- Discussion
I just noticed that the so called “bear market” (=stock prices declining for a prolonged time) correlates with Jupiter Retrograde: the bear market started in June, and expected to end by October, and Jupiter is in retrograde between July and November. Out of curiosity I checked the dates on the 2008 financial crash, and found that the Jupiter retrograde that year started in May, the stock market went to a freefall in June. Jupiter turned direct on 8th of September, and a week later Lehman Brothers crashed, that is said to be the climax of the crisis. Within a month Emergency Economic Stabilisation Act is passed, and even though the fallout will last for years, the immediate crisis is over.
Am I just projecting this, or is there a correlation between Jupiter and the world economic cycles? Jupiter is associated with good luck, fortune, wealth, growth, and even blind optimism and overconsumption, so it would make sense to me. I didn’t find any sources on the topic, most articles only care about the personal and emotional aspects of Jupiter Retrograde, not the mundane ones.