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Financial Astrology » Jupiter and Saturn
November 21st, 2008 @ 5:20 pm by Financial Astrology
In
several early posts, I wrote about the financial strain of Jupiter in
Capricorn. The planet of growth has been weak throughout 2008 due to
this position, but what has made this year so dire is an excruciatingly
extended aspect to Saturn.
Jupiter entered Capricorn at the end
of December in 2007. At the same time, it moved towards an aspect with
Saturn that became exact on January 21. The stock market dropped hard
as traders saw the boom times were clearly over.
After Jupiter
passed Saturn the market stabilized but didn’t go anywhere fast.
However, in early May Jupiter began its retrograde motion and started
moving towards Saturn again. In the summer the orb was fairly wide, but
there is no stopping the inexorable movements of the planets. As
Jupiter came closer to Saturn, banks went bust and markets went sharply
lower.
As Jupiter made another aspect to Saturn, Fannie and
Freddie collapsed. In early September Jupiter turned direct, but due to
the peculiar position and speed of both planets, Jupiter immediately
started moving towards Saturn again.
To put it simply, since
August up to today Jupiter has been in a very tight aspect to Saturn.
That is about three months, which historically is very rare. The planet
of prosperity of all kinds has been crushed into dust! During this
time, markets have had a tremendous crash and trillions of dollars of
wealth has been wiped out.
Starting today Jupiter finally gets
past Saturn, the heavy planet of restriction. Growth and optimism are
now increasing. Time to rejoice!
Cheers,
J Pearl