Photo above from Britannica. A basic conclusion is provided at the end for the uninitiated. This report is not advising any investment strategy with silver whatsoever. This report has two parts: (1) an analysis and review of three silver buying manias at the CBOT and (2) basic astrology analysis of the 1848 horoscope of the Chicago Board of Trade (or CBOT) relative to three silver buying manias taking place during three solar returns (which are 1979, 2008, and 2026). Before we look at the three solar returns or astrology possibilities, let's first look at the three buying manias that took place during the three solar returns we will look at. The three manias in silver buying can clearly be seen via the 51 year chart below.
The 1979 silver mania was largely due to Bunker Hunt trying to corner the silver market in 1979. In January 1980, the Federal Reserve intervened and told Hunt that they would give him cash (a.k.a. pretty pieces of paper), but would not allow him to have physical silver on delivery. Silver crashed after that Fed action. In 2008, a new concept was developed to contain the price of silver. This new concept was known as mass silver shorting. It worked in early 2008, but it failed to contain a massive buying frenzy taking place from 2009 to 2010 as the price of silver nearly quadrupled from the 2008 manipulation low (via this initial mass shorting strategy). In 2010, four major national banks (including JP Morgan Chase) were accused of attempting to manipulate the price of silver in a negative way via very massive purchases of shorting contracts of silver. Nevertheless, the mass shorting strategy worked. The buying mania of 2009 to 2010 was stopped. Silver was in a bear to neutral market from 2011 to 2020. As far as the 2025 - 2026 silver buying frenzy is concerned, on August 26, 2025, commercial short positions in silver futures stood at 72,755 contracts (over 194 million ounces) which is the largest bearish stance since 2020. Trying to contain the price of silver (and gold) to low levels has (and probably will continue to be) a priority for the Federal Reserve, the banking community, and many on Wall Street. Just as bank robbers do not like alarms, silver and gold are sometimes considered to be financial alarms that sound off (or increase in price value) when stealing takes place in the form of increased inflation diluting (or eating away) paper currency value (and resulting in higher prices for commodities [i.e. food, gas, energy]). Now onto the current 2025 - 2026 buying mania in silver. This chart is below.
The most fascinating observation with this chart is the sideways pennant formation forming on the right side of the chart. This is traditionally a bullish chart pattern in technical analysis used by financial traders. But I have (on rare occassions) seen collapses in price when the pennant formation comes to the point of focus on the right side of the formation. Financial Corporation of America (FCA) was a good example of this; FCA formed a pennant formation in 1987 that collapsed amid the 1987 crash and allegations of wrongdoing. The pennant formation is explained below.
According to this analysis, the case is probably bullish for 2026 silver for the short term; the long term remains a questionmark. The U.S.A. inflation report for June 10, 2026 may add additional bullish rationale if inflation had a dramatic increase for 2026. War and international conflict may be another bullish factor, but these areas may be coming to an end according to the people in the suits who like to play God. Now onto the astrology interpretation of the CBOT, where silver trading and delivery takes place. Below is the basic horoscope chart and notes.
Originally started for trading grains and buying farming produce insurance in the forms of going long and going short, the CBOT would have a legacy of including all sorts of commodities available for trading (including wheat, sugar, pork bellies, soybeans, cattle, copper, silver, and gold). The Moon and its ruling sign Cancer rule food and silver, and Jupiter in Cancer in the 2nd House suggests large amounts of money present and/or large quantities of Cancer-ruling items (which include food produce and silver) as part of the current assets description of the CBOT. In early 1979, Bunker Hunt and a few selected partners conspired to corner the silver market and control it. The April 1979 solar return of the CBOT reveals the strong role of silver at that time at the CBOT. Notes are included.
The parabolic rise in silver began in 1978. Silver would increase in value 700% before the intervention of the Federal Reserve in January of 1980. Now onto the solar return in 2008. Silver just increased in value from $7 an ounce (2004) to $21 an ounce (2008). Mass shorting of silver began to manifest in 2008, and the shorting was done by banking institutions and financial institutions that sell intangible securities (a.k.a. pretty pieces of paper). Below is the 2008 solar return of the CBOT.
The selling in 2008 was short-lived; silver would increase in price from $10 an ounce (in late 2008) to $50 an ounce (in late 2010) before record numbers of silver shorting contracts would start to be noticed in 2010 (along with banking industry whistleblowers coming out with claims of four large banks heavily involved in shorting silver in an effort to keep the silver price low). This shorting strategy worked from 2011 - 2020. The current silver shorting strategy broke all records in numbers in summer of 2025, and silver sold off in January of 2026. Silver gained in value from an average of $30 an ounce (in 2022) to $116 and ounce in January 2026 (which is close to a 400% return over 4 years). The solar return of the CBOT for 2026 is below.
The 2025 Jupiter return (or Jupiter Conjunction Jupiter) is still strong with this 2026 solar return, and similar to 2008 and 1979 is the transit of Jupiter forming an aspect to the Ascendant. The transit of Saturn Conjunction Sun (in late June 2026) may indicate possible increase in silver shorting activity at that time. Saturn transits to the natal CBOT horoscope seem to indicate presence of government and non-government third parties who may be trying to "take away the punch bowl once the party starts."
Conclusion
The recent January 2026 runup in the price of silver to $116 an ounce took everyone by surprise. The lack of public involvement, mainstream media reporting, and any noticeable public discussion of silver in 2026 is unusual considering the 400% price increase of silver over a 4 year period. This lack of public or media awareness of a major silver price increase usually defines the early stages of a bull market. Thus, the current psychology of the public defines an early stage of a bull market in silver; major public and media participation in silver almost always indicates a top (as was the case in early 1980. During the months afer the January 1980 crash of silver, I watched regular members of the public [who had no business investing in commodities] buy or hold silver in large amounts with the belief that silver would return to $50 an ounce again in 1980. It would not reach $50 an ounce until 2010 [30 years later]). Unlike the post 1980 crash, there is still not much public involvement or media involvement with silver at this time. This 2026 period is somewhat similar to the 400% increase in silver price from 2008 to 2010, silver increased in price despite record numbers of shorting contracts being purchased on silver during this time frame. The current mass shorting of silver (in an effort to keep the price low) may or may not slow down price increases in silver that may take place in 2026. As of August 26, 2025, commercial traders (including mining companies and industrial users) held a net short position of 72,755 contracts in silver futures, equivalent to over 194 million ounces of silver. This was the largest commercial short overhang since 2020, with swap dealers also holding record short positions. Such a large short position means that for every $1 rise in silver prices there would be a cost for these silver shorts of about about $200 million in losses, making them vulnerable to a short squeeze with huge losses if fundamentals turn bullish. At the present time, the Federal Reserve's unchanged stance on interest rates for 2025 - 2026 is being pointed at as the cause of increased inflation in the U.S.A. over this same time period. This factor adds additional strength for the argument calling for higher prices of silver, as silver (and gold) is sensitive to inflation and usually increases in price during inflationary periods (like now). The next report on inflation in the U.S.A. is June 10, 2026.
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Malcolm
21st Century Astrology Consulting LLC
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