January 30, 2000
Most market timers know that there tends to be a high around January 3 of any year. There may be a slight dip, but planetary work tells us that the influences remain bullish up to the 14th. There may be another dip after that, but the major high of the month will likely be on Friday, the 22nd, or Monday, the 25th. After that, there will likely be a more substantial pullback. The most important phenomena during the month are the Saturn station on the 11th, the Lunar Eclipse on the 20th, the passage of Uranus over the upcoming eclipse degree (16° Aquarius) on the 24th, and the helio Saturn-Uranus square on the 28th.
NASDAQ technology stocks will probably be very volatile but on the upside into month's end. But they likely are losing steam and are probably making highs throughout the month with a bearish February in store. The NASDAQ average was first calculated on February 5, 1971; it began operation in its current form on the 8th. The NASDAQ ran up sharply as Jupiter moved over the Ascendant last July, but then fell just as fast when the Saturn-Uranus square hit its natal Saturn. The January 20 Lunar Eclipse falls on the natal Moon opposite natal Mercury. The February Eclipse-Uranus conjunction is only 3 degrees from the NASDAQ Sun at 19° Aquarius. The Eclipse and Uranus are square natal Saturn at 16° Taurus. Jupiter hits the Ascendant in February, Uranus moves over the Sun in March, and there is a Saturn return in April. So there should be a tech-stock roller-coaster ride during the spring.
Internet stocks popped up again and again on the Financial Trader planetary scan. Because many of these stocks went public at the same time, they have many similar planetary positions. Jupiter will pass over Saturn in many first-trade charts this month. The Lunar Eclipse will oppose Neptune, and February's Solar Eclipse conjunct transiting Uranus will be on the natal Uranus of many of these high-flyers. These hits will likely lift many of these shares. But they have probably already made their lows in the winter and may be hitting intermediate highs at month's end. So traders can do well holding these shares up to the 24th or so.
Uranus is moving over 16° Aquarius and the Solar Eclipse falls there on February 5. This degree is also the natal Uranus-Midheaven conjunction of these Internet stocks: Flashnet Communications (FLAS-March 19, 1999), Cheap Tickets (CTIX-March 16, 1999), and Ivillage (IVIL-March 16, 1999). These contacts will put these stocks in the public eye and excite investors. In the first two cases, we see transiting Pluto opposing the Ascendant, so there may be takeover interest here.
US Web (USWB-December 5, 1997) will be an exciting trade. The Eclipse and Uranus will be on the natal Jupiter, but Saturn will station on the IC opposite the Midheaven. Meanwhile Pluto is moving up to station on the Sun in March. Progressed Mercury goes retrograde in January, which may bring some important news release. There may be takeover rumors, and USWB will likely be bouncing up and down--but mostly up into February.
Earnings reports will begin to come in around the third week of this month and will extend into mid-February. The Internet stocks recommended here will probably report earnings that exceed expectations. Aspects to the Midheaven are a good guide to the Street's reactions to news. On the reverse side of the coin, we detect some stocks that have their MCs very afflicted now by the nearness of the Saturn station. One is Dell Computer (DELL-June 22, 1988), which has the station less than 2 degrees from the natal MC. Software makers Symantec (SYMC-June 23, 1989) and HNC Software (HNCS-June 21, 1995) also have this aspect and will likely disappoint investors. Health care stock Idexx Labs (IDXX-June 21, 1991) also will suffer the same fate. Circuit City (CC-June 21, 1984) was a big winner in the spring and summer of 1999. But the Saturn station is on the MC opposite Mars and Saturn, so investors will want to unload this stock before it short circuits. First Union (FTU-August 1, 1988) had a tough time last year, and the news is unlikely to lift the shares right now. The Saturn station will square the Sun and Mercury and will oppose Pluto, so continue to avoid this bank stock. Sell shares in the well-known food stock, Hershey (HSY-Sept. 19, 1947). The Saturn station will closely square the MC and Pluto. In fact, converse progressed Saturn is at 11° Leo, only minutes off from the natal MC. The Eclipse-Uranus conjunction will oppose natal Saturn. These hits can send HSY sharply lower. Xerox is also under some planetary assault. XRX will catch the station opposite Neptune and square Saturn and the Node. Although I was positive on the health care stocks in the last two columns, we find another that will likely disappoint now. The upcoming Solar Eclipse is on Saturn and opposes the MC of Becton Dickinson (BDX).
Microsoft (MSFT-March 13,1986) will have the Saturn station square its MC on the 11th. But then the weather improves as Jupiter transits the Moon on the 25th, and the Solar Eclipse is only 4 degrees from the MC on February 5. Then we have a rare event as Uranus goes retrograde by secondary progression on February 10, only 1 minute of arc from an exact conjunction to natal Mars. These contacts will likely lift the share price. Saturn squares the MC again exactly on the 24th, so the upward run will slow in the last half of February.
In the energy sector, Schlumberger (SLB-Feb. 2, 1962) has a large configuration of planets near 15° of the fixed signs. The Sun is at 13° Aquarius while Venus is at 15° and Jupiter at 18°. Neptune is at 13° Scorpio and Ceres is at 16° Taurus. Transiting Neptune is on natal Saturn and the Lunar Eclipse will oppose it, but the bullish aspects outweigh the bearish ones here. The Solar Eclipse and Uranus are on the Sun-Venus-Jupiter conjunction. The converse progressed Ascendant is at 16° Aquarius, and the direct progressed MC is at 20° Aquarius. Uranus will transit these degrees in the coming months, so SLB will be more volatile than usual.
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