Some Comparisons

Nifty versus Nasdaq 100 

NASDAQ 100 is just 409 points away from its highest close.Now we know where International Funds are flowing into!
Let us compare Nifty`s sister Indices....

 Nifty Pharma, Energy , Infra and IT are currently doing better than Nifty 50 companies.This is from the low of March 2020.

Astro Technicals for Week of May 11 to 15 2020

It pays to remember that we are in a Jupiter-Pluto conjunction period which will last from April to November 2020.

April 04: Jupiter-Pluto conjunction (Both Direct) at less than 1 * of Capricorn.

Pandemic related Fear and confusion reach great levels.

June 30:  Jupiter-Pluto conjunction (Both Retrograde) at less than 1*of Capricorn. Saturn, dispositor of Pluto and Jupiter is also retrograde and so are Neptune and Mercury.. Complacency is likely to set in. Our leaders may claim that coronavirus is all conquered and so would a section of our society. But Jupiter-Pluto conjunctions are asking us to follow the new social norms and attitudes humbly. With Kala Sarpa Dosha also subsiding by May 29, tendency to ignore the pandemic could be strong.

November 12, 2020: Pluto and Jupiter conjunct in Sagittarius. A time period which could be difficult if we had all been complacent during May-June 2020?

Let us examine the markets with this back ground.

Just looking at the Lunations we expected the markets to make an isolated high on 08^th May. Nifty touched 176 points higher ( at 9382.65 ) than the previous day`s close of 9199.05 but gradually declined to close at 9251.50 ( + 52.45 points ).

Movement of Moon from Poorvashada on May 11^th to Satabhista on May 15^th points to a declining trend, but with Saturn, Venus and Jupiter getting retrograde,  ( 12^th May to 15^th May )there could be a pull up effect also in the same period before a decline next week. One another powerful aspect is the square between Neptune and Venus.

Anyhow after May 15^th Nifty favours a decline. The unusual exuberance expressed now is going to have a reality check.

Our take..9340 to 9400 is a good near term shorting zone for Nifty.Do follow the technical signals first.

Nifty-Today`s Tug of War ( May 06 2020 )

Today the fight was  between 9258 and 9344. Bulls wanted a closing above 9344.And bears wished to pull it below 9258 and take it close to 9100.They nearly succeeded in pulling the index down and somehow  bulls managed to bring it into the 9258 -9344 zone. Still it was advantage sellers even though Nifty closed 65.30 points in the positive.   

Let us look at the 14 Day Rsis for various time periods.

5 Min RSI is in positive zone at 50.89

15 Min Rsi is also positive at 47.93

60 min Rsi is mildly positive at 41.83

Day RSI is at 49.59 -positive

Week RSI at 37.91 is negative

Monthly RSI at 39.88 is also negative

So, more headwinds in larger time frames.

With Sun in Aries in Bharani, Venus in Mars star in Taurus, and Moon coming to Scorpio, market could form a minor top by the later half of Friday, May 08th and start to decline again...Most probably this could coincide with the declining effects caused because of Saturn, Venus and Jupiter turning retrograde between May 12 to 15th.

2020 A Watershed Year

The above two images symbolize 2020 for us.  Planet Pluto and Corona virus.

Pluto represents Transformation.Its energy is extremely potent and powerful: Pluto represents the underbelly of emotions, what lies beneath the surface, and the subconscious mind.Pluto brings about transformation by merciless destruction, transformation which is essential in our growth path.
Pluto entered Uttarshada constellation on October 21, 2019 and was joined by Sun on December 26, 2019.
Planetary energy gathers strength only when more planets connect by way of conjunctions or aspects.
Along-with Pluto, Ketu, Jupiter, Sun, Moon and Mercury were also in fiery, action oriented  Sagittarius, in December 2019. We can say these other planets were eclipsed by the Rahu- Ketu axis. Ketu is the indicator of natural calamities, violent actions or events, fears and accidents. It also rules the poor and isolated That was the time, Chinese doctors were grappling with an unknown viral disease which was later named as COVID- 19.
Uttarshada is ruled by Sun which symbolizes the ruling class. So transformation was indicated, through the agency of the ruling class ( Governments ) with widespread fear as the catalyst.
Pluto entered Capricorn on February 22, 2020.Markets all over the world started tanking at the same time.Which was nothing but a manifestation of the inner, all pervading fear.
Saturn had already moved into Capricorn by January 24, 2020 still in Uttarshada.
Mars enters Capricorn Uttarshada constellation on March 22, 2020 and is closely conjunct Pluto.
Jupiter enters Capricorn Uttarshada constellation on March 29,2020. Sun was in Pisces in Saturn star in parivarthana. Since all three planets had moved away from the Sagi-Gemini nodal axis, fear lessened and Governments promised action by way of massive stimulus. Markets formed a trough and began to rise again.
But since Saturn, Pluto and Jupiter are all placed in Uttarshada in Capricorn, the woes and problems faced by the Governments and by people through Governmental actions are not going away in a hurry.
In fact these planets are staying in this constellation for a while.
Pluto retrogrades in Capricorn-Uttarshada on April 26, 2020.And moves into Sagittarius-Uttarshada on July 03, 2020. ( Unfinished business regarding far reaching transformations in progress and development.).Becomes Direct in the same constellation in Sagi on October 05, 2020.Re-enters Capricorn on December 28, 2020.And leaves Uttarshada constellation only by February 15, 2026!
Pluto returns to Uttarshada by August 03, 2026 and leavers the constellation by December 25, 2026 this time for good.
Jupiter and Saturn have comparatively lesser sojourn in Uttarshada.
Jupiter enters Sagi-Uttarshada on 08 March 2020.Crosses into Capricorn-Uttarshada on 30 March 2020 and conjuncts Pluto in Capricorn.Becomes retrograde in Cap-Uttarshada on 15 May 2020.Moves back into Sagi-Uttarshada on July 01, 2020. Leaves Sagi-Uttarshada on 27 July 2020 and rolls back into Poorvashada  ruled by Venus.Becomes Direct in Poorvashada on 13 September and re-enters Sagi Uttarshada by Direct motion on 30 October 2020.Jupiter conjuncts Pluto in Sagi-Uttarshada on 12 November 2020 and re-enters   Capricorn-Uttarshada on 20 November 2020.
By 21 December 2020, Jupiter conjuncts Saturn in Capricorn Uttarshada and finally leaves Uttarshada on 07 January 2021.
Saturn had entered Sagi-Uttarshada on 26 December 2019.Was conjunct  Pluto on 12 January 2020 in Sagi-Uttarshada. In fact by 12 and 13 January, Pluto, Saturn, Mercury and Sun were all crowding into Sagi-Uttarshada. Saturn enters Cap-Uttarshada by January 24 2020.By May 12, 2020 Saturn turns retrograde in Uttarshada and turns Direct in the same constellation by 30 September 2020.Saturn leaves Uttarshada constellation by 22 January 2021.
So we see that Pluto, Jupiter and Saturn keep literally ploughing back and forth through Uttarshada. We can expect huge transformation in the way Governments  run countries, in the very nature of Governance itself.In January 2021, Uranus from Bharani constellation also starts getting connected to Jupiter by way of a square and then squares Saturn in February 2021.Widespread losses, strife across the globe and change in every aspect of life is to be expected. 
As for the markets, we may expect the bear rally to soon fizzle out especially when there is a collective retrograde expression, Saturn, Venus and Jupiter, one after the other starting from 11th to 15th May 2020.Parivarthana of Mars and Rahu in a trine just adds to the flavour..

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Saturn and Jupiter....Masters of Our Universe

Our essence has not changed over the eons and so we have collectively given birth to cycles..One of them is visiting us after 147 years...Saturn in Sagittarius and Scorpio..
( When all of us were experiencing a different life time in a different body! )
Saturn moved out of Sagittarius on December 30, 1872.

We find that from an 1870 low ( it happened after January 01, obviously ) markets moved up in 1870, fell to a low in 1871 but continued higher into 1872.

2017 resonates with 1870. We saw the significant low developing in December 2016. And the market rise and rise into 2017.Currently the rhyming correction of 1870 seems to be on
In other words we are just experiencing a correction inside the uptrend.
We may expect a rise once again after the correction to another all time high.
Does Jupiter agree with Saturn?
Let us find out!

In 2017, Jupiter enters Libra on September 12, 2017 and remains there till October 11, 2018.
We are in August 2017 and so are concerned about the entry of Jupiter into Libra.
We find either just before entry into Libra or after entering Libra, an important low is formed by markets. Then there is a spectacular rise.
So the lows of Saturn and Jupiter are converging.Which means the Masters are in Agreement.
What should we do?
Use the lows to get into the markets for continuation of the Bull trend. What else?
Use stop losses for shorts, always keeping an eye on whiplashes

Plainly speaking....

This bull market from 2009 has been about liquidity.
The bull market which ended in last quarter of 2007-08 was all about cheap liquidity being pushed into the hands of the Public by Bankers and Insurance Companies.
The Bankers overdid the whole stuff, created sub primes and blew the whole stuff out of the water.
This Bull is all about cheap liquidity being pushed by Central Bankers onto the Financial Institutions and Retail Banks.
In other words, the very culprits of the last bull market had been handsomely supported with cheap money by the Central Bankers!
For the first time Yellen and Draghi are talking about reining in the Balance sheet..and stop its expansion.In other words they are talking about closing the tap..
We who follow the markets need only to first follow the Big Fund movement to understand the big picture...

Money which was relentlessly flowing into the Us Bond Market is now slowly moving out..Once the yield breaks the trend line we will know for sure that the Bond market has finally topped out...
A goodish portion has been flowing into the Equities markets of the US & A, but there has been flows to markets outside USA as well...at least that is the sense we get when we see the Dollar Index..

Clearly Emerging Markets seem to be benefiting.
Indian Markets have an additional angle to them..
Liquidity being provided by Mutual Funds..
Apart from FIIs.
So just keep watching break out stocks  especially large cap and those which attract huge volumes...Therein lie the best bets.

Bradley Projections for 2017 2018

When the slow guys decide to move....

June 22 2017: Saturn retrogrades into Scorpio
August 19 2017: Rahu moves to Cancer from Leo
                           Ketu moves to Capricorn from Aquarius
September 11, 2017: Jupiter moves into Libra from Virgo
October 25, 2017: Saturn moves into Sagittarius

Within the next 4 months. all the traditional slow moving celestials are slated to change houses.This will definitely affect all human beings in the world-good or bad shall be decided by the natal positions of these planets in the janma pathrika.
World markets are nothing but expressions of the Collective.
So we may expect, long standing trends to begin changing with heavy volatility.
Just let us embrace the change, with a clear heart and mind....
Since Uranus has begun a very long term waxing phase with Pluto, change being introduced or forced upon now shall only manifest positive results.

Saturn Uranus Trine...Planets of Destiny in a Trine

For several months now, I had been harping on the Saturn Uranus trine and how it behaves as a potent bull pusher and takes the markets higher.We are now approaching the potent second phase of this aspect.
I did deal with this aspect in detail some months back..but let me deal with it once again for the benefit of all concerned...
Saturn Uranus Waning Trine...This means Saturn will be approaching Uranus and some time in the future Saturn will form a conjunction with Uranus.In the present case, that aspect will happen in 2032, June.
We will see two cases from history...Since 1900, we had a waning trine formation between Uranus and Saturn in 1925 to 29 and then again in 1972 to 74.
So this is a rare aspect which happens once in 45 years.Since Saturn and Uranus have the habit of becoming retrograde, this passage will be in several phases.That is 3 to 4 times they will become trine before they finally move away.
Whenever these aspect happen, there will be fundamental changes happening...
In 1925, Adolf Hitler wrote the "Mein Kampf", was released from prison, and began the process of using politics to gain power rather than brute force.That he succeeded against the wildest expectations of the World and that too with disastrous consequences is now part of History.

Each coloured vertical bar represents a phase of Saturn-Uranus trine and we see that the second phase brought about a good correction..

The next waning trine was in the period 1972 to 74.
Again several path breaking events shaped up..
Water gate scandal broke out in the US.
US gets heavily involved in the Vietnam war.
US Dollar goes off Gold standard. This was the beginning of the Financial crisis which is unfolding and threatens to destabilise the entire Global  Economy.
Events of 1972:
 Feb 2  President Nixon has tried to get the CIA Director, Richard Helms, to help him block an investigation of the Watergate break-in. Helms refuses to cooperate in such an illegal act, except that he will not report Nixon. Nixon fires Helms as CIA Director.
Mar 12  Gold has risen to 90 dollars an ounce. International pressure to dump the dollar results in the Brussels Agreement. The US dollar is no longer to be linked to the price of gold.
Apr 30  President Nixon accepts the resignation of four close aides, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, his Attorney General, Kleindienst and his counsel, John Dean. In a special address to the nation he says, "There can be no whitewash at the White House," and he claims "full responsibility" for the actions of his subordinates in the Watergate scandal.

Here is how the markets reacted...

We see that the Dow formed a major top during the second phase and declined heavily.

Now to 2016-2018....Time for the next aspect of Saturn Uranus waning trine..

Donald Trump with no experience in Governance or in Military becomes the 45 President of the United States.
Emmanuel Macron take charge as French President..
CIA alleges that Russia had acted to help get President Trump elected and that President Putin had personally authorised it.FBI subsequently concurs with CIA view.
North Korea keeps launching missiles,  baiting the US,the latest one -60 km off Russian Coast. One is reminded of Vietnam and US involvement...
US President sacks James Comey, Director of FBI. Russian involvement is US Elections is taking a serious turn...similar to Water Gate..
Every one of the above developments has huge long term ramifications...

Let us see the market..

Nifty Cycles Update for April 10 to 13, 2017