In that issue, the Metaforecaster's synthetic chartfor the Dow predicted a strong bearish movment after that September 21st, and the chart indicated that this bearish period will last until the first week in October, after which the market is expected to go sideways. On Tuesday, the AMEX Airline index had sharply declined. Internet stocks performed well early in the week, and then started declining on Thursday. Chip stocks and PC stocks also declined because of the earthquake in Taiwan. Many PC makers and chip companies depend on the Taiwanese companies to manufacture motherboards for computers.
Some astrologers believe that there is a correlation between earthquakes and sharp market drops.
The heliocentric chart for the earthquake showed Mercury Opposed Saturn, both of which were square Uranus, which rules earthquakes. The Mars Semisquare Neptune aspect depressed the aerospace sector. Raytheon, a major defense contractor, suffered a major drop in stock price this week. United Technologies, also suffered losses this week. Jupiter Square Neptune helps to boost the drug, biotech sectors to greater highs.