So some how I missed Trumpy's threat to close down the US Government in the Fall. We need to know the exact date that'd happen as Astrologically things get Wobbly from the 15th Sept quickly enough thru into early Oct.

"The president's tweet comes days after he met with Republican leaders in Congress to discuss a plan that would avoid a shutdown in the fall."

Little else to add to the Conscious Stream. I'd just be repeating myself. Definitely a significant Downside Threat now till the close on the 10th Aug in the US. 22hrs UKT.

I'm using the Chart Guys you back up and verify my Insights. My "vast" knowledge of their Techniques tell me that on Friday 27th July we saw trend changes showing up in the R2K, Tech 100, Dow Jones and US 500 - most to least. See what Monday delivers ?

So I eagerly await what they say tonight they post an update.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owyVFj-Y0_8

Clearly with GDP figures of over 4% annualised Recession isn't going to appear from nowhere, and those strong stabilising (and consolidating) +VEs from Jupiter - Neptune/ Pluto and Uranus r.Saturn remain till the 12th Sept.

But with Uranus SR-ing and Neptune and Pluto beginning to separate in early Aug clearly some cracks appear.

Uranus turning retro has to be interesting, even with r.Saturn in support. I'd say Uranus, Jupiter and Saturn have clear -VE effects on the Markets when the SR.

Cracks are appearing with Trade War vibrations, or rushing to avoid such, and Big Tech struggling a bit, and now Trumpy throwing the threat of US Government Shut down in to the pot.

Plenty to Wobble about till Mercury and Venus pop out the otherside of their respective troubles by the 13th Aug.

H

PS My one caveat is what will apple bring, and the following r.Mars Uranus square 1st-2nd Aug?

Some could give, but that "thing" could be the doubt about Apple. Apple could blow out socks off with fantastic results.

And it could be the doubt that gives up.

Right so Dan at Chart Guys has published his Video for last Friday 27th July.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owyVFj-Y0_8

You should know that the work of WD Gann certainly was able to predict Resistance Levels and Supports very accurately.

As far as I could tell Dan has highlighted the following. And don't wet yourself with excitement.

Assuming that the R2K leads the way down then the following Supports to be watched VERY CAREFULLY - R2K 1,648 > 1,617. The Tech 100 he has 1,757 > 1692. And the overall SP 500 2,791 > 2,685.

I'd doubt the SP will break below 2,685. But I feel the bottoming out will be on the 9th Aug now.

Much depends on how r.Mars square Uranus plays out. Squares aren't always -VE. Though usually they are.

He notes that XLF the Financial Sector looks very strong still and we should try to follow that. Though I think it is playing he strengthening role defined by Jupiter crossing r.Neptune r.Pluto till the 12th Sept.

The Fat Cats are definitely lapping up Trumpy's Triple Cream.

H

Astrologically "Massives" rests on what Apple deliver, and whether that triggers a -VE reaction as r.Mars squares slowing Uranus.

It'd be more powerful if Uranus was retro and Mars slowing. It is about Torque, isn't it ?!!

Then we've got to see how Venus plays out across r.Mars, SR Uranus and r.Saturn.

And then how r.Mercury combusts ? NOT forgetting that all happens at the Yod Point of r.Neptune and r.Pluto. Massive force thru r.Mercury and the Sun.

You'd need to be cleverer than me to understand that.

H

PS However, we shouldn't forget hat Jupiter quietly grinds on towards r.Neptune and is already ONLY 2° away from the exact. Exact around the 22nd Aug ? This "Wobbly" fortnight really is about Tech isn't it while Core Capitalism is going along Tickity Booh?

Uranus r.Saturn consolidating Big Tech into Earth.

So twiddling my thumbs a bit here. Little to add accept to think a bit more about Uranus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD9hFp6qf0E

For me Uranus is The Markets. It is Speculation. It is "Advanced" Technology, and of course rules the every popular Aquarian Social Medias.

We know the FAANGs dangerously dominate the US Markets. They take a hit and we all feel it.

"July 30 (Reuters) – A broad sell-off of technology stocks pushed the three major U.S. stock indexes lower on Monday, with the Nasdaq Composite posting its third consecutive loss of more than 1 percent for the first time in three years just days after hitting a record high.

The technology index tumbled 1.8 percent as investors looked to other sectors or book profits ahead of the volatile midterm election season."

And Uranus is understrain just now. Four points to note ....

1/ Uranus is slowing and in a Grounding Earth trine with sobering Capricorn r.Saturn. It took me a long time to work it out but this is a consolidating energy. Where the Big Tech firms got ahead of themselves they are being "sobered up."

2/ Uranus is slowing into SR. NOT great. On its own a loss of Umph. A retreat ?

3/ Uranus is quietly moving into a deadly square with The Nodes, as noted by Louise McWhitter, one of the bad factors the Nodes can deliver.

In Fact Saturn and Mars are also "at it" with The Nodes.

4/ Finally, closer to Home r.Mars squares Uranus this Thursday very early UKT. Very hard to call as there are so many factors woven into it. Mars retro and slow. Uranus slowing soon to be retro. r.Mars in Uranus's Sign and Decan (technically a +VE).

Apple really has been The Apple of the Investors Eyes (see what I did there ?) but wasn't there concern last Earnings about the new I-Phone ?

I think of all the above I'd be most concerned by Uranus SR as it comes on the 8th Aug, around my Bottoming Out date of the 9th-10th Aug.

NOT good timing. Hard to get the moment going after that.

But when The Nodes and Uranus finally square something will "break". When Pluto squared The Nodes the Swiss Central Bank learned of its own Mortality and had to drop the Euro peg.

http://skyscript.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10133

A 20% CHF currency rise followed in minutes. Could something similar happen to Big Tech, and therefore to the Main US Markets too ?

It could be a Run on them or it could be an Earthquake.

Here is the climax data. Uranus square True Node; 17:58hrs 06th/Nov/18; square Mean Node 00:03hrs 03rd/Dec/18;

Well the 6th Nov is the Mid Term Election. Ooooooowch. The Node also leaves Leo I think immediately.

Jupiter is 150° to Uranus peaking on the 8th Nov.

That's a Big Old Karmic Mess.

H

So what will Apple deliver ?

Well I must admit I need to do more to get good Charts for all of the FAANGs.

And that isn't an easy thing. However, for Apple it might be and that is because when I was researching the effect Eclipses have I noticed that Apple launched one of their iPhones on an Eclipse with a strong Jupiter influence, and sure enough 6 months later (?) when the Sun reactivated that Eclipse Point their sales of that phone smashed expectations and the Stock rose dramatically.

The key points are that the "to be very successful" i.Device was released on the day of the Eclipse. I think the Eclipse looked reasonably +VE possibly with Jupiter involved. Then the second key info is that 6 months later, or ?, when the Eclipse Point was reactivated I think by the Sun, but could have been Jupiter, the Sales Figures blow everybody's socks off. I'd say that'd have been in a May.

I seem to remember that this i.Device was pushing the boundaries back, and I think it proved to be the most successful of apple's launches. I half kept and ear on this.

If that doesn't give us the info we need to nail down a Chart then nothing will.

I happened to be on a flight to France. Now I'm looking at wikipedia. And charts of Apple's share price back to 2007. You'd feel the information we need lies in here

"After years of speculation and multiple rumored "leaks", Apple unveiled a large screen, tablet-like media device known as the iPad on January 27, 2010. The iPad ran the same touch-based operating system as the iPhone, and many iPhone apps were compatible with the iPad. This gave the iPad a large app catalog on launch, despite very little development time before the release. Later that year on April 3, 2010, the iPad was launched in the US. It sold more than 300,000 units on its first day, and 500,000 by the end of the first week.[116][better source needed] In May of the same year, Apple's market cap exceeded that of competitor Microsoft for the first time since 1989.[117]

In June 2010, Apple released the iPhone 4,[118][better source needed] which introduced video calling, multitasking, and a new uninsulated stainless steel design that acted as the phone's antenna. Later that year, Apple again refreshed its iPod line of MP3 players by introducing a multi-touch iPod Nano, an iPod Touch with FaceTime, and an iPod Shuffle that brought back the buttons of earlier generations.[119][120][121] Additionally, on October 20, Apple updated the MacBook Air laptop, iLife suite of applications, and unveiled Mac OS X Lion, the last version with the name Mac OS X.[122][123]

In October 2010, Apple shares hit an all-time high, eclipsing $300"

OK it is very quick work but I think we may be talking May 2012 when the Share price reacted to the good sales figures.

Again thanks to wikipedia

"From 2011 to 2012, Apple released the iPhone 4S[140][141] and iPhone 5,[142][143] which featured improved cameras, an intelligent software assistant named Siri, and cloud-sourced data with iCloud; the third and fourth generation iPads, which featured Retina displays;[144][145][146] and the iPad Mini, which featured a 7.9-inch screen in contrast to the iPad's 9.7-inch screen.[147] These launches were successful, with the iPhone 5 (released September 21, 2012) becoming Apple's biggest iPhone launch with over two million pre-orders[148] and sales of three million iPads in three days following the launch of the iPad Mini and fourth generation iPad (released November 3, 2012).[149] Apple also released a third-generation 13-inch MacBook Pro with a Retina display and new iMac and Mac Mini computers.[146][147][150] "

A bit late in the day to be trying to do this sort of iterative work.

H

My form of Analysis isn't able to predict temporary bounces and hence the Chart Guys are a useful Support Act, and they foresaw this "recovery".

Jupiter r.Neptune/ r.Pluto certainly is the bungee rope.

Having looked again till the 10th Aug, there is plenty of -VE around, but also some Receptions between Venus and Uranus. r.Mars and Uranus too.

They turn -VEs into +VEs. However, I expect the decline to continue especially round the 8th-10th Aug. And tomorrow in the USA.

H

OK so Apple haven't disappointed. Although Astro is all about seeing things others CANNOT see was there much doubt ?

"By Stephen Nellis. July 31 (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Tuesday posted quarterly results that topped Wall Street targets and forecast revenue in the current quarter above expectations, driven by sales of higher-priced iPhones and revenue from services like the App Store, Apple Music and iCloud."

It is a case of what comes now ? The bounce was around 2.5% on the after hours Earnings. 4% was to be the uber !

We've got r.Mars closing to Uranus on the square till early on the 2nd Aug.

I'd still say we have a Down Draft till the close on 10th Aug. And I'll bet that way.

H

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_OzX7vrH80

So taking another look at the Charts for this and next week.

Set against the pretty strong and stabilising +VE of Jupiter applying to r.Neptune applying to r.Pluto, which runs in one form or another till the 12th Sept.

1/ Tonight we have a slow moving r.Mars squaring a slow moving Uranus. Using Traditional Decans Reception can be seen so the Jury is Out on this one.

r.Mercury is dancing with r.Pluto and also that is hard to read.

2/ Next week is full of excitement. A better chance of a Sell Off ? r.Mercury escapes r.Pluto and then combusts at the Yod Point.

Venus crosses r.Mars, SR Uranus, and r.Saturn. Also some Receptions thrown in there and the SR Uranus is an inconjunction which can be +VE.

Let's see what happens over night.

I think it is beginning to look like going short on the 7th Aug as Jupiter is offering too much buoyancy.

I'm NOT changing my Tune just there are many many factors at play and we need them to be at the most -VE to get the Sell Off.

And whatever happens Jupiter is acting like one of those Lifeboats that rights itself. And I wonder if Investors are getting more and more confident in the strength of the Economic Data.

That just leaves Trumpy to open his mouth and upset things. But true big -VEs are building - r. Uranus square The Nodes, The Node leaving Leo. Jupiter leaving r.Neptune r.Pluto on the 12th Sept.

H

Well a bit of Selling today across the Main Markets. r.Mars crosses Uranus early tomorrow and then r.Mars has a run at Trump's Asc / Eclipse Point / n.Mars. And sits around in and about there till early Sept. That is going to upset Trumpy.

r.Mercury and Venus are the main players now as we move towards my 8th - 10th Aug low point. Also the Moon is weakening and that means if we drop then we drop with a Thud.

Or will it all play out as a Dub, stymied by Jupiter's buoyancy ? I think we'll go lower towards 2,750.

H

So r.Mars square Uranus delivered a 2.5% drop in the Chinese Market. NOT BAD.

"By Hideyuki Sano - TOKYO, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Asian stocks dropped on Thursday as the latest escalation in the Sino-U.S. trade war hit Chinese shares, while global bond markets were rattled by increased borrowing by Washington and Japan's new tolerance for higher yields.

The CSI 300 index of China's A-shares dropped 1.4 percent to three-week lows, extending falls from a July 24 high to 5.5 percent.

The U.S. administration on Wednesday increased pressure on China for trade concessions by proposing a higher 25 percent tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports."

But it doesn't seem to have troubled the Western Main Markets so far.

Of course it is easy after the event but for me Uranus is China. Pluto is USA, Germany and maybe Japan. Neptune is the EU.

I think for the rest of this week there will be little -VE action to talk about, but I'll stack up on the VIX last thing on Friday.

Weekends like this are helpful. Just now r.Mercury isn't close enough to the Sun, but over the weekend that changes, and I hope we come in with some panic on Monday.

The same may be true of Venus as it closes in on r.Mars +VEly, Uranus ??ly and r.Saturn -VEly.

Though I wouldn't think Venus and Uranus ever get along too well.

A "bit of" a Meltdown is set up for next week especially on the 8th-10th Aug with r.Mercury and Venus both temporarily badly afflicted.

H

PS OK so around Noon in the West we're getting some decent Selling. Which I'd have expected if China dropped 2.5% on Trade War worries.

But will the slide continue till the Weekend. It could if Venus is getting troubled by r.Mars, Uranus and Saturn. That's a lot of Trouble on the Horizon even if some theoretically should be +VE or Neutral.

3 of the 4 Riders of the Apocalypse coming for Tea ?

Heh !!

So the Second Domino fell over night. I've just closed my SHORT positions on the EU Stokks 50, FTSE 100 and SP VIX.

Adding 8% to my SIPP in doing so. The smaller Spread Bets I'm allowing to run as the Option prices aren't so juicy once the Tide has turned. But I took an SP 500 Put at about 2,850 last Friday, and EU Stokks 50 Put around 3,525. I've closed those at over 100% profit.

I can see the Main Markets easily rebounding towards the Weekend.

Astrologically we've really ONLY got Venus threatened by those three Nasties.

I plan to go SHORT again on the above last thing this Friday. Or try to hold my nerve till the Weekly Options are available on Monday.

Naturally I've left some smaller SHORT positions running.

H

The Unknown this week, and I forgot about it when I closed out my SHORTs today, is r.Mercury r.Pluto in inconjunction. It could well be breaking r.Mercury or giving it power.

Luckily the exact aspect is over this Weekend coming.

I feel we'll bounce back now as last night was this week's Domino.

Germany then the FTSE taking the kicking today.

Mercury is sort of the Market Makers mental "ability". Do they have the mind set to want to facilitate Trading or would they rather ditch their holdings.

H