The S&P500 recovered 289 points of the 506 lost a week ago. I was expecting a flat market.
Here is the expected breakdown for the week of April 14, 2025, to April 18, 2025.
Mars is the compressed Vimshottri dasha planet for April 13 – April 14, occupying the first house in the sign Cancer. Thus, Mars is weak. It makes a trine aspect with combust Saturn occupying the ninth house. The stock market, therefore, may go lower on this day.
Rahu is the compressed Vimshottri dasha planet for April 15, which occupies the ninth house in the Pisces sign. It conjuncts with Saturn and the Sun. As a result, the market may remain flat on this day.
A new monthly solar return chart is applicable from April 16 and will stay effective until May 16, 2025. The month lord is Venus, which occupies the 5th house in the sign Pisces. It rules the twelfth house and makes a conjunction with Saturn and Rahu. This is a positive feature. Mars, the critical planet, is situated in the ninth house. Mars is no longer retrograde, but it is in the fallen sign, Cancer. Mars makes a trine aspect with Saturn and Rahu occupying the Pisces sign. This setup is not favorable. Jupiter occupies the eighth house and makes a square aspect with Saturn and Venus. This is also a neutral setup. Combining all of the above, I see a predominance of both negative and positive features. This month, therefore, looks only sideways or slightly bearish to me.
Mercury is the compressed Vimshottri dasha planet for April 16 – April 20, occupying the sixth house in the sign Aries. Mercury gets weak in this sign. It conjuncts Neptune, Saturn, and Rahu. The stock market, therefore, may go lower during these days.
Transits during this week:
The Sun advances in its sign of exaltation, Aries, which is favorable for the markets. On Monday, the Moon transits through Scorpio. It may produce neutral results for the stock market on Monday.
On Tuesday, Mars makes a trine aspect with the Moon and Mercury. However, all three planets are weak. So, Tuesday may be a slightly higher day for the markets.
Mercury has moved back to Aries, which is an unpleasant sign for Mercury. Although it is very close to Neptune, it conjuncts Rahu and Saturn. Wednesday may, therefore, be a lower day.
In the sign Gemini, Jupiter makes square aspects, with Saturn and Rahu occupying the sign Pisces. Thursday may, therefore, be a slightly lower day.
Venus transits through its sign of exaltation, Pisces, this week. It conjuncts Saturn and Rahu. Friday may be a higher day. Saturn is getting closer to Rahu, which only adds a negative effect on Friday.
Combining the transit and CVD techniques, I have estimated the stock market’s daily behavior to be the following.
Monday: Slightly lower; Tuesday: Slightly higher; Wednesday: Slightly lower; Thursday: Slightly lower; Friday: Higher.