FinancialCyclesWeekly.com #0524 -- June 12-18, 02005 with Tim Bost


COMMENT: We suggested last week that "there is much to support a positive bias in the markets right now," and that certainly proved to be the case for equities. Most of the market action we have been tracking turned back into a positive direction, although the trading did not break through key resistance levels to set new highs. The positive bias has now brought us to a tipping point, with virtually equal potentials for a positive breakout and an intensified rally or for a reversal into negative territory, at least from a technical perspective.

With the added insight of astrological analysis, however, we're sticking with our positive bias. Whether or not we will see a breakout into new highs remains to be seen, but in any case we anticipate an extension of the current short-term bullish trend.


THE GENERAL MOTORS GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS

It was a tough week if you were an employee of General Motors, but a good one if you were a GM shareholder. The embattled automobile manufacturer announced plans to shut down factories and lay off 25,000 workers in the U.S. The cost-cutting moves apparently pleased the Street; GM stock was up more than 11.5% for the week.


IDENTITY CRISIS AT CITIGROUP

CitiFinancial, the consumer-finance division of Citigroup, admitted last Monday that it has lost computer tapes containing information about its credit accounts, including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. The company said the tapes were lost by United Parcel Service while they were being shipped to an Experian credit bureau facility in Texas. Citigroup will be notifying 3.9 million customers that their credit information has been compromised by the loss.


A FAKE MUSTACHE FOR ALAN GREENSPAN

The week's news included word that former central banker Rerngchai Marakanond has been convicted by a Thai court and fined $4.6 billion after being declared responsible for the currency crisis in the Thai baht in 1997-1998. This provoked Bill Bonner to issue his "Advice to Alan Greenspan: Get a false mustache and an address in Switzerland."

Bonner, the author of "Financial Reckoning Day," reminded his readers that the great economist Joseph Schumpeter once declared: "Any stimulus in excess of savings is a fraud."
Greenspan's crime, according to Bonner, has been "Putting interest rates below the inflation rate, and leaving them there for three-and-a-half years after the 'emergency' was over." The Fed Chairman's actions "misled consumers into believing they had money to spend...and misled business (particularly Chinese business) into thinking its customers had more money than they actually had."

IS A GOLD RALLY IN THE WORKS?

Pierre Lassonde, the president of Newmont Mining, the world's largest gold mining company, said this past week that he expects gold prices to hit $525 an ounce by the beginning of 2006. Lassonde noted that he thinks the U.S. dollar will lose another 15 percent of its value versus other currencies.


7-YEAR-OLD GETS FUNDRAISING WHEELS ROLLING

We always appreciate hearing stories of individual economic initiative, especially when it comes in the face of massive corporate or governmental strength or in response to huge challenges. That's exactly what caught our attention when we learned of the successful efforts made recently by Thomas Glass, a 7-year-old first grader at the Episcopal School of Knoxville, Tennessee.


In response to news about the plight of the tsunami victims, Thomas came up with the idea of holding a "Wheel-A-Thon," a circuit ride around his school's 96-acre campus, with participants racing each other on tricycles, bicycles, scooters, skates, and skateboards.


The racers each donated a minimum of $10 to the fundraising effort, with the proceeds supplemented with income from a concession stand at the event, where Thomas' twin brother Michael and their 6-year-old sister Katherine sold cookies and lemonade.


Thomas not only had the inspiration for the event, he also organized all the details. "I wanted to do this because their homes were washed out and they need lots of money to build them back," he explained. When he was asked if it had been difficult for him to coordinate the event, he said it was "A little, but not very hard," adding that his biggest challenge had been "getting the parents to come out."


In fact, however, his classmates, their parents, and faculty volunteers all rallied around the event. The Wheel-A-Thon raised $375 for tsunami relief efforts.

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THE WEEK AHEAD

The earnings reports we will be watching this week include BioVeris (BIOV), Measurement Specialties (MSS), National Technical (NTSC), Best Buy (BBY), BMC Software (BMC), Lehman Brothers Holdings (LEH), Atari Inc. (ATAR), Bear Stearns (BSC), Neon Systems (NEON), Goldman Sachs (GS), Adobe Systems (ADBE), Actuant Corporation (ATU), KB Home (KBH), and Circuit City Stores (CC).

The economic news in the spotlight this week will include the Producer Price Index, the Consumer Price Index, Retail Sales, Business Inventories, Capacity Utilization, Industrial Production, and Housing Starts. We will also get the Philadelphia Fed Survey for June and the preliminary June numbers on Consumer Sentiment from the University of Michigan.


OPEC ministers will be meeting in Vienna on Wednesday; a surprise announcement there could shake up oil futures and equities. With the previous day's Uranus station hitting the Saturn/Hades midpoint and squaring the Ascendant in the OPEC inception chart, this will definitely be an event worth keeping an eye on.


The week's astrological picture is dominated, of course, by that Uranus retrograde station. It's a factor that adds uncertainty to the overall market picture and increases the level of volatility in geopolitical affairs. Historically, however, the retrograde stations of Uranus have tended to bring blue-chip equity prices up. That's also true of several other key astrological factors at play this week, including the Mars/Kronos square in right ascension, the Sun/Pluto opposition, and the heliocentric Mercury/Neptune opposition. The heliocentric Mars/Neptune conjunction is also likely to have a net positive effect, even though it may bring stock prices down for a few days first. The Sun/Hades conjunction has a slightly negative bias for equity prices, but its net effect is essentially a toss-up.


In short, we're looking for stock prices to rise again this week, but we'll be keeping a lookout for surprises and special situations. On Friday we're planning for a short trading day, thanks to a void-of-course Moon that kicks in just before lunch and gives us an excuse to start the weekend early.


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.


It always manages to catch us by surprise, doesn't it? No matter how mature we are, no matter how grounded we have become in our spiritual disciplines and no matter how much wisdom we have attained, we are still offered unexpected opportunities to take responsibility in new and more meaningful ways.


"What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?" -- Logan Pearsall Smith

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GLOBAL EQUITIES MARKETS LAST WEEK

Tech stocks and transportation issues in the U.S. accelerated their losses last week, but all the other major equity averages around the world gained ground. In most cases the gains were nothing to write home about, but issues in Hong Kong, Sydney and Singapore managed to show some significant strength.

Dow Jones Industrial Average -- up 0.49%
Dow Jones Transportation Average -- down 2.97%
Dow Jones Utilities Average -- up 1.09%
S+P 500 -- up 0.17%
NASDAQ Composite Index -- down 0.42%
Russell 2000 -- up 0.97%
London FTSE-100 -- up 0.62%
Paris CAC-40 -- up 0.52%
Frankfurt DAX -- up 1.68%
Sydney All Ordinaries -- up 0.74%
Tokyo Nikkei Index -- up 0.04%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index -- up 0.84%
Singapore Straits Times Index -- up 1.27%

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U.S. EQUITY TRENDS

S+P 500 -- Long-Term Bearish; Intermediate-Term Bearish; Short-Term Bullish

NASDAQ -- Long-Term Bearish; Intermediate-Term Bullish; Short-Term Bullish

RUSSELL 2000 -- Long-Term Bullish; Intermediate-Term Bearish; Short-Term Bullish

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FINANCIAL CYCLES MODEL PORTFOLIO


POSITIONS CLOSED DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK: ADSK, CMX, DHI, MVL, RIMG.

We closed five Model Portfolio positions during the past week, with two winners and three losers producing a net loss of $943.00.

On June 6 we sold 300 shares of Autodesk Inc. (ADSK), taking a profit of $240.00 (a 2.23% gain in 14 trading days).

On June 6 we sold 300 shares of Caremark Rx Inc. (CMX) at 43.50, taking a profit of $126.00 (a 0.97% gain in 19 trading days).

On June 6 we sold 300 shares of D. R. Horton Inc. (DHI) at 34.20, taking a loss of $510.00 (a 4.74% loss in 2 trading days).

On June 6 we sold 500 shares of Marvel Enterprises Inc. (MVL) at 21.09, taking a loss of $315.00 (a 2.90% loss in 9 trading days).

On June 6 we sold 400 shares of Rimage Corporation (RIMG) at 20.29, taking a loss of $484.00 (a 5.63% loss in 4 trading days).

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POSITIONS ADDED TO THE PORTFOLIO DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK: GI, BTU, SRZ, UBB, ZGEN.

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

We bought 400 shares of Giant Industries, Inc. (GI) at 29.94 on 06/07/05, setting our initial stop at 28.25.

We bought 200 shares of Peabody Energy (BTU) at 50.10 on 06/07/05, setting our initial stop at 47.50.

We bought 200 shares of Sunrise Senior Living (SRZ) at 53.92 on 06/07/05, setting our initial stop at 50.75.

We bought 300 shares of Unibanco Uniao De Bancos (UBB) at 36.91 on 06/07/05, setting our initial stop at 35.00.

We sold short 500 shares of Zymogenetics Inc. (ZGEN) at 16.22 on 06/07/05, setting our initial buy stop at 19.25.

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YEAR-IN-REVIEW MODEL PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY

So far this year we have had a total of 97 completed trades, with 33 winners and 64 losers bringing us a total net profit of $3,767.00. The largest profit for a single trade has been $2,875.00, with our winners averaging $652.91; the largest single-trade loss has been $956.00, with our losers averaging $309.91. The overall average profit per trade has been $39.04, and the mean duration of our trades has been 10.3 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

Frontier Airlines Inc. (FRNT) -- bought 800 shares at 11.99 on 05/23/05; currently 12.31. Raise stop to 12.13.

Giant Industries, Inc. (GI) -- bought 400 shares at 29.94 on 06/07/05; currently 30.38. Raise stop to 30.17.

Landry's Restaurants Inc. (LNY) -- bought 400 shares at 30.10 on 05/31/05; currently 31.39. Raise stop to 30.35.

Peabody Energy (BTU) -- bought 200 shares at 50.10 on 06/07/05; currently 52.71. Raise stop to 50.25.

Sunrise Senior Living (SRZ) -- bought 200 shares at 53.92 on 06/07/05; currently 52.48. Raise stop to 52.25.

Unibanco Uniao De Bancos (UBB) -- bought 30 shares at 36.91 on 06/07/05, currently 36.04. Raise stop to 35.50.

Zymogenetics Inc. (ZGEN) -- sold short 500 shares at 16.22 on 06/07/05; currently 16.38. Lower buy stop to 16.80.

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STRONGEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK

Home Health Care; Music and Video Stores; Technical Services; Clothing; Education and Training Services.

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WEAKEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK

Internet Service Providers; Trucking; Wholesale Computers; Farm Products; Steel and Iron.

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

June 12
Heliocentric Venus sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Pluto 01:35 EDT
Mars biquintile Poseidon 01:47 EDT
Moon trine True Lunar Node 02:23 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Jupiter 02:29 EDT
Heliocentric Venus in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Vulcanus 03:11 EDT
Moon parallel Admetos 03:19 EDT
Moon sextile Sun 04:05 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Uranus 05:24 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Pluto 06:28 EDT
Venus trine Uranus 06:41 EDT
Pluto sextile Apollon 06:45 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Vulcanus 06:56 EDT
Moon semisextile Vulcanus 06:57 EDT
Moon semisquare Zeus 06:57 EDT
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Poseidon 07:15 EDT
Venus in 24th harmonic to Saturn 07:25 EDT
Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 07:38 EDT
Moon trine Pluto 07:39 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon 07:39-21:21 EDT
Moon sextile Apollon 07:39 EDT
Moon square Admetos 07:44 EDT
Sun semisextile Admetos in right ascension 07:53 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Venus 08:26 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 09:14 EDT
Moon semisquare Jupiter 09:15 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Zeus 09:15 EDT
Mercury quincunx Chiron 09:16 EDT
Mercury quintile True Lunar Node 09:17 EDT
Moon sextile Hades 09:18 EDT
Moon quintile Poseidon 09:25 EDT
Moon biquintile Mars 09:54 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Hades 10:25 EDT
Heliocentric Venus sextile Heliocentric Zeus 11:16 EDT
Mercury quincunx Chiron in right ascension 12:22 EDT
Moon semisextile Saturn 12:55 EDT
Moon semisquare Venus 13:29 EDT
Heliocentric Venus semisquare Heliocentric Hades 15:20 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Cupido 17:15 EDT
Moon contraparallel Neptune 18:27 EDT
Mercury trine Poseidon in right ascension 18:55 EDT
Venus trine Uranus in right ascension 19:52 EDT
Venus biquintile Neptune 20:15 EDT
Moon enters Virgo 21:21 EDT
Moon contraparallel Pluto 22:05 EDT
Sun trine Apollon in right ascension 22:09 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Apollon 22:44 EDT
Moon quincunx Mars 22:46 EDT
Saturn quintile Zeus 22:56 EDT

June 13
Moon sextile Kronos 00:41 EDT
Moon quincunx Chiron 02:32 EDT
Moon contraparallel Poseidon 05:01 EDT
Moon sextile Mercury 06:09 EDT
Moon quintile Sun 06:27 EDT
Mars square Kronos in right ascension 08:01 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate True Lunar Node 08:31 EDT
Moon quintile Hades 09:33 EDT
Moon sextile Poseidon 09:36 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Saturn 09:44 EDT
Moon contraparallel Chiron 10:23 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Mars 10:52 EDT
Moon semisextile Zeus 13:12 EDT
Moon semisquare Vulcanus 13:14 EDT
Heliocentric Mars in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Chiron 13:18 EDT
Moon semisquare Apollon 13:53 EDT
Moon biquintile Chiron 14:33 EDT
Heliocentric Venus trine Heliocentric Cupido 14:40 EDT
Moon semisextile Jupiter 15:32 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Neptune 16:00 EDT
Sun semisextile Vulcanus 16:02 EDT
Heliocentric Earth quincunx Heliocentric Admetos 16:03 EDT
Mercury semisquare Admetos in right ascension 17:41 EDT
Moon square Cupido 18:12 EDT
Moon opposition Uranus 18:59 EDT
Moon semisquare Saturn 19:24 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Kronos 20:14 EDT
Venus biquintile Neptune in right ascension 20:45 EDT
Moon sextile Venus 23:05 EDT
Heliocentric Earth conjunct Heliocentric Pluto 23:07 EDT
Sun opposition Pluto 23:15 EDT

June 14
Sun trine Apollon 00:08 EDT
Moon quintile Kronos 00:47 EDT
Heliocentric Earth quincunx Heliocentric Vulcanus 01:37 EDT
Moon contraparallel Apollon 01:41 EDT
Mercury crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 01:46 EDT
Sun semisextile Admetos 01:52 EDT
Moon biquintile True Lunar Node 02:29 EDT
Mercury trine Poseidon 02:45 EDT
Moon contraparallel Uranus 05:07 EDT
Moon parallel True Lunar Node 06:10 EDT
Heliocentric Earth biquintile Heliocentric Saturn 06:55 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Jupiter 07:51 EDT
Mars square Kronos 08:15 EDT
Moon quincunx Neptune 08:16 EDT
Mercury square Zeus in right ascension 08:21 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Chiron 08:27 EDT
Sun opposition Pluto in right ascension 09:07 EDT
Heliocentric Venus quintile Heliocentric Apollon 09:13 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 09:24 EDT
Moon quintile Mercury 10:53 EDT
Venus biquintile Cupido in right ascension 14:04 EDT
Moon quincunx True Lunar Node 14:22 EDT
Moon semisquare Poseidon 15:29 EDT
Uranus retrograde station in right ascension 17:01 EDT
Heliocentric Earth sextile Heliocentric Apollon 18:06 EDT
Uranus retrograde station 18:38 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Zeus 19:01 EDT
Moon sextile Vulcanus 19:05 EDT
Moon square Pluto 19:35 EDT
Moon semisextile Apollon 19:41 EDT
Moon trine Admetos 19:51 EDT
Moon biquintile Neptune 20:07 EDT
Moon square Sun 21:21 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Jupiter 21:23 EDT
Moon square Hades 21:25 EDT
True Lunar Node direct station 21:46 EDT
Sun conjunct Hades 22:14 EDT
Heliocentric Earth opposition Heliocentric Hades 22:23 EDT
Jupiter sextile Cupido in right ascension 23:13 EDT
Sun conjunct Hades in right ascension 23:26 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Admetos 23:56 EDT

June 15
Mercury square Zeus 00:33 EDT
Mercury in 24th harmonic to Vulcanus 01:01 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Pluto 01:15 EDT
Moon sextile Saturn 01:23 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon 01:23-08:57 EDT
Moon quintile Venus 01:28 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Vulcanus 01:42 EDT
Mercury quincunx Cupido in right ascension 02:35 EDT
Mercury square Jupiter in right ascension 02:39 EDT
Moon contraparallel Zeus 02:49 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Zeus 04:14 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Apollon 04:43 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Hades 05:31 EDT
Moon quintile Cupido 05:44 EDT
Mercury semisquare Admetos 05:48 EDT
Moon contraparallel Jupiter 06:06 EDT
Mars sextile Chiron in right ascension 06:23 EDT
Heliocentric Earth trine Heliocentric Mercury 07:07 EDT
Heliocentric Mars conjunct Heliocentric Neptune 07:18 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Poseidon 07:47 EDT
Moon enters Libra 08:57 EDT
Mars semisquare Neptune 10:09 EDT
Moon contraparallel Mars 10:50 EDT
Mars sextile Chiron 12:03 EDT
Moon square Kronos 12:14 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Neptune 13:38 EDT
Moon trine Chiron 13:45 EDT
Moon opposition Mars 13:51 EDT
Mercury square Jupiter 15:42 EDT
Mercury in 24th harmonic to Hades 15:52 EDT
Moon quintile Vulcanus 18:29 EDT
Moon parallel Mars 20:01 EDT
Moon semisextile Poseidon 20:41 EDT
Heliocentric Venus in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Saturn 23:53 EDT

June 16
Moon conjunct Zeus 00:07 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Apollon 00:46 EDT
Moon quintile Saturn 00:49 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Admetos 00:58 EDT
Moon parallel Jupiter 01:09 EDT
Sun semisextile Vulcanus in right ascension 01:27 EDT
Moon conjunct Jupiter 02:30 EDT
Moon parallel Zeus 04:17 EDT
Moon square Mercury 04:25 EDT
Moon sextile Cupido 04:49 EDT
Moon quincunx Uranus 05:40 EDT
Moon quintile Pluto 06:20 EDT
Mercury quincunx Cupido 06:58 EDT
Mercury square 10/03/2005 Solar Eclipse Point 06:59 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Saturn 07:23 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 08:00 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Chiron 08:39 EDT
Mars quincunx Poseidon in right ascension 08:47 EDT
Sun in 24th harmonic to Mercury 08:57 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury enters Virgo 09:29 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Venus 10:53 EDT
Mercury trine Uranus 12:36 EDT
Heliocentric Earth in 24th Harmonic to Heliocentric Cupido 14:13 EDT
Moon square Venus 15:44 EDT
Moon biquintile Uranus 16:59 EDT
Moon biquintile Admetos 18:01 EDT
Moon trine Neptune 18:10 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Kronos 18:20 EDT
Heliocentric Mars sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Kronos 19:05 EDT
Heliocentric Venus opposition Heliocentric Neptune 19:35 EDT
Mercury in 24th harmonic to Saturn 19:42 EDT
Venus biquintile Cupido 19:48 EDT
Mercury trine Uranus in right ascension 20:14 EDT
Mercury biquintile Neptune 20:39 EDT
Heliocentric Earth quintile Heliocentric Uranus 21:10 EDT
True Lunar Node retrograde station 23:21 EDT
Moon opposition True Lunar Node 23:58 EDT

June 17
Moon contraparallel True Lunar Node 00:01 EDT
Moon parallel Uranus 00:58 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Poseidon 00:58 EDT
Venus in 24th harmonic to Kronos 03:54 EDT
Moon parallel Apollon 04:05 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Zeus 04:19 EDT
Moon square Vulcanus 04:27 EDT
Moon sextile Pluto 04:45 EDT
Moon conjunct Apollon 04:56 EDT
Moon quincunx Admetos 05:10 EDT
Moon trine Hades 06:41 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Jupiter 06:42 EDT
Sun semisextile Saturn 07:47 EDT
Sun biquintile Chiron 08:08 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Jupiter 08:12 EDT
Moon semisquare Cupido 08:47 EDT
Heliocentric Venus semisquare Heliocentric Kronos 09:18 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Uranus 09:38 EDT
Moon square Saturn 10:48 EDT
Moon trine Sun 11:00 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon 11:00-17:23 EDT
Mercury biquintile Neptune in right ascension 11:47 EDT
Neptune in 24th harmonic to Chiron 12:17 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Chiron 14:20 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Hades 15:39 EDT
Venus quincunx Neptune 17:04 EDT
Moon enters Scorpio 17:23 EDT
Moon parallel Chiron 18:05 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Poseidon 18:08 EDT
Heliocentric Venus opposition Heliocentric Mars 18:15 EDT
Moon trine Kronos 20:30 EDT
Moon square Chiron 21:39 EDT
Mercury biquintile Cupido in right ascension 22:54 EDT
Moon parallel Poseidon 22:53 EDT

June 18
Moon quincunx Mars 00:58 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Uranus 01:10 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Vulcanus 02:44 EDT
Mars semisquare Neptune in right ascension 02:50 EDT
Sun biquintile Chiron in right ascension 03:47 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 04:10 EDT
Moon conjunct Poseidon 04:16 EDT
Moon parallel Pluto 04:59 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Zeus 05:32 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Apollon 06:04 EDT
Moon semisextile Zeus 07:29 EDT
Moon semisquare Pluto 07:50 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Apollon 08:04 EDT
Venus quincunx Neptune in right ascension 08:10 EDT
Moon parallel Neptune 08:21 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Hades 09:47 EDT
Moon semisextile Jupiter 09:50 EDT
Moon semisextile Cupido 11:44 EDT
Moon biquintile Mars 12:13 EDT
Moon trine Uranus 12:35 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Cupido 15:07 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Sun 15:57 EDT
Moon trine Mercury 20:08 EDT
Moon contraparallel Admetos 21:26 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Kronos 23:04 EDT

June 19
Moon square Neptune 00:09 EDT
Moon biquintile Hades 01:33 EDT
Venus square 4/08/2005 Solar Eclipse Point 02:49 EDT
Moon trine Venus 03:11 EDT
Venus sextile Admetos in right ascension 04:03 EDT
Venus parallel Kronos 04:11 EDT
Moon sesquiquadrate Mars 04:44 EDT
Heliocentric Venus sextile Heliocentric Jupiter 04:52 EDT
Moon quintile Chiron 05:15 EDT
Moon quincunx True Lunar Node 05:30 EDT
Sun parallel Venus 06:24 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Poseidon 06:31 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Kronos 07:34 EDT
Moon biquintile Sun 08:42 EDT
Moon parallel Cupido 09:25 EDT
Moon contraparallel Saturn 09:31 EDT
Moon semisquare Zeus 09:37 EDT
Moon trine Vulcanus 09:47 EDT
Moon semisextile Pluto 09:54 EDT
Moon semisextile Apollon 10:10 EDT
Moon opposition Admetos 10:27 EDT
Moon contraparallel Vulcanus 11:50 EDT
Moon quincunx Hades 11:53 EDT
Moon semisquare Jupiter 11:57 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Saturn 12:07 EDT
Mercury biquintile Cupido 12:09 EDT
Venus square Apollon in right ascension 13:07 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Chiron 13:15 EDT
Moon in 24th harmonic to Cupido 13:41 EDT
Moon biquintile Kronos 14:33 EDT
Moon biquintile True Lunar Node 15:40 EDT
Moon trine Saturn 16:05 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon 16:05-21:43 EDT
Moon contraparallel Hades 16:12 EDT
Mars in 24th harmonic to True Lunar Node 18:21 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Neptune 18:46 EDT
Mercury in 24th harmonic to Kronos 18:59 EDT
Moon quincunx Sun 19:39 EDT
Mars semisquare Admetos in right ascension 20:21 EDT
Moon enters Sagittarius 21:43 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 21:43 EDT
Moon contraparallel Venus 22:08 EDT
Sun semisextile Saturn in right ascension 22:26 EDT
Moon contraparallel Sun 22:48 EDT
Moon contraparallel Kronos 22:50 EDT
Heliocentric Earth biquintile Heliocentric Admetos 23:08 EDT

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STOCKS TO WATCH: BPT, HIG, JEC, PDE.

BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT)
NYSE
First Trade Date: 05/23/1989; 09:30 a.m.
Trading Strategy: With transiting Saturn getting ready to cross the BPT First-Trade Ascendant, we're expecting to see a modest price pull-back during the next week or 10 days. The opportunity for such a short-term correction could come as Mercury transits First-Trade Chiron early this week, perhaps generating news that seems negative at first blush but that actually has longer-term positive implications. In any event, Venus will also be coming into the picture promptly, conjoining the First-Trade Mars/Vulcanus conjunction and then forming a sesquiquadrate to the First-Trade True Lunar Node. By early July transiting Jupiter will be crossing the BPT First-Trade IC, so there's definitely a happy ending to this story. Eighth-harmonic planetary lines for Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus (G,45,N,0) give us some interesting information here, with Saturn and Uranus providing potential resistance and Mars/Jupiter defining a potential entry point. Our plan is thus to enter a long position this week if BPT trades below 68.45; we will set our initial stop at 65.50.


The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (HIG)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 12/15/1995; 09:30 a.m.
Trading Strategy: With Saturn crossing the HIG First-Trade Descendant and stationary Uranus semisquare the First-Trade Ascendant, this stock is ready to pop. The longer-term outlook is strengthened considerably by transiting Pluto conjoining the First-Trade Sun and transiting Apollon conjoining the First-Trade True Lunar Node. Our plan is to add a long position in HIG to the Model Portfolio at the start of the trading week; our initial stop will be set at 70.50.


Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (JEC)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 12/15/1989; 09:30 a.m.
Trading Strategy: Like HIG, JEC has transiting Saturn hitting the First-Trade Descendant, Uranus semisquare the First-Trade Ascendant, and Pluto conjoining the First-Trade Sun. In this case, however, there are added factors that make the outlook even more interesting. Transiting Neptune is conjoining the First-Trade True Lunar Node, transiting Chiron is hitting First-Trade Venus, and transiting Mercury is crossing First-Trade Jupiter, with transiting Jupiter getting ready to conjoin First-Trade Apollon in about six weeks. In other words, there is a lot of astrological evidence to support the idea of a long position. We will add one to the Model Portfolio early this week; our initial stop will be set at 51.75.


Pride International Inc. (PDE)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 09/10/1997; 09:30 a.m.
Trading Strategy: PDE went into a slide earlier this year as transiting Saturn first conjoined its First-Trade Midheaven and transiting Jupiter opposed its First-Trade Saturn, but now, as Saturn crosses the Midheaven again, we also get transiting Neptune square First-Trade Mars and transiting Pluto conjoining the First-Trade Moon. This adds up to a fairly volatile situation, bringing the possibility of either a dramatic run-up or a discouraging pull-back, but we nevertheless plan to enter a long position in PDE early this week, with an initial stop set at 21.45.



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posted by Tim Bost @ 6/12/2005 03:40:00 AM