ASTRO-FINANCEÂ APRIL Â 2025
By Barry RosenÂ
This historic month has just begun and most people are feeling rather anxious. We had noted that the Saturn/Neptune conjunct tends to resort global alliances as it did in 1989 when the Soviet Union crumbled and it is a long and slow transit and into 2026 and there is much more to come. We can see the US pulling away from Europe and NATO and trying to create a new world order with Russia and create peace in Ukraine and remove the threat of getting sucked into Europe’s determination to create  World War 3 and a nuclear holocaust. At the same time, the bombing of Yemen is stirring up the Middle East pot and threats toward Iran are rather serious.Â
We still have to deal with the Saturn/Rahu conjunction which creates fear and paranoia and often bad decisions.  In the past the Saturn/Rahu conjunction which peaks into the week of April 19-25th.  has been pivotal for creating major events. It happens every 9-10 years that  and in the past it has led to  the creation of Isis in Sept 2013, The Iraq mess in 2002, The Gulf War in 1991, the Iran/Iraq war in July 1979 and even the nuclear bombing of Japan in May 1945. There is an irrational fear and paranoia cycle and you can feel it with Great Britain’s stance wanting to nuke Russia and the US aggressive position now taking out Yemen. Can Russia/Ukraine peace happen with this cycle?  Not right away but we have noted, maybe August. Mars went  into Cancer April 2nd  where it snarls but does not like to fight and it does not get into Leo and move toward fighting energy with the Ketu conjunction until late July.  That leaves a window of time to get  peace done. Iran stopped attacking Israel last October when it went into Cancer before and that country is a Cancer rising.  Often I have seen peace accords happen at the Jupiter/Venus conjunction and that is not until mid-August and more problematic then with Mars/Ketu conjunction causing problems in July.
If you do not stay on top of international news, you also have the rising of in Europe and cracking down on free speech and political oppositions. Romanian courts prevent the conservative candidate from running and now this has happened with the leading French candidate, Le Pen, who is also in the same situation. Is there a pattern here? They tried to do it with Donald Trump and even tried to kill him. Is free speech breaking down here? What do these people fear other than losing power and control. Vance’s chiding of European leaders and pulling out financial support out of Europe make sense as these are no longer democracies. If you follow the mainstream media, you may miss what is going on.   Â
Venus is too beat up with the conjunction with Saturn and Rahu and Mercury to be of much help on the peace front but Venus will get stronger in May and moves toward exact exaltation at 28 Pieces into the last week of May.Â
The upset about the tariffs will take longer to settle out but should be better when Mercury goes into Gemini in June 3rd and that is the US 7th house of foreign relationships. Jupiter going into Gemini on May 14th will help. Most people do not understand world economics but we have been too kind to our partners at the expensive 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 a third world country but that is not the case any longer. Communist Vietnam has been taking cheap Chinese good and exporting them to the US to bypass Chinese tariffs. If you travel abroad and try to buy something, the huge excise taxes you pay are quite dramatic. With a 37 trillion dollar deficit, we can no longer take care of the rest of the world as the interest to service our debt is more than our military budget. When you do not take care of your family’s budget properly, you know what can happen.
DOGE and Musk continue to be in the spotlight. We have mentioned in past months that Saturn in Purvabhadrapada, (Aquarius 20-Pisces 3.20) is a placed of the deep state and Saturn’s transit through there until April 24th will continue to root out waste and corruption. Please look beyond the mainstream media. Yes, it is terrible with all the losses in DC jobs but our sense is that the US in a Rahu/Ketu period starting June 2026 would face major financial reorganization and bankruptcy anyway and they are making an attempt to get rid of waste. If you are aware of what they are uncovering, it is the biggest scandal in US history and they keep finding more with 4 million social security numbers given to illegal aliens to buy their votes and the US Peace Agency sending money to the Taliban in Afghanistan to support their drug trade.   Government spending has been unchecked and unaudited for years and that is why we have a 37 trillion dollar deficit. Yes, there is pain to change this but every family often has to do this and it takes time but the house can be saved.
As discussed last month, the third pass of the Pluto return in the US chart is creating major positive transformation in government with DOGE cutting waste, and we have noted that the Jupiter trine from Taurus to Capricorn is creating a positive transformation. Not everyone will see it as such, but if your country is running a 37 trillion level of debt and you are recklessly spending money on bureaucracy, that is not going to end well. But when Jupiter moves into Gemini and takes its glance away from Pluto, will Pluto become more malefic? Will the Ketu/Mars conjunction in a hot summer in July stir up riots and violence? I hope not but there are force being stirred up with protests already.Â
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
As for Tesla, what happened to the darling electric cars that we all loved two years that would save the environment? They are still the same. Amazing what a media hate blitz can do and then you find it was organized which is domestic terrorist. Musk is still a genius and the media gave little credit to his SpaceX group saving the astronauts when the previous administration failed to do so.Â
STOCK MARKET:  It is falling faster than we can write about it. It looks like cash S & P 4950 will hold it by April 7th or so as Mercury goes direct and we would get a one week recovery into April 12-13th or so and it may be a big bounce. Still it looks lower later in the month with the Saturn/Rahu conjunction into the week of April 19th.Â
The stock market is at the point where a close under 4900 will end the bull market and send the S & P cash to 3500-3800.  Given the war tensions and how long it takes to clean up the tariffs, we have to see this as a strong possibility. This year is key for the end of the long stock market advances since 1932, 2009 and 2020.   We see lower stocks into the end of the decade and you are going to have to learn alternative investment strategies to protect yourself.Â
TECHNOLOGY:
I find that Mercury in Pisces (Feb 28-May 6th )Â is not going to help this sector and I often see tech stocks fall during this period. The entire debilitation is cancelled due to Venus in Pisces and that will help technology a bit as will the conjunction with Rahu but the influence of Saturn after April 1st will not be helpful. Technology has already fallen a great deal so it is a complex forecast coming up. We had hit some projections on Big Tech stocks already and while we expect a one week bounce with Mercury going direct on April 7th, they are in trouble and we wonder if NVDA will not be done until we see 80 and APPLE took out the 200 area and is in trouble. They will have trader bounces but probably not investment bounces.
We already closed under 18000 on the NQ 100 issue and even if we bounce off of 17000, we will see 16000 and more before it is done.
ENERGY AND CRUDE OIL:
Last month we had postulated that crude could fall to  6000 and it fell out of bed with the tariff war and the risk of recession and demand. There are some new projections even to 5200.  In the past Saturn in Pisces has not been good for oil and while we have thought war cycles would come to the rescue, we are not sure. Have not pinpointed the low but seasonal gasoline demand should help and war cycles should bring it and oil stocks back but not right away.
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:
We had noted last month that rates would come down into June and July and that is now the case with recession fears and the 10 year Treasury futures have been projecting 117.25 and we already got to 114.00 on Friday. Rates are due to come down into July now—but not that much. It’s mystery why anyone would buy our bonds when they see how we waste and throw away money. Â
The Trump tariffs will lead to more inflation and an eventual US recession over the coming years, and the 37 trillion in debt will create a complex interest rate environment. Maybe we have another year left before the global financial reorganizing 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 3200 and has topped at publication but the overall trend higher is far from done. It may have a temporary low by April 11th but Heliocentric Mercury in Sagittarius is always good for gold and should prop it back up into April 22-23rd and that coincides with the Saturn/Rahu conjunction and war fears. We had been looking for a May cycle higher an 3345 is possible and another high in Oct would go to 3550 or so and the longer-term cycle into 2027 points to over 4900. We are not clear what price the next buy will be. Silver also collapsed and we have been looking at 2920 or 2750 as a resting place before we see 4030 and more. We write about prices and timing daily and if you do not take our daily service, you miss a great dead
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:
Cryptos have broken down and Mercury stays in Pisces until  May 6th. While the debilitation is officially cancelled with Venus in Pisces, it is not going to help very much. The market should easily fill the old continuation chart gap at 78030. Major support is at 72000-74000 and a move back to 68000 would not be shocking before it’s all over. We may get a bounce off of 80000 when Mercury goes direct on April 7th and there is a move to alternative investment vehicles so put some on in the 80000 region is one strategy and adding more if we see 72000. Â
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 has been teaching classes in Investment Astrology since 1990 and began teaching the other aspects of Vedic astrology specialized courses online in 2017, including Dashas, Transits, Personal Finance, Health, Longevity, and Death, Nakshatras, The Spiritual Dimensions of Vedic Astrology, Secrets of the Houses, Relationships and many more. In his consultations, he focuses more on the emotional and mental patterns in the chart and their impact on consciousness which can create waves of illusion blocking you. A good consultation should help you witness the play of karma so that you are not gripped by it; you can transcend it and realize your Divinity, becoming the commander of the planets and not the victim. Barry Rosen also operates a blog on Facebook under Barry Rosen and Astro-Yoga and his professional astrological website is www.appliedvedicastrology.com. He can be reached at support@appliedvedicastrology.com.
