The big solar eclipse coming up on May 20 has important connections with China, not just because of the path of eclipse visibility, but also because of an important historic connection through the Saros Series.

Here’s a video I just got posted that gives you some of the background on these connections.This information can make a huge difference in your ability to trade profitably during the coming weeks and months.

By the way, the video says that the new solar eclipse book is available at Amazon.com — I just checked and the book isn’t showing up there yet. I’m sure it won’t be long before hey have it processed, so check back if you don’t see it right away.

I had a lively discussion with Michael Yorba when I was a guest on his Traders Network radio show Friday afternoon.

As usual, Michael and his listeners came up with some excellent questions, clearly demonstrating that there are a lot of fans of the astro-trading advantage!

Much of the conversation was about the indicators which could bring about a significant shift in the markets.

You can listen to the entire interview here:

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For the past few weeks we’ve been tracking planetary price lines for Mars and Pluto as they’ve provided guidance for key trading levels in the S&P 500, with particularly important support coming from a first-harmonic Pluto line in the 1358-1360 price range.

But during the selling pressure of the past few days, that Pluto support has been battered severely, and yesterday we got a daily close below the first-harmonic Pluto price line.

If we we see a further solid move to the downside at this point, I’ll be looking to that same first-harmonic Pluto line to become significant resistance as the bulls try to resume control– the Pluto line has been so strong in providing support lately, that it’s hard to imagine it not getting to the action as resistance when the time is right.

At present, however, we still don’t have a confirmed sell signal in place, even though the close below the Pluto line was an early indicator of bearishness. We’ll be watching for further price confirmation here, but I’m cautious about being overly bearish at this point, especially since we have an important Mars/Pluto trine on the way next week– and the last time we had a Mars/Pluto trine, as this chart illustrates, we got a quick pull-back below the first harmonic Pluto line that proved to be nothing more than a quick fake-out as we gathered momentum for a more aggressive move upward.

With the S&P 500 breaking through Mars resistance this week, we have strong astrological confirmation of an equities rally.

That leaves us with an important set of questions: where will the next astrological resistance zone be, and when are we likely to see a significant shift in market trend?

Those concerns were just some of the questions I discussed with Michael Yorba yesterday during our weekly interview session on his Traders Network radio show on the Clear Channel network.

Here’s the trading chart for the S&P that I posted on Michael’s social network page– it gave us some key insights into the price action we can expect during the coming weeks:

You can listen to the complete interview here:

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We got a good strong down day in the S&P today, right in line with my forecasts.

However, this index did close below the critical 1369 mark, which means we’ll need to keep a close eye on the trading action tomorrow.

If the S&P closes back above the 1369 level, our recent astro-trading assessment is still in effect; look for the trading range to continue.

But if we get another close below 1369, it’s a strongly bearish signal from the astro-trading perspective, so we’ll be looking for more downside action to come, with fresh support on lower planetary price lines.

For more information on the trading action that’s triggered by Mars and Pluto, be sure to check the FinancialCyclesWeekly.com white paper on “Mars/Pluto Market Activations 2012-2025″.

To hear my latest comments on the current S&P action, check out this recording of my interview last Friday with Michael Yorba on his Traders Network show on Clear Channel Radio:

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I had a lively interview with Michael Yorba earlier today as we were closing out the trading week.

There were some great questions from listeners in Singapore and Canada, and Michael and I had a chance to focus on the impact of current planetary dynamics, especially the series of planetary stations and the reactivation of the Cardinal Climax coming up next week.

You can hear the entire interview here:

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As you listen to to the recording, you may also want to check out the specific support lines on the S&P trading chart I posted earlier today!

Mars will be hitting its Direct Station in a few hours, so we were particularly interested in the planetary price support provided by the Mars line in our S&P chart today.

The chart we produced a couple of weeks ago featured a Mars line providing price support at 1369 on April 13, 2012. I mentioned that support zone in my interview with Michael Yorba then, and it was highlighted in the updated trading chart I posted on the Yorba social networking page and in an earlier blog post here.

As it turned out, today’s trading brought in a precise low on the Mars line, with the S&P hitting an intraday low point of 1369.85. This validates the Mars line projection and sets the stage for higher prices to come, though we may see a further brief pull-back on Monday and Tuesday.