ASTRO-FINANCE FEB. 2025
By Barry Rosen
As we move into February, we have the fascinating conjunction of Venus /Rahu and Neptune peaking into the February 1-3 time window and it will get repeated with the Venus retrograde in the spring. We also have the expansive Jupiter station in Taurus on February 4, which is trining the Sun and brings optimism about our world. And there is much to be thankful for with a ceasefire in Gaza and possibly a talk with Putin to make progress with Ukraine. If Trump walks back the tariffs, the market may do a final push up.
The last major time we had Rahu conjunct Neptune was April 28, 2008, and the last Rahu/Neptune/Venus conjunction was in Scorpio on December 3, 1974, so it is not something that happens very often. Funnily enough, on December 1, 1974, there were two major commercial airline accidents, including a TWA flight where 92 people were killed. Our hearts go out to the families of the Wichita Flight that led to 67 deaths.
The first conjunction of Venus/Rahu/Neptune in early February is a mystical combination for deep artistic creativity that seems to flow from the Divine. For artists, February could provide an amazing opportunity to complete great art effortlessly. Relationships could move into a dreamy fantasy world where idealized love creates fantasy about a future in paradise. Venus/Rahu combinations create great passion, and that can be expressed sexually or with idealized love through poetry and flow. You may be inspired to use your artistic visions to help humanity. John Lennon has a Rahu/Neptune conjunction of about 14 degrees, and it is with Mars and the Sun in Virgo.
As discussed last month, the third pass of the Pluto return in the US chart is creating major positive transformation in government with DOGE cutting waste, and we have noted that the Jupiter trine from Taurus to Capricorn is creating a positive transformation. Not everyone will see it as such, but if your country is running a 35 trillion level of debt and you are recklessly spending money on bureaucracy, that is not going to end well. But when Jupiter moves into Gemini and takes its glance away from Pluto, will Pluto become more malefic?
ENERGY AND CRUDE OIL:
Cycle lows for the crude oil market are due into late February or early March. Unless crude can close above 75.50 quickly, we could see a sharp fall even to 6900 or 6700 or even 6300. XLE, the oil stock ETF, is projecting even 7800 or 7500, so oil stocks are not going to be happy short term. We do think Middle East tensions in the spring will push oil up later in the year, and seasonally it is higher into late summer and 100.00 oil will come back at some point and Saturn and Neptune in Pisces are going to help. Jupiter in Taurus has been positive for oil in past transit years like 2013. Longer-term crude oil cycles point higher to 2026-27.
CURRENCIES:
Mars goes stationary direct on February 23, the day of the German election. If you follow European news, the right conservative party is gaining ground due to the backlash against immigration crime and expenditures, and the left is trying to crack down on free speech and wants to outlaw the part on the right? Sound familiar. Germany is ruled by Mars, so this stationary event at the election may be more surprising than usual. Moreover, the Berlin Wall came down with the Saturn/Neptune conjunction in Sagittarius in November 1989. We have Saturn and Neptune tightly conjunct this spring and within minutes in July, so will something major happen in Europe? The public is starting to get fed with political agendas that do not serve the people.
You can see that between the Trump tariffs, the crises in France and Germany, and the natural gas and energy problems, they are more likely to have longer-term problems into at least March and April. Longer-term the Euro is in trouble into 2026 and 2027. The dollar looks stronger into the third week of February and probably will hold up until April.
Pluto transits over Ukraine’s natal Saturn and chart lord at 7.47 Capricorn in late January, and then Pluto retrogrades over it again August-December 2025. It is not going to be a picnic. The current Jupiter/Moon Dasha period is a combination of 12th and 7th house lords, and Jupiter is a malefic for Ukraine’s chart. What happens when Trump pulls money out, and Europe continues with its sabers? For now we are hopeful with Putin peace overtures.
While patterns for higher interest rates are closer to ending into February 17-20, we could get one more spike in rates into late Feb until they come down until July. We hope that the upcoming rally starting in March is not a flight to quality on a geopolitical crisis. The Trump tariffs will lead to more inflation and an eventual US recession over the coming years, and the 35 trillion in debt will create a complex interest rate environment. Maybe we have another year left before the global financial reorganizing of the world’s 115 trillion in debt will happen. Saturn in Pisces with Neptune will be difficult after Jupiter leaves Gemini after June 1, 2026, and no longer throws a friendly protective aspect to the US natal chart. Jupiter is racing through Gemini at hyper speed May-October 2025 and its friendly glance to Sagittarius will not be as powerful until it slows down and retrogrades back into Gemini in December 2025.
UNITED STATES VS. EUROPE:
When we look at the US Dasha for the 1776 chart, the US went into a Rahu/Mercury period a few days after an election, and it lasts until June 2026. While both are in the transformational 8th house, the positive news is that they are both in the constellation of Pushya, ruled by the benefic Brihaspati, the priest of the gods. That, along with Jupiter’s benevolent trine onto Pluto from Taurus to Capricorn, suggests a positive transformation rather than the violent one that many had predicted. We expect that the US will do far better than Europe.
STOCK MARKET:
The stock market is still in a corrective phase even though it continues to hold up in some areas. The Uranus station this past week created a meltdown in NASDAQ for a day on fears of competition from Chinese AI.But when we look closely at their program, it is another Chinese spyware that is coming just in time as Tik-Tok is about to be sold. If you ask this software about Tiananmen Square, it refuses to bring up any information, and like Tik-Tok, you have to sign away your rights to your data to a Chinese company that is beholden to the Communist CCP. Not sure this scare will be a game-changer. The tariffs on/ tariffs off gambit create great volatility on Feb. 3rd.
At publication, the stock market looks like the next push up will go to 6270 on S & P cash and eventually to 6345. There are not many windows for a major correction to happen.
Darling Tesla is not doing as well and should get to 320 before it may be a decent buy, but the outlook for Robotaxis has some people frothing at the market for higher prices to 520. We are starting to watch new tech darlings PLTR and MSTR, and they will probably have better entries later.
Our quick peek into January and February 2025 has Mars retrograding into Gemini January 20-April 2, but staying in the auspicious nakshatra of Purnavasu (Gemini 20-Cancer 3.20) to create a positive connection for risk-taking between Jupiter and Mars. Venus is also in Pisces, exalted January 27-March 1, and then goes retrograde to move back toward Saturn and Rahu into early April. The stock market seasonally is lower in March, and Mercury in Pisces for two months in March and April will not help it or tech stocks. So, another correction is coming then. A cluster of Saturn, Mercury, the Sun, Venus, and Rahu within a few degrees in early April in the US 4th house may mean another housing crisis, or will the budget crisis finally have nowhere to go?
METALS AND GOLD:
Gold is topping at publication and you know that something is done when the headlines roar, gold makes all-time highs. Still it has not reversed enough and needs to take out 2790 to issue a sell signal or we will see higher prices into the Sun/Mercury conjunction into the week of Feb 9-11th. We like it longer-term into October, and gold prices project 3067.
Longer-term investment cycles point to higher prices into 2027, and projections are toward 4907.Gold will continue to be king unless governments nationalize it as they have in the past.
You can play gold with ETFs like SLV, GLD, and GDX (Gold Miners) and we cover them in our newsletter. Stay on top of our daily forecasts with Fortucast.com newsletters.
CRYPTOS:
We are undecided about cryptos. We have wanted to see one more push on Bitcoin to 125000 to 130,000, but given more carnage coming for NQ futures, we will see how it does in February, and we think it is going to be corrective. Mercury conjunct Saturn in Pisces into February 25 is unlikely to be helpful once Mercury moves into Aquarius after February11. Still the Trump Sovereign Fund announcement had Bitcoin roar back. Roller coaster ride. We will give it into early March to make a new high but if it cannot take out 110,000 on Bitcoin it may go back to 85000 in the spring.
It is possible that the fall in cryptos may go a bit longer and more than we had initially thought and could take until April to bottom. Mercury is very important as a significator for cryptos, and it stays debilitated in Pisces for much of March and April and into early May. That could lead first to filling the old continuation chart gap at 78030.
LONGER-TERM:
Eventually, we have to move beyond our microanalysis and remember that the larger cycle highs go into 2026. The fall of the Euro will send many into cryptos again starting in the spring.
Fund managers are projecting 200,000k Bitcoin on the news into next year, but we have seen these wild assertions before. Still, our larger cycles are friendly into 2026, with Bitcoin in a Jupiter/Rahu period until 2026.
Remember to work with your broker. Trading and investing have to be done both technically and astrology can help but should not be the only factor in making a decision. You have to buy low and sell high.
STAY IN TOUCH WITH MY DAILY THINKING ABOUT THE MARKETS AND THE STARS: As always, this is my snapshot throughJanuary 31, 2025. New information comes in daily. If you are a trader or investor, consider my Fortucast newsletters, which are published daily at www.fortucast.com. A trial subscription is 97.00/month. If you want to learn financial astrology,visit my website at www.appliedvedicastrology.com and click on the Financial Astrology link.
ABOUT BARRY ROSEN: Barry Rosen has been teaching classes in Investment Astrology since 1990 and began teaching the other aspects of Vedic astrology specialized courses online in 2017, including Dashas, Transits, Personal Finance, Health, Longevity, and Death, Nakshatras, The Spiritual Dimensions of Vedic Astrology, Secrets of the Houses, Relationships and many more. In his consultations, he focuses more on the emotional and mental patterns in the chart and their impact on consciousness which can create waves of illusion blocking you. A good consultation should help you witness the play of karma so that you are not gripped by it; you can transcend it and realize your Divinity, becoming the commander of the planets and not the victim. Barry Rosen also operates a blog on Facebook under Barry Rosen and Astro-Yoga and his professional astrological website is www.appliedvedicastrology.com. He can be reached at support@appliedvedicastrology.com.
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