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Jonathan Pearl  

Jupiter and Saturn

November 21, 2008 1:05 PM by Jonathan Pearl
In several early posts, I wrote about the financial strain of Jupiter in Capricorn. The planet of growth has been weak throughout 2008 due to this position, but what has made this year so dire is an excruciatingly extended aspect to Saturn.

Jupiter entered Capricorn at the end of December in 2007. At the same time, it moved towards an aspect with Saturn that became exact on January 21. The stock market dropped hard as traders saw the boom times were clearly over.

After Jupiter passed Saturn the market stabilized but didn't go anywhere fast. However, in early May Jupiter began its retrograde motion and started moving towards Saturn again. In the summer the orb was fairly wide, but there is no stopping the inexorable movements of the planets. As Jupiter came closer to Saturn, banks went bust and markets went sharply lower.

As Jupiter made another aspect to Saturn, Fannie and Freddie collapsed. In early September Jupiter turned direct, but due to the peculiar position and speed of both planets, Jupiter immediately started moving towards Saturn again.

To put it simply, since August up to today Jupiter has been in a very tight aspect to Saturn. That is about three months, which historically is very rare. The planet of prosperity of all kinds has been crushed into dust! During this time, markets have had a tremendous crash and trillions of dollars of wealth has been wiped out.

Starting today Jupiter finally gets past Saturn, the heavy planet of restriction. Growth and optimism are now increasing. Time to rejoice!

Cheers,
J Pearl

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