| "Most Gann aficionados know that Gann used | | | | stock market, and is familiar with the rules for |
| astrology and that the most successful traders use it | | | | predicting and interpreting the Indian dasha or time |
| in their trading, as it is the hidden undercurrent that | | | | cycle system, the mysterious cycles which seem to |
| runs the markets. J.P. Morgan, the founder of the | | | | govern stocks would no longer be a mystery. For |
| Morgan bank, was fond of saying that "anyone can | | | | example, by no accident the bull market that began |
| be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire, you need | | | | in 1982 coincided with the beginning of a 16-year |
| an astrologer." He had a private astrologer, Evageline | | | | Jupiter period, which began in late August. In general |
| Adams, who helped him tremendously. I have been | | | | then, this system predicted the stock market would |
| fortunate to purchase financial astrological books | | | | continue to expand until 1998, since Jupiter is a |
| from her library. | | | | ""bullish"" planet and is well placed in the natal chart of |
| It is a little known fact that W. D. Gann went to India | | | | the May 17, 1792 stock market chart. Rises and falls |
| and studied Indian Sidereal Astrology. In his | | | | within the major cycles are explained by sub-periods, |
| notebooks we find sketches of astrological symbols | | | | or antardasas. These sub-periods can either amplify |
| on his charts; and in his memoirs, he discusses his | | | | or diminish the strength of the major period. |
| journey to India. In fact, the famous Gann wheel | | | | Within this 16-year period, the transits of Jupiter, its |
| was first used by tea merchants in seventeenth | | | | retrogradation and aspects to it are especially |
| century India. Gann also discussed the importance of | | | | influential since Jupiter assumes the second most |
| using the starting date of when the first futures | | | | important role in the NYSE chart next to the moon, |
| contract for a commodity began trading for | | | | the chart lord. The Jupiter period ended in 1998, |
| predicting the future of that commodity. To my | | | | when a 19-year Saturn period assumed the |
| knowledge, there are very few individuals who use | | | | second-most important role. |
| these starting dates to successfully time the markets | | | | A recent study I did of the NYSE will explain how the |
| even though my experience in using Indian Sidereal | | | | dashas can be of use to spot short- term and |
| astrology has shown that these charts are invaluable. | | | | intermediate declines or rises. Certain combinations |
| Below is a brief introduction to Indian Sidereal | | | | lead to very predictable outcomes. To get daily |
| Astrology, an overview of Indian time cycles and | | | | timing on the stock market, one needs examine four |
| how they can be used, and a forecast through 2017 | | | | or five levels of dashas, or cycles, to break the |
| for the U.S. stock market based on this system. | | | | larger 20- and 2-3-year periods down into 20- and |
| The Western Zodiac vs. the Indian Zodiac | | | | 3-4- day periods. Amazingly, the cyclical combinations |
| Indian astrology is over 5000 years old and has its | | | | that are negative on the larger scale level will often |
| foundation in ancient science. Parashara, a great seer | | | | prove negative on the smaller scale. |
| or ancient scientist, intuited the laws of space and | | | | A comparison of the October-February 1987-88 |
| time responsible for the evolution of human | | | | fourth level cycles (Jupiter/Mercury/Venus/Rahu etc.) |
| consciousness and recorded his findings in a book | | | | with the third level periods in 1901-1904 (Mercury |
| called the Brihat Hora Sastra. | | | | Venus/Rahu) reveals that the major lows coincide |
| The first major difference between Indian and | | | | with a repetition of particular combinations. This |
| Western astrology lies in the calculation of the | | | | principle can also be extended to sections of other |
| longitude of the planets. Ancient Indian astrologers | | | | cycles in other years. For example, note the following: |
| observed that the equinoxes and solstices moved | | | | Venus/Rahu/Saturn: (8-28-29 to 2-17-30) Declined |
| backward by one degree every 72 years, an | | | | from high of 372.06 on 9-03-29 to a low of 230.07 on |
| astronomical phenomenon now known as precession. | | | | 10-29-29. Jupiter/Mercury/Venus/Rahu/Saturn (Dec 4, |
| Over time this has resulted in a difference of slightly | | | | 1987). Signaled another major low and decline to 1747 |
| over 23 degrees between the tropical Zodiac, used | | | | on the Dow after being as high as 2051 following the |
| by Western astrologers, and the sidereal Zodiac, | | | | crash. |
| used by Indian astrologers. In essence, the two | | | | Jupiter/Mercury/Venus/Venus/Rahu (October 19, |
| systems differ in their choice of a zero point for | | | | 1987) The third level Venus period did contribute to |
| Aries--the Western system uses the position of the | | | | the direction of the decline in combination with a |
| spring equinox, while the Indian system uses a fixed | | | | number of bearish oppositions, the return to an |
| star. Thus when the Sun is moving into Aries | | | | eclipsed constellation, and the sidereal transit of |
| according to the Western system, it is still at 6 | | | | Uranus into Sagittarius. This one example indicates |
| degrees Pisces in the Indian system. (For a further | | | | how the Venus/Rahu combination can be used to |
| discussion of the differences, please see my article in | | | | signal a sharp decline if it occurs in a particular |
| the Winter 1989 NCGR Journal.) | | | | combination. |
| Planetary Periods: Beyond Transits | | | | This particular Venus/Rahu combination is only one of |
| A dasha is a period of time during which one's life is | | | | many combinations that one can label, and historically |
| influenced or governed by a particular planet. For | | | | study. Other combinations are bullish, such as when |
| example, the shortest period, the Sun period, lasts | | | | the sequence unfolds from a Sun period into a Moon |
| six years, while the longest period, Venus, lasts | | | | period and onto a Mars period. For example, the |
| twenty years. These cycles unfold in a fixed | | | | stock market's last major Moon Period went from |
| sequence and comprise 120 years before they | | | | August 1947-August 1957. During that time the Dow |
| repeat. The order of the cycles is: | | | | went from 179.74 to 492.32, a gain of over 200%. |
| Ketu (Moon's South Node): 7 years | | | | During smaller moon cycles within larger periods, such |
| Venus: 20 years | | | | as the Mars/Moon period from Jan 21, 1964 to |
| Sun: 6 years | | | | August 21, 1964 the market climbed from 776 to |
| Moon: 10 years | | | | 838. And in the Rahu/Moon period from Jan 31, 1980 |
| Mars: 7 years | | | | to July 31, 1981, the Dow climbed from 875 to 935. |
| Rahu: (North Node) 18 years | | | | Even on the third level we can usually count on a rally |
| Jupiter: 16 years | | | | during a moon period, such as the Jupiter/Mercury |
| Saturn: 19 years | | | | Moon period from April 4, 1988 to June 13, 1988. We |
| Mercury: 17 years. | | | | saw a surprise rally that began in late May and took |
| Where the cycle begins is based on the exact | | | | the Dow from 2000 at the beginning of the period to |
| position of the moon at the time of birth. For | | | | almost 2200 by the end of the period. |
| example, when soybeans started trading in 1936, the | | | | From the above examples, one can see the value of |
| moon was in the constellation (nakshatra) of Orion, | | | | being able to label and quantify the cycles in order to |
| which is ruled by the planet Mars. Thus a sequential | | | | predict the magnitude of the move. As many cycle |
| unfoldment of cycles began with a seven years Mars | | | | analysts know, one can often find major cycle lows |
| period followed by Rahu (North Node of Moon), 18 | | | | and entry point but still not have any idea how large |
| years, Jupiter 16 years, into its current Saturn period | | | | the move is going to be. The Indian time cycle |
| that lasts 20 years etc. If beans had begun trading a | | | | analysis is a genuine solution to forecasting because it |
| day later, then the cycle would have begun from the | | | | can predict the future, not just suggest it from the |
| next constellation, which is ruled by Rahu, or the | | | | past. |
| North Node of the moon. The number of degrees | | | | Future of the US Stock Market Based on Indian |
| the moon has transited through a nakshatra will | | | | Cycles into 2017 |
| determine how much time is left in the initial cycle. | | | | A 19-year lackluster Saturn period in 1998-2017 does |
| Thus if the moon were in the final degree of the | | | | not have the bullish energy that we have seen in the |
| constellation, the initial cycle will begin in the last | | | | Jupiter Period from 1982-1998. Consequently, the |
| section of the cycle. (Software is available for rapid | | | | market will not go straight up nor will it go straight |
| computer calculation of these cycles--see references | | | | down--and it turns out that Venus periods have the |
| below.) | | | | biggest percentage losses. As we saw in the 18 year |
| Within major cycles are sub-periods or sub-cycles | | | | Rahu period from August 1964 to August 1982, the |
| that also unfold in a set sequential pattern. The | | | | market can go net sideways in relatively narrow price |
| sub-cycle begins with planet ruling the major cycle | | | | bands over many years. |
| and then continues in sequence. For example, the | | | | There is an approximate high into June 9, 2007 |
| current Saturn period for stocks started with a | | | | followed by a sharp decline into the week of Oct. 22, |
| Saturn/Saturn period in 1998, and continued with a | | | | 2007 with a lower low due into about the third week |
| Saturn/Mercury period in August 2001 followed by a | | | | of April 2008. We are still watching patterns to |
| Saturn/Ketu period in 2004, etc. The major Saturn | | | | translate this into price movement. |
| cycle will finish in 2017 and then the U.S. stock market | | | | There appears to be a recovery rally into late May |
| will go into a Mercury major period. In order to | | | | 2010, then a sharp fall into Dec. 2010, a recovery |
| properly use the Indian time cycles and their smaller | | | | toward the highs into Jan. 2013 and a major decline |
| periods, one must have the exact time of the start | | | | into 2013 that is one of the lowest points in the |
| of the first future's contract of a commodity. Each | | | | whole period, a recovery into August 2015 and then |
| minute that one is off can lead to changing the | | | | a sharp fall into the end of the period, which makes |
| prediction low or high by about 4 days. O'Non and | | | | new lows into April 2017. Hence the periods to be |
| Remnick illustrate the importance of the exact time | | | | long stocks appear to be Feb.-June 2007; April 2008 |
| using an analogy from physics: | | | | to May 2010 and Dec. 2010 to Jan. 2013. We adjust |
| To launch a rocket ship to the moon, knowledge of | | | | these directional indicators using Elliott Wave pattern |
| the precise angle, time, and location of the launching | | | | analysis to predict price. There appears enough |
| on earth are necessary. If it is launched at a slightly | | | | upward momentum in the current cycle to take |
| different time and angle, it will miss by 30,000 to | | | | stocks much higher into the June 2007 cycle high. |
| 40,000 miles. | | | | Gann reminded us that we have to take everything |
| I have had to travel to the archives of the Chicago | | | | we know and apply it to our forecasts. Indian Time |
| Board of Trade and other major exchanges to verify | | | | cycles are one tool. In our newsletter, we combine it |
| the first tick starting time and have collected an | | | | with Elliott wave pattern analysis, minor astrological |
| almost complete set of dates and times that I make | | | | timing from planetary aspects, and five other |
| available to participants in my advanced seminars or | | | | proprietary cyclical techniques as well as technical |
| through my home study course on Vedic Financial | | | | analysis. |
| Astrology (see references below). The challenge is | | | | Back in 1990 and 1994, when everyone was bearish |
| that some of this data is very hard to get or was | | | | about stocks, we predicted DOW prices well over |
| destroyed as was the case for wheat and corn data | | | | 7000 into 1998-2000 based on our dasha cycle |
| due to the Chicago fire and New York exchanges | | | | models. |
| merging and not keeping good data. It takes time to | | | | Conclusion |
| rectify the charts and make them useful. The easiest | | | | Anyone attempting to uncover the mysterious laws |
| way to understand the effects of a period is too | | | | of nature that underlie the commodity and stock |
| look at past examples. Because we have 215 year of | | | | markets will be rewarded and intrigued by the depths |
| data on the U.S. stock market, and the complete | | | | of Indian astrology. The study of Indian astrology |
| unfoldment of a series of cycles is 120 years, we can | | | | leads not only to knowledge of economic laws, but |
| go back to the period between 1878 and 1897 to | | | | ultimately to knowledge of the self. Understanding |
| study past analogues. | | | | Indian cycles and transits is as important for trading |
| Application of the Indian Cycles to the US Stock | | | | successfully as a good timing system. A combination |
| Market | | | | of the two is astoundingly useful and leads to a |
| What is extraordinarily exciting about using dashas or | | | | profound appreciation of the order of natural law. |
| Indian time cycles for market prediction is that it | | | | While no astrological system should be used 100% to |
| allows one to know the exact date that cycles | | | | time market entries and exits, using both astrological |
| change, to label them, and to quantify whether they | | | | and technical signals can certainly stack the odds in |
| are strong ups, minor ups, strong downs, or | | | | one's favor. |
| sideways. If one studies the 215 year history of the | | | | |