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Saturn’s transit through the signs seems to indicate consolidation of industries ruled by that sign. When Saturn transited Taurus, banks went shopping for new partners. Throughout the transit, big banks bought little banks, and middle-sized banks merged with others to become big-sized banks. The same was true with communications companies when Saturn transited Gemini. As Saturn transits a sign, the industry ruled by that sign seems to count up its resources, and then search for amenable partnerships. This forces the company to evaluate their resources and institute cost- cutting measures to enhance their balance sheet.

Saturn’s sign position must always be considered in the natal chart of individual companies and the exchanges. The current transit of Saturn should be placed in the chart of a company before you do your chart analysis. Saturn conjunct, square or opposed its natal position depresses the price.

You can check a stock’s performance over the past few years and find its reaction to a Saturn transit by looking at the Value Line sheet and highlighting the dates when transiting Saturn made an aspect to the company’s Saturn.

One of the most dramatic examples can be seen in the chart of the NASDAQ. Its Saturn Return occurred on April 4, 2000. When Saturn depresses price, the price goes down quickly, and recovery is slow.

What is the experience of Saturn Retrograde? The old Dick Van Dyke Show introduction can serve as an illustration. It is supposed to be an inside joke. Dick stumbles over the same step every time. He can’t fix the step; it is part of the design of the house. He knows the step is there, but he subconsciously expects the floor surface to remain flat, and so he stumbles every time. That is the retrograde.

When Saturn does something astrologically extraordinary, the results are similar to a Uranus transit. Chaos is usually the function of Uranus. However, Saturn can cause his own breed of Chaos. For example, from August to October 2000, Saturn moved into the sign of Gemini for a brief stay, before returning to Taurus. In the financial markets, the rules of Saturn suddenly applied to everything—and nothing. Interest rates increased for no apparent reason; banks and financial equities were under pressure. People didn’t know what to buy or what to sell, so they stuffed their hands in their pockets and did nothing.

Controversy followed by mergers in the industry ruled by the sign that Saturn is transiting is about the best way to describe the effects of this transit. One example is the Firestone Tire problem. The media event happened when Saturn moved into Gemini for its brief stay during August and September 2000, but it’s likely that the problem started during Saturn’s transit of Aries and Taurus. It took the transit of Saturn into Gemini to reveal the problem.

We can anticipate that when Saturn transits Leo industries that provide entertainment will have difficulty making a profit and although these stocks were the center of attention they were also very volatile. Hurricane Katrina presented a number of problems for the gambling industry along the Gulf coast. Hurricane Rita doubled up the problems. Equities for this industry didn't increase

in value. In addition some things were in short supply and therefore become more expensive. Example: gold and gold/silver mining equities. Equities for stockbrokers also added quite a bit of value for their shareholders.

When Saturn enters Virgo September 3, 2007, he stays there until October 30, 2009, when he enters Libra and then he returns to Virgo on the retrograde April 7, 2010, and then back to Libra July 22, 2010. While in Virgo things ruled by Virgo will be in short supply. Food will become expensive, labor will be expensive, household cleaners, and public servants will become expensive. Saturn was last in Virgo in July 1978. It was a time of high inflation and I remember the price of food inching up daily. I bought a freezer.

In Textbook 1,, I give a list of the things ruled by each zodiac sign. Can we make an aphorism about this phenomena? Probably not yet...

But we can be aware that industries ruled by the sign Saturn transits will have problems that will be expensive to solve. The Zodiacal sign following Virgo is Libra and since Saturn moves back and forth into Libra we can expect chaos in the areas Libra rules. For example Apparel, art objects, and home furnishings will become more expensive as they will be in short supply. Hopefully Lawyers will experience the chaos and become rare. Saturn was last in Libra in 1982 and all I remember was a huge tax cut.

The Textbook for Financial Astrology – Part 3

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EXERCISES

1. 1. The Jupiter Saturn synodic cycle began in 2000 on May 28. What was the date for the Jupiter/Saturn square_________________________

Jupiter/ Saturn trine_________________________ Jupiter/Saturn opposition_______________________ Jupiter/Saturn closing trine__________________________ Jupiter/Saturn closing square_________________________ Jupiter/Saturn conjunction December 22,2020

2. What are the dates for the beginning of Saturn's synodic cycle Saturn conjunct Uranus_______________

Saturn conjunct Neptune___________ Saturn conjunct Pluto____________

3. W.D. Gann noticed that there was a correlation between the flooding of the Mississippi and the Uranus/Neptune synodic cycle. This affected the price of cotton and a few other commodities. In 1993 Uranus,and Neptune made a conjunction and sure enough the Mississippi flooded. The synodic cycles of Jupiter/ Saturn, Saturn/Uranus, and Saturn/Neptune will have an effect on something, Can you determine what it might be?