NEWS BEFORE THE NEWS U.S. PREDICTIONS FOR 2023 Three methods will be used to describe the trends for the United States in 2023: major transits in the heavens during the year, the Declaration of Independence chart using my Diurnal-Planet-for-a-Year direction (DPY)* and significant transits to the U.S. natal planets. *This new direction method is fully […]

2023  FINANCIAL FORECAST Stock prices are a neat reflection of public sentiment.  The rise of business brings exuberance, in the fall despair.  Public confidence, spending, and investment are up as the market rises.  Pessimism, hoarding, and conservatism prevail as the market turns down. The stock market suffered in 2022.  The DJIA lost 8.8%.  The worst […]

OIL MONEY AND WAR Oil is a factor in world economic and political stability.  As oil prices increase so do most finished goods.  Stock markets and the general world economy are sensitive to fluctuating oil prices.  Considering that many of the principal exporters of crude oil – Saudi Arabia, Russia, Norway, Venezuela, Iran, UAE, Nigeria, […]

PUTIN’S WAR            The inflationary spiral and economic fallout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is spelled out in my Financial Forecast for 2022.  The broader impact of a prolonged or escalating conflict beyond the borders of Ukraine depends entirely on Vladimir Putin. Vladimir grew up in Leningrad during the 1950s.  The city was still […]

NEWS BEFORE THE NEWS TEMPERATURE The national average temperature indicates a variety of political, social, and life-style trends.  During warm trends governments are more centralized.  International affairs take precedence over national ones.  Federal regulations increase.  Prices rise.  Moral decadence is unprecedented.  During cool trends, individualism replaces group or state control.  National affairs become more important […]

NEWS BEFORE THE NEWS PRECIPITATION National average precipitation is an accurate indicator of the economy.  It is often a ‘leading indicator’ of what is to come.  Wet trends correspond with bull markets and a growing economy.  Dry trends correspond with bear markets and a shrinking economy. Notice (in the graph) the wet 1990s when the […]

SUNSPOTS Sunspots have a lot to do with weather trends.  They also indicate during their cyclical rise and peak restlessness, anxiety, tension, increased accidents, storminess and cooler weather, conflicts, wars, pandemics (72% of the time), and mass human/animal migrations.  Low sunspot periods correspond with less human energy and production, epidemic diseases (28% of the time), […]

NEWS BEFORE THE NEWS 2022  FINANCIAL FORECAST Stock prices are a neat reflection of public sentiment.  The rise of business brings exuberance, in the fall despair.  Public confidence, spending, and investment are high as the market goes up.  Pessimism, hoarding, and conservatism prevail as the market turns down. The stock market did exceptionally well in […]

NEWS BEFORE THE NEWS U.S. PREDICTIONS FOR 2022   Three methods will be used to describe the trends for the United States in 2022: major transits in the heavens during the year, the Declaration of Independence chart using my Diurnal-Planet-for-a-Year direction (DPY)* and significant transits to the U.S. natal planets. *This new direction method is […]

SATURN SQUARE URANUS TRANSIT The Saturn/Uranus combination signals widespread and profound political and technological transitions.  This aspect is intricately related to world power changes along with the Uranus/Neptune cycle.  A Saturn and Uranus conjunction in 1988 was followed by a Uranus/Neptune conjunction in 1993 when the fall of the USSR allowed the United States to […]