The S&P 500 Enters Neptune
The S&P 500 Futures (Ticker is ES) entered its Neptune period for the year on July 19th where it will sit until its next Birthday on 9/9. So far, Neptune has been a hard sell. Below is a daily chart for the past 3 years showing the planetary periods.
Green: Market closed higher than it began that period
Grey: Market was rangebound, meaning it finished neutral or near flat
Red: Market finished that period lower than it began
A few notes regarding the chart:
Mercury periods have been rangebound or down
Venus periods have been rangebound or up
Mars periods have been up 2x and down 1x
Jupiter periods have been up 2x and rangebound 1x
Uranus periods have been up 2x and down 1x
Neptune periods have been rangebound
The last two Neptune periods have been mostly flat or neutral. Neptune can bring out our hopes and fears. We may not see things clearly, or we may see the best in something. How can this be translated in the markets? Let’s say we get a 5-10% drop during this period, we might still have people blindly buying at lows which causes new lows to be made. It’s a bad habit that has worked the past few years that at some point will catch up to participants.
We also project our fantasies onto others or something during Neptune. There is a lot of illusion and deception. Many secrets, head fakes and hopes. The S&P is the King of head fakes as a trading tool anyways, I attribute that to its Jack of Spades Ruling Card (the thief card of the deck). If Neptune brings on hopes and fears, keep in mind anytime you are hoping in the investment or trading world, you are more so gambling.
So, what can we expect this Neptune period?
I use the S&P500 E-Mini Futures which will differ a bit from the Nasdaq and Dow, but if there is a huge sell off, all will be impacted long term.
The Neptune Spread is below:
The three of hearts can bring indecision and scattered thoughts. The 3 is very mental and can make us too mental in regards to a suit. Paired with the 6 of Spades however, we should see the 6 of Spades offering a steadying influence, keeping things slow and monotonous (perhaps a slow sell off). The 5 of Clubs is the positive Karma for this period which would mean that expansion (either up or down) would benefit the S&P during this period. 5s are the explorers and price may be in discovery mode. Lastly, the 3 of Spades challenging Karma does represent health challenges, but usually health challenges created in the mind that are hard to diagnose. Perhaps this is just a slow grind down that looks worse than it is until buyers are interested for the next leg up.
The King of Diamonds is a great card for making money and it gives you a great business sense. The 5 of Hearts will bring on some inner restlessness. If the stock market is a combination of humans and computers buying and selling, this inner restlessness could give the market some ADD tendencies. The Queen of Diamonds positive karma is great for making money and would be seen as a positive card for the S&P. Then there is the karmic challenge of the 5 of Spades that will make a change a bit harder than it should be. It tells us there is time for change, and that a change is overdue. When I try to translate that, any change I can see is from bull market to bear market, we have been grinding up for so long now, but we will have to see as this is only for a 52 day period.
The 7 of Hearts in Neptune can bring difficulty as we may have attachments to certain dreams or ideals. Please note there is a Jack of Spades underlying this card that can trick us. The 3 of Clubs represents more indecision. It’s a club which is the mind, and 3 is indecision. Indecision in the market can look rangebound or big swings of volatility. The Karma for this period is solid with the 4 of Hearts, which should bring some stability to this period. The 10 of Diamonds, though a challenge karma this period is still positive and could help the S&P experience good fortune.
I will update this after Neptune
~ Steven