The Earliest
Financial Astrology
Manuscripts
1901 –1930
Fred White - W.
D. Gann
Sepharial –
Professor Weston
Introduction
Table of Contents
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It is with great excitement that we
release this extremely rare collection of financial astrology manuscripts, for
we feel that they represent one of the most important discoveries ever in this
field, both in terms of astro-finance history, and astrological trading
application. General consensus within
the astro-economic community traces the primary development of modern financial
astrology to around the 1920’s, the first time Gann mentioned a planet being in
a 1921 Forecasting Course. Professor Weston’s breakthrough work, Forecasting the New York Stock Market, also
dates from 1921 to 1923, and in the 1920’s Sepharial produced most of his known
Arcana or Keys to the markets, though
he states in his advertisements that these systems had been in development
since 1898.
In Gann’s 1909 Ticker Interview, he introduces The Law of Vibration and
claims that Natural Philosophy is the basis of his system, leading to
speculation as to whether Gann developed his astrological methods later in his
career, or whether the Law of Vibration was actually a veil for the more
esoteric and astrological work that he and his circle were prac
The first manuscript, written in 1902,
gives us a startlingly new and radically altered insight into the techniques
used by the forefathers of astro-finance, in that it is the most advanced and
important single document on astro-finance that we have ever seen, including
everything written in the ensuing 100 years.
The second two manuscripts, written in approximately 1917 and 1930, add
to the mystery by presenting advance astro-finance methodologies and insights
that have not been duplicated in any other work since. Interestingly, the final undated manuscript,
marked “…Confidential…” across the bottom, is on Market Trends & The Volume Rule, and is written in a style and with a
content surprisingly similar to Gann’s. Unfortunately, there is no mention of
an author in any of these documents, and the 1917 & 1930 pieces are missing
their title page, perhaps to conceal a revealing stationary header? The original manuscripts are all in the same
format, typed carbon copies on onion skin paper, with occasional blue and red
pencil lines highlighting important points, something Gann used to do in some
of his books and original courses.
We immediately wondered whether these manuscripts
could possibly be Gann’s missing astrological courses, which everyone has long
dreamt might exist, but which no one has ever seen. So far, we have been unable to determine
whether or not these manuscripts could possibly have been written by Gann, but further
discoveries have confirmed that they definitely come from someone within Gann’s
immediate circle. Recently we uncovered
another cache of the rarest materials including a set of ellipses from Gann’s
personal collection. Along with these
Gann Ellipses, we acquired a collection of the rarest books from Gann’s
Recommended Reading List, for which we had been searching over many years. Contained within this find were new clues to
some of the questions asked above, and to the possible authorship of the
manuscripts.
Concerning the manuscripts, we
discovered in Fred White’s Guide To
Astrology, one of the Gann List books written in 1901, a section on the
conjoined use of heliocentric and geocentric astrology in the markets, which
was directly copied into the 1902 manuscript.
This implies either that White is the author of the manuscripts, or that
the author copied this one page section from White. The author also makes reference to White’s
Ephemeris and to certain pages in White’s Guide to Astrology. If Fred White is the author, this opens up
some fascinating doorways of consideration.
We know Gann and White had some
connection because White’s Guide To
Astrology is included on Gann’s Recommended Reading List, and it is known
that Gann and Johndro worked together, and Johndro was a regular contributor to
White’s The Adept: Journal of American
Astrology, along with Professor Weston, whose Forecasting manuscript is rumored to have been the one item locked
in Gann’s office safe, so it is no large step to infer that this entire circle
was well known to each other, and probably in direct contact. In the 1917 manuscript, the author makes reference
to his correspondence with Sepharial, and knowing that Gann also knew Sepharial,
the circle continues to tighten.
At the time this first manuscript was
written, Gann was only 23 years old, so the likelihood that he had already done
this level of astrological research is slim, if not impossible. We have heard
that Gann began to study astrology in New Orleans before ever arriving on the
East Coast, so the idea of his seeking out fellow astrologers upon his arrival is
a given. Gann was known throughout his
life to travel the world seeking information and knowledgeable contacts,
including flights around the country in his own airplane, meeting up with the
like of Elbert Benjamin, also known as CC Zain, to collaborate on research. His involvement with the Freemasons,
particularly at the 33rd degree, would further inevitably connect
him with a vast network of serious esoteric individuals across the world.
Another such likely associate is the
Gann List author, Gregorius, from whose Master
Key of Destiny, also recently discovered, we’ve now learned was not just an
astrologer, but a market analyst, for in his 1924 Master Key it mentions that “his service includes: Semi-Annual
Stock, Bond and General Market Forecasts $250; Grain & Wheat Futures: A
Reliable Guide to Fluctuations Of the Domes
Many have wondered whether Gann developed all of his
theories on his own, or whether he had some sort of an intellectual
benefactor. The existence of these manuscripts
at the outset of Gann’s career demonstrates to us that there were certainly
qualified individuals who had thoroughly mastered financial astrology at the
turn of the 20th century.
Shockingly, we feel that these manuscripts will demonstrate that our
favorite forefathers of astro-finance actually possessed a more penetrating and
profound insight into financial astrology than any but the most advanced
astro-analysts of today, and perhaps more so than they. This proves to us that these deeper insights
were beyond a doubt kept extremely secret, as almost no record of any of these
facts has passed down to us today, only Sepharial’s two Arcana and Weston’s work,
and now these manuscripts, one predating the others by 20 years. Who has ever heard of Gregorius’ financial
reports, and would he not have had a course as well? And what of J.P. Morgan’s
astrologer, Evangeline Adams?
Nothing survives from her pertaining to financial analysis, yet she certainly
did something for old J.P, who was the one who said, “Millionaires don’t use
astrology, Billionaires do!” These
occasional discoveries reveal to us that there is probably more that we do not
know of the secrets of those times than all that which we do.
Of particular interest are the
descriptions given by the author of himself and his forecasting and trading
experience. At one point the author
explains, “During the period from Sept. 1st to Dec. 24th,
1901, the Author was with a large Brokerage House in Boston, and his Forecasts
on American Copper were so surprisingly correct, that he was accused of having
information from an inside source. After
having traced the movements in the Stock Market back for fifty years, and
noting the position of the planets, we are convinced that the system of
directions which I use, taken altogether with transits are almost
infallible. For several years while
Sugar Stock was active, we successfully called every important move, by using
the Heliocentric position of the planets. The Author has been able to prognosticate
every day correctly without one failure for six consecutive weeks. The student will be able to find many more
INFALLABLE rules to follow… he will make mistakes, but his correctness on the rules
given will demonstrate that the planets absolutely influence.”
This would be a very impressive record
for an expert today, yet the author accomplished this in 1901 using only financial astrology, and with no
computer. The system with which he accomplished
this is laid out in this manuscript, a lucid exposition of a precise set of astrological
rules, to follow in a specific order, to forecast stocks, bonds and
commodities, backtested over 50 years of data, and traded professionally. The author uses an integration of
Heliocentric and Geocentric astrology, which Baumring
pointed out in modern times had likewise been used by Gann. He states in a section entitled “For
Speculation”, that “The Author, however, does not solely rely upon Heliocentric
positions… there is no doubt whatever that the heliocentric system shows the
tendency of all speculative markets. The
Geocentric system has a few indications which are of great value in forming an
opinion at times, but without the Heliocentric system for speculation, the
astrologer is as badly off as he would be without his head.” The section from which this quote is taken is
an exact duplicate of a page in Fred White’s Guide To Astrology.
This 1902 manuscript is even more
original in its integration of a number of techniques rarely taught or used
today, such as, elevations, latitude & longitude, the parallel aspect,
right ascension, declination, planetary days & hours, transits, directions,
and the nodes of the planets, elegantly weaving them into a system with clear
and precise rules of application for forecasting the markets, and including
examples from the wheat and sugar markets.
An example of the sophistication of his methods is shown in the
following statement, “All speculative markets, Stock, Railroads and Mines, are
governed to a great extent by the Elevation of the Planets; by Elevation, I
refer to Delineation, and considering both Declination and Longitude, I find
that Declination is more important than Longitude. The Parallel aspect is more powerful than a
conjunction, but all aspects depend somewhat upon the conditions which exist at
the ingress of the Sun into Aries or Libra, and at the time of a New Moon.”
The next two manuscripts are equally
interesting in that they outline two further fully intact astrological systems
employing entirely different methodologies and components than the first system.
Unfortunately the originals of each of these is missing it’s
title page, but the systems are no less comprehensible for the lack of
them. The second manuscript, from 1917,
uses indicators, significators, the radix, transition points and directions to
determine the daily and weekly trends of the markets. Interestingly, this manuscript contains an
author’s aside, “***Remarks enclosed are from notes made from personal
correspondence with ‘Sepharial’***”
Again the rules are presented in clear
sequence according to their specific importance in determining a correct
judgment. There follow intriguing
definitions such as, “A BOOM is caused when the INDICATOR meets with successive
good aspects or conjunctions of various planets without any interposing bad
aspects to break the series,” a SLUMP being the opposite, and illuminating
rules like, “All transits are to be interpreted in terms of the LAST major conjunction
of the planets in that sign,” another Gann technique uncovered by
Baumring. The author even goes as far as
to observe aspects to Antares and Aldebaran. He affirms that, “This market has
been under observation now for over 20 years and there has never been any great
rise or fall which did not coincide with the indications from transits over the
Significators and the Ephemeral aspects to the Indicator.”
The third manuscript, written in 1930,
contains another complete system of reading market trends according to the New
Moon, as different from the other two as could be, yet original in its methodology
and application. This section presents a
swing by swing analysis of the indications of the New Moon on the market for a
5 year period from 1897 to 1902, and demonstrates how to read the signs to
determine direction and change in trend using only the moon. It is loaded with fascinating insights like, “An
important discovery made in connection with these researches is that two New
Moons in the same sign and in the same year invariably shows the market trend
for the ensuing 12 months.” Other
statements sound as if they came straight from Gann, such as, “Always bear in
mind that if a stock continues gains or losses for three consecutive days, it
is an indication that a change of trend will then follow. Always watch the volume of sales….” Then more interesting astrology, “Planets in
declination and when forming parallels are more potent in their effects than
the aspects in longitude. Observe that
during the latter part of 1930, every lunar conjunction with Uranus will be an
occultation.”
Near the end there are some curious statements
concerning cycles. First, in the 1901
market analysis, he notes, “The market has been advancing since 1896, and we know
that it moves in ten year cycles, and as five years is a half cycle and
prices are the highest in history, we can naturally expect that a good decline
will follow.” He continues with, “While
some commentators follow the theory that the Stock Market is influenced by ten
year cycles, astrological principles would seem to suggest a
11.9 cycle coinciding with the perihelion of Jupiter.” And then, “The market problem involves
various cycles impinging upon each other and one cannot lay down any empirical
rules until these cycles are carefully computed.” Professor Weston was surely the commentator to
whom the author refers, as his work represents the earliest application of
Fourier Sequences to market analysis, by breaking down component cycle waves
and combining them to produce a composite model. Weston was a regular
contributor to White’s journal, The Adept. Weston was also one of the first to propose a
theory of the 10 year cycle, actually with two different versions of the ten
year pattern. The first is his computation based on 50 years of data, of a
series composed of 14, 20 and 28 months, called the Venus term and based upon
the Heliocentric system. The second is a sequence which divides
the Jupiter/Saturn cycle into 10 irregular parts, but follows the Geocentric system, so again we see that this inner circle
all used a combined Helio and Geo-centric system. Professor Weston was a great influence on
Gann, implied by his manuscript being locked in Gann’s safe, and he may have
been the one who introduced Gann to Fourier cycle theory, providing Gann with
the foundation for his 10 year cycle with its multiples. In any event, these manuscripts help to
illustrate further theoretical and historical connections between the icons of
esoteric finance.
The final manuscript presenting rules on
Market Trends, price and volume trading pointers, and The Volume Rule, is so
similar to Gann that it could almost be straight out of one of his courses. The principles and presentation of the rules
on market volume will be so familiar to readers of Gann, that one is left with
a strong impression that either Gann copied the style of this author, or the
author borrowed this information from Gann.
Reminiscent of the old master is the following quote, “Stocks have
habits and characteristics which are distinct as those of human beings or
animals. It is worth while becoming
acquainted with those habits in order to anticipate stock movements.” Or this, “With corporation profits at the
expense of the lambs, great buildings are constructed.”
The conclusion we’ve drawn from these
insights into this network of connections leads us to believe that the
financial forecasting community of the early 1900s was a highly advanced and
tightly knit community of individuals who regularly collaborated and shared
insights. This is not unlike today,
where most everyone publicly par
We hope these Earliest Financial Astrology Manuscripts, published here for the
first time, over 100 years after their original authorship,
will provide a deeper insight into the minds of the early market masters, and
introduce us, for the first time to the hidden techniques of financial
astrology as used in the earliest days of this tradition. For the reader’s further research and
comparison, we have included the original source works mentioned here, of Fred
White, Professor Weston, Sepharial, as well as all the known astrological
writings and charts of W.D. Gann. We
hope everyone enjoys, and benefits from this excursion into the minds and astrological
vision of the forefathers of financial astrology.
W. B. Stewart
Sacred Science Institute
Introduction
1902 Manuscript
- To Memorize.
- Motion Of The Planets.
- Houses Of The Planets.
- Planetary Hours.
- Mundane Astrology.
- Rules Applying To
Markets.
- Influence of Each Planet.
- The Tendency Of Markets Under Strong Aspects Is As Follows.
- Elevations.
- Effect of Elevations On The Speculative Markets.
- Example In Transits.
- Panics.
- Rules For Forecasting Sugar.
- Rules For Forecasting Wheat Markets.
- The Parallel Aspect.
- The Nodes Of The Planets.
- For Speculation.
- Nodes Of The Planets.
- Geocentric.
- Speculation.
- The Terms Of The Planets.
- The Zodiac.
1917 Manuscript
- The Significator.
- The Indicator.
- Ephemeral Aspects.
- Nature of Aspects.
- Specific Natures.
- A Boom & A
Slump.
- Aspects.
- Ruling Signs.
- Internationals.
- Guilt Edge Bonds Or Government.
- Sign Transits.
- Transition Points.
- Specific Horoscopes.
- American Railroads.
- The British Stock Exchange.
- Specific House Influences.
1930 Manuscript
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- Market Swing Review.
- Lunar Rules For Determining Trend.
- Method For Trading By New Moon.
- Two New Moons In Same Sign & Yearly Trend
- Indications For Full Moon.
- How To Determine Change In Trend.
- Moon’s Meaning In Different Houses.
- 10 Year & 11.9 Year Cycles.
- 5 Year 1.2 Cycle of 10.
- Full Moon In Pisces – Fatal Sign.
- Rules For Volume of Sales.
- Declination & Parallels.
- Composite Cycles.
Undated Manuscript
- Market Trends.
- Price & Volume Trading Pointers
- The Volume Rule.
- The Trend.
- Pressure.
- Advancing & Decreasing Prices.
- Advancing & Decreasing Volume.
- Volume Must Increase On Advances.
- Bull & Bear Market Rules.
- Reaction Rules.
- …Confidential…
Appendices
Appendix 1:
- Fred White. A Guide To
Astrology. 1901.
Appendix 2:
- Professor Weston. Forecasting The
Appendix 3:
- Sepharial. The
Arcana & Keys.
- The Arcana Or
Stock & Share Key
- Key To Sugar Values
- Summaries of Lost Keys
Appendix 4:
- W. D. Gann. Astrological Writings
& Charts, 1921-1954.
- Method For
Forecasting The Stock Market.
- The Human Body & Time Cycles.
- Soybeans Price Resistance Levels,
Active Angles & Degrees.
- May Coffee
- Astrological Charts & Tables.
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