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 […]

The contrast between the style and personality of Joe Biden and Donald Trump could not be any different. Biden has Venus rising in a Scorpio stellium involving the Sun and Mercury. This configuration confers leadership ability in a fair and balanced manner. Biden is friendly, social, and gregarious. Mercury is ‘west of the Sun’ indicating […]

2020 TRIPLE ALIGNMENT A colossal cosmic event is fast approaching that has the world astrological community abuzz with the possible consequences. Three planets will join in conjunction, not at the same time but in rapid succession in 2020. This particular alignment has occurred before but it is very rare. Saturn will join Pluto first on […]

UNDERSTANDING PRESIDENT TRUMP Donald Trump has maddened, befuddled, shocked and awed people long before he ran for office.  Now that he is President of the United States his words and actions take on new significance.  Some believe he is a reformer, a true patriot, leading the country away from socialism and back to “founding father” […]

CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS IN AMERICAN POLITICS   There are two basic philosophical tenets in American politics – conservatism and liberalism.  These are comparable to the Republican and Democratic parties.  Political parties tend to adhere to one of these two philosophical systems, reflected by the party platform.  Third parties, like libertarianism, have yet to be viable […]