May 19 -23, 2025

The S&P 500 gained 299 points last week. I could not have been more wrong. The compressed dasha was that of Saturn. I thought it would be bad, but I overlooked its conjunction with exalted Venus. 

Here is the expected breakdown for the week of  May 19, 2025, to May 23, 2025. 

A new monthly solar return chart is applicable from May 17 and will stay effective until June 17, 2025. The month lord is the Sun, which occupies the seventh house in the sign Taurus. It rules the tenth house and makes a conjunction with Uranus. This is a positive feature. Mars, the critical planet, is situated in the tenth house. Mars is strong in the sign of Leo. Mars makes a trine aspect with Venus occupying the Aries sign. It also makes a square aspect with Mercury in the seventh house. This setup is, although favorable, very volatile. Jupiter occupies the eighth house and makes a square aspect with Rahu and Ketu. This is an unfavorable setup. Moon in the third house makes a trine aspect with the Sun and Uranus. Combining all of the above, I see a predominance of positive features. This month, therefore, looks only sideways or slightly bullish to me.

Sun is the compressed Vimshottri dasha planet for  May 17-18, occupying the seventh house in the sign of Taurus. It makes a trine aspect with the Moon in the sign of Capricorn present in the third house. The stock market is closed for the weekend. 

Moon is the compressed Vimshottri dasha planet for  May 19 -20, which occupies the third house in the Capricorn sign in the monthly solar return chart. It makes a trine aspect with Sun and Uranus, present in the seventh house. As a result, the market may go higher in these days.

Mars is the next dasha planet for  May 21, which occupies the tenth house in the Leo sign in the monthly solar return chart. It makes a trine aspect with Venus occupying the sixth house, and a square aspect with Mercury, present in the seventh house. As a result, the market may go sideways on this day.

Rahu is the next dasha planet for  May 23 – 26, which occupies the fifth house in the Pisces sign. It makes sextile aspects with the Moon, Uranus, and the Sun. As a result, the market may go sideways these days.

Transits during this week:

The Sun transits Taurus during this week. On Monday, the Moon transits through Aquarius. The Moon makes a trine aspect with Jupiter, a square aspect with Mercury, and an opposite aspect with Mars. It may produce slightly positive results for the stock market on Monday.

On Tuesday, Mars makes a trine aspect with Venus while advancing in the sign of Leo. However, it also makes a square aspect with Mercury in Taurus. So, Tuesday may be a slightly higher day for the markets.

Mercury is transiting Taurus, a sign ruled by its friend, Venus. It makes a square aspect with Mars. Wednesday may, therefore, be a slightly higher day.

In the sign Gemini, Jupiter makes square aspects, with the Moon, Saturn, and Rahu occupying the sign Pisces. Thursday may, therefore, be a lower day.

Venus now moves into Aries, a sign it dislikes. It makes a trine aspect with Mars and a conjunction with the Moon. Friday may be a slightly lower day. Saturn is about to move into Aries now, which can have 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 higher; Tuesday: Slightly higher;  Wednesday: Flat;   Thursday: Lower ;   Friday:  Slightly lower.

Overall, the S&P 500 may go slightly lower this week.