What is the Secret of the Universe?

Simply put – I don’t know. But I would be leery of the man who says that he does know.

What I do know is that there is a common thread pervading all of the universe and can be observed on a graph over time by studying the stock market.

This is a joke, right?

Au contraire, mon frère. R.N. Elliott discovered quite some time ago, nearly 100 years ago as a matter of fact, that the stock market followed a basic wave pattern of five motive waves and three corrective waves. The whole process is actually a bit more complicated than that, as every topic in this blog tends to be, but the concept is simple and applicable to alchemy.

So why am I discussing this wave process? As you will observe from the rest of the posts on this blog site, I’m quite interested in the quintessence and the human mind (otherwise I wouldn’t be an alchemist and hypnotist). I’m also enthralled with prediction (another reason why I’m a hypnotist as well as an astrologer for that matter). The Elliott Wave Principle is an essential component to understanding all of these things, or is it the other way around? Either way, they compliment each other. In addition to this, I also feel that in order to pursue any of these studies, one must have an efficient supplemental income because they become quite expensive and time consuming hobbies.

I AM NOT A BROKER AND CAN NOT GIVE YOU FINANCIAL ADVICE!! Remember, I’m an apprentice of sorts and trying to learn, while sharing with you what I have already learned.

One final note before I continue to explain the relationships outlined above: I do not intend to reinvent the wheel. If you would like to know more about the Elliott Wave Principle, please go to the Elliott Wave International website for a free introductory course. I suggest signing up for a free account as well for updates and access to additional free learning materials. What follows is only an overview and how it applies to the esoterica of this Workshop.

There is a number, consistent with growth and development patterns throughout the universe. Galaxies swirl in this pattern, the pine cone and sunflower grows in this spiral, and the nautilus shell is spun in the same shape. It is called the Golden Ratio, often called the Fibonacci sequence, a geometric pattern which can be observed in human thought patterns by tracking the buying and selling patterns of the stock market. The Elliott Wave demonstrates the Fibonacci sequence via motive waves (those moving up) and corrective waves (those moving down). The more closely these waves are observed, the easier it becomes to see that each motive wave is made up of other motive and corrective waves. Likewise, all corrective waves are also made up of additional motive and corrective waves. Not only does this exemplify the concept of “As above, so below” but it also demonstrates the universal principle of duality, through active and reactive properties.

Because the stock market shows a society’s fears and desires through what and how they purchase and sell, it is easy to track and document human thought process based on the pain/pleasure principle. This means that these waves, descriptive of the Golden Ratio, actually give evidence to the fact that our thoughts also form in the same geometric pattern as the Nautilus, Pine Cone and Sunflower. There is a unifying thing, a common thread uniting us with all of creation. It is essentially the fifth element displayed mathematically.

Logic should then lead us to consider that if there is a continuous pattern, it should be predictable. I have yet to fully crack the pattern myself, but I understand it in principle. If it is predictable, and we find ourselves short of cash to pursue our studies with an efficient source of income, what better means of funding our education than capitalizing on this pattern and use it for trading?

I will be attempting to practice day trading on a trading game site and will post my activities here on random posts. If you would like to join me, keep an eye on my posts for the name of the trading game site.

Further Reading
R.N. Elliott’s The Major Works of R.N. Elliott

R.N. Elliott’s Nature’s Law: The Secret of the Universe

A.J. Frost’s Elliott Wave Principle: Key to Market Behavior

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Prediction

Please read this brief introduction if you are new to this blog before reading the following post.

Predictions are made every day, but as Robert Zoller points out in his Diploma Course, prediction is impossible without proper delineation.  So what does this mean and what predictions are we talking about?

The meteorologist studies atmospheric conditions and based on previous events, anticipated occurrences and details too laboring for the layman to research, s/he makes a mathematical prediction of when it will rain, snow or even when a hurricane will make landfall.  We all know that it's not an exact science, and the joke is quite consistent that the "weatherman" is always wrong.  Actually, meteorologists are pretty accurate 80%-90% of the time, but the few times that they're wrong give us the fuel to joke about their inadequacies.

The origins of the meteorologist actually stem from man's constant need to know what's coming.  For this, we have always looked to the stars.  The word meteorology comes from the Greek meteorologia, meaning "treatise on celestial phenomena".  Even in the Book of Genesis, we read that God put lights in the firmament and said "let them be for signs and for seasons", evidence that early man was dependant on celestial activity to predict events.

Traditional Astrology, including Horary, Natal, Mundane and many other branches, is no less a complicated matter or any less effective of a technique than modern meteorology.  Its only perceived folly is that it is antiquated in comparison to our moern understanding of the cosmos.  The Astrologer knows different, but the layman does not.

It is imperative that the novice, apprentice, and sometimes even the experienced astrologer understand and remember that "planetary rulership" does not necessarily mean that the planets empirically affect any person or object.  Instead, rulership is demonstrable evidence of the Hermetic adage "As Above, So Below".  For instance, our solar system is representative of cellular activity and molecular activity within us and all things.  The very simplest example is that of an atom, wherein we observe an electron orbiting the nucleus, just as the planets orbit the sun.  Before we understood the galaxy to be heliocentric, we still understood the planets and stars to orbit the earth - either way its the same concept as an atom.  So we observe the motion of the planets because that same motion is happening here on earth on a smaller scale.

To provide a working example of just how astrology works, imagine two solar systems, containing exactly the same shape and orbiting the planets but occupying two separate spaces and oriented in two different directions.  We'll call them S1 and S2.  S1 is horizontal meaning that the planets orbit the sun of S1 counterclockwise from left to right as we look at it.  S2 is vertical, where the planets orbit the sun counterclockwise up and down as we look at it.  As these two solar systems come within each others spaces, the planets orbiting them, and the gravity which each planet owns, affects those of the other.  When we have two people interacting with each other, we understand that the habits and personality traits affecting each of their decisions will also affect the reaction of the other.  As a hypnotist, I have had multiple opportunities to observe the motivations and habits of individuals as well as relationships and found this to be unequivocally true.

In order to properly predict when an event will occur, the Astrologer must take into account as many details of the circumstance as he can determine.  This process is called delineation.  Once he has accurately delineated all of these interactions, he can then mathematically calculate the time the outcome will culminate.

It should go without saying, but I'll mention it anyways, that the reason we look to the stars to determine these events is because of the scale.  The simple question is then asked, is it easier to observe the motion of the stars than it is to observe the motion of atoms? Obviously.

Suggested Reading:
John Frawley's The Real Astrology

John Frawley's The Real Astrology Applied

William Lilly's Christian Astrology

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