Eclipse Season | Oil, War and the August Correction
The Financial Astrology of August 2026
Eclipse season opens the most bearish window of the year. This month I am watching Oil, Iran and the first cracks of an equities correction to deepen into October.
Inside this report:
Eclipse season and the oil shock
The Equities Correction - the case for a market drop between August and October
How it unfolds - a three-phase path into an October low.
Estimated Read Time: 15 Minutes
PART I | ECLIPSE SEASON
Bearish sentiment crept back into the markets as anticipated after the Jupiter-Pluto opposition in late July. With this bearish energy in play (and still in play), we saw Semiconductors down 18% over July, the biggest AI ETF down 7%, with the Nasdaq slipping down almost 8% near the end of the month before making a recovery. The confidence of April and May is fading, slowly but surely, as we entered Eclipse Season.
Is the market about to drop off a cliff? I’m very bearish during August-October.
