MARCH ASTRO-FINANCE – Applied Vedic Astrology

ASTRO-FINANCE  MARCH  2025

By Barry Rosen

Venus in Pisces is promoting peace as hostages are getting released in Israel. And President Trump is pushing peace with Ukraine and Russia, but with the blow-up on February 28 between Trump and Zelensky and Venus now retrograde until April 15, the chances are waning until probably May. Yes, it will get complicated with Venus retrograde starting March 1-April 15 and moving back toward Rahu, Saturn, and Mercury and the Sun when the early April traffic jam clears up. Zelensky does not want peace, and Europe is behind him, so it still may be up to Russia and Trump to make something happen. Mars goes into Cancer where it snarls but does not like to fight and it does not get into Leo where it will have more energy toward fighting energy – particularly with the Ketu conjunction until late July. That leaves a window of time to get something done. Often I have seen peace accords happen at the Jupiter/Venus conjunction, and that is not until mid-August, and more problematic then with Mars/Ketu conjunction causing problems in July.

DOGE and Musk continue to be in the spotlight. We have mentioned in past months that Saturn in Purvabhadrapada, (Aquarius 20-Pisces 3.20) is a place of the deep state and Saturn’s transit through there until April 24 will continue to root out waste and corruption. Please look beyond the mainstream media. Yes, it is terrible with all the losses in DC jobs, but our sense is that the US, in a Rahu/Ketu period starting June 2026, would face major financial reorganization and bankruptcy anyway. And they are making an attempt to get rid of waste. If you are aware of what they are uncovering, it is the biggest scandal in US history, and it is just starting to unfold as they found a slush fund of 4.5 trillion (1/3 of the entire US budget) that was unmarked and uncoded and USAID was funding terrorist organizations in the Middle East. Yes, they were doing some good, but the agency was also used as a slush fund.

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 36 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? Will the Ketu/Mars conjunction in a hot summer in July stir up riots and violence? I hope not, but there are forces being stirred up with protests already.

When we look at the US Dasha for the 1776 chart, the US went into a Rahu/Mercury period a few days after the 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.

The ending of the US relationship with NATO and Europe appears to be what is coming up with the Rahu/Neptune conjunction, but wondering if something bigger will happen.  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. We also had commercial airline crashes and unfortunately this conjunction will repeat again in early April with the retrogrades. We have to repeat the conjunction with debilitated Mercury in early April, so let’s hope they have gotten their act together about checking planes. The Boeing scandal from last year still could have some leftover kinks in it.

TECHNOLOGY:

I find that Mercury in Pisces (Feb 28-May 6) is not going to help this sector, and I often see tech stocks fall during this period. The entire debilitation is cancelled due to Venus in Pisces and that will help technology a bit as will the conjunction with Rahu but the influence of Saturn after April 1 will not be helpful. Technology has already fallen a great deal, so it is a complex forecast coming up. We have been projecting a fall on Meta to 592 and 360 for MSFT and Tesla hit a minimum target, but looks like there is time for 260 and 224, and not rushing to buy. APPLE looks best but it crashed to 230 on February 28, and as Apple goes, so goes the nation. Netflix is in a key top already, and NVDA got decent revenue forecasts, but it has sold off after the report. I would be patient around technology until some of the problem areas get cleaned out. If the NQ 100 cash index closes under 20,000, (and there is a good chance it will) the NQ bull market will be over and we will be looking at 19300 and 18100 this spring. All good things come to an end.

ENERGY AND CRUDE OIL: 

Peace is not a good influence for oil as the market goes up with geopolitical tensions.  Seasonal lows often happen in March due to the end of heating oil season and low demand for gasoline before spring and summer driving trips heat up. Israel still wants to finish off Hamas when they get the hostages back, and Iran is closer to having enough uranium for a bomb, and the forces that be will not let that happen. There is a chance for something explosive to happen here, but it seems unlikely that crude will get above 7550 in spring, and a move to 6000 might not be shocking, and Trump wants to get rid of oil inflation. Some crude cycles are supportive into the summer and many are supportive into 2026-27, but the underlying fundamentals are not great as Trump wants to increase supply. We will need an x-factor event with Iran but that seems more likely in July with the Mars/Ketu conjunction.

INTEREST RATES: 

Rates are due to come down into July now—but not that much. It’s a mystery why anyone would buy our bonds when they see how we waste and throw away money.   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 36 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.

METALS AND GOLD:

Gold is topping at publication and you know that something is done when the headlines roar and the NY Times recommends buying gold. It has issued a sell signal and we see lower prices at least into March 7, but it probably will go longer. A larger pullback is possible into April and 2600 would not be out of the question. Highs this year still suggest 3072 or 3100 and we have cycle highs into May and October and with geopolitical tensions up this summer, we suspect gold will come back. The Fort Knox audit will be huge and could be a turning point for the world economy if they do find fraud. There is talk of rewriting US debt to save a half a trillion dollars, and players like China may not cooperate, so gold is valued.

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.

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CRYPTOS:

Cryptos have broken down and Mercury just went into Pisces and stays there until May 6. While the debilitation is officially cancelled with Venus in Pisces, it is not going to help very much. We have a first low into March 7 but with Mercury retrograding back toward Saturn into the second week of April, it will continue to pressure Cryptos. 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. The market should easily fill the old continuation chart gap at 78030. Major support is at 72000-74000 and a move back to 68000 would not be shocking before it’s all over.

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.

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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.