Deconstructs the future in clear masterful strokes. An absolute must read text not only for professionals in financial services and related industries but also for anyone who relies on the future for business and personal planning. Written by one of the world's foremost financial astrologers, 'The Financial Universe' highlights periods to maximise investment returns and minimise portfolio losses through exposure to geopolitical events and circumstances, and financial market hotspots. This important new text maps out potential responses by international stock markets to world events that are predicted between now and the year 2020. The book is written for those who have little understanding of astrological terminology. The book deconstructs the complex relationship of planetary alignments, sun spot patterns, and other cosmic influences. Through astrological forecasting The Financial Universe illustrates the direct impact that world events might have on global stock markets. It presents not only a compelling analysis of the financial astrology behind previous market events but also suggests concrete strategies for professionals to confront challenges which lie ahead. Specific chapters are devoted to the City of London market and Wall Street. Important market turning points to be anticipated in the years 2004-2020 are forecast and explained against world affairs, and finance and investment opportunities.

About the Author

Christeen Skinner has a thriving practice in London offering consultations to business people from the City of London and across the world. She is a former Chair of the Astrological Association of Great Britain, was a Council Member of the Faculty of Astrological Studies and is a Trustee of the Urania Trust. She has appeared on CNN, the

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; The Changing Sky; Stars and Sacred Places; World Trade and Planet Cycles; Forecasting; Transformation; Collapse of the USA; The World Bank; The Credit Bubble and Currency Collapse; Water Wars, 2010; Illusions and Imagination; Cutting Edge; Wall Street and London Markets, 2004-2020; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Reviews

"The author writes in a scholarly and easily to access style. The text is clear, and concisely maps out the challenges, pitfalls and opportunities for investors (big and small, experienced professional and beginners) in global markets over the next 20 odd years. It is hard to believe that there is such a book. The information the book provides is useful and masterfully presented... The book deals specifically with using planetary bodies to predict cycles in the marketplace, both positive and negative. Offering suggestions and warnings that potentially reverberate up through the year 2020, The Financial Universe even contemplates the astrological sign of America as a nation, and considers the implications of this birth sign on the future of American finances as a whole as surely as what this means for one's private investments." -- The Midwest Book Review "The prophecies made by Christeen Skinner are weirdly accurate. In 2004 she told the Sunday Express that between 2005 and 2011 'there will be an aspect between Saturn and Uranus not seen since the Great Depression of 1930-1931'. More specifically, she predicted that 'the change in the cycle of Pluto in 2008 will bring about a collapse in the property market'." -- From MoneyWeek, 28 November 2008