The Fortunara journal
Field notes on the cosmos and the markets.
Explainers on financial astrology, deep dives into specific transits, and the occasional argument about why this stuff is having a moment. Updated as the sky moves.
Featured Series
Financial Astrology on Wall Street: The Complete History
From J.P. Morgan's personal astrologer to an institutional fund that predicted the 2022 crash — financial astrology has a longer, more credentialed history on Wall Street than most investors know.
Read the full historyW.D. Gann and Astrology: How He Predicted the 1929 Stock Market Crash
In November 1928, Gann published a forecast predicting a major crash in fall 1929 — eleven months before Black Thursday. His methods: geometry, time cycles, and planetary positions.
Read postArch Crawford: The Merrill Lynch Analyst Who Predicted the 1987 Crash Using Astrology
He called the exact top day of the 1987 crash, appeared on TV the Friday before Black Monday, and was ranked the #1 stock market timer three times. The full story.
Read postBill Meridian: The Wall Street MBA Who Beat the Market Using Astrology for 40 Years
19.9% annually vs. the S&P's 5.6% over 17 years, tracked by Timer Digest. An NYU MBA who has managed institutional funds using planetary cycles since 1972.
Read postThe Astrologers Fund: Inside the Institutional Investment Fund That Has Used Astrology Since 1988
Forbes reviewed institutional 2022 forecasts and found one organization had predicted the crash. It was the Astrologers Fund — an institutional fund using astrology since 1988.
Read postWhat Is Financial Astrology? The Strange, Old, Surprisingly Persistent Tradition Explained
The history, the evidence, and why this practice has survived centuries of skepticism to find a new audience among retail investors.
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