Gold and the US$

With so much going with Europe’s debt problem I thought looking at Astro activity and the US may give some clue as to the effect of current problems on the US$. Dramatic changes in the US$ will of course affect all commodities priced in US$ so I’ll look at Gold at the same time. Cycle work suggests a more critical time for crude may be early March or possibly Feb 20th, just after the Sun conjuncts Neptune on Feb 19^th.

The following chart shows 3 wheels. The centre wheel is the chart of the U.S.A using July 4, 1776 and 2:16am. The middle wheel shows the solar directed progressions and the outer wheel the current transits.

Points of interest.

Solar directed Saturn (middle wheel) is almost conjunct natal Uranus. It’s exact in early April.This is a signature of tension and stress. On the positive side it may give the ability to cope and endure. It is also a signature of potential violence. rebellion, urge for freedom and sudden death.

Transiting Uranus (outer wheel) will be squaring natal Venus on March 13.

Could the forming transits be signalling a sudden shock affecting the US currency (i.e. the value of the dollar) between now and early April? The exact date is April 2^nd but with such slow moving planets the whole time period should be considered. March 13 has been mentioned as an important date in previous posts mainly due to a grand trine between (Jupiter + Venus), Mars and Pluto. On this date the south node of the Moon will be conjunct the moon and very close to conjunction with the USA natal Uranus.

If the US$ is affected by the noted transits Gold and PM’s should be affected as well. In short any commodities priced in  US$.

Following is a daily chart of Gold. It would appear the low of Dec 29 was a very important low. We are currently in the 6-7 week cycle pull back. The fib grid show the retracement from the high on Sept 6, 2011 to the low on Dec 29, 2011. I’m watching both the 38.2% and 50% retracements for support from which we could take off. The latter depends on what direction the US buck takes.

The blue vertical lines are a fib count from Dec 29. Feb 17 is 34td from Dec 29. That weekend Feb 19 the Sun conjuncts Neptune, a signature which has a history of affecting trend changes in many markets.

This post is short, as have been the last few, as I’m in the middle of a study on Astrology and earthquakes, a subject I believe will be shaping our future in 2012 and 2013.