The three 1/3 – 12 months Kitchin Cycle

Inside the common 11.094-year sunspot cycle, there are shorter intervals of photo voltaic prominence which happen each 40 or 42 months. These have been first acknowledged in 1923 by the American economist Joseph Kitchin. They account for commerce fluctuations and have a marked impact on terrestrial climate, alternating between scorching and dry to chilly and moist. Articles in Cycles journal proclaim a 40.68-month cycle, an instance of which follows:

The Mars/Vesta Cycle (4.17 years)

The planet Mars and the asteroid Vesta have a synodic cycle interval of 4.17 years. (Mars usually serves as a set off planet to facets of the heavier enterprise planets (Saturn, Uranus, and Jupiter); Vesta has persistently been present in a outstanding place within the natal horoscopes of inventory merchants.) The Dow is prone to peak on the first sq. (90-degree angle from the conjunction) between Mars and Vesta and to backside on the second trine side (240-degree angle from the conjunction). Primarily based on this, it’s best to have purchased Could 28, 1985, and bought on December 7, 1987. (Ed. Notice: October 19, 1987 was Black Monday. December would have been too late on this case.)

The 4 1/2-12 months Martian Cycle

In line with Lt.Comdr. David Williams, writer of Monetary Astrology (American Federation of Astrologers), the Mars/Jupiter 4 1/2-year cycle is without doubt one of the most reliable market indicators. Mars and Jupiter are in conjunction or opposition each 2.2353 years. Thus, each different conjunction is 4.4706 years, or roughly 234 weeks. Thomas Rieder, writer of Astrological Warnings & the Inventory Market (Pagurian Press), ties the 4 1/2-year cycle to the synodic interval of Mars, The synodic interval of a planet is the size of time elapsing between two successive conjunctions of that planet with the Solar as seen from Earth. Mars conjoins the Solar at intervals of about two years and three months, so this cycle is simply twice the synodic interval of Mars.

 The 4-12 months Presidential Cycle

The three 1/3-, 4.17-, and 4 1/2-year cycles overlap and turn into what is usually known as the 4-year presidential cycle. It’s theorized that the federal government stimulates the financial system at election time to offer the phantasm of prosperity and to insure the re-election of the President. Nevertheless, nearer evaluation reveals that the cycle additionally exists in nations the place elections are held each six or eight years or by no means.

Quoted from:
Carol S. Mull – Predicting the Dow.
In: Joan McEvers (Ed. 1989) – Monetary Astrology for the Nineties.