{"id":7205,"date":"2009-12-04T17:07:39","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T22:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/?p=7205"},"modified":"2009-12-04T17:07:39","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T22:07:39","slug":"fridays-jobs-report-is-less-worse-news-than-usual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/fridays-jobs-report-is-less-worse-news-than-usual\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday&#8217;s Jobs Report is Less Worse News than Usual"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/images\/employment.jpg\" alt=\"employment.jpg\" width=\"194\" height=\"194\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div>We are in a rare period right now where there are no planets in retrograde motion. \u00a0John McCormick\u2019s excellent research from his classic book, \u201cThe Book of Retrogrades\u201d reports that all planets are \u201cdirect\u201d (moving forward) only eight percent of the time. \u00a0Retrograde planets tends to cause us to look backwards in whatever area of life a particular planet rules. \u00a0With all planets moving forward, we can see some real progress for a couple of weeks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>That could shift on the 20th when Mars turns retrograde, something that only happens every two and a half years or so. \u00a0But for now, it appears that the economy in the United States may be turning a corner with a <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB125994609192376921.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jobs report<\/a> that cites statistics showing that the bleeding of US jobs is slowing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It\u2019s hard to call that really good news, but the Obama administration will take good news where they can find it, and there is a report that they are discussing using the repaid TARP money to stimulate more job production.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Uranus changed direction on December 1, a shift that nearly always brings a surprise of some sort and a reversal in the financial markets, and this one witnessed a 111 point rise in the Dow on the 1st. \u00a0The week following the Uranus shift has brought erratic highs and lows as investors swing from optimism to pessimism on a daily basis. \u00a0In fact today, the Dow shot up 150 points in the first 15 minutes, and then the rally dissolved and the Dow closed up only 23 points.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Jupiter (positive thinking and optimism) is fast approaching a conjunction to Chiron (wounding and healing) and Neptune (spiritual longing and idealism) that is likely to create a sense that we are moving through the healing process and ready for the next step. I believe that this euphoria will last, on and off (fueled by shifts in Mars movements) until February when we have a double whammy of Saturn\/Pluto and Chiron\/Neptune challenges.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For now, though, I and my investments plan to enjoy the party.<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are in a rare period right now where there are no planets in retrograde motion. \u00a0John McCormick\u2019s excellent research from his classic book, \u201cThe Book of Retrogrades\u201d reports that all planets are \u201cdirect\u201d (moving forward) only eight percent of the time. \u00a0Retrograde planets tends to cause us to look backwards in whatever area of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":537,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[670,730,1012,1013],"class_list":["post-7205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-financial-markets-2","tag-employement-report","tag-financial-astrology","tag-job-creation","tag-jobs-report"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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