“Life is speculation and we are all speculators, except when we lose—then we are gamblers.
We speculate on our careers, relationships, games, and investments. Life-changing decisions hang on our ability to read and anticipate turns of events.” Victor Niederhoffer, 1998
Long time readers will recall that I have written before about Jupiter and Saturn being W D Gann’s
Chronocators or Time-Keepers.
The Jupiter Saturn conjunction cycle is approximately 20 years.
It has marked the “region” where many great turns in the market have occurred such as August 1921 low and the spring of 2000.
It last occurred on December 21st, 2020.
It was the closest/tightest conjunction in 397 years.
That is the early 17th century and ties roughly to Tulipmania
And the settling of the American Colonies.
W.D. Gann had this to say in an interview:
“There is a great deal in the vibrations of the planets, but to make accurate predictions the great law behind it all which ancients understood but which the purposely refrained from putting in their books, as they wanted to keep the secret for themselves, MUST ENTER INTO THE CALCULATION.
That is why astrology fails, for nothing can be accurate that is not based on mathematics—and so few astrologers are mathematicians.”
The point I want to make is that if you take degrees in time from the December 21, 2020 conjunction, you will find some significant turning points in the markets.
For example the Covid Crash low was 270 degrees/days prior on March 23, 2020.
The major top in late 2021 was 360 degrees/days after.
On June 15, 2025 we get a Jupiter/Saturn square. It is the 3rd in a series that began in August 2024.
The second was on December 21st, 2024 which is 4 years from the December 21st 2020 Great Conjunction.
90 degrees past Dec 21st 2024 ties to late March 2025.
90 degrees before June 15th gives March 15th.
March is a significant confluence of the natural rhythm of market cycles.
It is 4 squared years from the March 2009 bear low.
It is 5 squared years from the March 2000 bull top.
It is 7 squared years from March 1976 which saw the top of a major rally off the December 1974 bear low.
The 1976 top exerted its influence until the market bottomed in August 1982.
On March 1, 2025, we also get Venus retrograde.
This century Venus retrograde has marked some remarkable market turning points.
October 10, 2002, the exact bear market low.
July 27, 2007, the Primary High prior to the October false breakout Secondary High.
March 6, 2009, the bear market low to the day.
October 5, 2018 the start of a crash into Christmas that year.
May 13 2020 and June 25, 2020 marked the market’s recovery to test the pre-Covid highs.
Dec 19, 2021 and Jan 2022 splits the difference between the NAZ high in Nov 2021 and the SPX high in Jan 2022.
July 23, 2023, the top that announced the downdraft into the major October 2023 low.
Sept 4, 2023.
March 1, 2025 and April 13, 2025…another “double”.
As well we have an eclipse series this March, a lunar eclipse on March 13-14 and a solar eclipse on March 29.
Again, March 15 is 90 degrees prior to the June 15, 2025 Jupiter/Saturn square.
A crash event can be triggered by a lunar eclipse IF the setup is there.
What is interesting is that using the January 24 peak, which I am calling the orthodox top, then the Gann Panic Zone starts in early March.
My expectation is a double digit decline.
The last time we had a 10 or so correction was July to October THREE MONTH sell off (90 days/degrees exactly…July 27 to Oct 27).
I think the sell-off will exceed 10%.
Because the prior decline in 2023 was an escalator, the Principle of Alternation suggests the upcoming decline (if I am correct) will be an elevator.
The market is already in a kerfuffle:
There is no growth in the NYSE Cumulative Net New High data. Some technicians say nobody makes money consistently on the long side unless NYSE New Highs are consistently outnumbering NYSE New Lows.
Maybe the market can escape the math…
But I doubt it.
Maybe I’m just seeing things in clouds.
“I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It’s cloud illusions I recall.” Both Sides Now, Joni Mitchell