Om Shanti,
Anthropic, the AI giant behind Claude, is planning to officially price its IPO on Wednesday, November 18th, and begin public trading on Thursday, November 19th. These dates are not set in stone, but reflect the expected timeline.
The company will list on the Nasdaq under the ticker $ANT, offering 825 million shares at an expected price range of $70 to $78 per share. It is seeking a $1.4 trillion valuation.
The Astrological Quality of Time
Let’s look at the 18th, 19th and 20th, as we expect the IPO to go live between these dates. Let’s presume a standard opening bell of 09:30 AM (although this may well turn out not to be the case).
A main consideration here is the fact that Venus and Mercury are no longer retrograde from November 14th onwards. So, let’s consider our options and devise the most auspicious electional window that I’d choose to IPO in.
Wednesday, November 18th, New York.
Let’s check the Vedic Panchanga:
Wednesday: Day of Mercury
Moon: Shatabisha Nakshatra
Tithi of the Moon: Navami Sukla, the 9th day of the waxing moon. This is a problem, because it is classed as a Rikta Tithi, which is classic to avoid for beginnings.
This chart (using Sayana Ayanamsha) would give us a Sagittarius ascendant, with Jupiter nicely placed in the 9th house in Leo, but conjunct Mars and Ketu. The Jupiter/Mars/Ketu signature would be baked into this IPO.
Venus is beautifully placed in the 11th house of gains, windfalls, networks and profits from reputation, conjunct the midheaven within 9 arc minutes. Pluto in Aquarius would be trine to Uranus in Gemini within 39 arc minutes - a generational signature of technological advancement.
However, Jupiter conjunct Ketu is not so auspicious, and the ruler of the 10th house of status and achievement would be placed quite darkly in the 12th house in Scorpio with the Sun, which rules the 9th - not so great.
Even if we launched at 10:00, giving a Capricorn ascendant, ruler Saturn is still debilitated in the 4th.
Launching around 11:38 would produce a highly potent Pluto conjunct the ascendant, but the ruler Saturn is debilitated in the 3rd. 11:41 would see the Sun conjunct the midheaven in Scorpio.
So Wednesday Morning doesn’t seem that great as a launch.
Thursday, November 19th, New York.
Thursday: Day of Jupiter
Nakshatra: Revati
Tithi: Shukla Dashami