ASTRO-FINANCE JANUARY 2025
By Barry Rosen
As we move into the New Year, we have the 3rd pass of the Pluto return over the natal Pluto in the US natal chart from 1776. Our premise so far has been that Jupiter’s aspect to Capricorn through May 2025 would lead to a positive transformation of the US, and with DOGE and cutting out government waste, that is happening. But when Jupiter moves into Gemini and takes its glance away from Plato will Pluto become more malefic?
The market has rallied on Trump’s hopes for tax cuts, but the US economic world is complicated, with 35 trillion in debt, about 1/3 of the world debt. The House of Representatives has a very narrow majority, and many RINO senators do not support Trump. Cutting government jobs may get tangled in the courts, and even if DOGE saves 2 trillion on Governmental waste, that is still a tiny percentage of governmental debt. No one has a solid plan to cut waste in Medicare, where spending cuts and reform need to happen.
We have begun researching 2025 in great detail. Here are some of our initial findings. We will cover more in our upcoming 2012 Sneak Preview, which has now been moved to Thursday, Jan. 9, at 2:00 p.m. CST and will be hosted by Astro-Logic’s editor.
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ENERGY AND CRUDE OIL:
The crude oil market’s cycle lows are due in late February or early March. Unless crude can close above 75.00 quickly, we could see a sharp fall even to 63.80 or more to 60.00. XLE, the oil stock ETF, is projecting even 7800 or 7500 and is trading at 8500, so oil stocks will not be happy in the short term. We think Middle East tensions in the spring will push oil up late r in the year, and seasonally, it is higher into late summer. 100.00 oil will come back at some point, and Saturn and Neptune in Pisces will help. Jupiter in Taurus has been optimistic about oil in past transit years, like in 2013. Longer-term crude oil cycles point higher to 2026-27.
CURRENCIES:
The Euro, which is ruled by Mars, is in trouble, and with the cash push below 10365 today, it would suggest a fall to 8565 long. Mars in Cancer and retrograde until early Feb. will not help in the short term. You can see that between the Trump tariffs, the crisis in France and Germany, and the natural gas and energy problems, they are more likely to have longer-term issues in March and April. The Euro will be in trouble into 2026 and 2027 in the long term.
May is a crucial date for the Ukraine/Russian war, but longer-term cycles suggest it may not be over until the spring of 2026. 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-Dec. 2025 is not going to be a picnic. The current Jupiter/Moon Dasha period combines 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?
All European leaders want to take down Russia, and they continue to be short-sighted in Russia’s strength and new military dominance with their hypersonic missiles. European leaders seem too young and short-sided in their quest for World War 3. They all are too young to remember the devastation of Europe from World War 2. In any case, this could get messier by 2026. It takes wars to distract the masses from public policy and economic failures.
While patterns for higher interest rates are closer to ending at publication, we hope that the upcoming rally is not a flight to quality on a geopolitical crisis. Still, with the latest FED feelings, we are unsure that hopes for lower rates can propel the optimism for higher stocks. 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 will have another year before the global financial reorganization of the world’s 115 trillion in debt happens. Saturn in Pisces with Neptune with be a diffiicult transit particularly after Jupiter leaves Gemini. This transit will occur after Jun. 1, 2026. It no longer throws a friendly protective aspect to the US natal chart. Jupiter is racing through Gemini at hyperspeed May-October 2025, and its friendly glance to Sagittarius will not be as powerful until it slows down and retrogrades back into Gemini Dec. 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 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 many had predicted. We expect that the US will do far better than Europe.
This year, we have the Saturn/Neptune conjunction in April. Saturn/Neptune conjunctions happen about every 36–37 years. The last time this alignment occurred was in 1989–1990. In November 1989, we had the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet empire. Is the EU set for a fall? The collapse of the German and French governments and the teetering of Trudeau in Canada seem rather ominous, given Saturn/Neptune/Rahu/Venus conjunct in early April.
STOCK MARKET:
We are still going with our stock market fall into the week of Jan. 6-10 and are estimating that S & P cash 5660 will come in. If geopolitical tensions increase to a breaking point or if Congress and politicians block the certification of the election, then something deeper than S & P cash 5660 could develop, but we cannot go there yet. We are open to new highs in the first quarter, but we are not sure they can extend beyond the first few months of the year if oil inflation comes back and we have the Saturn/Rahu/Neptune conjunction to deal with in April.
The stock market has started its correction, as noted in the last issue. Patterns would suggest not more than 8-10% pullback– but it will scare some folks. Still, it should hold 5674 on S & P cash and make a new high into the first quarter of 2025 to at least 6300 on the S & P cash. Our quick peek into January and February 2025 has Mars retrograding into Gemini on 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. 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:
We like gold longer-term, and it is often seasonally higher with the Sun in Sagittarius, as Gold is connected to Leo. Still, if gold cannot take out 2720 in early January, we wonder if it will go lower to even 2450 this winter if the dollar stays strong. 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:
The fall in Cryptos will go longer and be more than we had initially thought and could take until April to bottom. Mercury is critical as a significator for crypos 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 but a retest of the 50000 level is not out of the question. There are complications with allowing the Federal Reserve Bank in holding cryptos in their portfolio and it will take Congressional legislation to by-pass it. Yes, the Trump administration is friend toward cryptos but much of that already went into the market. Elliott wave patterns suggested a 5th wave high to 130000 first, but we will need a crisis in January to get that to manifest.
LONGER-TERM: . Eventually, we must move beyond our microanalysis and remember that the more prominent 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 must be done technically, and astrology can help, but it should not be the only factor in making a decision. You have to buy low and sell high.
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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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