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span the current DJIA price. These values are the current support and resistance lines. New values are found monthly. Major Physical Events

Of the major phjsical phenomena used in financial astrologj, the most important are:

Solar eclipse-when the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun Lunar eclipse-when the Earth passes between the moon and the Sun

Conjunction-when any two planets are on the same side of the Sun (and form a sfraight line with the Sun) Opposition-when two planets are on opposite sides of the Sun (and form a straight line with the Sun)

The phjsical significance of an eclipse is said to be that it disrupts the flow of eneigj between two bodies by the mterference of a third mass. In actuality, the gravitational forces of the two bodies are maximized when they are both on one side of the Earth, as in a solar eclipse, and minimized when they are on opposite sides, as in a lunar eclipse Tables 14-6, 14-7, and 14-8 give the dates of the primary physical events for Jupiter and Satum, lunar and solar eclipses, and new and full moon eclipses.

in astrologj, the angles between planets are viewed from the position of the Earth; this is called a geocentric sjstem. When a planet lies on the line between the Earth and Sun, it is in a geocentric conjunction; when it is aligned behind the Earth, it is in geocentric opposition. When a planet is at 90 to the Earth-Sun line, it is said to be square. 11 The angle that the planets form with the Earth-Sun line are called aspects. For the pu oses of frading. squares are considered bearish while conjunctions and oppositions are bulli; however, ttiere are other interpretation Conjunction and opposition may not alwajs conform to the strict definition of forming a sfraight line with the Sun, bul may refer instead to close proximity Both solar and lunar eclipses are conjunctions.

Trading on Aspects

Although the clearest phjsical phenomena combine the sun, moon, and laiest planets when they are in conjunction and opposition, there are many other combinations of planetarj positions that are considered important. It may also be necessary to follow a planet from the 90 to 270 position so that you track its effect on prices through the

most extreme 180path. The calculations for lunar and solar eclipses appear at the endof this chapter, but automatically calculating the aspect of combinations of planets would be beyond the ability of even the most computer-literate traders; commercial software is available for this level of detail and can calculate the number of occurrences that an aspect corresponds to a price move or price peak of a minimum size. The simplest method is to select dajs thai represent swing highs or lows and record the major aspects. The laiger the

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TABLE14-8New and Full Moons. Eclipses 1996-2001*

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1996 JanS Jan20 Feb 18 Mar 5 Marl9Aj.r4 Aj.rl7Ma)3 Ma/17 Jun I Jun 16 Jul I Jull5 Jul30 Augl4 Aug28 Sep 12 Sep 27 Oct 12 Oct26 Novll Nov25 Dec 10 Dec 24

1997 Jan9 Jan23 Feb? Feb22 Mar 9 Mar24Aj.r7 Apt22 May 22 Jun 5 Jun20 Jul 4 Jul 20 Aug 3 Aug 16 Sep I Sep 16 Oa I Oct 16 Nov 14 Nov 30 Dec 14 Dec 9

1998 Jan 12 Jan28 Febll Feb 26 Mar 13 Mar28Aj.rll Apt 26 Mayll Ma)25 Jun 10 Jun 24 Jul 9 Jul 23 Aug 8 Aug 22 Sep 9 Sep 20 Oa 5 Oa 20 Nov 4 Nov 19 Dec 3 Dec 18

1999 Jan 2 Jan 17 Jun 31 Feb 16 Mar 2 Marl? Mar 31 Apr 16 Ar 30 May 15 May 30 Jun 13 Jun28 Jul 13 Jul28 Aug II Aug26 Sep9 Sep 25 Oa9 Oct24 Nov23 Dec7 Dec 22

2000 jBn6 Jan2l FebS Febi9Mar6 Mar20Aj.r4 Aj.r 18 Ma)4 Ma)l8Jun2 Jun 16 Jul i Jul 31 Aug 15 Aug 29 Sep 13 Sep 27 Oct 13 Oct 27 Nov I i Nov 25 Dec M Dec 25

2001 Jan9 Jan24 FebS Feb23 Mar? Mar25 Apr6 AprlA May? May23 Jun6 Jun2l Jul5 Jul20 Aug4 Aug19Sep2 Sep 17 Oa2 Oa 16 Nov I Novl5Nov30 Dec 14 Dec 30

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swings, the more significant the results. By creating a table of key reversal levels, it may be possible to find those aspects that exert the greatest influence on the marfcet. Once isolated, they may be used as a Has within a technical program.

The Moon: Buy Full, Sell New

It IS known that the moons effect on our planet is great-it is vitally connected, with the movement of all fluids. The mass of the moon is about 1/81 that of the Earth and larger than the planet Pluto. It is remarkably large for a moon, with a diameter of 3,476 kilometers, 27°o that of the Earth. Because of its large presence and close proximity to the Earth (about 230,000 miles), the moon is also believed to affect human behavior in strange wajs, especially during a new or full moon.

In an experiment conducted on an arbitrarj set of futures markets for the year 1972,1 it was shown that short-term movements of prices react with some uniformity with respect to the phases of the moon, in fact, the markets chosen for observation-silver, wheat, catUe, cocoa, and sugar-showed an uncanny ability to form a rising maiket following a full moon and a falling maiket after a new moon.

To find the phases of the moon, you can refer to a number of books or any calendar, however, to perform any lengthy study of the moons effect on prices, the moons phases should be computerized. An Easj Language function that gives the dates of the new and full moon follow.

Calculation of a New Moon, Full Moon, Solar and Lunar Eclipse

Although a highly accurate calculation of plandarj positions and eclipses requires consideration of manj minor items, a good approximation can be found with far less difficulty

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To calculate the exact time of the eclipses, it is first necessarj to find the time of the new and full moons. The resulting times are expressed in Julian Ephemeris Dajs (JDE), also called dj-namic time (DT).

Lunar Phases

The new and full moons are simply two of the four lunar phases, measuring when the excess of the appareni longitude of the moon over the apparent longitude of the Sun is o, 90, 180, and 2700. The times of these phases are given by the Julian date:

1. JDE = 2451550.09765 + 29-530588853- -i- . 01337 - 0.000000150 + 0.00000000073 *

where an integer value of gives the new moon (i.e., 1, 2, 3 .... ), and an integer value increased by .25, .50, or 75 (e.g., 1.25,1.50,1.75) gives the three quarters, respectively. The value = 0 corresponds to the new moon of Januarj 6, 2000. Negative values indicate times prior to the year 2000. T is the time in Julian centuries since 2000, found by T = k/1 236.85,

To check your results, is approximately equal to (jear - 2000) x 12.3685 and the year is expressed in decimal (e.g., the end of March 1997 is 1987.25)

Using this formula, we can get a list of dates for the full moon from about 1995 through the year 2000 (approximately 62) by creating an array called JDE and finding the 62 dates of the new and full moons ending at the year 2000 using the TradeStation code as shown in Figure 14-23.

For each value of in the previous program, corrections must be made to find the exact time of maximum solar or hmar eclipse using the following values:

2. Eccenfricity of the Earths orbit around the Sun: