Anxiety

 Anxiety is haunting me, and also many others, nowadays. In particular, anxieties about the future prospect such as financial anxiety are the crucial problems. Unfortunately, it is certain that the material well-beings of majority individuals will continue declining. In terms of the economic analysis as well as the astrological analysis, the near future outlook looks very gloomy for certain. Thus, the world society will furthermore require us to be stoic rather than being optimistic.

Focusing on the economic analysis, the market multiplier is slowing down despite the continuous remarkably rapid technological growth especially for the information technology. There is a strange dilemma in the labour market: There is a skilled labour shortage while misemployment and unemployment are considered to be high in the labour market. This labour market mismatch combined with the stagnating income and investment distribution flow discourages the social mobility as well as the income gaining opportunity of individuals wishing to improve their lifestyle.

Focusing on the astrological analysis, the world will be in the recession by 2024. Currently, Uranus is crossing the ascendant of Taurus, the detrimental sign of Uranus, until 2024 as well as forming the square aspect with Saturn crossing Aquarius, the own sign of Saturn for these years. This infers that the socioeconomic stagnation is really severe at least until 2025. Furthermore, Pluto is going to start crossing the ascendant of Aquarius for 18 years from 2023 onward. Aquarius represents equality of outcome and justice as well as individual freedom under restriction and some degree of traditionalism. Aquarius is forming the hard aspect with Taurus (Economy), Leo (Political Power), and Scorpio (Intimate relationship) so that the socio-economy will shift from the centralised active globalist form to the decentralised less active form.

Considering these two analyses, it will be wise to become stoic to keep our lifestyle as humble and cost-efficient as much as possible than aspiring to expect for a lucrative lifestyle in the coming age. Stoic ethics may become worth off to refer to as our life instruction guidance then. The modernity characterised with the intensive Yang (bright) element is ending so that the Ying (shadow) element is being intensified as the reaction. Instead of wanting more, we are more required to wanting less from now on. We must accept various pains as they are instead of regretting for them. We also must accept the fact that the capability of solving problems for all of us are limited by means of our physical strength, social status, and external environments. Therefore, there are various things outside our own responsibility so that it is important to excuse for our inability.

Sum up, the anxiety will never seem to disappear because the drastic lifestyle change will certainly take place in the near future. The antidote against this anxiety may be being stoic enough to keep our lifestyle humble and cost efficient as well as not bearing the full responsibility so that it is important to rely on the public support. Hence, we had better simply accept that it cannot be helped so much.

Recession in 2024

 

The major recession is coming in 2024 for certain by means of both the international financial analysis and the astrological analysis (from the later half of 2024)! In terms of the international finance, the short-term United State (US) bond interest rate is higher than the long-term counterpart now. This infers to forecast the economic outlook of a few years ahead is worse than the one at the recent time period. In terms of the astrological analysis, the square aspect of Jupiter and Neptune has almost always triggered the world gross domestic product (GDP) decline. This is econometrically experimented in my own research.

The current interest rate hike of the US and the Western European central banks is recently notable due to the ongoing price inflation pressure. However, the long-term (3 to 5 years) rate still stays low, and this implies the low growth of both the GDP representing the combination of both the price inflation and the production output level in a few years ahead. This phenomenon has almost always taken place approximately 2 years before the world-wide recession strikes owing to the financial statistics. Therefore, it is most likely to have the recession in 2024.

The modern Western astrology denotes the aspects of Jupiter and Neptune combined representing the financial flow. Jupiter represents expansion and wealth whilst Neptune represents ambiguity and flash-flood. Therefore, the combination of what each of these two plants represents indeed explains the financial market. The soft aspects such as the triangle 120 degree and the sextile 60 degree tend to induce the reasonable financial wealth growth whereas the hard aspects such as the opposition 180 degree and the square 90 degree tend to induce hard challenges for the financial wealth creation.

When the world GBP (US$ base) is regressed on three explanatory variables based on trigonometric functions, their correlation shows that astrological representation actually holds as it explains! The first explanatory variable is based on the equation of the cube root of 1 minus two times the modulus of 0.5 subtracted by the modulus of the cosine. This variable is maximised at the 60 and 120 degrees whilst it is minimised at 0, 90, and 180 degrees. The second explanatory variable is the modulus of the sine which is maximised at the 90 degree square aspect. The third explanatory variable is simply the cosine which is maximised at the 0 degree conjunction whereas it is minimised at the 180 degree opposition. 

All these three coefficients' confidence levels are above 90 percent. The third variable's correlation was mild whereas the conjunction aspect is positively correlated while the opposition aspect is negatively correlated. The first variable's correlation is slightly below 95 percent which is still convincing. It seems to be difficult to use the 95 percent confidential interval to determine the confidence level by using such a relatively rough fluctuant indicator like the world GDP level.  Then, using the 90 percent confidence level is worth off to be used for the alternative measure. 

The most intensive and interesting result is the second explanatory variable's correlation which is above 95 percent with its negative correlation with the dependent variable, the world GDP! By means of the statistical inference, this can conclude that this is certain to happen in the future when this correlation takes place. Thus, this is certain that the world GDP declines when Jupiter and Neptune from the square aspect which is going to take place in 2024.

Manifesto Spiritual Libertarian - the Libertarian for the coming age of Ying 陰

 

The previously posted article describes how Libertarianism regards highly of the free will of individuals without being restrained by the pre-determined fate and sounds very spiritualist despite its emphasis on the strong secular moral and social policies. By combining with the astrological analysis and the Taoist teaching of 陰陽 (Ying & Yang), Libertarianism especially by means of its spiritualist element seems to provide human individuals with the antidote agains the declining materialist prosperity represented as the Yang element in the coming age of Ying. 

A retrospective astrological analysis in this blog forecasts that, when Pluto starts crossing the ascendant of Aquarius, the age of revolution as well as stagnation will come. As the world economic activities will be more decentralised than the current globalist order, the macroeconomic business cycle will be more stagnant meanwhile the further technological advancement encouraging the microeconomic development will be expected. This means that the world socio-economy will induce individuals to be more individualistic to look after themselves while providing the intellectually enlightened individuals with some significant advantage over the others. 

The theory of Gaia, which is well-known among spiritualists, also inters that the world elements are shifting toward relatively more Ying (the shadow), implying spirituality and feminity, as the reaction against the world whose Yang (the light) elements, implying materialistic and masculinity, have been too intense. The number of wars and excess industrial activities polluting environments may decline while the social atmosphere will turn to be more anomic and melancholic. Then, the world is shifting from expansionist to isolationist (inner focusing) so that human individuals' life purpose will be hardly instructed externally so that they will need to think of their own life plans themselves more than ever. 

As the external surroundings of individuals will no longer enable them to materially expand their living standard as much as it used to, it is the time for them to expand their inner spiritual universe backed up by increasing their intellectual potential. The technological advancement offers more opportunities for individuals to access the abundant knowledge. However, this opportunity can only be maximised by those who are spiritually enlightened enough to be interested in growing their intellect by proactively accessing the knowledge base. 

The Libertarian metaphysical perspective may provide individuals with some useful hints to survive and thrive in the coming age of Ying. Each unique universe exists per each autonomous individual so that the number of the existing parallel worlds is unlimited. As autonomous free independent individual can challenge against the fate to change their destiny and influence the world structure with the power of their own mind with their free will. This metaphysical thought enables them to realise they are endowed with the power of their own free will which is strong enough to design their own universe. Thus, it must encourage individuals to be enlightened to be intellectually and spiritually proactive to survive and thrive in the coming age of Ying.

Revival of Bitcoin and the other crypto markets in 2025

 

Recently, the value of all the crypto currencies has been substantially plunging as the NASDAQ stock exchange value, correlated to the crypto market, declines. Someone has started claiming this is the beginning of the twilight years of the crypto market.  However, there are still various positive predictions inferring the reincarnation of the crypto market within a few years. 

The notable example of the positive attitudes toward the crypto currency is El Salvador having adopted Bitcoin functioning as the legal currency officially circulating in this country. In such one of the LDCs (Least Developed Countries), the infrastructure for accessing the banking services is considerably lacking so that the citizens there suffer from the significantly high financial and physical costs. Furthermore, their dependency on money transaction by people working as immigrant workers from these LDCs in the developed countries such as the USA is very high. At the same time, the transaction across the border incurs substantially high costs including the foreign exchange fee and the banking service charge for these people. The crypto currencies such as Bitcoin have a notable advantage of reducing these costs as explained in the following chapter.

This advantage of introducing the crypto currency is similar to that of introducing a mobile/smart phone in the LDCs. Because of the lack of the infrastructure such as accessible bank branch offices, telephone lines, and public transportations, the benefit of the wireless transaction via the internet is huge. The IT (Information Technology) assisted services do not need these traditional physical infrastructures requiring a huge public work project for their installation. In addition, there are less market entrant barriers for the IT assisted service providers than the developed countries with the market monopoly/oligopoly by the already established providers of these traditional infrastructure. Therefore, these LDCs gain more net benefits of the public welfare as well as the fast speed of its installation. 

As various analyses of both modern economics and astrology have predicted, the wealth gap among countries will shrink due to the technological development. These characteristics, such as equality and innovations, are represented by the wind element in terms of the Western and Indian astrology. The coming age of wind which has already started from 2021 when both Jupiter and Saturn crossed the ascendant of Aquarius. Its transformational speed is going to be furthermore accelerated from 2023 when Pluto starts crossing the ascendant of Aquarius for two decades. 

Moreover, the characteristics of the wind elements will be exaggerated from 2025 when Uranus, whose own sign is Aquarius, starts crossing the ascendant of Gemini (Another wind sign) and forming the triangle aspect with Pluto crossing the ascendant of Aquarius. 2025 is also the year when Neptune shifts from crossing the ascendant of Pisces to the Aries counterpart so that Neptune is going to start simultaneously forming the sextile aspect with both Uranus and Pluto. This means that all these three trans-Saturnian planets form the aspect together in the masculine signs. 

Regarding the crypto currencies whose characteristics, such as innovation, electricity, borderless-ness, and spontaneity, can be represented by Uranus. In 2025, Uranus is going to shift from crossing the ascendant of Taurus, Uranus's detrimental sign, to crossing the Gemini counterpart stimulating Uranus's own strength far more than Taurus. This will be the remarkable signal that the crypto currencies will be appreciated furthermore than this current time period that Uranus is still crossing the ascendant of Taurus while it is still forming the square aspect (The hard aspect) with Saturn, representing such as society, established structure, and tradition, crossing the ascendant of Aquarius, Saturn's own sign stimulating Saturn's strength. This connotes how severe the position of the innovative products based on the spontaneous order without without a centralised organisation such as the crypto currencies. Therefore, the ongoing value depreciation of the currencies at the moment seems to be astrologically inevitable but temporary. 

Focusing on Neptune in 2025, it might infer a possible big scale natural disaster occurring sometime close then. When a trans-Saturnian planet shifts to start crossing the ascendant of Aries, a major natural disaster often tends to strike. In particular, as it is Neptune, it might be something oceanic whilst neither exact timing nor exact scale is predictable. In 2025, Neptune forming the sextile aspect with both Uranus and Pluto crossing the ascendant of the wind signs implies that this natural disaster will trigger to convince people to recognise the importance of something innovative and spontaneous such as the crypto currencies.

This astrological prediction might explain that the advantage of the crypto currencies will be more recognised especially after such a catastrophic event caused by a major natural disaster. When physical infrastructures are damaged, the money transaction via the crypto currencies may be able to help to save this suffering areas and people there. The reason is the same as the example seen in the LDCs where necessary infrastructure for the traditional banking system is scarce.

All in all, the current crypto market downturn must be temporary even it may take one year or two to recover from it.  Many people are often afraid of and sceptical about something innovative and difficult to explain with a clear visible picture which they are not familiar with in their daily life. They are just over-reacting this temporary plunge despite the long term potential. Hence, it is nonsense to panic to preach about the doom's day of the crypto currencies and their market. 

Light Opposition: Buddha was born on the full moon day

Buddha was born on a day of the full Moon which means Moon forms the opposition to Sun according to the astrological aspect. Whereas people usually have some romantic soft mood of the full Moon, it is the hard aspect by means of the astrology. Well, the story of individuals born on the day of the full Moon explains the hard life of Buddha.

In terms of the astrological aspect characteristics, Sun and Moon are so called "Lights" which indicate the core personality of an individual through their life. Sun represents the  entire life plans and values of an individual and their surrounding world social environments. Moon represents various internal characteristics and qualities of an individual such as mentality and innate personality originally endowed by birth. When these Lights from the soft aspect together, what the world environments and society and their own mind are in the harmony. By contrast, when these Lights from he hard aspect together, their mind faces the challenges from the world environments and society. 

In particular, one of the major hard aspects, the opposition, enhances this challenging life situation because it is literally opposing to their mind and innate personality. This challenge works as a good element training and improving this individual with this aspect if s/he is well-aware of her/himself. Furthermore, this aspect, the opposition, is in fact the best aspect to clearly and intensively pointing out the quality of the opposing sign from another. When Lights from the opposition together, it enables this individual's mind to become sensitive to feel something questioning and needing to change in their life and terrestrial world clearly and intensively. In another word, it is the best at enlightening their mind in the world.

These individuals with their natal Lights opposition tend to have a dynamic lifestyle with various challenges coming from both their internal mindset as well as their surrounding external factors. Many of them tend to relocate their place of living and seek challenges drastically reforming their life. It is really convincing that Buddha was born with this hard aspect of his natal Lights, and this is indeed an encouraging story for those endowed with this Lights' opposition aspect including myself.

In conclusion, the natal hard aspect especially of Lights (Sun and Moon) seems to enable these saints to realise something deep in their own life as well as their terrestrial world they have been dispatched to. This indicates that those individuals endowed with the hard natal aspect by birth are capable to challenge and overcome from various hardships and enlighten not only themselves but also the others with a brand-new innovative perspective. Hence, we should feel positive about our life facing hardships explained by the astrological hard aspect.

Two legends both named Immanuel: Pluto opposition to Sun v.s. Pluto no-aspect

The Pluto-aspect characteristics of the astrological natal chart are often discussed inside our astrological circle. In particular, the natal aspect of Pluto forming the opposition to the natal light (Sun/Moon) and the counterpart of Pluto without any aspect (called no-aspect) have been mentioned in separate blog posts.

As this time, it can be a time to post an essay comparing these two Pluto aspects in one article. Coincidently, there are two historical legends called by the same name Immanuel to compare by means of these two natal chart-aspects.

• The former is Jesus Christ (called Immanuel while his childhood just after his birth) who was endowed with his natal Pluto forming the opposition to his natal Sun.
  • Please note that it refers to his controversial birthday 25th December of the first year of the AD regardless of its historical accuracy because it refers to his well-known personality as a protagonist character in a quasi-fictional story.
• The latter is Immanuel Kant, one of the most remarkable and influential modern philosophers in the world, was endowed with his natal Pluto forming no-aspect with his other natal signs.

Both are the legend historically famous enough to leave precious assets in this world so that they are useful examples of showing the contrast of these two Pluto aspects, the opposition to the natal Sun and the no-aspect.

Although both have equally remarkable qualities, their characteristics and their fates are notably different. This characteristic difference between these two legends is an interesting and explicit example showing the characteristic difference between the Pluto opposition and the Pluto no-aspect.

Immanuel Jesus Christ with his natal Pluto opposition became an eternal divine sovereign known by almost all individuals across the world and loved by his followers at his contemporary period onward. His life was dramatic with his unimaginable challenges and ended with his unavoidable fate.

It is suspected that every individual with a deep interest in academic subjects including such as history, law, philosophy, politics, and public sector economics must know Immanuel Kant and his academic works. Most of these theories having existed after his contribution contain his footprints. The progress of accumulating his fame was slow but was steady and became significantly notable at the end.

In terms of the fame, Christ was far superior to Kant. However, Kant’s merit and contribution to the terrestrial world were far more prevailing than Christ’s counterparts. Rather than Christ himself, his ardent followers made Christ famous through writing the New Testament and orally persuading people to remind Christ’s doings. By contrast, Kant put his own efforts for establishing himself to make him famous at the end.

Regardless of individuals’ interest of something particular, nobody may be unable to avoid listening to Christ’s name while living in the world of human civilisation. Christ was unconditionally loved and hated while he was alive. His painful fate haunted through his terrestrial life, but he was deeply blessed with the celestial supremacy’s protection.

Individuals’ knowledge about Kant might be really limited even though they are living in the current world under Kant’s heavy influence. While his youth, he was quite distant from an excessive emotional attachment with others because he enjoyed his organised, quiet, and simple life style whilst making his perseverant efforts on his story and innovation. His social status was not so remarkable while his youth although his social status suddenly became ultra-remarkable when his academic works were finally recognised by the authority and the mass in his relatively elder period.

To sum up, the contrast of these two legendary quality lifestyles well depicts the characteristic difference between the Pluto opposition and the Pluto no-aspect. Pluto represents not only authority but also the mass support and the effect of Pluto generally appears either extremely intensively or extremely incompletely. Christ had been not only haunted but also blessed by the extreme intensity of Pluto meanwhile Pluto’s influence over Kant shifted from null to extremely effectual. 

 

Can't afford to lose to that 16-year-old boy ~~~~! :P

I wonder if Abhigya Anand's prophecy will be true by tomorrow. Perhaps my prophecy (the economy declines on the 5th ⇒ the stock prices actually fell) is stronger.

Astrologically Predicted Financial Collapse on 5th April, 2022 onward

 

 * This analysis is based on an astrology so please kindly note that these following assumptions are not quite scientific and objective, and the variance of the error is significantly big.  Thanks for your attention.

Mars usually works as a trigger of an explosive event related to the aspect of a sign forming a major aspect when Mars forms a strong aspect such as the conjunction while crossing an ascendant.  On 5th April, 2022, Mars forms a conjunction with Saturn already forming an aspect of the square with Uranus.  Then, consider the following current conditions of the square of Saturn and Uranus. 

- Uranus is crossing an ascendant of Taurus representing property/wealth which is the detrimental position for Uranus representing spontaneity and innovation. 

- Saturn is crossing an ascendant of Aquarius, Uranus's own sign representing the spontaneity and innovation as well as Saturn's night ruling sign representing structure/society and time/patience.   

- Uranus and Saturn forms a hard aspect the square.  The square usually regularly denotes killed and hidden.  

Overall, economy is weakened at this point. When Mars forms the conjunction with Saturn and the square with Uranus while crossing the ascendant of Aquarius, it is predicted to trigger the explosive effect of this hard aspect inferring a depressive economic condition.  

Uranus is also considered as influencing crypto-currencies.  The crypto-currencies are recognised as a double-edged blade for economy; it will stimulate economy with its innovative force whereas it also disturbs economy by challenging the already established stable system.  A famous astrologist has warned that these crypto-currencies will face a huge catastrophic shock in their market. 

On the other hand, the conjunction of Jupiter and Neptune crossing the ascendant of Pisces is non-negligible while talking about economy and international finance.  As mentioned in "Econometrics meets Astrology: Regressing the world GDP on the aspects of Jupiter and Neptune", the aspect of Jupiter and Neptune represents the wealth so that it is proven to be highly correlated to the world GDP denoting the aggregate turnover of the economic activities.  

As Jupiter and Neptune is still forming the conjunction, the world GDP growth should be expected although it is not certain as much as the major soft aspects the triangle and the sextile.  Furthermore, a famous astrologist has explained that some major commodities such as Gold and Silver are represented by Jupiter so that there will be a bubble of the value of Gold and Silver these days. Therefore, those who hold these commodities and already established wealth may enjoy their 

The catch is that they are crossing the ascendant of Pisces which is the own sign of Neptune and the night ruler so both Neptune and Pisces represent extra-terrestrial including spiritual and dream as well as ambiguity.  When Neptune and Pisces exaggerate their strength, there tends to be sanction toward the corruption and the over-exaggeration of material well beings.  

Therefore, some severe correction process of the current world finance may hit the world economy.  Moreover, Neptune and Pisces represent a tidal wave messing up various matters, and Jupiter, representing the multiplying effects for both good and bad, multiplies their phenomenon. Then, many individuals may experiences the confusing tidal wave of their portfolio performances during this time so it might be safer to hedge their wealth with stable assets at this time period. 

Retrospective Astrological Analysis: French Revolution and Edo-Period were while Pluto was crossing the acendant of Aquarius

 

Let's make a prediction of the coming age of Pluto crossing the ascendant of Aquarius between 24th March, 2023 and 9th March, 2043 in terms of the retrospective perspective. At the last time Pluto was crossing the ascendant of Aquarius, the French revolution broke out in Europe while Tokugawa Dynasty secured its stability with Sakoku (the national Isolation policy) for 3 centuries in Japan. This provides some ostensible image of what the foreseen world outlook will be. 

Furthermore, in the astrological cycle before the previous one of Pluto crossing the ascendant of Aquarius, Martine Luther printed the first edition of Holy Bible in German as the first attempt of publishing it in other than Latin, which induced the Protestant reformation.  This infers that Pluto crossing the ascendant of Aquarius induces a revolution and the instability challenging the status quo, and it expects for the advantages and the disadvantages of this time period also coming soon. 

From 2023, it is obvious that the further technological advancement is anticipated. In particular, the field of data science and the artificial intelligence (AI) will be furthermore remarkable then.  This outcome will be revolutionary enough to trigger the drastic change in individuals' norms and value such as these previously provoked revolutions in the history in the world.  

On the other hand, the economic outlook will not be so positive that many individuals still feel materially desperate despite the technological development. The employment will decrease due to the rising capital intensive industrial model.  As Prof. Yuval Noah Harari , the author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, has predicted, the human individuals will be divided in the newly emerging social classes called the super class and the useless class.  Therefore, the wealth distribution is less likely to be stimulate as much as it has been. 

By referring to the previous historical events and outlooks, the age when Pluto crossing the ascendant of Pluto was the age of political and economic instability while newly innovative mindsets were developed.  Until Pluto started crossing the ascendant of Pisces, the instability had continued until the new regime overtook the position to finally stabilise the world situation.  The interesting characteristic was that Europe encountered with the French revolution while Japan cut the tie with foreign countries while Pluto crossing the ascendant of Aquarius last time.  The phenomenon expected to take place will be somehow similar, it maybe predicted as. 

Europe nowadays is still haunted with a decade long recession since the last world financial crisis from 2008.  As same as the past, various political factions are existing and antagonising the other counterparts so that the stable decision making process improving the European socio-economic situation is less likely to be implemented.  Because of the wide spread relative poverty problem due to the economic stagnation might trigger some form of revolution or at least a reformation when majority of European people become no longer able to repress their frustration. 

 By contrast, Japan is the country where people hardly take an initiative to challenge the status-quo.  Nowadays, owing to the mislead Japanese governmental policies, Japan is still difficult to overcome from the economic recession and the ever growing social problems for the multiple decades.  As this perpetuation does not seem to be ended, the economic and political status of Japan will be furthermore depreciated.  Then, many skilled foreigners, having come to Japan for their economic reasons, will start leaving Japan from then on.  In addition, Japan will lose the initiative in their world trade deals so that the export-import volume will decrease. Therefore, even though it is not the government's policy, Japan will be in the situation resemblance to the Sakoku policy during Edo-period.  

Another interesting prediction in terms of the spiritual world theories, Gaia-theory/hypothesis infers that Japan will be the next world model after the end of the Anglo-Saxon's regime as the world model.  At the same time, the next world model lead by Japan will be the Yin 陰 as contrary to the Yang 陽 of the last Anglo-Saxon counterpart.   This implies that the world of the materialist prosperity will be replaced by the world of the spiritualism.  

Summing up these points, it can be predicted that the mind of people in the world will start shifting from their material interests to their spiritual and mental interests in their life while they are losing their material prosperity.  The reason why Japan will reign as the world model then will not be because of its material power.  Instead, Japan will be the country experiencing the fastest pace of losing their material prosperity.  In terms of what Gaia theory explains, Japanese people will also be the fastest ones realising their initiative of placing a higher priority on non-material beings than the others while experiencing the harsh material hardship.  

This is pretty much the foreseen situation resemblance to Edo-period where people and their nation Japan developed their unique interesting culture while suffering from the various hardships such as the oppressive feudalism, several famines and natural disasters, and no freedom of travelling to and trading with foreign countries.  The isolation and the material deprivation of Japan are quite reasonably predictable as seen in the current outlooks.  

All in all, the coming two decades will be the age of revolution and socio-economic and political instability.  Moreover, the contrast of the civilisation shift between Europe and Japan will be remarkable and the history may repeat.

 

Jupiter has finally started crossing the ascendant of Pisces after Aquarius

 

At 13:10, Jupiter has finally started crossing the ascendant of Pisces after Aquarius. I would like to say "Congratulations!" especially for those endowed with the lights (Sun and Moon) of the fixed signs except for Aquarius and of the water sign. 

 

It has been really hard for those fixed signs from October to just before 13:10 today because both Jupiter and Saturn (Aquarius is its ex own sign) were still crossing the ascendant of Aquarius together. They also formed the square with Uranus crossing the ascendant of Taurus (Uranus's detrimental sign). 

 

Jupiter is now going to form the conjunction with Neptune (Pisces is its own sign) in coming April. As proven in my econometric analysis (http://art-blue-liberalism.blogspot.com/2021/11/econometrics-meets-astrology-regressing.html), the conjunction of Jupiter and Neptune is positively correlated with the world GDP. Furthermore, because Neptune is crossing the ascendant of its own sign, the effect maybe magnified. Those endowed with the water signs will be significantly more benefited from their conjunction in Pisces (the mutual water sign) because it forms either the conjunction or the triangle. 

 

Regarding the world economy, it is still concerned that the distribution of the aggregate economic and financial growth maybe limited to particular industries rather than all. Saturn (in its ex own sign) and Uranus (Taurus as detrimental = weak economy) still form the square so that the socioeconomically challenging factors will be likely to remain. Therefore, it is predicted that some new business models may emerge and those industries representing the characteristics of Neptune and Pisces (Software, data flow, finance, astrology, etc.) may substantially grow. By contrast, the other industries especially those which have been benefited from the status-quo may still face their business and financial stagnation.

Econometrics meets Astrology: Regressing the world GDP on the aspects of Jupiter and Neptune

In the European astrology, the aspects of Jupiter and Neptune denote the economic/financial prosperity.  Since I started the European astrology, I have become keen to test if the astrological chart can actually be interpreted by econometrical analysis because these aspects are based on the numerical values of these aspects' angles.  

The combination of Jupiter (expansion and growth) and Neptune (ambiguity and liquidity) represents the financial fortune of individuals, companies, and each different time transit.  It is believed that it is a bubble aspect when these two planets form the soft aspects such as the conjunction 0 degree (while it simultaneously induces the hard), the triangle 120 degree, and the sextile 60 degree. On the other hand, it is a broke/crisis aspect when these two planets form the hard aspects such as the opposition 180 degree and the square 90 degree (and also the conjunction simultaneously).  

Then, the following 3 explanatory variables generated by the trigonometric function are created: 

1. The most complex indicator showing a higher value when the aspect angle is close to the soft aspect while a lower value when the aspect angle is close to the hard aspect.  

This could not catch up the positive effect of the zero degree. But, instead of making the valuable excessively complex, the 3rd explanatory variable represents the positive effect of the zero degree angle (Conjunction). 

2. Just a modulus of the sine of the radians representing the effect of the square 90 degree aspect.  The negative effect of another hard aspect angle 180 degree angle (Opposition) is shown by the following 3rd explanatory variable.

3.  The most simple cosine of the radians indicating the highest value at the zero degree angle (Conjunction) and the lowest value at the 180 degree angle (Opposition).

Therefore, the equation for the ordinary least squares (OLS) becomes as the displayed one. 

The coefficient of B1 is expected to be positive, B2 is negative, and B3 is mildly positive.

The result is amazing!  The coefficients of these explanatory variables have turned up to be what expected to be! 

These significances cannot expected to be so strong and the model in general looks rough because this statistical analysis based on a rough and extraordinarily big picture such as a transit aspect of the world GDP in a single chart. 

In order to expect to create a stronger model with stronger significance levels, it requires more precise pictures of the target objects such as the more complex aspects, each individual regional aspects', etc.  

Nevertheless, this can be said to be a big achievement for an econometrician and an astrologist because this analysis actually indicates such a rough estimator as the astrological aspect is able to estimate the world economic outlook to the certain extend! 

Data references:

• The aspect angle of Jupiter and Neptune: 葉月綾乃の占星術ブログ
• The world total GDP: worldometre

* You may download the excel file basing this analysis by clicking here.*

Transit from Dec. 2020 to Jan. 2021, The dramatic change in Finance, Politics, and Technology will start taking place.

 * This analysis is based on an astrology so please kindly note that these following assumptions are not quite scientific and objective, and the variance of the error is significantly big.  Thanks for your attention.

The inner cycle denotes the transitory chart of December, 2020 and the outer cycle denotes the transitory chart of January 2021. 

The notoriously critical triple conjunction of Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto has continued from the beginning of 2020 to now, and will continue until 2021 comes.  Saturn temporarily left this conjunction in June, 2020, but came back there. In addition, when Saturn returned to the triple conjunction in the ascendant of Capricorn, Mars started crossing the ascendant of Aries, his own sign, and formed the square with that heavy triple conjunction.  

This means that, the critical world socio-structural change started taking place in the beginning of 2020, and the aftermath effect has been perpetuated after both Saturn's return and Mars' own sign with their square.  This seems to imply that the effect of ongoing wars against Corona-virus (COVID-19) and the fatal world socio-structural crises are being perpetuated together while this conjunction.

At the same time, Jupiter and Neptune (Together represents the financial well-being) has been forming a reasonably soft form, sextile, while this ultra hard aspect.  This may indicate that the quantitative easing (QE) by various central banks in this world have propped up the other capital market such as the stock market. 

 

On the other hand, both Jupiter and Saturn are passing away from the conjunction with Pluto crossing the ascendant of Capricorn meanwhile Mars is also finish crossing the ascendant of Aries.  Then, Jupiter and Saturn start crossing the ascendant of the first degree of Aquarius together.  At the same time, Mars starts forming a conjunction with Uranus crossing the ascendant of Taurus.  

 Remember that Taurus (Wealth and Stability) is a detrimental sign for Uranus (Innovation and Spontaneity).   He forms a symbol of strife, Mars, and then form a square with Jupiter (Expansion and Wealth) and Saturn (Responsibility and Order&Stability), both of which represent a socio-structure.  Even though these two structural symbols are overcoming from the conjunction with a symbol of fatality, Pluto, it looks like approaching a sudden drastic change in the world. 

However, although the sextile of Jupiter and Neptune is cancelled off after this December, it does not mean to induce a hard aspect of them just after then.  The end of the QE does not necessarily induce the hard situation.  It may be hard for some such as those who cling to taking advantage of the status quo. (Jupiter and Saturn together just go away from the ascendant of Capricorn)  We will need to find a new innovative and relatively riskier way not relying on static authority and norm. (Jupiter and Saturn start crossing the ascendant of Aquarius together while forming a square with the conjunction of Mars and Uranus which is crossing the ascendant of his detrimental sign Taurus)

Perhaps, we will see some sort of a solid answer or a solution for tackling against COVID-19 in the beginning of 2021 although some negative side effect remaining in the world.  At the same time, the central banks will stop pouring their excess money supply into the world financial market, and the sharp economic downturn, which has been postponed by the QE programme, will suddenly emerge.  The suddenness and sharpness are represented by the sudden change in the chart pattern just within one month as shown above.  

 

The chart formation from January, 2021 also seems to introduce the prelude of the new era of Pluto starting to cross the ascendant of Aquarius after passing away from the ascendant of Capricorn because both the socio-structural symbols Jupiter and Saturn are simultaneously crossing the ascendant of Aquarius after passing away of Capricorn.  

While Pluto is crossing the ascendant of Capricorn, the vertical relationship of human-beings such as the existence of nations and enterprises is fatally challenged.  By contrast, while Pluto is crossing the ascendant of Aquarius, the horizontal relationship of human-beings such as the form of the relationship with the others and the entire society itself is fatally challenged.  

Furthermore, this drastic transition is also about the shift from earth (subjective feminine) to wind (objective masculine).  The emotional whim by populism and patriotist sentiment have been dominant recently whilst the more dry pragmatic sense will start replace it at a very fast pace in coming years.  The recent development of information technologies and artificial intelligence will be accelerated furthermore, and dry rational pragmatism will frequently override emotionality and caring-sentiment.  We must be prepared for everything as fast as possible because this transformation of the world is rapid as well as dramatic...!

The regime of the United States of America and Capitalism based on Protestant Individualism may continue until the second half of 21st century

* This analysis is based on an astrology so please kindly note that these following assumptions are not quite scientific and objective, and the variance of the error is significantly big.  Thanks for your attention.

There are many sceptics about the regime of capitalism whose foundation was strongly influenced by Protestant-Christian individualism (Especially by Puritans). Furthermore, these sceptics also condemn the United States of America (USA), the nation build by majority Puritans and their ethics (and more likely the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) where Puritanism was born together). They have claimed for, or at least wished for, the collapse of the USA, the leading hegemonic nation of Capitalism nowadays.

On the other hand, the USA and her satellite nations (following the identical political and moral principle, Capitalism, and allying with the USA) are still thriving despite various national crises they have faced through their modern history. There are various theories backing up reasoning their survival and prosperity such as geopolitics, political philosophy, abundant natural material and human capital resources, and even a spooky cultic conspiracy theory. 

This essay focuses on Modern-Western Astrological methodology to create an estimation about how long the regime of the USA and Capitalism which are heavily influenced by ethics of a major religious group Puritan / Individualistic Protestant-Christianity.  The reason why it focuses on religion instead of political structural matters is that the existential crisis of Capitalism and its leading organisation will be caused by drastic change in belief of majority human individuals.  

The minority political elites may oppress to force majority individuals to obey their rule; But these elites eventually need to leverage the dominant religious principle to hold their power.  In another word, the world will need to replace a game with another game.  The players believe and follow the rule of this game is the fundamental life reality even though some of these players despise it.  Without changing a game itself, those who know the advantage to win the current game are always more likely to win. 

Pluto crossing the ascendant in Pisces is used for this prediction.  Where Pluto crosses the ascendant of a certain zodiacal sign, it affects the fatality of what this sign represents.  Pluto also represents the complete transformation of something to all or nothing. Pisces represents spirituality, inclusiveness, ambiguity, and shallow but wide understanding of people's mind.  When Pluto crosses the ascendant of Pisces, there will be a fatal incidence whose influence is slow and gradual but a permanent and complete.  The cause of these changes will be really difficult to reason why they happen, so it is an ambiguous cause of the changes in individual-humans' mind and the world hegemony of not only politics (The game player) but also religion (The game rule). 

 

 

The last time when Pluto started crossing the ascendant of Pisces was in the year 1797.  The chart shows 12th May, 1979, the day Napoleon Bonaparte and his army of France conquers Venice.  The influence of Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign has gradually replaced Christian theology with scientific secularism.  Morality became no longer restrained by religious norms and values, and its understanding became being dependent on the positive logical inference of how rational individuals can derive without a moral autocratic intervention. 

Moreover, 1797 was also the year the USA has secured her world political stability.  The USA elected her second president, and established the foundation of US navy.  British navies were defeated several times.  From then onward, the USA has grown her economic and political strength in the world. In addition, individual responsibility of hard-work and self-autonomy started to be developed and become the dominant norm of human individuals in this globe. 

From 1797 onward, the fundamental elements of capitalism, secular morality based on individual responsibility of looking after themselves, scientific understanding of natural world, and virtue of hard working started becoming a common norm shared with majority human individuals in this globe.  

 

This is a chart of the time when Pluto started crossing the ascendant of Pisces previous to the aforementioned time period.  This shows the aspect of 12nd May, 1554, the day Queen Elizabeth I of England was imprisoned in the tower of London.  In the following years, England defeated Spanish empire, formed an union of nations with Scotland and Ireland to form the UK, and then became the world dominant empire.  

Spanish empire with Roman Catholic regime was replaced by British empire (a union of nations in Great Britain, England, Wales, and Scotland, and Ireland) with Protestant religion.  This partial collapse of Catholic church and its patron nations encouraged various types of Protestant churches to emerge and nations following Protestantism to emerge.   

 It was followed by Puritan, one of the Protestant churches, revolution in the UK and France to replace the contemporary monarchist regime with a new Puritan political structure.  After their defeat in England and France, these Puritan moved abroad to form their strong hold; From England to the USA, and from France to Switzerland.  In Scotland and the Netherlands, the significant population of Puritan remained inside.  

Since then, these nations, the USA, Switzerland, Scotland (as a part of the UK), and the Netherlands have become consecutive winners of the game ruled by the world manipulated by the interests by Puritan elites.  These Puritan nations have obtained their initiative step by step, when the UK and Protestantism rose into power in 16th century and when the USA and Puritan (One division of Protestantism) rose into power in 18th century. 

The next year Pluto start passing the ascendant in Pisces is 2044.  This may become the time when the global leading position of the USA and her base political and moral principle Capitalism and its base Puritanism will experience the crisis moment.  Until then, both the USA and Capitalism are predicted to survive to thrive.  Only some minor changes through the timeline may occur until the second half of 21st century.  

The alternative of the game change is always unimaginable. Pisces represents the ambiguity and the border beyond our natural world.  Pluto represents fate and fundamental alternation.  Therefore, the combination of these two kinds of characteristics does not allow us to imagine clearly but it infers something certain and drastic.  

 By means of the history of the planet earth and of the universe, two or three decades will be a extraordinarily small friction of time.  Many of human-individuals living nowadays have a high probability of conceive a new world structure whilst it seems certain that the fundamental game role of this world stays unchanged (maybe through some minor changes) for more than two decades. 

Predicted Financial Havoc in 2019 by means of the position of Jupiter and Neptune

The position of Jupiter is the key factor in terms of modern western astrology to focus on the financial luck. Money is represented by Jupiter and various kinds of flows are represented by Neptune. Then, the combination of money and the flow is the symbol of the financial market characteristics.

In appendix, the single chart of both April, 2018 and January 2019 is displayed. These single charts indicate the environment of the world situation by means of the astrological analysis. Please refer to these charts to read the following sentences.

When Jupiter and Neptune form triangle (60 degree) or zero degree , it is considered to be the fortunate angle (triangle is fortunate unless there is any bad-luck aspect on it. Zero degree is controversial to say whether good luck or bad luck but it often exaggerates the characteristics of both planets together). So, the world financial situation will be stable in this year. This positioning of Jupiter and Neptune is also called as the "bubbling aspect" because of its financial fortune.

When Jupiter and Neptune form square (90 degree) or face each other from opposite side (180 degree), it is considered to be the risky angle. This is often said to be a bad luck but it can still bring a fortune when we realise how to handle the situation set by these planets' position. According to this positioning, a significant risk will arise in the world financial market when Jupiter starts crossing the ascendant of Aries.

Because Neptune is already on the process of crossing the ascendant of its own sign Pisces, the impact caused by Neptune is already strong. So, the impact of the transition of Jupiter from crossing the ascendant of Scorpion to the counterpart of Sagittarius will be significant. In January, 2019, because Jupiter and Neptune will form the tight square (90 degree), the effect will emerge very sharply.


The interesting factor is that the current world financial market is stable but it is still in the stagnation. Both European Central Bank and Bank of Japan have announced that they may end their quantitative easing programme in 2019. This implies the financial stability sustained by the artificial quantitative easing by major central banks will hit the world financial market negatively.

The concern is that the current financial stability has been artificially propped up by the artificial intervention by these major central banks in stead of the natural recovery of the world economic structure. The fundamental economic structure does not seem to recover because majority of countries still struggle with improving their economic performances (employment, average income, debt repayment, etc). Then, the end of the quantitative easing will cause the volatility of the market on the top of this current stagnation.

However, even though many may lose their financial fortune, there will be a gateway to earn extra financial fortune nn January, 2019. At that time, Jupiter, representing money and philosophy, forms a triangle with Uranus, representing spontaneity and revolution, and Saturn, representing stability, structure, and tradition, forms a square with Uranus. This seems to imply that there will be an innovation and a revolutionary method of investment which will be difficult to be recognised by the mass. Thus, this will be a havoc bringing financial misfortune for many as well as a risky chance of gaining a fortune for some.


* Appendix *

Astro-Chart in April, 2018




Astro-Chart in January, 2019

New Moon Diagramme, 2018

My astrologist friend taught me that this chart based on the new moon diagramme is the proper chart to use for the forecast whenever we forecast events taking place in monthly and yearly basis. My previous post about 2018 new year forecast showed the chart at 00:00 on 1st Jan., 2018. But, this is not precise to show the aspects of these signs together. Whenever we estimate a relatively long term scenario, it is essential to use the new moon diagramme of this month (Moon is the new moon on 17th Jan, 2018) instead of 1st of the month because a chart based on the new moon diagramme indicates beginnings and causes of the events happening in the long term.



There are several aspects of these signs to focus on this month and this year.

- Jupiter and Neptune form a triangle: The financial market is prosperous so it is stable until this November.

- Uranus forms a square with the rights (Sun and Moon): There is an alarming of reforms although hesitation and obstacles against these reform may easily arise.

- Pluto forms a square with Uranus & Saturn is crossing the ascendant of its own sign Capricorn: The aforementioned reforms will be prevented in favour of conservativeness propping up the status-quo.

All in all, there will be a lot of controversies and frustrations emerging meanwhile implementation of these reforms will be postponed.

2018 New Year Forecast: Conservativeness, Unintelligibleness, and Cryptocurrency

1. Introduction
There have been so many incredible and unexpected scenarios taking place in this world these years. The development of the economic and political globalism seems to stagnate. The management of both nation-states and corporations also seems to struggle as they tend to be directed to the undesired consequences such as perpetually accumulating deficit and losing their ethical path. Many economic and political administrators have whispered that these events are unexpected and incredible.

Nonetheless, this world is at an ethical and technological transitional period which many have not explicitly realised. The globalisation will continue advancing although their advancement is temporarily stagnating due to the current fashion of majority individual's preferences. The picture of the financial economy will be furthermore diversified due to the drastic transformation of the world monetary system.

2. Astrology: Conservativeness and Unintelligibleness

This is the astrology chart of 1st January, 2018. The main focus on this chart is the position of Saturn and Neptune which will significantly affect the characteristics of this year. Individuals will experience the deep characteristics of the postmodern nihilism during this time period.


3. Saturn and Capricorn: Conservativeness
Since last 20th December, Saturn has started crossing the ascendant in Capricorn, and Saturn stays in this position for approximately 3 years. Capricorn is Saturn's own zodiacal sign so that the effect of both Saturn and Capricorn will be remarkably strong. This implies that the trend of conservativeness is emphasised and people focus more on the local and micro level of their life than the global and macro level. Furthermore, both Saturn and Capricorn represent patience and responsibility so that the perseverance of individuals for living in their life will be tested.

Economy requires firms to set their conservative rather than expansive management style to overcome from economic recession. Individuals prefer putting priority on developing and improving their local environment to the global counterparts. Those who maintain their responsibility and patience in their daily life will be rewarded well whilst those spending their extravagant life style and abandoning their responsibility in their daily life will be punished.


4. Neptune and Pisces: Unintelligibleness
Neptune is still crossing the ascendant in Pisces, and it takes approximately 8 years from now to finish crossing there. Because Pisces is the own zodiacal sign of Neptune, the characteristics of both Pisces and Neptune have influenced and will influence for 8 years from now. The characteristics are ambiguity, mystery, and spirituality. At this time period, various information flows tend to be inconsistent and decision making processes are hard to be stabilised. Then, many logical predictions are easily undermined due to various obstacles of obtaining information sets, and individuals often put priority on emotional opinions rather than logical and rational opinions during this period.

During this period, individuals lose their trust in many academic and financial analyses because most of these analyses are unable to provide them with a consistent and accurate estimate due to the current chaotic situation of the information flows. By contrast, fictional writing and preaching self-enlightenment will be popular and successful. Fictional writers do not have to be responsible for the conclusion of their stories because they are fictional so neither related to nor affecting the real world situations. Self-enlightenment provides individuals with their ability to self-evaluate their own life by admitting everyone's life style is different from each other so that it is not necessary to indicate a stable consistent solution for everyone.


5. Bitcoin and the other Cryptocurrency: Initial Coin Offering (ICO)

Rise of Bitcoin has surprised and influenced individuals in the entire world. It looked like showing the replacement of the current world monetary system from the scratch. Many individuals once predicted that Bitcoin and any other cryptocurrencies would not be so popular because they were too complex to utilise. Nevertheless, they were suddenly surprised at the sudden rise of the share of Bitcoin in 2017, and many have regretted of not having bought it.

Although it was a clever and reasonably profitable action to have purchased Bitcoin and/or another major cryptocurrency, it is unnecessary to regret of not having done so because the bubble of their share will end soon. Unlike the currency issued by a central bank, the money supply of Bitcoin and any other cryptocurrency is limited by their mining capacity. The mining capacity is the total capacity of the entire computers in this world for spending their memories and calculations for trading with Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency.

The future prediction of cryptocurrency is that they will be used for the asset investments like bonds and stocks more than the intermediary of exchange. This phenomenon has already taken place and it is called Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Venture businesses can join the market using one cryptocurrency or issue their own cryptocurrency to increase their share if they have the level of technology to do it. When these ventures become successful, the value of this cryptocurrency is appreciated so investors may purchase this cryptocurrency as the means of their investment.

Many venture businesses have struggled to invite investors from the world due to the regulation imposed by nation-states' government and a groups of big corporations which restricts these ventures from issuing their bonds and stocks. By contrast, cryptocurrency is out of reach of this kind of regulation because it takes place in the globally connected decentralised environment. This innovation offers ventures with attracting prospective investors from all over the world.


6. Conclusion

This year and these coming years will be a tricky time period that both conservative characteristics and innovative characteristics are revealed simultaneously. The small sized businesses and regional activities will be a big fashion trend. At the same time, the style of globalisation will be transformed from connecting big organisations with each other to connecting small institutes with each other in the global level. Many major academics and financial analysts will be challenged by this era of chaotic information flows, and individuals are expected to set their own life plan and estimates in their own daily life without relying on the others.