There are two major ways of doing this. One is to observe the planetary movements in the sky, and interpret the trends and events they imply, which are of world wide influence. The other is to chart horoscopes for specific businesses, countries, or financial ventures, and interpret them.
Observing the planetary movements in the sky are easy enough, through astronomical tables or computer programs - revealing such things long in advance, making predictions possible for hundreds of years ahead (but not easy to interpret, of course). To make a horoscope chart for a specific business or country, a starting date and location is needed - sometimes obvious, sometimes buried in history.
When you make a horscope chart for a whole country, that horoscope will present a multitude of things about the country - not just its economics. For the economic aspects of a country's horoscope, pay specific attention to its 2nd House, its moon, Jupiter and Saturn, but certainly most events and particulars of a country also have economic consequences.
When you make a horoscope chart for a business, the date you choose for that chart decides what perspective will be shown by the horoscope. If its the founding date of a company, the horoscope chart presents its overall life, whereas the date of its introduction to the stock market will show how it fares there, and so on.
The 12 astrological Houses in a company horoscope chart represent a setting, a specific field of its activities. They are, very generally speaking:
- Profile
- Economy, balance, profit
- Internal communication
- Personell
- Strategy
- Production
- Associates
- Expenses
- Expansion
- Competition
- Goodwill
- Shortcomings
The Zodiac signs in a company horoscope chart represent qualities, tendencies. They are, very generally speaking:
Aries challenging, aggressive
Taurus conservative, concrete
Gemini communicative, superficial
Cancer caring, sensitive
Leo dominant, proud
Virgo careful, minute
Libra negotiating, formal
Scorpio hidden, confusing
Sagittarius impatient, visionary
Capricorn deciding, controlling
Aquarius profound, original
Pisces confused, submissive
The planets in a company horoscope chart represent acting forces of different kinds. Observe that for astrological purposes, the sun, moon, and some other components, are treated similarly as the planets. I use twelve such components, the most important ones, but some astrologers use more. Their characteristics are, very generally speaking:
Sun basic drive
Moon longing
Mercury curiosity
Venus affection
Mars aggression
Jupiter luck
Saturn duty
Uranus contemplation
Neptune fantasy
Pluto catharsis
Ascendant, AC attitude
Medium Coeli, MC self-image
The aspects in a company horoscope chart represent relations an interaction between the acting forces represented by the planets. I use five aspects, the most important ones, but some astrologers use more. Their characteristics are, very generally speaking:
conjunction, 0° fusion
opposition, 180° separation
trine, 120° harmony
square, 90° conflict
sextile, 60° cooperation
Although it's not that difficult to present the components of a horoscope, bringing them together into a readable whole is no picnic. The horoscope chart is constructed by exact astronomical and mathematical formulas, but interpreting it is done by the individual astrologer, and they differ.
The principles behind astrology are reasonably clear, but also they are quite general. Finding the meaning in the specific case of one horoscope, and understanding how it will express itself concretely - that is the challenge. A client would do well to consult more than one astrologer.
How the interpretation is done, is best explained by examples. The components of the horscope are combined - the influence of a planet is explained by its own characteristics, those of the sign and House it's in, and of the aspects it might form to other planets.
So, Mars in Aries in the 2nd House would imply very drastic action to make ends meet in a company's economy - to the extent of being adventurous, high-risk. Jupiter in the same sign and House shows that the company has a tendency to get sudden high incomes, sort of out of the blue, but still to the extent that the business is continuously doing great. If that Jupiter is in trine with Venus in the 6th House in Leo, this income is explained by a very creative working environment in the company, probably based on a pride in the quality of its production. There might be one or more unique patents in production.
Also Houses with no planets can be interpreted. The 6th House in Virgo tells that the production at that company is detailed and complicated, quite elaborate work, whereas in Pisces it would be troublesome and disorganized, and in Taurus slow but competent. And so on.
I hope that you can deduct from the tables above, how I reach my interpretations.
The horoscope chart gives a lot of information about a company's future, as a consequence of its characteristics being much the same through time. For predicting specific out-of-the-ordinary future events, transits are used. They are planetary movements in the sky, forming aspects with planets in the horoscope chart.
For example, when Mars in the sky passes over the same position as the Ascendant has in Capricorn in the chart, it implies a crisis that forces the company to redefine its profile, how it presents itself to the outside world. It may have to defend itself against public accusations that question its competence and control. All aspects have significance in transits, but the conjunction and opposition are by far the most important.
I have made some elaborate examples of financial astrology on this website. Below, you find links to an explanation of how Saturn is to be interpreted in astroeconomics, also I have applied astrology to the stock market and an analysis of the dot-com crisis of the early 21st century, and to the Nasdaq stock exchange. I hope that you find them interesting.
Saturn in financial astrology
Stock market astrology
The dot-com stock market decline
NASDAQ stock market horoscope
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