde. The third sector will occur around May 26-30, when the third and final passage of the Jupiter/Saturn square takes place, at the same time Mars retrogrades back into Scorpio. This is then followed by the fourth and final piece of the cosmic puzzle, June 13-17, when Saturn squares Neptune, and Neptune turns retrograde, followed by Mars turning direct June 29.

This is no ordinary time in the cosmos. Likewise, this is no ordinary time in the path of humanity. This is special. This is the “Incredible Spring Lineup of Geocosmic Signatures for 2016.” The markets will likely be very wild, and so will world politics and mundane events. Enjoy this fascinating time, but keep safe from danger.

We have just completed a second interview on Thursday, March 24, on this amazing period and what to expect. On our YouTube station, you will find our latest interview (part two) with German Journalist and Astrologer Antonia Langsdorf, describing the incredible spring geocosmic lineup in force March 23-June 29, and its association with financial markets and world affairs. I feel a duty to guide readers through this tumultuous period, especially investors and traders. You will not be disappointed. You will be surprised.