“If poor people knew how rich rich-people are, there would be riots in the streets”, these  words of famous American comedian Chris Rock  might come true in the light of our astrological understanding of the world economic trends. I have been writing about an impending danger of a global recession in year 2019-20 in my articles in Express Star Teller Magazine since last two years. The conjunction of Saturn-Ketu ( from 23 March 2019 to 23 Janaury 2020) and Saturn-Jupiter conjunction from mid October 2019 is going to bring major public unrest around the world in the matters related with lack of job opportunities and growing economic inequalities in capitalist society.

The conjunction of Saturn and Ketu bring very unpredictable trends in the market and is generally been observed to bring instability. The ‘2007-08 world food price crisis’ was happen during the Saturn-Ketu conjunction in Leo. The prices of rice and wheat shoot-up dramatically then creating unrest in many developing nations including India in later years. The price of food grains sparked due to drought in many countries and rise in crude oil prices. The 2007-08 global financial crisis also happen during the time when Saturn-Ketu were in conjunction which affected badly the banking sector internationally. Since then inequality between the rich and poor in society has increased sharply which is causing worry for the future of capitalist system. Now Saturn-Ketu will again come into conjunction from 23 March 2019 to 23 January 2020, this time in sign Sagittarius.

The conjunction of Saturn-Ketu  in fiery signs tends to give lots of social, political and economic upheavals. During the fall of USSR and communist regimes in Eastern Europe in  1989 the Saturn was in Sagittarius and Ketu was in Leo. The fall of the communist USSR give the capitalist’s of USA an advantage to take the economy of developing nations into the grip of consumerism  which now has become a menace for humanity. Now the upcoming Saturn-Ketu conjunction followed by a Saturn-Jupiter conjunction in October this year will bring dynamic changes in the world economy after a major ‘global recession’ in 2020. The onset of this global recession will be from the middle of year 2019 when Saturn-Ketu will be in conjunction. Later Saturn-Jupiter conjunction in Sagittarius and then in Capricorn will trigger a deep crisis for the capitalist system. Lots of governments around the world will face public protests against wars, economic inequalities, inflection and job crisis. A major social movement and public uprising  initiated in 2020 will change the dynamics of world politics and economy in the next one decade. The era of mixed-economy and socialist reforms  will come back in the west. The fall in stock markets around the world will bring major setback for the billionaires in Forbes lists.  The uber-rich business tycoons will loose a major share of their net-worth and they will also face public protests. This will force the governments around the world to make more investments in the  public sector to create more government jobs.

Growing Wealth Inequalities around the world 

As per the report of famous international NGO Oxfam ‘World’s 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50% population”.  

Rewarding wealthy shareholders and bosses at the expense of workers pay and conditions is a dangerous trends. The billionaire boom, particularly in India and China, is not a sign of growing economy but an alarm bell ringing for falling economic system. Those poor workers who manufacture our clothes, farmers who produce food, laborers who build our houses etc. are paid less to ensure cheap supply of goods. The uber-rich are filling their pockets at the cost of these workers and they are becoming more rich with every passing day.  In India the situation is getting even worst where people are doing ‘hero-worshiping’ of these uber-rich not realizing the fact that it is because of them their lives is becoming more miserable day by day. In India top 1% bag 73% of the wealth which is a shocking revelation. Now the coming Chaitra Shukla Pratipada horoscope is indicating an important ‘tax reform’ to come in next one year. See the horoscope of Pisces New Moon given below.

Pisces New Moon or Chaitra Shukla Pratipada Horoscope 

5 April 2019, 14:20 hours at Delhi 

In the Cancer lagna Hindu New Year horoscope given above as many as 4 planets are giving aspect to the 2nd house of government exchequer. Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars are all giving aspect to the 2nd house indicating rise in the government exchequer because of higher collection of tax. The government of India will get record amount of tax collection during financial year 2019-20 because of more number of people filling income tax and GST in proper manner. Earlier in 2018 there was a surge in direction tax collection by 18% due to the effects of demonetization.  This was due to more number of people filling income tax return for the fear of tax authorities and improvements in the implementation of GST (Goods and Services Tax) after initial hiccups.

Major amendments in Income Tax Act 1961 

The 2nd lord Sun in the Cancer lagna Hindu New Year horoscope is placed in the 9th house. It shows major legal amendments in the income tax Act in India. The government may impose a new wealth tax on billionaires in India or tax rates for them will be increased.In Navamsha the exalted Venus with Mars is in the 2nd house. Banking sector will also do well in next one year in India. The Indian economy will remain fastest growing economy in the world but its stock market will see many upheavals.

Horoscope of Sun enters Aries 

14 April 2019, 14:09 hours at Delhi 

The horoscope of Sun’s entry into Aries is also very important in the context of stock markets around the world. In India and USA many stocks of top companies are booming. The Bombay Stock Exchange crossed the mark of 38,000 points recently on the 15th of March 2019. It will continue to take few more bull rallies considering the Sun’s entry into Aries horoscope. Here the lagna is Leo with its lord Sun in the 9th house getting the auspicious aspect of 5th lord Jupiter. Moon is in Cancer in own sign and 2nd lord Mercury aspect its own house.

People should be very careful now before entering into stock market as the upcoming hike is likely to be a bubble which will burst soon. The Saturn-Mars opposition in the last week of May and June, lunar eclipse of 16 July and a solar eclipse on 26 December this year are very sensitive for stock traders. So if you are planning a long term investments in the stocks then be careful now. The bad time for  Forbes billionaires is also knocking their doors with Saturn-Ketu ringing an alarm bell for them.

In year 2016 the GDP growth rate of India was impressive at 7.1% which was slightly higher than China who’s economy was slowing down since 2014. The Chinese economy had register the annual growth of 6.7% in year 2016 which was the lowest since 1990. So last year Indian economy overtook China for the first time in terms of GDP growth rate. However, the demonetisation of higher denomination currency on the 8th of November 2016 and the poor implementation of GST (Goods & Services Tax) put Indian economy under stress. The GDP growth rate for the first quarter of financial year 2017-18 (April to June) was just 5.7% where as last year for the same period it was 7.9%. I had astrologically forewarned about the danger of a global slowdown in my article ” Forecasting Global Economic Trends in 2017″   which was published in the January 2017 issue of Express Star Teller Magazine.

The entry of Saturn into the Sagittarius sign will bring a slowdown in the global economy possibly due to a dangerous war in Korean peninsular. The Sagittarius is a war sign and the transit of Saturn from this rashi has historically brought major changes in the international politics.

. At the time of Great Depression of 1929 the Saturn was in Sagittarius. That great depression lasted from 1929 to 1939 and was ended at the beginning of the second world war. During this period ( 1929 to 1939) the consumer spending and investment dropped causing steep decline in the industrial output and rise in the unemployment. Before that the US economy was expending rapidly during 1920’s. The reckless speculation in the stock market was reached at the level of madness where everyone from the millionaire to the common laborer was putting his saving into stock exchange. The stock market reached at its peak in August 1929 but by then the industrial production was declining  leaving stock prices much higher than their actual value.

Later on 24th of October 1929 the nervous investors started selling their shares in large numbers. In next one week more than 27 millions of shares were traded which swept the wall street and wiped out many investors completely. This trigger a great depression as the consumers confidence was vanished in the wake of stock market crash. The downturn in investment slowed down the production and business which affected the purchasing power due to fall in wages. This was the biggest recession in the history of the industrial world.

Now compare this with the current economic scenario of India where the Sensex is on fire and have risen 20% since the beginning of the year. The BSE sensex has gone from 26500 at the beginning of year 2017 to more than 32000 now in the mid of October. But despite the booming stock market the rate of job creation is extremely slow which is a  dangerous trend.

Historically the transit of Saturn from Sagittarius has created problems for the central government in India.

For India the transit of Saturn from Sagittarius in 1989-90 was very disturbing. The country was struggling with religious, political and economic crisis. The ‘Ram temple movement’ by the BJP and the  anti-corruption protests  by the V.P. Singh on the issue of Bofors Scandal saw the fall of Rajiv Gandhi during the general elections of 1989.  A minority government led by the  V.P. was ruling the country struggling with economic crisis in which India had to airlift its national gold reserves as a pledge to the IMF (International Monetary Funds) in exchange for a loan to cover balance of payment debts. The prime minister V.P. Singh later had to  resigned in November 1990 after a serious of protest in the country against the implementation of ‘Mandal Commission’ report giving 27% job reservations for the OBC (Other Backward Classes) in government jobs.

Interestingly during the last transit of Saturn from the Sagittarius sign the economy of China and India was started to become open for the world. The goal of ‘global economic liberalization’ propagated by USA was to make the economies more market and service-oriented and to expand the role of private and foreign investments. Now  the rise of nationalist movements in Europe and Donald Trump’s policy of protectionism has started threatening the system of ‘economic liberalization’.

During the last transit of Saturn from Sagittarius in 1989-90 the cold war was ended after the collapse of  USSR (Soviet Union). The countries of the Eastern Europe were liberated from the ‘Iron Curtain’ policy of Soviet Union. The world order started reshaping in favor of the USA which took other countries into its economic clout by forcing them to open their markets.

Saturn in Sagittarius and possible  trade wars between the nations in 2018-19

The year 2018 and 2019 could be the year of ‘trade wars between the nations’ as per the astrological analysis of the foundation horoscopes of major countries of the world.

The political tensions between the USA, China, Japan and Russia may initiate a ‘trade war’ which can damage the global economy very seriously. The issue of North Korea, South-China-Sea dispute and Syria war is potentially dangerous in starting a new ‘cold war’ between major countries of the world. The transit of Saturn from the ‘war sign’ Sagittarius can bring ‘trade war’ between the nations.

Possible fall in the stock markets in the  first fortnight of November 2017

The Saturn entering into the Sagittarius sign on the 26th of October may ignite a fall in the stock markets around the world. As per the ‘Sarvato Bhadra Chakra’ analysis the planet in Moola Nakshatra gives ‘Vedha’ to the Chitra Nakshatra. The malefic Saturn from Moola will afflict the Chitra Nakshatra which is a combination of  rise in the gold prices. The Saturn in the fiery sign Libra will also reduce the production of the crude oil resulting the hike in its prices. The crude oil trading around $55 per barrel is likely to cross the mark of $80 very quickly.

The stock markets are likely to fall and the gold prices will increase during the first two months of Saturn transit from Sagittarius. The period of November and December in 2017 is very crucial from the point of view of global economy. Saturn in Sagittarius will be transiting through the Aries Navamsha and Jupiter from Libra will be in Capricorn Navamsha during the first fortnight of November 2017. This combination can trigger a collapse of stock markets around the world during the first fortnight of November 2017.