It is a tricky business that can drive both amateurs and professionals to betting on the stars. And so they should, according to a small cadre of market prognosticators who take their cues from the zodiac. All of these people know there's something going on that they don't understand. Several dozen astrologers make a living at it, and some of them, Hitt included, say they count among their clients fund managers, financial writers and futures traders, as well as private investors.
Some experts say astrology is as good or as bad as any other market predictor.
According to the gridiron predictor, the stock market will rally in a year in which a team from the original National Football League wins the Super Bowl. For the same reason. He said he does very little trading himself because he doesn't have the money to risk and doesn't want to let it interfere with his prognostications. He makes no claim that astrology, which purports to tell the future by studying the influence of the moon, planets and stars on human behavior, is the sole key to investing success. But he does insist that astrology can help.