This sign represents the extreme low of the business cycle, often associated with recessions or "hard times".
To understand McWhirter’s work, one must understand the era in which it was written. The Great Depression had shattered public confidence in the economy. Traditional financial metrics had failed to predict the crash of 1929, and investors were desperate for new ways to understand the market’s violent swings. Astrology And Stock Market Forecasting By Louise Mcwhirter
McWhirter argued that market sentiment and economic activity follow predictable patterns based on the synodic cycles (the time between two successive conjunctions) of outer planets. Key cycles include: This sign represents the extreme low of the
The stock market tends to rise from the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction to the waxing square, and decline from the opposition to the waning square. Traditional financial metrics had failed to predict the
Was Louise McWhirter a genius who saw the clockwork of the economy, or a charlatan who found patterns in noise?
The true test of any forecaster is their track record. Louise Mc
McWhirter's primary assertion is that the governs major economic expansions and contractions as it transits through the twelve zodiac signs over its 18.6-year cycle.