Void Moon Doesn't Bode Well For Investments

    CHICAGO, IL, June 05, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In 2009, the company was awarded the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal's Emerging Tech award for the cloud computing category, and co-founders Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith were among the top five finalists in Business Week's "Best Entrepreneurs under 25" rankings. Among other things, the company was listed as one of the "Hottest Silicon Valley Companies" by Lead 411.

In January 2014, the company's owners filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange and, in March of that year, released financial data as part of that process. However, market fluctuations were cited as the reason why the IPO was delayed until January 23, 2015.

This proved to be a costly mistake as the timing chosen by the entrepreneurial pair was not auspicious.

Western financial astrologers consider the pros and cons of all the angles, but there are three specific timing events that will invariably cause them to advise against either incorporating a company or offering shares to the public. Just before a major solar eclipse is one such time and periods when Mercury is retrograde (when it appears to be traveling backwards though the Zodiac as seen from Earth) is another.

Astrologer Judith Aurora Ryan says we have the late and brilliant astrologer Al H. Morrison to thank for definitive research on what astrologers call a void of course Moon, which is the other celestial event that can give financial astrologers pause. The modern definition of the void period begins when the transiting Moon makes the last major exact aspect it will make before it changes from one sign of the astrological Zodiac to the next. It ends when the moon enters the next sign.

According to Morrison, major astrological aspects are the 60-degree sextile, 90-degree square, 120-degree trine, 180-degree opposition and the conjunction, which is formed when two planets share the same degree in the same zodiacal sign. The Moon is void if it is not forming any of these aspects with either the Sun or another planet before it leaves one sign for the next.

There is this exception: the Moon is not void if its declination is the same, or parallels, the declination of another planet. Measured in degrees, declination is the vertical distance the orbiting Sun, Moon and planets are either above or below the ecliptic (the apparent path of the Sun as seen from earth).

Financial astrologer Grace K. Morris, MA, says the Moon spends 2 1/2-days in each of the 12 astrological signs. Depending upon where in the solar system the other planets are longitudinally positioned, the void period may last only a few seconds. Or it may last more than two days and nights.

Unlike solar eclipses or Mercury retrograde periods, which are usually well documented, the media routinely fails to let us know when the Moon - symbolically linked as it is with emotions and feelings - is ready for some quiet time, she said.

According to Morrison, the brief void periods are better suited for doing something passive or introspective. Material pursuits, like starting a company or going public for the first time, should be placed on hold.

According to Morrison, major astrological aspects are the 60-degree sextile, 90-degree square, 120-degree trine, 180-degree opposition and the conjunction, which is formed when two planets share the same degree in the same zodiacal sign. The Moon is void if it is not forming any of these aspects with either the Sun or another planet before it leaves one sign for the next.

There is this exception: the Moon is not void if its declination is the same, or parallels, the declination of another planet. Measured in degrees, declination is the vertical distance the orbiting Sun, Moon and planets are either above or below the ecliptic (the apparent path of the Sun as seen from earth).

Financial astrologer Grace K. Morris, MA, says the Moon spends 2 1/2-days in each of the 12 astrological signs. Depending upon where in the solar system the other planets are longitudinally positioned, the void period may last only a few seconds. Or it may last more than two days and nights.

Unlike solar eclipses or Mercury retrograde periods, which are usually well documented, the media routinely fails to let us know when the Moon - symbolically linked as it is with emotions and feelings - is ready for some quiet time, she said.

According to Morrison, the brief void periods are better suited for doing something passive or introspective. Material pursuits, like starting a company or going public for the first time, should be placed on hold.

Apparently, it never occurred to the Box Inc. millionaires that such a precaution might be prudent. When the business went public on January 23 the moon was void all day. The company's stock opened at $23 per share and moved slightly higher before confronting reality. After two months the value of Box shares was down about 33 percent and investor expectations no longer were residing on Cloud Nine.

The Astrology News Service is jointly sponsored by the American Federation of Astrologers (AFA), the Association for Astrological Networking (AFAN), the International Society for Astrological Research (ISAR), the National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR) and the Organization for Professional Astrologers (OPA).

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