ASTRO-FINANCE JUNE 2025—A BREAK IN THE ACTION
By Barry RosenÂ
June still has us in transition with Rahu moving into Aquarius and Ketu moving into Leo. The nodes are not usually settled until they get to about 28.30 degrees, which is as late as June 13 in the true node system and June 3rd in the mean node system. Rahu can increase desires for markets connected to Aquarius, such as biotech, space and aeronautics, technology, and alternative medicine. Biotech has been in trouble with the fall of COVID-19 vaccines and the scandals at United Health Care. But XAR for space and aeronautics has been soaring but is overbought now. IHI, the ETF for medical equipment technology, has had a nice run since the April low, and we should watch it on pullbacks into July.
The big event of the month is the quincunx or 210 degree aspect of Mars in Leo to Saturn in Pisces on June 19 and to Neptune on June 20. This could activate some turbulent world events, and it is happening close to the FOMC announcement on June 18. Will trade be unhappy if the FED does not offer any free money? The Saturn square from Pisces to Gemini on Sunday, June 22, may suggest as much, but false optimism will prevail thereafter as the Sun is conjunct Jupiter until June 24. This can create sudden good luck and optimism. Jupiter combustion, which is when Jupiter is hidden in the night sky, June 9-July 19, can often create false optimism about the FOMC easing this month.
Venus in Taurus June 29-July 25 is often a good time for finance, and Taurus is connected to banking, so we wonder if that sector will suddenly be happier.
The stock market is tiring as we come into June and is overbought after being up strongly since the April 7 low. It is issuing a sell signal at publication. It seems lower at least into the FOMC meeting on June 18, and probably a few days beyond.   Overall we have been thinking a correction for stocks into July and not sure what will upset them but Europe keeps poking sticks at the Russian bear and seems determined to create war as suggested by Merz’s pledge to pick up the military supplies that the US is pulling back on. Macron seems set on wanting to be the next Napoleon, trying to conquer Russia for its natural resources, and we know how that goes in history. The Ukraine /Russia war seems to keep going into 2026 despite Trump’s determination to end it. We hope we are wrong. Often, I have seen peace accords happen at the Jupiter/Venus conjunction, and that is not until mid-August, and it is more problematic than with the Mars/Ketu conjunction, causing problems in July.
The upset about the tariffs will take longer to settle out, but should be better when Mercury goes into Gemini on June 5, and that is the US 7th house of foreign relationships. Jupiter went into Gemini on May 14,and that will also help. Most people do not understand world economics, but we have been too kind to our partners at the expense of losing jobs in the US and accumulating a huge trade deficit. This has gone on for 50 years. Nixon was kind to China in the 70’s to support their growth out of moving beyond being  a third-world country, but that is not the case any longer. The media has been instilling fear into people, and it can be self-fulfilling as consumer sentiment can impact purchasing drive. This kind of shift that is happening will take time to manifest.
When we look at the US Dasha for the 1776 chart, the US went into a Rahu/Mercury period a few days after an election, and it lasts until June 2026. While both are in the transformational 8th house, the positive news is that they are both in the constellation of Pushya, ruled by the benefic Brihaspati, the priest of the gods. That, along with Jupiter’s benevolent trine onto Pluto from Taurus to Capricorn, suggests a positive transformation rather than the violent one that many had predicted. We expect that the US will do far better than Europe.Â
Jupiter went into Gemini May 14 and stays there until October before moving into Cancer for about 6 weeks in October. Gemini is one sign away from exaltation, so Jupiter has more power in Germini than in Virgo. Stocks connected to Gemini will be particularly supported, and they include communication stocks, media, publishing, internet, etc. Of course waiting for oversold conditions is always key.  With Jupiter’s aspect to Libra and Aquarius, stocks in those sectors will be supported, with Aquarius connected to technology and biotech. Rahu moving into Aquarius in late May will probably also spur a desire to get back into oversold conditions for tech and biotech, and AI. We will work on Libra-connected stocks and discuss them in our monthly financials webinar on June 12.Â
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PART 2:
STOCK MARKET:
As we have noted, the geopolitical tension cycles are up through late July with Mars conjunct Ketu in Leo, and something major is going to happen, and in the past the cycle has produced 9/11 and the October 7th Hamas raid, so it is not to be ignored. For now Europe/Russia seems to be the most likely flare-up up and bombing Iran would be a close second.
While the pullback seemed dramatic off the Thursday, May 28 night highs near 6000 on S&P futures, it was still only at a 38% retracement of the move up from last Friday’s low. Still, cycles just do not look like there is any energy for any upward action the week of June 2-6 with Mars sandhi and changing signs from Cancer into Leo and the following week also is in trouble.
Usually at this part of the move, you are cashing in part of your chips and getting ready for a sell signal, but even when the sell signal comes, there is the retracement of the first move lower, which at the moment suggests 5950 on cash.Will that take into Sunday/Monday, June 1-2 to develop? More of you are investors vs. traders so getting in and out is not the thing to do but we do have to wait for a pullback for new buys.
S&P Cash would project 5391 once we get a confirmation of a break of cash 5767. My experience with these markets is that we rarely get V tops and bottoms.
For those looking for a correction, a 400 drop on futures would match the second wave fall from April 11-April 22 and not which took 11 days, and might make sense with our pullback needed in the first few weeks of June. It could be as much as 600 points if it goes into July. We are still thinking 6600 on cash S&P into January 2026, which is what the mahadasha system indicates.
EARLY JUNE CYCLES:
The market market looks challenged thereafter into June 15 and 20, and that gets us closer to the FOMC announcement on June 18. We are going to finalize our thoughts about late June when we see how much of a pullback we get the first two weeks.
S&P cash patterns look like they would fall to 5400 in July and that would still leave open a pattern that would allow 6600 into January 2026. That is our favorite scenario
TECHNOLOGY:
NASDAQ 100 is overbought at publication after a huge run. NVDA did not quite complete its targets up to 146, but it is probably ready for a rest after rallying from the 95 region on April 7.Â
NQ 100 futures  needs to take out 20760 to turn bearish and start projecting 20361-20467 and 20000. Many key Megacap stocks look like they need a larger fourth-wave pullback. That may start from Monday, June 1. Tech is very overbought now, so we cannot chase.  Â
The issue is whether we get a higher high into late June, and that might be 27000. It will depend on how steep the mid-June correction is. We will run the rest of the June cycles to confirm.  Tech will like Mercury in Gemini and Rahu in Aquarius in terms of the big picture.
MONTHLY CHART:
The larger rally could go to 22915 this year, so no reason to get too excited about shorts.Â
ENERGY AND CRUDE OIL:
The market went to the edge again at 6000 based on Israel accepting the 60-day ceasefire accord, but Hamas is known to change and add to its demands, and that seems to be happening.  The chance of a break Sunday seems too strong to get too friendly, and then next week’s bounce may not mean much. The market is bearish, still below 6310, and has a chance for 59.13 or max. 57.62. We have a bias for higher prices June 2-9, but anything can happen on Sunday and if it falls too much then, the bounce into June 9th will not mean much. .
Longer-term:Â
We are still open to 103.00 or 108.00 over the coming year , and Jupiter in Gemini and Rahu in Aquarius support that. A major geopolitical event could save the market, but unless 6460 comes out short-term we will not rule out a late June low.
Oil stocks are in trouble, and the XLE ETF, a basket of oil stocks, is projecting 70.00, and the XOP, which is a basket of oil service industry stocks, is projecting 9000.  Those projections may be too low but stocks are ready to retrace and if oil fails, watch out below.
Some crude cycles are supportive into the summer, and many are supportive into 2026-27, but the underlying fundamentals are not great, as Trump wants to increase supply. Â We will need an x-factor event with Iran, but that seems more likely in July with the Mars/Ketu conjunction.
INTEREST RATES:
Trump is pushing for lower rates, but we have to think that Powell and the FOMC will push back. We do not see a rate cut at the June 18 meeting, and that may spook the stock market again. The trade is only pricing in a 55% chance for a rate cut at the December meeting, so they are looking way ahead and may continue to disappoint. Â Those of you looking for cheaper mortgage rates are not going to get much and the glory days of cheap rates are over.
Some of our interest rate cycles had suggested lows into July, but we need to do more research. So far, rates are not falling enough to make much of a difference on mortgage rates, and those years of cheap rates are not coming back.
Maybe we have another year left before the global financial reorganization of the world’s 115 trillion in debt will happen. Saturn in Pisces with Neptune will be difficult after Jupiter leaves Gemini after June 1, 2026, and no longer throws a friendly protective aspect to the US natal chart. Jupiter is racing through Gemini at hyper speed,May-October 2025, and its friendly glance to Sagittarius will not be as powerful until it slows down and retrogrades back into Gemini in December 2025.
METALS AND GOLD:
Gold hit 3500 and reversed, and all markets take a rest. Often, gold is seasonally lower into late June and July and picks up when the Sun goes into Leo in August. Silver is more related to the Moon and Venus, and often does better sooner than gold as the planets start moving into Cancer in early July. Gold could fall to 3050 by late June and set up a buy. Geocosmic cycles with Mars conjunct Ketu in late July are going to increase war tensions.
We have another cycle high for gold into November as Mars moves into Sagittarius on November 8, and that is often a positive signature. Longer-term cycles are positive for gold into 2027, pointing to over 4900. We are not clear what the price of the next buy will be.
Silver has a small chance of 3500 for a secondary high even into June 9th ,but could hit 2850 into late June before the next buy sets up for a move to 4250. We write about prices and timing daily, and if you do not take our daily service, you miss a great deal.
Longer-term investment cycles point to higher prices into 2027,and projections are toward 4907.Gold will continue to be king unless governments nationalize it as they have in the past.Â
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CRYPTOS:
Bitcoin has had a nice run but is showing signs of topping at publication, and it is due for a pullback into July.  We do see a key high coming into the month of August. WeNot clear on a retracement target yet. Into the 2026 high,the pattern on Bitcoin projects 136,000 on the next push up, and for now, we are looking at cycle highs into January 2026 and June 2026.
Fund managers are projecting 200,000k Bitcoin on the news into next year, but we have seen these wild assertions before. Still, our larger cycles are friendly into 2026, with Bitcoin in a Jupiter/Rahu period until 2026. Â
Remember to work with your broker. Trading and investing have to be done both technically, and astrology can help, but should not be the only factor in making a decision. You have to buy low and sell high. Â
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About Barry Rosen
Barry Rosen is a veteran financial analyst and market timer with over
three decades of experience in the commodities and financial markets.
Since 1987, he has served as the editor and publisher of Fortucast
Commodity Market Timers, (www.fortucast.com) a respected service that provides market forecasts across more than 20 futures markets. His trade recommendations are grounded in a sophisticated synthesis of Gann
analysis, Elliott Wave theory, and his proprietary cyclical models,
offering clients valuable insights at pivotal market turning points
.
Mr. Rosen first gained national attention in Traders World magazine in
1990 for accurately forecasting a continued bull market in U.S. equities
through 1998—an early example of the precision that has come to
define his work. His thought leadership extends beyond market analysis into the field of
financial astrology, where he is recognized for integrating geocosmic
cycles into financial forecasting. His research has been published in
industry journals such as Traders World and the NCGR Journal. He
has been a featured speaker at major conferences, including the
United Astrology Conference in Chicago and the British Association of
Vedic Astrologers in London. In recent years, he also presented at the
London School of Philosophy and Economics on long-term stock
market cycles and has appeared on CNBC blog to discuss his well-
timed predictions regarding the 2008 financial crisis.
Mr. Rosen is also deeply rooted in Vedic traditions. He has studied and
taught meditation and yoga since 1973, and has traveled to India on
four occasions to deepen his understanding of Vedic philosophy. His
expertise in Vedic astrology further enriches his financial analysis,
providing a unique, multidimensional approach to market forecasting.
He continues to share his insights through his financial astrology
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