U.S. currencies: history, and immediate future

To begin with, for the layman, Venus is the natural signifier of finances and currencies. Venus in the U.S. "natal" chart sits at 3 degrees and a few arcminutes in the sign of Cancer, as can be seen below:

The United States' "natal" chart has an exalted Jupiter (the natural signifier of rapid growth as well as the ruler of Ascendant in the country's chart) in conjunction with triplicity ruler Venus in the 8th house (for the layman, the 2H-8H axis is the axis of money and resources): it is no wonder that U.S. became so wealthy so rapidly and became synonymous with capitalism. The chart, though, has other major weaknesses, notably a tight Saturn-Sun square, but which we won't go into here.

Let us look at the Neptune-Venus cycle alone here, as we are currently at an important point in that cycle, and this cycle has a major correlation with U.S. dollar. Neptune, for the layman, is a malefic in general, but is also an important planet in financial and business cycles, as it signifies ambiguity, confusion, idealism: some businesses thrive by confusing consumers, some get finished because of confusing themselves.

The Neptune-Venus cycles for U.S. currency:

1780-1781

In 1780, mundane Neptune exactly squares U.S. natal Neptune for the first time since the 1776 Declaration of Independence, and then in 1781 goes on to square Jupiter. The Continental dollar crashes, as the American War of Independence rages on: it had in fact already started a bit before 1780, but 1780-1781 saw the most precipitous decline: "The market value of the Continental dollar fell precipitously from somewhere between 100 and 60 percent of face value at mid-1776, to 5 percent of face value in 1779, to under 1 percent of face value by 1781."

1822-1824

Then, in 1822-1824, Neptune would oppose the Venus-Jupiter conjunction. Dollar is stable, but soon will come the Panic of 1825, a stock market crash that affects primarily England and the rest of Europe, but also affects the U.S. to some extent and strains the banking system.

1862-1864

Next comes another square. Just like the previous square saw war and its strong impact on currency, so does this time: the American Civil War. It had already started in 1861, and during 1862-1864, the period of the square becoming exact, things unravelled fast. "In 1862, the greenback declined against gold until by December, gold had become at a 29% premium. By spring of 1863, the greenback declined further, to 152 against 100 dollars in gold.... In 1864, it declined again.... The greenback's low point came in July that year, with 258 greenbacks equal to 100 gold. When the war ended in April 1865 the greenback made another recovery to 150." (Greenbacks were emergency paper currency issued by the U.S. during the American Civil War.)

1902-1903

Now mundane Neptune conjuncts the natal Venus-Jupiter conjunction. Again, just like 1822-1824 and the following Panic of 1825, this time too, the dollar was quite stable, followed by the Panic of 1907. The New York Stock Exchange suddenly, within a span of 3 weeks, fell almost 50% from its peak the previous year in October 1907. Many banks went bankrupt in the country. Lessons learned from the 1907 panic would eventually gave birth to the Federal Reserve System.

1943-1945

Another square, another war that has been going on, another momentous event. The World War 2 has been raging, and the Bretton Woods Agreement is signed in July 1944, which would make US$ the world's most powerful currency. The dollar becomes strong during this period, so much so, that as the War finishes, there's a scramble for it, creating a strong dollar shortage. This dollar shortage would eventually lead to the Marshall Plan, which becomes a significant foundation for U.S. dominance on the world stage up to 2008.

1985-1987

Another opposition/conjunction, and another same pattern: stock market crash follows. Neptune opposes the Venus-Jupiter conjunction, and just as that is about to happen, the Plaza Accord is signed, devaluing the dollar significantly, until the depreciation is halted in a couple of years by the Louvre Accord. In a few months follows the big global stock market crash of Black Monday, seeing the largest one-day percentage drop in the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. By Novmber 1987, the S&P 500 index had had a 31.6% drop. The U.S. dollar, too, fell sharply during the last quarter of 1987. Worldwide losses were estimated at US$1.71 trillion in the Black Monday, with New Zealand's economy permanently hurt. (Venus was in detriment and conjunct Pluto on the Black Monday: a stock market crash was inevitable.)

So what have we seen so far?

• Neptune squares to Venus-Jupiter conjunction in the natal U.S. chart comes always when the U.S. is already at war, and it always results in major structural changes to the U.S. currency. In 1780s, the Continentals crashed badly, eventually finishing as a currency. In the 1860s, similar fate was reserved for the greenbacks. The 1940s saw changes in the way the dollar was pegged/valued, leading to a strong dollar but also dollar shortages. In each of these eras. the U.S. was at war, externally or internally.
• Neptune conjunctions and oppositions to Venus-Jupiter conjunction in the natal U.S. chart sees a stable dollar usually, but are always followed by very big stock market crashes, some of them global.

So now where we are at? We are in the Neptune square moment.

2026-2027

Mundane Neptune again squares the natal Venus-Jupiter conjunction. And, just as we saw when all the squares occurred earlier, the U.S. is indeed at war again. What I thus expect is a structural changes to the way the US$ is valued, or a significant devaluation. This, of course, could also happen if the U.S. were to revalue its physical gold holdings: this would lead to a strong rally in gold prices, which may put strong pressure on the dollar. However, what it could lead eventually to is ending of the days of fiat currencies, and going back to assets-pegged currencies, for by revaluing its gold holdings, that is what the U.S. government would effectively be doing. Now, I have said in the past that I anticipate a rally in gold after late June 2027: and thus, if gold is indeed involved, then probably it is in early or mid-2027 that one may see structural changes in dollar and its value, probably as a result of the revaluation of gold reserves held by the U.S., as its debt piles on further, thanks to its Iran miscalculations.

If any central bankers are reading this, they may be well advised to start hoarding physical gold and reduce their exposure to U.S. dollar. Many countries, such as Germany, France, Italy, Portugal and Poland, have already been doing so, and most of these have gold as the majority of their reserves as well. India, on the other hand, in another hare-brained strategy, after its 2015 gold shorting which led to significant losses, has been rather increasing its dollar exposure!

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