April 22, 2001

This is a critical week for market sentiment. Will some of the air get let out of the rally that got underway with the Sun/Mars trine in right ascension and the big shifts in Venus and Saturn last week? Our astrological indicators suggest more extensive strength ahead. Even so, we're not ruling out the possibility of a pull-back in the NASDAQ to test lows during the next week or two. And an unfolding rally at this point will definitely be a bear market rally, with a long way left to go before stocks return to all-time highs. The heliocentric Venus/Uranus square in Wednesday's early morning hours dominates the astrological picture for the markets this week. Venus/Uranus dynamics are often associated with upward surges in the markets, so even though we remain quite cautious, we're not ready to go short. . . . (to read the remainder of this article, please log in below.)