Financial Astrology Almanac 2022: Trading & Investing Using the Planets

By M.G. Bucholtz

Price highs and lows of stocks, commodities, and major indices are part of an interwoven tapestry of astrological cycles that unfold across time. Time can be measured by fractal intervals, by 18.6-year Node movements, by Gann Master Cycles, by heliocentric Kabbalah math, by religious cycles, by retrograde movement, and even by lunar movement.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wood Dragon books
• Release date: Nov 18, 2021
• ISBN: 9781989078839

M.G. Bucholtz

Malcolm Bucholtz holds an Engineering degree from Queen's University, and both an MBA and a M.Sc. degree from Heriot Watt University (Edinburgh, Scotland). Malcolm is a researcher and author of more than 20 books on geopolitics, science, and the financial markets. Malcolm lives in the small farming community of Mossbank, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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DEDICATION

To the many traders and investors who at some visceral level suspect there is more to the financial market system than P/E ratios and analyst recommendations.

You are correct. There is more. Much more. Rooted in astronomical and astrological timing, the markets are a rich tapestry of interwoven cycles. This book will add a whole new dimension to your trading and investing activities.

DISCLAIMER

All material provided herein is based on material gleaned from mathematical and astrological publications researched by the author to supplement his own trading. This publication is written for those who actively trade and invest in the financial markets and who are looking to incorporate astrological phenomena and esoteric math into their market activity. While the material presented herein has proven reliable to the author in his personal trading and investing activity, there is no guarantee this material will continue to be reliable into the future.

The author and publisher assume no liability whatsoever for any investment or trading decisions made by readers of this book. The reader alone is responsible for all trading and investment outcomes and is further advised not to exceed his or her risk tolerances when trading or investing on the financial markets.

Table of Contents

DEDICATION

DISCLAIMER

INTRODUCTION

Fundamentals

The Ecliptic and the Zodiac

The Glyphs

Declination

Parallel and Contra-Parallel

The Moon

The Nodes

Ascendant, Descendant, MC and IC

Geocentric and Heliocentric Astrology

Synodic and Sidereal

Retrograde

Elongation and Conjunction

The Gann Master Cycle

The 18.6 Year Cycle

Fractal Cycles

Venus Cycles

Mercury Cycles

Professor Weston’s Cycles

Shemitah and Kaballah Cycles

Lunar Declination, Pythagoras, and Musical Harmony

Planetary Declination

Gold

Cotton

Crude Oil

Soybeans

NYSE 2022 Astrology

The Lunation and the New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange – First Trade Chart

Horoscope Charts and the McWhirter Methodology

McWhirter Lunation February-March 2020 – a Powerful Example

2022 Lunation Events

Reminder - Follow the Trend

Commodities 2022 Astrology

Gold

Silver

Copper

Canadian Dollar, British Pound & Japanese Yen

Euro Currency Futures

Australian Dollar

30-Year Bond Futures

10-Year Treasury Note Futures

Wheat, Corn, Oats

Soybeans

Crude Oil

Cotton

Coffee

Sugar

Cocoa

Feeder Cattle

Live Cattle

Lean Hogs

Lumber

Platinum

Palladium

Natural Gas

Gann, Astrology & Weather

Tunnel Through the Air

Price, Time, & Quantum Lines

Gann Fan Lines

Price Square Time

Newton and Einstein

Quantum Price Lines

Heliocentric Degree Positions

2022 Quantum Levels

Conclusion

GLOSSARY

OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR

INTRODUCTION

Many traders and investors think company press releases, media news opinions, quarterly earnings reports, and analyst targets drive stock prices and major index movements.

I disagree. I believe the financial markets are defined by various cycles of planetary movement across time. Time, itself, can be expressed in fractal intervals over extremely long stretches of time related to Saros cycles and even to the Precession of the Equinox. Time can be expressed over shorter intervals from one New Moon to the next. Time can even be expressed by intervals between significant religious celebratory events. Overlap and interweave together these time intervals with cycles of planetary movement and the result will be the ups and downs of price that characterize a stock chart, a commodity price chart, or the chart of a major index. The average trader or investor who remains fixated on press releases and analyst opinions is unable to discern this rich tapestry of cyclical movement.

Cycles of planetary activity include the Jupiter/Saturn Gann Master cycle which unfolds over two decades of heliocentric planetary movement. Interwoven with this long cycle is the 18.6-year movement of the North Node through the signs of the zodiac. This nodal cycle broadly defines overall economic activity. The repeated cyclical movement of planets above and below the ecliptic plane align to swing highs and swing lows on commodity futures. Irregular cycles of time between events of Mercury or Venus being retrograde often align to trend reversals on stocks and equity indices. Likewise for times between Mercury being at elongation extremes and Venus being at Superior and Inferior conjunctions. Cycles also arise from annual celebratory events delineated in the Hebrew Calendar and multi-year Shemitah events. Cycles arise from the Hebrew Alef Bet, and when expressed by heliocentric movement of Venus or Mars, can be seen aligning to market turning points. At the shorter end of the spectrum, the cycle from one New Moon to the next can also be seen to have a bearing on the market. Times of Moon being Void of Course also align to expressions of notable volatility on equity indices.

Even though the mainstream media refuses to embrace astrology or cycles of any sort as valid tools for timing the markets, there are powerful players in the major financial centres of the globe who do embrace astrology and its cycles. They use these cycles to their advantage to make money in an uptrending market. They also use these cycles to induce trend changes across markets. As the trend turns and markets start to fall, these players profit from their short positions while the average investor on the street experiences angst and sleepless nights knowing the markets are trending down and against them.

How and why these various cycles have come to be? is the burning question that remains unanswered. As I studied these cycles, I developed a new sense of awe for what I deem to be a higher power that guides the Universe. After reading this Almanac, you too may have reason to pause and ponder the power of the cosmos.

Who are the powerful players that use astrology to move markets? is another burning question. Is it a select group at J.P. Morgan? Is it a group in a dark-panelled office in London? I will likely never know. But what I do know is, that paying attention to planetary cycles is not a new concept. Ancient civilizations as far back as the Babylonians recognized cyclical activity, but in a more rudimentary form. Their high priests tracked and recorded changes in the emotions of the people. These diviners and seers also tracked events, both fortuitous and disastrous. Although they lacked the ability to fully comprehend the celestial mechanics of the planetary system, they were able to visually spot the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn in the heavens. They correlated changes in human emotion and changes in societal events to these planets. They assigned to these planets the names of the various deities revered by the people. They identified and named various star constellations in the heavens and divided the heavens into twelve signs. This was the birth of astrology as we know it today.

Stories of traders benefiting from astrology are also not new. In the early 1900s, esoteric thinkers such as the famous Wall Street trader W.D. Gann reportedly made massive gains when he realized that cycles of astrology bore a striking correlation to financial market action. Gann is most famous for identifying the Saturn/Jupiter cycle which he labelled the Gann Master Cycle. He followed cyclical activity of Jupiter and Neptune when trading wheat and corn futures. He also delved deep into esoteric math, notably square root math which led him to discover his Square of Nine. The concept of price squaring with time is also a Gann construct. Today many traders and investors attempt to emulate Gann but they do so in a linear fashion, looking for repetitive cycles on the calendar. What they are missing is the astrology component, which is anything but linear.

In the 1930s, Louise McWhirter contributed significantly to financial astrology. She identified an 18.6-year cyclical correlation between the general state of the American economy and the position of the North Node of the Moon in the zodiac. Her methodology extended to include the transiting Moon passing by key points of the 1792 natal birth horoscope of the New York Stock Exchange. She also identified a correlation between price movement of a stock and those times when transiting Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn made hard aspects to the natal Sun position in the stock’s natal birth (first trade) horoscope.(1)

The late 1940s saw further advancements in the field of financial astrology when astrologer Garth Allen (a.k.a. Donald Bradley) produced his Siderograph Model based on aspects between the various transiting planets. Each aspect as it occurs is given a sinusoidal weighting as the orb (separation) between the planets varies. Bradley’s model is as powerful today as it was in the late 1940s. (2)

As the 1950s dawned, academics at institutions like Yale and Harvard came to dominate the discussion and the cycles of astrology were soon swept aside out of public view. Cyclical analysis was replaced by academic creations like Modern Portfolio Theory and the Efficient Market Hypothesis. These persisted for several decades until coming under severe scrutiny with the 2000 tech bubble meltdown and again with the 2009 sub-prime mortgage crisis which nearly derailed the global economy.

In the past decade, astrology has made a reappearance. The software designers at Market Analyst/Optuma now have an impressive financial astrology platform built into their charting program. More recently, author and trader Fabio Oreste published a book on Quantum Lines, a powerful tool based on the work of Einstein, Niels Bohr and Bernhard Reimann.

Think back to the dark days of late 2008 when there was genuine concern over the very survival of the financial market system. This timeframe was the end of an 18.6-year cycle of the North Node traveling around the zodiac. To those players at high levels in the financial system who understood astrology, this period was a prime opportunity to feast off the fear of the investing public and the anxiety of government officials who were standing at the ready with lucrative bailout packages. The market low in March 2009 came at a confluence of a Mars and a Neptune quantum point. Curiously enough, Mars and Neptune are deemed to be the planetary rulers of the New York Stock Exchange.

Think back to August 2015 and the market selloff that the financial media did not see coming. The reality is this selloff started at a confluence of two events: Venus retrograde event and the appearance of Venus as a morning star after having been only visible as an evening star for the previous 263 days.

Remember the early days of 2016 when Mercury was retrograde and the markets hit a rough patch? Remember the weakness of June 2016 when Venus emerged from conjunction to become visible as an Evening Star?

Do you recall the dire predictions for financial market calamity following the election of Donald Trump to the White House? When the markets instead powered higher, analysts were flummoxed. Venus was making its declination minima right at the time of the American election. Venus declination minima events bear a striking correlation to