Declaratoria en firme

Incorporation June 29, 1978 10:00 am. EDT Dover, Delaware First Trade April 19, 1984 10:31 am. EDT New York, New York

Barnes and Noble BKS

Incorporation November 19, 1986 9:00 am EST Dover, Delaware First Trade September 28, 1993 10:19 am EDT New York, New York

HOME DEPOT

The world's largest home improvement chain and second-largest retailer in the US after Wal- Mart, Home Depot operates 2,000 stores in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. It targets the do-it-yourself and professional markets. A broad product assortment includes lumber, floor and wall coverings, plumbing, gardening supplies, tools, paint, and even appliances. It's the largest seller of garden products in North America. Home Depot's advantage is that it sells a variety of products that do not translate well to the Internet. The company expanded rapidly throughout the 1990's and the stock split a number of times.

Home Depot hit its all time high of $70 per share in 1999 while Jupiter transited Taurus. 2000- 2002 when Jupiter transited Gemini then Cancer the Share price hovered between $40 and $50. Mid 2002 the price plummeted and in Oct 2002 the price bottomed at $25. At this point Jupiter has moved into Leo and the eclipse cycle was Gemini Sagittarius. The Dec. 2001 and 2002 eclipse was conjunct its IPO Moon Uranus conjunction thus loosing public favor. From 2002- 2004 the price drifted up into the $40's with Jupiter transiting Virgo.

Will Jupiter in Sagittarius bring the price up?

The Incorporation chart has the Moon at 3° Taurus and the First Trade chart has Mercury at 3° Taurus; Saturn will reach this point on April 1, 1999. It is likely that news will reach the public that the debts of the company are causing difficulties. Usually that kind of news pushes the price down. Now, the question is, will the Jupiter transit push it back up to its highs? The first consideration is whether the company is strong enough to get its act together. Its Incorporation chart has Jupiter conjunct the Sun in Cancer. Jupiter conjunct the Sun usually indicates a strong company. And, in fact, Home Depot is the leading company in its category.

Where was the latest eclipse? Was there any effect on the price/earnings ratio after the event happened? Home Depot’s price followed the market to its high before the Jupiter Retrograde of July 17, 1998 ($47); with the August 21, 1998 eclipse, it was $42. The semisquare of the eclipse is 45 days later, and the stock went to a low during the week of October 9th_{– $35. The square of}

the eclipse was 90 days later, on November 20th_{, and the price of the stock was $50. It started to}

climb back up and hit $61 on December 31, 1998—the Saturn station. The share price then began a descent to $54 opposite the market trend.

The combination of the Incorporation chart with the First Trade chart tells the story. The Incorporation chart’s Saturn at 27° Leo was hit by the eclipse; the First Trade Sun was hit by transiting Saturn’s station. This brought the price down during an up market. August 11, 1999, the eclipse at 18 Leo falls near the Inc. Venus and the price $42 begins a long move up to $60 at the opposition eclipse of Venus at 16 Aquarius. July 1, 2000, at 10 Cancer the eclipse is between the Inc. Jupiter and the Sun and opposed the IPO Jupiter. The price $55 moves down to the opposition eclipse at 4Capricorn December 25, 2000, to $41. This Christmas eclipse is conjunct the IPO Neptune and to be followed by an eclipse December 14, 2001, to the IPO Moon price, $49 and then the price finally free falls to $25 when the IPO Uranus is hit by the December 4,

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2002, at 12 Sagittarius. Did other companies issuing IPOs in 1984 suffer 50% price declines? Kelly Service's IPO July 24, 1984, UNISYS February 22, 1984?

BARNES AND NOBLE BKS

Barnes and Noble is the number one bookseller in the US. It operates almost 700 superstores throughout all 50 states. I also operate 120 mall based B. Dalton bookstores as well as

www.barnesandnoble.com. They also operate the general trade book publisher Sterling

Publishing Co.

Sagittarius rules publishing and higher learning. One would expect that Jupiter's transit of this sign could bring up the price of this bookseller. Let's take a look at the company chart.

The Incorporation Sun is in the final degrees of Scorpio and the First Trade Sun is in early Libra. Jupiter was conjunct the Libra Sun Oct 20, 2004 and the price was $32. and the price continued to rise thereafter until it spun off its Game Stop subsidiary. ( the spin off was very profitable to shareholders).

Jupiter will conjunct the Sun of the Incorporation chart Nov. 10, 2006, and you can check to see if that gives momentum to the price.

After the spinoff of Game Stop the share price sank to $25. Aspects to the First Trade chart did not seem very favorable, but a peek at the Incorporation chart gave the impression of an expanding company. During the first half of 2005 Jupiter would be conjunct the midheaven sextile Saturn and Uranus then trine Mars. The price marched through the thirty dollar range until it reached $42 in July 2005. In August the price returned to $37-38 when Transiting Pluto of the Inc. chart crossed the Ascendant and Saturn squared Mars in the First Trade. In fact the First trade chart had 3 difficult aspects in a row. Not good for stock price. However you could see that in October the First trade chart would indicate a rise in share price. Jupiter was conjunct Mars the sextile Venus and trine the Moon. The Incorporation chart had Jupiter trine the Moon, conjunct Venus and Pluto before the end of the year. In fact there were favorable aspects until April of 2006 in both charts indicating that this would be an excellent stock to keep in your portfolio. Sure enough the price rose to $47 on April 1. The First trade chart had a series of favorable aspects, however the incorporation chart had Uranus conjunct Jupiter (double weird) and Saturn trine Uranus. The SEC would investigate their practice of giving stock options to management. The share price fell.

July 30 the Incorporation chart has Saturn square Mercury, and that means difficult news from corporate headquarters. The share price was $32.

Both charts have a series of favorable aspects until the end of the year. However the First Trade chart has a Saturn opposition in November and the Incorporation chart has Saturn opposed Mars. There will also be an eclipse to the First Trade Sun Sept 22 also not good for share price.

I list the aspects of Jupiter and Saturn when looking at a stock to purchase. I like to see three unfavorable aspects during one month followed by three favorable ones in the next month. I'm looking to buy just as the favorable aspects are exact.

HOUSEHOLD HINT: Take a calendar and write the aspects that transiting planets will

make to the Incorporation or First Trade chart of Barnes and Noble. Check the price of the stock when the aspect is exact.

EXERCISES

1. Do you think Home Depot may be a cyclical, with its stock price increases related to the annual movement of the Sun?

2. Pick a stock that you believe has potential with the current sign position of Jupiter. 3. E mail me with the name of the stock you choose and I will give you the incorporation

dates. Place the current transit of Jupiter on the outside of the chart. Now check the price history of that stock to see if any aspect of of Jupiter moved the price higher or lower. Do the same thing with the two previous signs Jupiter transited.

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