Weekly column: Mercury and Venus direct stations anchor the mid November reversal window

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“Wall Street once believed the artificial-intelligence boom revolved around Nvidia’s Jensen Huang as planets orbit the sun. The question now is what happens when a star implodes.”

—David Uberti, “Jensen Huang’s Exit Will Test AI’s Stocks, and Great-Man Theory,” The Wall Street Journal, November 12, 2026.

A leadership shock at a company supporting customers through investment and financing can spread beyond its own share price. Has the Nvidia board done enough to avert a wider sell-off? Next Tuesday they will be announcing their earnings results, in orb of the November 13–16 critical reversal date (CRD), so the geocosmics may be in the company’s favor.

The U.S. markets appear to have found support, rallying out of last Friday’s low on November 6. As the primary cycle may have formed in the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ, the concern is whether they will turn bearish. Both markets remain within the corrective rally territory and have not broken through important resistance. Until they do, the markets could turn back down very quickly, especially with the intense geocosmic signatures now in effect through early December.

The European markets continue to show strength, with the Swiss SMI and German DAX putting in new ATHs (all-time highs). In Asia, markets continued their weakness, with the Japanese Nikkei index having corrected 22% from its yearly high into last week. The Chinese SSE Index and India’s Nifty are also down 16%.

The U.S. Dollar rallied over 103 on the DXY index, a level not seen since April 2025, the last time Venus and Mercury stationed together. This puts pressure on the commodities, with many in the time frame for a primary cycle low. Gold fell to a new low, whilst Silver held the November 3 low, setting up a case of intermarket bullish divergence within this November 13–16 CRD period (geocosmic critical reversal date, ± 3 days). Crude Oil fell to 83.88 on November 10, and the grains may have formed their lows this week too. The most prominent drop was in the crypto market, with Bitcoin testing 67,500 on Friday. We discussed the importance of the November low in our Crypto Webinar and reports last month.

Short-term geocosmics

As Mercury and Venus brought their retrograde cycles to a close, a passage from the Forecast 2026 book seemed particularly timely:

Looking back across the last eight Venus retrograde cycles in Scorpio-Libra (1962–2018), a repeating pattern emerges that reveals how the traditional energy of Venus weakens, particularly while in Scorpio, its traditional sign of detriment, allowing more Martian themes of conflict, scandal, and upheaval to dominate. Instead of harmony, beauty, and diplomacy, these periods have been marked by revelations and crises—whether in the form of scandal, such as WikiLeaks (2010), … or the heightened #MeToo revelations (2018).

Scandal certainly dominated the front pages this past week. The sentencing of actor-comedian Russell Brand following convictions for sexual assault, allegations against children’s book author David Walliams (which he denies), and reports of extramarital affairs involving Jensen Huang brought questions of power, trust, and accountability into sharp focus. These are typical issues associated with Venus retrograde in Scorpio.

We are now within the November 13–16 CRD window, previously highlighted as a potential turning point in several markets. With Mercury and Venus changing direction together, the week’s dramatic developments may still have further to run. Sometimes their correlation to financial market reversals can occur up to ten trading days after the planetary stations, although they usually occur much closer in time to those dates. This weekend could yet bring fresh revelations, sudden announcements and sharp shifts in market sentiment.

Longer-term thoughts and opinion

When Nvidia announced on Thursday that Jensen Huang had resigned as president, chief executive, and director with immediate effect, it ended a 33-year run as head of the company he co-founded—nearly an entire 36-year Saturn–Neptune synodic cycle. His departure followed reports of extramarital relationships, including one allegedly involving a suspected Chinese intelligence agent. By Thursday’s intraday low, Nvidia had lost nearly $2 trillion in market value from its October crest. The announcement came just before Mercury and Venus reached their direct stations.

This prompted me to examine Jensen’s natal chart and to share some of my observations. Born on February 17, 1963, he has no reliably recorded birth time, so this interpretation excludes the correct houses, using only an Aries chart in its place.

A birthday eclipse

Jensen is an Aquarian native, which goes a long way in explaining his career path in technology and AI. The February 17 solar eclipse fell on his 63rd birthday, approximately 1° from his natal Sun. This also happens to be the degree of Nvidia’s Saturn, based on the company’s founding date of April 6, 1993. In astrology, the Sun represents identity, authority and leadership, making an eclipse here a powerful symbol of a changing personal role. On the announcement date, Mars, Jupiter and the South Node clustered around 24° to 25° Leo, opposite his Sun. Mars brings confrontation, Jupiter magnifies the stakes, and the South Node is associated with release or depletion. Together, they suggest a culmination in which exceptional prominence becomes exceptional exposure, with pressure from others challenging his position. It is also worth noting that his natal Moon is in Sagittarius, the same as in Trump’s chart. This would go a long way in explaining his high ambitions and the friendship between the two men.

Venus retrograde in Scorpio

Venus supplied the relationship theme. Her retrograde station on October 3 at 8° Scorpio formed a close square, a challenging 90° aspect, to Jensen’s natal Mars (and Trump’s Pluto) at 10° Leo. Venus symbolizes relationships and values, while Mars represents desire and impulse. Their tension can expose conflicts between attraction, loyalty and restraint. In Scorpio, Venus occupies her traditional detriment, where intimacy can become entangled with secrecy, suspicion and control. Her direct station in Libra shifts the emphasis towards marriage, agreements, and accountability. As the planet pauses before changing direction, these questions become concentrated, bringing private choices into public judgment.

Transiting Pluto on his natal Mercury

Transiting Pluto stationed direct in October near Jensen’s natal Mercury in early Aquarius. Mercury governs communication and information, whilst Pluto symbolizes investigation, concealed power, and exposure. Their conjunction suggests intense scrutiny of what was said, known or withheld, alongside a struggle to control the narrative. Mercury’s direct station at 5° Scorpio squares this pairing, reinforcing the pressure. During its retrograde, Mercury also crossed his natal Neptune and squared his natal Saturn, reactivating the almost exact square between them. Saturn represents authority and boundaries, while Neptune can blur or dissolve them. A signature of authority (Saturn) undermined (Square) by scandal (Neptune in Scorpio).

The longer cycles

Two slower cycles sit behind all this. Transiting Uranus is squaring Jensen’s natal Uranus, a transit that occurs in the early sixties and often coincides with an abrupt break from a long-held structure. For a technological innovator, it is striking symbolism of the disruptor experiencing disruption himself. Jensen was born under a Saturn–Neptune square. In 2026, a new Saturn–Neptune conjunction formed at 0° Aries. This signature implies a reset for the pairing that describes authority and its dissolution in his chart.

What comes next

The chart remains active. Jupiter’s December retrograde station at 27° Leo closely opposes his Sun, potentially reopening questions of judgment, confidence and influence. Mars turns retrograde on January 10 at 10° Virgo, within 1° of his natal Pluto, a combination associated with concentrated will, confrontation and struggles over control. The February 6, 2027 solar eclipse near his natal Saturn places responsibility and consequences in focus. More strikingly, the August 2 eclipse at 9°55′ Leo falls almost exactly on his natal Mars (and Trump’s natal Pluto), highlighting action, conflict and the drive to regain initiative. The resignation closes one chapter, but these contacts suggest that its consequences, and his response, may unfold well into 2027. Whether these developments will be in the public eye is yet to be seen.