Astro-Investing

Astro-Investing

A New Reading on Astro-Investing

Wall Street’s best-known astrologer on how planets affect markets

Does astrology affect the stock market? Arch Crawford, called “Wall Street’s best-known astrologer” by Barron’s, is convinced it does. In his much read newsletter, Crawford Perspectives, Crawford uses astrology and a variety of financial indicators to forecast favorable times to trade stocks, bond and gold. Skeptics should not that the newsletter is often among the top market timers in the popular rating services. Here Crawford explains what astro-investing is all about.

What’s the connection between the planets and the stock-market?

Planets affect the market through electromagnetic fields. The planets stir the sun’s surface and the resultant particle flows affect the Earth’s magnetic field and weather. Nearly thirty years of astronomical research have proven to me beyond any doubt that planetary movements exert an important influence on people, just as they do on the ocean tides, and that the changes they cause in behavior are reflected in the stock and commodities markets.

In the mid-1970s, I made what I believe is a quantum leap in market prediction by correlating numerous planetary cycles with the movements of the Dow from 1897 through 1970. I found that the reliability factor in catching the course of the stock market runs very high.

Astrology, can it save our world? Photo by Elena

How did you get interested in astrology?

In the early 1960s, I was struck by a front-page article in the Wall Street Journal about David Williams, who had developed a way to predict the direction of the stock market by using the relative position of the planets. That stirred my interest.

I was also influenced by John Nelson, who was a radio propagation specialist for the RCA Corporation during the ‘40s and ‘50s. He showed that the alignment of the planets in relation to the sun helped him time sunspots and solar flares, helping his company reroute radio transmission efficiently. Later, when Nelson retired, he would call me and tell me that a flare was in progress, for example, and that radio communications across the Atlantic were totally blocked. I would then call a broker and find that, typically, the stock market was dropping sharply and that gold was rising during the geomagnetically disturbed period.

Why did you begin to introduce astrology into your forecast?

When I was a technical market analyst at Merrill Lynch, I started to sense that there was something lacking in traditional econometric models. I observed, for example, that there is often little relation between news reports about a stock and the price of that stock. Around that time, I became interested in astronomy and began to use sunspot activity and astrology to chart the stock and commodities market. By using astrology, along with a lot of technical analysis, I have an edge over people who simply rely on numbers.

What factors other than astrology do you consider in making your forecasts?

Astrological events may signify a turning point, but they don’t always indicate in which direction.

As a former technical analyst at Merrill Lynch, I also maintain 28 technical market indicators, including the volatility of the most active Big Board stocks, the number of new highs and lows, and advances versus declines.

What happens if the astronomical readings and the technical findings don’t agree?

As technical data become more available. I would move more heavily on that side. But some types of planetary configurations, such as eclipses or multi-planet alignments, override such considerations.

What’s your advice for the long term?

Stay extremely negative on the long term. Even those bearish people who believe in a good correction cannot conceive of a long lasting bear market similar to 1992 – 1994 or the period from 1966 to 1982, where the Dow Jones industrial languished under the impenetrable 1000 level. We are afraid of the long-term market and atmospheres.

Example of astro-investing prediction: Overlaying the Dow Industrial averages are the movements of Jupiter and Pluto, as the planets spin away from each other and then align again – a cycle that takes about 12 ½ years. Astro-investors say the strongest down period will come in late 2015, bottoming out in 2016…

Where to hear about stars and stocks (expert sources)

Untold numbers of Wall Streeters are quietly subscribing to an expanding universe of astro-investing newsletters. Among the best known:

Astro Geometrics Journal: Uses geometric techniques to cruise market, astrology as timing tool.

Astro Investor: Uses planetary configurations and market wave patterns.

Astro Trend Newsletter: Personal consultations, specific buy-sell recommendations. Uses technical research, astrology.

Carolan Spiral Calendar Research: Links lunar timing and market peaks, crashes.

Cash in on Chaos: Studies effect of planetary movements and changes in electromagnetic fields on humans.

Crawford perspectives: Often rated among top 100 newsletters in the business. Uses astrology and technical research.

Future News Network: Weekly summary of trends in leading astro-economic newsletters.

Market Systems: Stock market timing using technical analysis, cycles, and scientific methods.

Whole Earth Forecaster: Studies solar activity and its effect on weather, markets, and other business indicators