“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes”
 – Mark Twain
 
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It’s June 2022, and Rahu has just entered the Scorpio 9th division of sidereal Aries, with Ketu moving into the Taurus 9th division of Libra. These are the debilitation signs for the lunar nodes according to Parāśara. 

Ketu in Libra was part of the signature for the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Its current transit in the Taurus division reflects the underlying weakness in the economy, a loss of even the basics. Rahu in the Scorpio division is exaggerating doom and gloom predictions. Its transit here until mid-August 2022 shows some dire predictions indeed, some of which are likely to be a case of catastrophizing. It may not be as bad as it seems.

With that in mind, I have set myself the task of researching economic trends, specifically stock markets crashes, to see some astrological patterns. I did see one in particular that stood out (see below).

Rahu represents greed, and ‘bull markets’; Ketu, losses, and ‘bear markets’. Although it’s a lot more complicated than that, this is a good place to start examining market trends. Hint: one of the trends I spotted included one of the nodes!

Greed eventually leads to losses. Whoever may win initially, it’s not sustainable, especially if they do so at the expense of others. A typical scenario is a business taking on one too many risks, buying other businesses out and then going bust.   
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Astrology helps us see the trends, the ups and downs, and plan accordingly. Even if you cannot do anything about global trends, you can at least get ahead of the curve, whether it’s a peak or dip.  


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Encik Tekateki, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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​Historic Stock Market Crashes
Forecasting future stock market crashes and economic trends is much like weather forecasting. It’s easier to predict closer to the time, although even predicting the weather has become a lot harder these days due to climate change!
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I studied the planetary alignments for all the stock market crashes since the turn of the last century and observed one quite striking trend. While each crash occurred for many different reasons; thus, the astrology is different in many ways, there was one configuration that cropped up more than any other; that is, a conjunction between Mars and Ketu.
Ketu = Loss. Mars speeds things up, it seems.
 
 
“The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”
 ― Winston Churchill
 

Now, I realize that stock market is not literally the same as the economy. We clearly saw the difference between the two in 2020 and 2021, with Rahu in Taurus and Jupiter in Capricorn. This reflected the stark contrast between spikes in the markets, but with many losing jobs and struggling to survive.

Jupiter in sidereal Capricorn has always shown an economic downturn. But it has not always shown a market crash.

What we’re seeing now is hyperinflation, reflected in the Jupiter-Neptune conjunction in Pisces. Although Jupiter is strong in its own sign Pisces, it is hemmed in between malefics either side. Saturn in Aquarius and Rahu in Aries seems to be squeezing the life out of Jupiter, and inflationary trends up even further.

Once Saturn moves back into Capricorn by mid-July, we may see a lessening of this, but with Saturn then aspecting Jupiter with its 3rd house aspect. This may see the beginning of the inevitable, and necessary, recession following hyperinflation.

By mid-decade, Saturn will join Neptune in Pisces, where Jupiter is now. This may show a deflationary trend after inflation. But as Saturn joins Neptune, Jupiter is hanging out with Uranus; first, in Aries, and then in Taurus. The last time Jupiter met with Pluto, Neptune and Uranus was between 2007 and 2011, when we saw one crash after another. This is especially the case as Pluto is transiting Capricorn, Jupiter’s sign of debilitation, followed by Jupiter’s conjunction with Neptune in Pisces, showing the inevitable extremes of hyperinflation after a downturn.

Venus must also be observed for economic trends and has quite often been in Virgo, Venus’ sign of debilitation, during a market crash (see list below).

The nodes’ transit to Venus’ signs, Taurus and Libra, have a big impact, too. Although Rahu is currently transiting Aries, some astrologers opine that it sends a sneaky 12th house aspect back to Taurus. Ketu is currently transiting Libra, where it was during the crash of 1929.

Here are all the major stock market crashes since 1900, with just some of the astrological configurations at the time: 

Oct 1907
Rahu-Neptune-Pluto conjunct. Ketu-Uranus conjunct. Venus in Virgo.
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Oct 1929
*Mars-Ketu conjunction*. Pluto-Saturn opposition. Venus in Virgo. Rahu-Ketu in Aries-Libra.

1937-38
Jupiter in Capricorn.

May 1962
Saturn-Ketu conjunction.

1973-74
Mars-Neptune conjunction. Jupiter in Capricorn.

Oct 1987
*Mars-Ketu conjunction*. Pluto-Venus-Mercury conjunction.

Sept 1992
*Mars-Ketu conjunction*. Neptune-Uranus-Rahu conjunction. Venus in Virgo.

Oct 1997
Jupiter-Uranus-Neptune conjunction. Jupiter in Capricorn.

2000-02
Ketu-Uranus-Neptune conjunction. Mar 2000.
*Mars-Ketu conjunction*. Sep 2001.
Sun-Mars-Venus-Mercury in Virgo. Oct 2002.

2007-11
Between these years, Jupiter conjoined all three outer planets. First, Pluto, then Neptune, and then Uranus, all while Jupiter moved in and out of Capricorn.

Jupiter conjoined Pluto at the end of 2007 and then entered Capricorn in 2008, conjoining Rahu and Neptune in 2008 and 2009, before meeting with Uranus in Aquarius and Pisces in 2009 and 2010. It wasn’t until after Jupiter’s final conjunction with Uranus in Pisces and had entered Aries in 2011 that the markets began to settle.

Sep 2018
*Mars-Ketu conjunction*.

2020 - 21
*Mars-Ketu conjunction*. Jupiter-Saturn-Pluto conjunction. Feb/Mar 2020.
*Mars-Ketu conjunction*. Jan 2021. 

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Looking Further Ahead 2022 - 2032
*Mars-Ketu conjunction*. Venus conjunct Ketu in Virgo. Rahu-Ketu in Aries-Libra. Oct/Nov 2023

Oct 2023 has all the trademarks of the crash of 1929, except for a Saturn-Pluto conjunction, which we have in the years leading up to this period. Rahu and Ketu are in the same signs in 2023 as they were in 1929, coming to the end of their transit here by Oct 2023. Jupiter conjoins Rahu and Uranus in Aries in 2023 and for the first half of 2024.

With Pluto continuing to transit Capricorn, and Neptune in Pisces, returning to Aquarius this year, Jupiter’s transit in these more extreme expressions of economic instability is further destabilized. We saw this between 2007 and 2011. We’re seeing it again between 2020 and 2025.

It’s unlikely to settle down until Jupiter moves into Gemini in 2025. Yet, at that point, Saturn conjoins Neptune in Pisces, and we’re likely to see some major changes in the following years, an adjustment in the economy I cannot even imagine in its current form.

The U.S. federal reserve plays a big part in the world economy, as the U.S. dollar is the reverse currency. So, when the American Independence chart has a Pluto return throughout 2024, there may be a change for the status of the dollar; and thus, the world economy. Add this to the configurations listed above, and we are likely due a major reset.

Looking further ahead, when Saturn meets with Uranus and Ketu in Taurus 2030, we are likely to see even bigger economic challenges and changes. Saturn and Uranus conjoin by exact degree in Gemini by 2032, where new economic models are put to the test. At the same time, Jupiter will make it back to Capricorn, where Pluto awaits.

If the economy hasn’t had a complete overhaul by then, either to a more sustainable one, or a completely new digital economy, it may have no choice but to change at this point.
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My two cents. 


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Om Tat Sat