The question of which stocks to buy necessitates determining which industry groups to invest in. Stocks can benefit or suffer from a "guilt by association" simply due to the industry group that they are classified in. Being included in a group that is out of favor can tie a rock around the leg of a strong stock, holding it back. A weak stock can rise in a favored industry group simply because a rising tide lifts all boats. One method simply identifies parts of the zodiac that are sensitive for a given group of stocks or companies.
The first method can be demonstrated by the growth of the biotechnology industry. Genentech was one of the first companies, but the industry really began to grow with the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction of 1983. Many companies were founded, and their stocks were floated at that time. They all have a Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in their incorporation and first-trade horoscopes. Many of these companies are gone today, acquired by big pharmaceutical concerns. We can use one of the biggest, Amgen, as a base chart (First trade= 6/17/1983).
So, when a planet passes through the first decanate of Sagittarius, it conjoins this 1983 Jupiter-Uranus conjunction. In 1985-1986, when Saturn passed over, the entire biotech group underperformed the market. In December of 1994, when Jupiter was preparing to enter these degrees, I analyzed the graph of the biotech group. The group was oversold and beginning to give buy signals. I was able to anticipate this low many months in advance with the knowledge of this degree area.
Let us digress for a moment. The art of this type of work lies in this example. The technical graph is bullish. The first-trade horoscope is about to be ignited. A check with a fundamental analyst who is trained in this field was positive. All three disciplines were giving buy signals. I can produce other technical graphs that looked like the biotech group at that time, but this was one of the few that fulfilled its technical promise by taking off. Whether this was a group or an individual stock, the difference between this and the others that did not move higher was the bullish first-trade chart. This provides one with an advantage over those who only employ technical methods.
The first-trade horoscope is not the IPO. The initial public offering usually takes place a day or two or three before the stock begins trading. The horoscope of incorporation has its use in describing the fundamentals within the company. It is not as useful as the first-trade chart in forecasting future price movements. See the example in Planetary Stock Trading for proof. And, the most recent first trade is used. For example, Seagate used to trade as SGAT on the NASDAQ. It switched to the Big Board with the new symbol SEG. The latter date is used because listing on the NYSE is a major change that makes the stock more marketable. I have found that there will be shared-degree areas between the old and the new chart, so you pick up the effect or the "echo" of the old chart in the new one through these zodiacal degrees. Now that some misconceptions have been cleared up, we go back to stock selection.
Let us look at the technology group as a second example. IBM, Microsoft, Compaq, and Oracle are leaders in their fields. The first-trade charts all have some very close and dynamic aspects as laid out below:
IBM (2/14/24): Mars= 16 Sag 33; Jupiter= 16 Sag 03; Uranus= 16 Pisces 14; Moon= 14 Gemini 07.
MICROSOFT (3/13/86): Sun= 22 Pisces 43; Mars= 22 Sag 23; Uranus= 22 Sag 17.
COMPAQ (12/10/85): Sun= 18 Sag 29; Uranus= 18 Sag 13.
ORACLE (3/12/86): Sun= 21 Pisces 43; Mars= 21 Sag 50; Uranus= 22 Sag 16.
These stocks and the overall market topped with the solar eclipse of March 9,1997 at 18 Pisces 31. The Mars station of April 27,1997 at 16 Virgo 44 occurred as these stocks hit lows and suddenly jumped into new uptrends. It is easy to see how activity at 16 to 22 mutable would effect all of the horoscopes. By working with horoscopes from the same industry, one will see how the stocks are tied together in this fashion.
Obviously, we are relying on two traditional astrological methods: shared degree area and orb. When I was a basic student, John Townley said that shared degree area was the most important consideration in synastry. And, the closer the orb, the greater the energy. In the technology example, we saw both principles at work. The best procedure is to take the leading stocks in an industry and put them around the same wheel. Then look for the shared degree areas. In addition, the behavior of any single stock will be further modified by other aspects to the natal chart. For example, I have been watching MSFT produce one positive earnings surprise after another because first Jupiter and Uranus, and now Uranus alone have been hovering over the midheaven. This is also a testimony to the accuracy of the horoscope.
At the time of this writing in late March, Jupiter is in mid-Pisces, approaching the tech shared-degree area. IBM (104 3/8) is giving daily and weekly technical buy signals. The combination of these signals and Jupiter activating the first-trade chart points to higher quotes over the near-term.
Next November, Jupiter and Mercury will station at 18 Pisces and 18 Sagittarius, respectively. This will again activate the degree area, likely leading to either the reversal of downtrends (if the stocks are falling at that time) or an acceleration (if the stocks are headed higher at that time).
The above analysis is adapted from the second edition of PLANETARY STOCK TRADING Summer 98. Information about Bill’s Financial Trader 3 program in Windows can be obtained from Software.
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