Weekly column: The Iran peace talks, asset rallies, and SpaceX’s Trillion-Dollar dawn

Review

President Trump on Thursday insisted the U.S. was nearing a deal on peace talks with Iran, pulling back from his threats just hours earlier to launch more military strikes and seize Iran’s oil infrastructure.

—Lara Seligman, Alexander Ward, and Benoit Faucon, “Trump Says Iran Deal Is Close, but Tehran Says No Decision Has Been Made,” The Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2026.

With the Venus-Jupiter conjunction of the past week, this seemed to be an ideal time for peace talks to materialize with some type of agreement and relief from the conflicts and tensions of late. From a geocosmic perspective, if a deal is not reached this week, I honestly cannot see another good opportunity until the Autumn.

The week started with leaders in both countries flexing their muscles, but it took a sudden turn when the announcement came that a deal was imminent. The markets reflected this, with pretty much every asset class selling off sharply and reversing quickly on Thursday night, a few hours before the threat of more military attacks. It is starting to feel a little like the story of the boy who cried wolf, and I’m not convinced this signature will lead to any lasting peace. Yet, the union of the benefics in the sky tends to bring about respite and a reason for humanity to celebrate and feel elevated. The markets certainly reflected this with a healthy rally in nearly all asset classes.

Global equity markets appear to be closing the week in the green, following optimism that the conflict in the Middle East may be finally concluding. If a deal is signed, we should see all the markets rally to new all-time highs into the end of June. The precious metals sold off hard into the week, with Silver retesting the March 23 low, whilst Gold took out its respective low, setting up nicely for a case of intermarket bullish divergence. Even the Crypto market closed the week up, following last week’s epic sell-off, with Bitcoin dropping 29% from its May high and Ethereum dropping 39% from its April high.

If a deal is reached, this will be bearish for Crude Oil. The Brent Crude has already dipped below the April 17 low. A daily close below 86.09 turns one of our studies bearish. WTI remains above its April 17 low of 78.79 but is likely to follow Brent if a deal is signed and the Strait of Hormuz opens.

Short-term geocosmics

Over the coming week, Venus will trine Neptune on June 16, which should be another auspicious aspect. However, the momentum will shift quickly the next day as Venus will then form an opposition to Pluto. Venus rules over the currency markets and grains. Last week, the European Central Bank raised interest rates for the first time in three years, following rising inflation driven by the Middle East conflict. However, the new Federal Reserve chairman, Kevin Warsh, is unlikely to raise the rates next week.

The Summer Solstice takes place on June 21, and this event often correlates with important shifts, too. Although it would appear the pivot took place a little early this past week, we often see precious metals form a seasonal low during this period.

Longer-term thoughts and opinion

SpaceX shares opened trading at $150, an event that gripped Wall Street and investors around the world. That was 11% above the IPO price of $135 in the largest-ever initial public offering.

 Elon Musk is officially the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX, trading under the ticker SPCX, went public. His SpaceX stake was valued at around $690 billion at the IPO price, while his Tesla stake makes up around $279 billion of his net worth.

 — Corrie Driebusch, “SpaceX Shares Open at $150, Above IPO Price of $135” The Wall Street Journal, June 12, 2026.

 The biggest news of the week is SpaceX’s IPO, valuing the company at an astonishing $1.77 trillion! Looking at the first trade chart for SpaceX, I found many interesting observations and wanted to share a few with you in this week’s column.

I started by comparing the SpaceX chart (outer wheel) with the Horoscope of Modern Mankind (inner wheel). If you are not familiar with the “Horoscope of Modern Mankind,” it was presented by Claude Weiss at the MMA 2024 and 2026 Investment Retreats, and analyzed by Ray in Forecast 2025 and Forecast 2026 books. This chart was originally proposed in 1992 by Eric Alan Meese in the magazine Welcome to Planet Earth, formerly published by astrologer Mark Lerner.

I wanted to share three interesting observations when comparing the company to the chart for humanity:

• The Sun, or leader of the company (Elon Musk), is conjunct the Venus in the Modern Mankind chart. Venus represents money and wealth, which is gained through Gemini (technological) activities. With this IPO, Elon Musk has become the first trillionaire.
• The chart of Modern Mankind is set at the solar eclipse preceding the Neptune-Pluto conjunction, which is elevated to the midheaven of the SpaceX chart. This company was formed with the future of humanity in mind, with the dream (Neptune) of transforming (Pluto) us into a multi-planetary species.
• The North Node in the chart of Modern Mankind represents the evolutionary direction humanity must take. SpaceX has its Moon and Mars conjunct the North Node of Modern Mankind, with the goal of putting human civilization on the Moon and Mars. Seriously.

Now, looking at the chart of Elon Musk (inner Wheel) against SpaceX (outer wheel):

• Elon’s midheaven (MC) is in Aries. This rules over his career and public persona. The ruler of the MC is Mars, which is conjunct his natal North Node in Aquarius. This was interesting as Mars represents engines and cars, whilst Aquarius represents electrification and modern technology. This combination describes both Tesla, as a company that pioneered the electric car market, and his goal (North Node) of taking humans to Mars.
• Elon Musk has Mercury on the Ascendant. This signature is indicative of a curious, sharp, highly communicative individual who excels through learning, analysis, and networking in a restless, youthful manner. This signature also explains the importance of his purchase of Twitter or X, as a platform through which he may influence and communicate his agenda.
• One of the most important signatures in Elon’s natal chart is the Jupiter-Neptune conjunction. This is the signature of a visionary, as it combines Jupiter’s expansion, optimism, and wealth-building potential with Neptune’s imaginative and intuitive potentials. At its best, this combination tends to provide exceptional faith, creativity, charisma, and the ability to inspire others. At its worst, it can manifest in overconfidence, speculation, fantasy, and poor judgment. Elon can be seen to have a bit of all these qualities.

What is important is that the Jupiter-Neptune synodic cycle appears to be embedded within Elon’s natal chart and is at play at key turning points in his life. Subscribers will be aware that I like to use synodic cycles for forecasting, and to demonstrate this technique, just look at the key turning points in Elon’s life at just the Jupiter-Neptune conjunctions and oppositions:

• 1989-1990 Opposition: Elon emigrates from South Africa to Canada in 1989 and subsequently to Queen’s University in Canada and then transferred to University of Pennsylvania.
• 1997 Conjunction: Zip2 received significant venture capital funding, transforming his first venture from a bootstrap operation into a serious venture-backed business.
• 2002-2003 Opposition: Elon sold PayPal and went on to create Tesla and SpaceX.
• 2009 Conjunction: Elon was emerging from the most perilous period of his career. Tesla had narrowly survived the 2008 financial crisis, secured a crucial U.S. Department of Energy loan in June 2009, and was ramping up the Roadster while preparing for the Model S. SpaceX was recovering from near-collapse and managed to secure crucial NASA contracts following its successful Falcon 1 launch in late 2008.
• 2022 Conjunction: Elon purchases Twitter for $44 billion.

We are now at the waxing trine phase of the synodic cycle. We can see that the seeds sown in 2002-3, and that survived the winter of 2009, are blossoming. The next opposition will take place in 2028, and it would be interesting to see what new visions Elon will announce during this period.

• The SpaceX Sun on Elon’s Venus is yet another confirmation of the financial wealth and success this company has brought him on this day.
• The Venus-Jupiter conjunction in the SpaceX chart is an auspicious signature that falls into Elon’s first house and is trine his natal Jupiter-Neptune conjunction. I have a feeling he is celebrating tonight, as he has materialized his dream and proved it to himself and others.

As you can see, there are many interesting contacts at play between the two charts, and there simply is not enough space in this column to cover them all. The most important thing I wanted to share was the idea that this company has already overcome many barriers and is sure to overcome many more.