FinancialCyclesWeekly.com #0522 -- May 29 -- June 4, 02005 with Tim Bost

COMMENT: The trading action in the equities markets has continued to be frustrating for many participants, mainly because of the market's stubborn refusal to resolve itself into a clearly definable trending pattern. While the price action has indeed shown net gains during the past few weeks, the day-to-day activity has been extremely choppy and congested, making it difficult for traders to reap the kind of profits they've become accustomed to in recent years.


Even the recent overall positive direction of the market has to be taken with a grain of salt right now, since most market averages are still a long way from challenging the highs they set near the beginning of the year. In other words, even though stock prices are moving up, the confusing and often contradictory indicators and the unenthusiastic trading action are keeping this from feeling much like a rally at all.


A NOTABLE EXCEPTION

But not everything is uniformly glum. Right now some of the brightest spots on the technical charts from around the globe are coming from Europe. Both the Frankfurt DAX Index and the Paris CAC-40 set new highs for the year this past week, and we see little reason to doubt that the positive trend will continue as trading gets underway in the week ahead.


As we were preparing this week's issue, we learned that voters in France had declined to ratify the European Union constitution. This "no" vote will not only make the ratification voting in the Netherlands more closely watched later in the week; it is also likely to produce a reaction in the euro as well.


Keep an eye on that situation. With the dollar regaining strength against other currencies lately, a dip in the euro's fortunes right now could be just the thing that some of the bolder currency speculators are looking for.


A noticeable downward move in the euro would bring the dollar up, which might in turn set the stage for shorting the greenback in anticipation of a euro reversal back to the upside. After all, the euro is not going away, and there are a number of reasons to be less than enthusiastic about the future prospects for the dollar.


A BREAK IN THE ACTION

With U.S. markets closed for Memorial Day and trading shut down in Great Britain as well to observe a banking holiday, we are releasing this week's newsletter a few hours later than usual. Our regular publication schedule will resume next week, with the letter going out prior to New York's opening bell.

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This is a short trading week, but we should still get earnings reports from Terex Corporation (TEX), Abiomed, Inc. (ABMD), Comverse Technology (CMVT), Copart (CPRT), Alloy (ALOY), Ciena (CIEN), Jackson Hewitt (JTX), Smithfield Foods (SFD), and Neiman Marcus Group (NMGA).


The economic news is likely to focus on the May Consumer Confidence figures, the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index for May, the April report on Construction Spending, the Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing Index, April Factory Orders, May Motor Vehicle Sales, May Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment, and the revised report on First-Quarter Productivity. The week will include market holidays on Monday in the U.S. and Great Britain, a vote on the European Union constitution in the Netherlands (as we're preparing this report we've just learned that France has voted against ratifying the constitution), and a meeting of the European Central Bank. Paul Wolfowitz will start his new job as head of the World Bank on Wednesday.


The astrological picture for the coming week is decidedly mixed. The weekend's Venus/Pluto opposition is a factor that typically brings stock prices down somewhat, but with Monday providing a break from the market action due to the holiday, this aspect's influence may be a bit muted by the time trading resumes on Tuesday.


With Tuesday's trading we will move into the mildly negative dynamics created by the Sun/Cupido opposition and the Sun/Uranus square, but a void-of-course Moon that afternoon will encourage us to step aside from trading activity. This means we will either be putting on positions on Tuesday morning or waiting until Wednesday to get a better picture of market trends.


The middle of the week is noteworthy because of the large number of eclipse activations, a factor that sets the stage for extra volatility, news-driven market action, and potential trend reversals. If the reversals do in fact come, they are likely to be a rebound from a brief corrective period during the week's initial trading sessions, since the planetary dynamics toward the end of the week are more positive in tone.


All in all, then, we are looking for a week that have its share of tensions and frustration in and out of the markets, but that will resolve into a modest gain for share prices before the close on Friday.


Have a great week!

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SPIRITUAL FOCUS FOR THE WEEK

The greatest traders have all understood that emotional balance is the key to successful trading. Through Practical Spiritual Astrology we have an opportunity to restore inner harmony, enhance emotional balance, and make wiser choices in the markets.


If we push too hard in our efforts to achieve perfection, we run the risk of indulging in power struggles. It's far better right now to remember that our purpose is to express spiritual abundance and to promote harmonious communication, in spite of the explosive conflicts that surround us.


"Strangely enough, this is the past that somebody in the future is longing to go back to." --Ashleigh Brilliant

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GLOBAL EQUITIES MARKETS LAST WEEK

Tokyo stock prices reversed back to a positive direction last week, but Singapore reversed in the opposite direction and Hong Kong continued to tread water. Australian equities intensified their rally and look like they may take a shot at challenging the resistance set in early April. In Europe the rally cooled a bit but still moved forward significantly, while in the U.S. the market averages turned in a positive but lackluster week.


Dow Jones Industrial Average -- up 0.67%
Dow Jones Transportation Average -- up 0.06%
Dow Jones Utilities Average -- up 0.04%
S+P 500 -- up 0.80%
NASDAQ Composite Index -- up 1.44%
Russell 2000 -- up 1.23%
London FTSE-100 -- up 0.29%
Paris CAC-40 -- up 0.87%
Frankfurt DAX -- up 1.93%
Sydney All Ordinaries -- up 2.08%
Tokyo Nikkei Index -- down 1.40%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index -- down 0.02%
Singapore Straits Times Index -- down 0.88%

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FINANCIAL CYCLES MODEL PORTFOLIO


POSITIONS CLOSED DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK: ITU, CRR, EFX, LUFK, EFX.

We closed five Model Portfolio positions during the past week, with three winners and two losers producing a net loss of $65.00.

On May 23 we sold 100 shares of Banco Itau S A ADR (ITU) at 86.40, taking a profit of $40.00 (a 0.47% gain in 8 trading days).

On May 23 we bought to cover 100 shares of Carbo Ceramics Inc. (CRR) at 68.05, taking a loss of $162.00 (a 2.44% loss in 16 trading days).

On May 24 we sold 300 shares of Equifax Inc. (EFX) at 34.66, taking a profit of $63.00 (a 0.49% gain in 15 trading days).

On May 24 we sold 300 shares of Lufkin Industries Inc. (LUFK) at 27.95, taking a profit of $186.00 (a 2.27% gain in 7 trading days).

On May 26 we sold 200 shares of Diageo PLC ADS (DEO) at 58.46, taking a loss of $192.00 (a 1.62% loss in 4 trading days).

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POSITIONS ADDED TO THE PORTFOLIO DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK: CPSI, FRNT, MVL, PHLY.

We added one short and three long positions to the Model Portfolio during the previous week.

We sold short 300 shares of Computer Programs and Systems (CPSI) at 35.50 on 05/23/05, setting an initial buy stop at 35.75.

We bought 800 shares of Frontier Airlines Inc. (FRNT) at 11.99 on 05/23/05, setting our initial stop at 10.25.

We bought 500 shares of Marvel Enterprises Inc. (MVL) at 21.70 on 05/23/05, setting our initial stop at 18.25.

We bought 100 shares of Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Company (PHLY) at 81.94 on 05/25/05, setting our initial stop at 74.00.

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YEAR-IN-REVIEW MODEL PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY

So far this year we have had a total of 87 completed trades, with 29 winners and 58 losers bringing us a total net profit of $4,794.00. The largest profit for a single trade has been $2,875.00, with our winners averaging $723.52; the largest single-trade loss has been $956.00, with our losers averaging $314.53. The overall average profit per trade has been $55.10, and the mean duration of our trades has been 10.2 trading days.

During 2004 we had a total of 213 completed trades, with 104 winners and 109 losers bringing us a total net profit of $48,913.50. The largest profit for a single trade was $5,645.00; the largest single-trade loss was $750.00; the average profit per trade was $229.64. The mean duration of our trades was 10.3 trading days.

During 2003 we had a total of 176 completed trades, with 99 winners and 77 losers bringing us a total net profit of $51,717.00. The largest profit for a single trade was $9,240.00; the largest single-trade loss was $1,170.00; the average profit per trade was $293.85. The mean duration of our trades was 10.1 trading days.

During 2002 we had a total of 195 completed trades, with 119 winners, 74 losers, and 2 break-even trades bringing us a total net profit of $50,956.00. The largest profit for a single trade was $5,100.00; the largest single-trade loss was $1,055.00; the average profit per trade was $261.31. The mean duration of our trades was 12.7 trading days.

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CURRENT POSITIONS IN THE MODEL PORTFOLIO

Autodesk Inc. (ADSK) -- bought 300 shares at 35.85 on 05/16/05; currently 38.15. Raise stop to 36.50.

Caremark Rx Inc. (CMX) -- bought 300 shares at 43.08 on 05/09/05; currently 44.21. Raise stop to 43.40.

Computer Programs and Systems (CPSI) -- sold short 300 shares at 35.50 on 05/23/05; currently 34.77. Lower buy stop to 35.25.

Frontier Airlines Inc. (FRNT) -- bought 800 shares at 11.99 on 05/23/05; currently 12.09. Raise stop to 11.55.

Itron Inc. (ITRI) -- bought 300 shares at 36.80 on 05/09/05; currently 40.89. Raise stop to 39.04.

Marvel Enterprises Inc. (MVL) -- bought 500 shares at 21.70 on 05/23/05; currently 21.67. Raise stop to 20.40.

Pfizer Inc. (PFE) -- bought 400 shares at 28.22 on 05/16/05; currently 28.35. Raise stop to 27.97.

Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Company (PHLY) -- bought 100 shares at 81.94 on 05/25/05; currently 82.38. Raise stop to 81.25.

SRA International Inc. (SRX) -- bought 100 shares at 67.79 on 04/25/05; currently 67.50. Raise stop to 66.50.


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STRONGEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK

Silver; Oil and Gas Drilling and Exploration; Gold; Air Services; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing.

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WEAKEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK

Wholesale Medical Equipment; Home Furnishings and Fixtures; Diversified Industrial REITs; Retail REITs; Medical Laboratories and Research.

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ASTRO-TRADING GANN PLAN:
ASTROLOGICAL EVENTS DURING THE COMING WEEK

May 29
Venus trine Apollon 00:22 EDT
Sun trine Zeus 01:11 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Vulcanus 01:19 EDT
Moon contraparallel Admetos 01:44 EDT
Moon sextile True Lunar Node 02:14 EDT
Moon quintile Cupido 03:48 EDT
Moon quincunx Vulcanus 03:51 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Zeus 04:14 EDT
Sun in 24th harmonic to Admetos 04:21 EDT
Moon square Admetos 04:26 EDT
Heliocentric Earth in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Pluto 04:37 EDT
Moon trine Apollon 04:52 EDT
Moon trine Venus 05:18 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon 05:18-16:09 EDT
Moon sextile Pluto 05:19 EDT
Venus opposition Pluto 05:31 EDT
Moon trine Hades 05:34 EDT
Mercury enters Gemini in right ascension 05:52 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Jupiter 06:01 EDT
Heliocentric Venus quincunx Heliocentric Neptune 06:24 EDT
Moon quincunx Saturn 06:28 EDT
Venus conjunct Hades 08:33 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Uranus 08:48 EDT
Heliocentric Earth sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Vulcanus 08:58 EDT
Venus conjunct Hades in right ascension 10:13 EDT
Sun sesquiquadrate Apollon 10:45 EDT
Mercury quintile Mars 10:53 EDT
Venus opposition Pluto in right ascension 13:28 EDT
Moon biquintile Vulcanus 13:59 EDT
Moon parallel Neptune 14:16 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Zeus 15:41 EDT
Moon enters Pisces 16:09 EDT
Moon biquintile Saturn 16:41 EDT
Mercury trine Chiron 16:47 EDT
Moon parallel Pluto 17:14 EDT
Moon trine Kronos 18:34 EDT
Heliocentric Venus biquintile Heliocentric Cupido 18:57 EDT
Moon biquintile Zeus 19:26 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Neptune 19:37 EDT
Venus semisextile Saturn 20:02 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Neptune 20:32 EDT
Moon biquintile Jupiter 21:14 EDT
Heliocentric Venus in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Kronos 21:18 EDT
Moon semisextile Chiron 21:18 EDT
Sun in 24th harmonic to Hades 21:34 EDT
Moon square Mercury 22:07 EDT
Heliocentric Earth sextile Heliocentric Zeus 22:25 EDT
Mercury semisextile Kronos in right ascension 22:46 EDT
Moon parallel Poseidon 22:51 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Kronos 23:38 EDT

May 30
U.S. Markets Closed for Memorial Day holiday
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Saturn 00:12 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Venus 00:30 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Pluto 00:51 EDT
Sun square 10/14/2004 Solar Eclipse Antiscion 01:14 EDT
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Apollon 01:17 EDT
Moon quintile Pluto 01:38 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Mars 02:18 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 02:22 EDT
Moon trine Poseidon 02:43 EDT
Uranus square Cupido 03:04 EDT
Sun trine Jupiter 03:22 EDT
Sun trine Zeus in right ascension 03:31 EDT
Moon semisquare True Lunar Node 03:37 EDT
Moon parallel Chiron 03:38 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Vulcanus 05:19 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Jupiter 05:32 EDT
Moon quincunx Zeus 05:40 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Apollon 06:20 EDT
Moon quincunx Jupiter 07:29 EDT
Moon square Sun 07:47 EDT
True Lunar Node direct station 08:08 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Saturn 08:10 EDT
Venus semisextile Vulcanus in right ascension 09:36 EDT
Mars sesquiquadrate Poseidon 10:15 EDT
Moon square Cupido 10:22 EDT
Moon conjunct Uranus 10:23 EDT
Mercury contraparallel Cupido 10:46 EDT
Moon quintile Admetos 11:06 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Uranus 11:37 EDT
Sun conjunct 05/31/2003 Solar Eclipse Point 12:05 EDT
Sun semisquare Saturn 13:53 EDT
Moon parallel Apollon 16:38 EDT
Moon contraparallel True Lunar Node 18:55 EDT
Moon parallel Uranus 19:39 EDT
Heliocentric Venus square Heliocentric Jupiter 19:50 EDT
Mercury trine Chiron in right ascension 20:26 EDT
Moon biquintile Apollon 21:52 EDT
Moon semisextile Neptune 22:20 EDT
Moon semisquare Chiron 23:04 EDT
Mercury quincunx Poseidon in right ascension 23:28 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Admetos 23:48 EDT

May 31
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Pluto 00:39 EDT
Mercury parallel Saturn 01:16 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Vulcanus 01:18 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Zeus 03:25 EDT
Mercury quincunx Poseidon 03:48 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Apollon 03:52 EDT
Mars semisextile True Lunar Node 04:24 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Poseidon 04:37 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Hades 04:28 EDT
Mercury parallel Vulcanus 05:26 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Jupiter 05:32 EDT
Moon semisextile True Lunar Node 05:34 EDT
Moon conjunct Mars 05:38 EDT
Mars square Hades in right ascension 05:44 EDT
Moon parallel Mars 07:16 EDT
Moon trine Vulcanus 07:20 EDT
Moon sextile Admetos 07:58 EDT
Moon quincunx Apollon 08:20 EDT
Moon square Pluto 08:44 EDT
Mars square Pluto in right ascension 09:07 EDT
Moon square Hades 09:11 EDT
Mercury semisquare True Lunar Node 09:50 EDT
Heliocentric Mars square Heliocentric Poseidon 10:06 EDT
Moon trine Saturn 10:25 EDT
Moon quintile Mercury 11:02 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Uranus 12:31 EDT
Moon square Venus 13:53 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon 13:53-20:08 EDT
Moon parallel Zeus 14:54 EDT
Sun trine Jupiter in right ascension 15:04 EDT
Moon quintile Sun 17:29 EDT
Mercury quintile Mars in right ascension 17:48 EDT
Moon parallel Jupiter 18:20 EDT
Moon enters Aries 20:08 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 20:08 EDT
Heliocentric Earth conjunct Heliocentric Cupido 20:24 EDT
Moon biquintile Poseidon 20:27 EDT
Sun opposition Cupido 20:32 EDT
Venus semisextile Saturn in right ascension 20:37 EDT
Mercury semisquare Vulcanus 20:56 EDT
Sun square Uranus 21:57 EDT
Moon square Kronos 22:43 EDT
Mercury trine Zeus 22:53 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Saturn 23:42 EDT
Venus biquintile Chiron 23:52 EDT
Sun opposition Cupido in right ascension 23:59 EDT

June 1
Moon semisquare Neptune 00:41 EDT
Mercury in 24th harmonic to Admetos 00:54 EDT
Moon sextile Chiron 01:24 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Chiron 01:49 EDT
Mercury sesquiquadrate Apollon 03:01 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Apollon 03:14 EDT
Sun square 04/08/2005 Solar Eclipse Antiscion 03:18 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury enters Gemini 03:36 EDT
Sun parallel Mercury 07:04 EDT
Moon quincunx Poseidon 07:06 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to True Lunar Node 08:08 EDT
Mercury in 24th harmonic to Hades 08:33 EDT
Sun semisquare Vulcanus in right ascension 09:00 EDT
Mercury square 10/14/2004 Solar Eclipse Antiscion 09:36 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Mars 09:39 EDT
Mercury trine Jupiter 10:10 EDT
Moon opposition Zeus 10:13 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Kronos 10:30 EDT
Moon semisquare Admetos 10:34 EDT
Moon contraparallel Jupiter 11:04 EDT
Mercury trine Zeus in right ascension 11:08 EDT
Moon opposition Jupiter 12:04 EDT
Moon sextile Mercury 12:27 EDT
Mercury conjunct 05/31/2003 Solar Eclipse Point 14:21 EDT
Moon contraparallel Zeus 14:32 EDT
Mars trine Vulcanus 14:58 EDT
Moon trine Cupido 15:03 EDT
Moon semisextile Uranus 15:12 EDT
Venus biquintile Chiron in right ascension 15:13 EDT
Sun biquintile Poseidon in right ascension 15:52 EDT
Moon sextile Sun 16:31 EDT
Mercury parallel Hades 16:33 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Jupiter 16:53 EDT
Moon quintile Hades 17:12 EDT
Mercury semisquare Saturn 17:36 EDT
Moon contraparallel Mars 20:46 EDT
Moon quintile Chiron 22:52 EDT

June 2
Moon quintile Venus 01:15 EDT
Mercury trine Jupiter in right ascension 02:44 EDT
Mars sextile Admetos 03:28 EDT
Moon sextile Neptune 03:35 EDT
Mercury opposition Cupido 04:13 EDT
Mars trine Vulcanus in right ascension 04:52 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Poseidon 04:54 EDT
Pluto opposition Hades in right ascension 05:12 EDT
Mercury square Uranus 05:17 EDT
Mercury opposition Cupido in right ascension 06:34 EDT
Sun crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 06:51 EDT
Moon quintile Kronos 07:04 EDT
Mercury square 04/08/2005 Solar Eclipse Antiscion 07:28 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Venus 07:54 EDT
Heliocentric Mars biquintile Heliocentric Kronos 08:52 EDT
Mars quincunx Apollon 09:09 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Mars 09:37 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Uranus 09:38 EDT
Heliocentric Mars semisextile Heliocentric Uranus 09:47 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Admetos 09:53 EDT
Moon contraparallel Uranus 10:25 EDT
True Lunar Node retrograde station 10:50 EDT
Mercury semisquare Vulcanus in right ascension 10:56 EDT
Sun biquintile Poseidon 11:05 EDT
Moon conjunct True Lunar Node 11:14 EDT
Moon parallel True Lunar Node 11:17 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Vulcanus 11:21 EDT
Moon square Vulcanus 13:04 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Zeus 13:25 EDT
Moon contraparallel Apollon 13:34 EDT
Moon semisextile Admetos 13:43 EDT
Mercury biquintile Poseidon in right ascension 13:44 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Apollon 13:51 EDT
Moon opposition Apollon 14:01 EDT
Moon semisextile Mars 14:18 EDT
Moon trine Pluto 14:22 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Hades 14:26 EDT
Heliocentric Venus sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Uranus 14:36 EDT
Moon sextile Hades 15:00 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 15:19 EDT
Mars square Pluto 15:27 EDT
Heliocentric Venus sextile Heliocentric Admetos 15:35 EDT
Moon square Saturn 16:39 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Cupido 18:13 EDT
Moon semisquare Uranus 18:26 EDT
Mercury crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 19:28 EDT
Sun parallel Hades 20:32 EDT
Moon semisquare Mercury 21:05 EDT
Heliocentric Venus conjunct Heliocentric Vulcanus 21:14 EDT
Mercury biquintile Poseidon 21:16 EDT
Heliocentric Mars semisquare Heliocentric Pluto 21:21 EDT
Moon semisquare Sun 21:55 EDT

June 3
Moon sextile Venus 01:24 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon 01:24-02:20 EDT
Moon quintile Neptune 01:30 EDT
Moon enters Taurus 02:20 EDT
Moon contraparallel Chiron 03:23 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Poseidon 03:48 EDT
Mars square Hades 03:56 EDT
Heliocentric Earth opposition Heliocentric Mercury 04:59 EDT
Moon sextile Kronos 05:04 EDT
Sun conjunct Mercury 05:11 EDT
Sun conjunct Mercury in right ascension 06:53 EDT
Heliocentric Venus square Heliocentric Apollon 06:54 EDT
Jupiter quintile Saturn in right ascension 07:12 EDT
Moon square Chiron 07:41 EDT
Moon contraparallel Poseidon 08:29 EDT
Heliocentric Venus semisextile Heliocentric Hades 09:14 EDT
Mercury semisquare Saturn in right ascension 09:30 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Saturn 09:33 EDT
Moon biquintile Cupido 10:47 EDT
Venus enters Cancer 11:17 EDT
Venus enters Cancer in right ascension 11:18 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Chiron 11:28 EDT
Sun semisquare Saturn in right ascension 13:17 EDT
Moon opposition Poseidon 13:43 EDT
Moon contraparallel Pluto 14:42 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to True Lunar Node 14:48 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Neptune 16:05 EDT
Mercury square Uranus in right ascension 16:47 EDT
Moon quincunx Zeus 16:58 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Admetos 17:24 EDT
Moon contraparallel Neptune 17:52 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Pluto 17:58 EDT
Moon semisquare Hades 18:44 EDT
Moon quincunx Jupiter 18:52 EDT
Moon semisquare Mars 19:34 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Kronos 19:49 EDT
Moon quincunx Cupido 21:55 EDT
Moon sextile Uranus 22:12 EDT
Moon quintile Vulcanus 22:19 EDT

June 4
Heliocentric Mars trine Heliocentric Zeus 00:04 EDT
Moon quintile Saturn 02:15 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Jupiter 02:47 EDT
Moon semisextile Sun 03:58 EDT
Moon biquintile Zeus 04:10 EDT
Mercury parallel Kronos 05:30 EDT
Sun square Uranus in right ascension 05:38 EDT
Moon biquintile Jupiter 06:05 EDT
Moon semisextile Mercury 06:38 EDT
Heliocentric Saturn biquintile Heliocentric Pluto 06:43 EDT
Moon parallel Admetos 07:48 EDT
Moon semisquare Venus 08:13 EDT
Heliocentric Venus sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Cupido 08:28 EDT
Moon semisquare Kronos 09:03 EDT
Heliocentric Mars sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Hades 10:32 EDT
Moon biquintile Pluto 10:47 EDT
Moon square Neptune 10:59 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 11:51 EDT
Heliocentric Earth sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Saturn 12:01 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Poseidon 14:00 EDT
Venus conjunct Kronos in right ascension 16:56 EDT
Venus conjunct Kronos 17:02 EDT
Mars trine Saturn 17:42 EDT
Moon semisextile True Lunar Node 18:47 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Admetos 18:57 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Pluto 19:52 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Vulcanus 20:24 EDT
Mercury in 24th harmonic to Kronos 20:44 EDT
Moon quintile Uranus 20:46 EDT
Moon sextile Vulcanus 20:53 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Zeus 21:06 EDT
Moon contraparallel Cupido 21:23 EDT
Moon conjunct Admetos 21:36 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Chiron 21:45 EDT
Moon quincunx Apollon 21:48 EDT
Moon quincunx Pluto 22:05 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Apollon 22:53 EDT
Moon parallel Saturn 22:57 EDT
Moon semisextile Hades 22:58 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Jupiter 23:03 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Hades 23:30 EDT

June 5
Moon parallel Vulcanus 00:00 EDT
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Chiron 00:20 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Mars 00:54 EDT
Moon sextile Saturn 01:03 EDT
Mercury in 24th harmonic to Venus 01:18 EDT
Moon sextile Mars 01:25 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon 01:25-10:36 EDT
Heliocentric Venus quintile Heliocentric Zeus 01:40 EDT
Jupiter direct station in right ascension 02:50 EDT
Jupiter direct station 03:21 EDT
Moon parallel Hades 04:35 EDT
Moon parallel Sun 06:15 EDT
Mercury trine Neptune 07:48 EDT
Moon biquintile Apollon 09:12 EDT
Moon enters Gemini 10:36 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Sun 10:39 EDT
Mercury sesquiquadrate Chiron 11:11 EDT
Moon parallel Kronos 12:11 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Venus 12:42 EDT
Venus sesquiquadrate Neptune 12:56 EDT
Moon semisextile Kronos 13:31 EDT
Moon semisextile Venus 15:42 EDT
Moon parallel Mercury 15:48 EDT
Moon trine Chiron 16:00 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Mercury 17:03 EDT
Venus quincunx Chiron 18:50 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Saturn 18:54 EDT
Moon parallel Venus 18:54 EDT
Mars in 24th harmonic to Uranus 20:12 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Chiron 20:39 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury enters Cancer 22:04 EDT
Moon quincunx Poseidon 22:21 EDT
Moon semisquare True Lunar Node 23:09 EDT

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STOCKS TO WATCH: DHI, GYI, LNY, RIMG.

D. R. Horton Inc. (DHI)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 12/14/1995; 09:30 a.m.
Trading Strategy: Horton is a hot home builder that has seen substantial price appreciation since the first of the year. What caught our attention most recently, however, is the fact that it gapped up in last week's trading to break through an important resistance zone. DHI did so just as transiting Saturn was crossing its First-Trade Descendant, which suggests that this move could have a solid foundation under it. There's also some encouragement from transiting Pluto hitting the DHI First-Trade Sun/Jupiter midpoint, so we will be adding a long position during this trading week. Our initial stop will be set at 32.00.


Getty Images Inc. (GYI)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 11/05/2002; 09:30 a.m.
Trading Strategy: Transiting Jupiter is moving into position to make its direct station in exact conjunction to the GYI First-Trade Midheaven. What could be more appealing? The extra boost to the price of this stock may be short-lived, but we definitely want to take advantage of the situation, so we plan to add a long position in GYI to the Model Portfolio early this week. Our initial stop will be set at 75.00.


Landry's Restaurants Inc. (LNY)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 12/14/1999; 09:30 a.m.
Trading Strategy: There are a couple of relevant horoscopes to observe in looking at LNY. The 1999 date listed above is for the listing of the stock on the New York Stock Exchange; the company's CEO personally rang the NYSE opening bell the day that trading started there. But Landry's original IPO was on August 19, 1993, and the stock was actually first traded publicly on the following day (08/20/1993; 09:30 a.m.). Right now, as Saturn is transiting the Descendant of the 1999 chart, the original 1993 horoscope is in the midst of a Jupiter return. That's an important factor to consider here, since the price for LNY rose into the first pass of Jupiter (in direct motion) at the end of November, 2004, and fell sharply right after the transit. When transiting Jupiter made its second conjunction with First-Trade Jupiter, this time in retrograde motion on April 10 of this year, LNY traded flat into the aspect, and then once again declined in price as the transit passed. The third and final passage of transiting Jupiter won't come until the end of July, with Jupiter again in direct motion. During last week's trading this stock moved back to the price level it was trading at during the first Jupiter passage, and it seems likely that it will continue to advance from there. Aside from the Saturn transit to the 1999 First-Trade angle, it's also instructive to watch the action right now of transiting Mars and the transiting True Lunar Node. The Lunar Node is currently square the 1993 First-Trade Venus, and simultaneously in opposition to the 1999 First-Trade Apollon. Transiting Mars is completing a Grand Trine pattern with First-Trade Venus and the First-Trade Pluto/Cupido conjunction in the 1993 chart; at the same time Mars is completing a Grand Trine with First-Trade Vulcanus and the First-Trade Midheaven in the 1999 chart. With all that action going on, our plan is to add a long position to the Model Portfolio early in the trading week, with an initial stop set at 27.05.


Rimage Corporation (RIMG)
NASDAQ
First Trade Date: 11/05/1992; 09:30 a.m.
Trading Strategy: Like Getty, RIMG also has transiting Jupiter conjoining the First-Trade Midheaven as it makes a station. In this case, however, there's even more support for short-term positive price action: transiting Pluto is ready to conjoin the First-Trade True Lunar Node, while First-Trade Kronos is receiving a trine from transiting Apollon and a conjunction from transiting Venus. Our plan is to enter a long position early in the week; we will set our initial stop at 21.25.

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posted by Tim Bost @ 5/29/2005 01:36:00 AM