I've been analyzing eclipse data of the Sun and Moon for about a year now, and I think I've identified a couple of cycles that bear consideration. The first is the "Spring-Fall Eclipse Cycle" (but note that this is not an even cycle.  This was (and still is) my big problem with market analysts who insist on "perfect" cycles. THERE IS NOTHING LOGICAL ABOUT THE MARKET, because if there was then anyone can make money at it).

Below is a five-year chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (the U.S. stock market average viewed the most by the public). Note the neat cycle of the "Spring-Fall Eclipse Cycle" fairly correlating with the cycle from stockcharts.com:

The chart above reveals that turning points in bull markets seem to take place during the "New Moon" solar eclipse phases (in the spring) and turning points in bear markets seem to take place during "Full Moon" lunar eclipses (in the fall).

Now let's look at the 5-year chart of silver (SLV) below and put this same eclipse data in it, along with extra lunar eclipses ("Full Moon") .  I added these eclipses because the Moon rules silver by astrological definition, and hence there may be more hard pronouncements and effects with this eclipse data:

Compared with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the opposite seems  to be taking place.  That is, solar eclipses ("New Moon") seem to end bear market activity and lunar eclipses ("Full Moon") seem to end bull market activity.  THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN THE SPRING LUNAR ECLIPSE is "added on" WITH A SUMMER / FALL LUNAR ECLIPSE (before the fall solar eclipse takes place per cycle data above) AS SHOWN IN THE CHART ABOVE.

Time To Consider Silver As An Investment????

I'm a lousy money manager (and most Aquarius are, unfortunately), but silver has been recognized as "real money" for thousands of years. And unlike gold, silver has a genuine real value due to the MANY uses of it.  Solar panels is one use, but so is electronics and anti-infection medicines.  Hence, it won't kill you to hold a little silver, as such may help you out with a needed meal if financial cataclysm does indeed take place.

Here's a 200-year chart of the price of silver below:

$50 an ounce was taken on twice, and twice it failed.  Silver is currently at $15.46 an ounce, and it is my speculation that it could fall to $10 an ounce, as this would completely retrace the "fifth wave extension" per rules in Elliot Wave analysis (but note that a 75% retracement gives us a figure between $12 and $13, and one of my favorite analysts (Jim Rogers) is predicting $13 an ounce silver).

This is not investment advice. I've been wrong before in financial predictions. But silver is getting cheap, and it may not hurt one to own a little. Financial markets are jittery right now, and a little insurance can go a long way in getting food and shelter if conditions get really bad.

Thanks for reading.

Love to all,

Malcolm