(1878-1955)
W.D. Gann was an eminent American economist, financier, and stock market analyst who pioneered in the use of astrology to forecast the market. It is said that admission to his lectures was as much as $5000--back in the 1940s, this was even more outrageous than today! He was secretive about astrology's role in his success, and most of the information was only uncovered posthumously.
The Mountain Astrologer's June/July, 2001, issue carries a lengthy exposition and demonstration of Lorne Johndro's work by Bill Meridian, author of Planetary Stock Trading. Based on a long-time association with Charles Jayne, he says that Johndro and his partner, Kenneth Brown, did all of the astrological stock market work for W.D. Gann.
Today Jupiter rose 100 points
on the big board due to consumer optimism while Saturn remained steady. Mercury split two for one.
Uranus futures rose and fell continually, but at the end of the day were the same. Reports on
Neptune were vague and conflicting.
BIRTH AND DEATH DATA: AstroDatabank gives the following information, rated A, from his own chart found by Robert Zoller. He was born June 6, 1878, at 10:34 AM LMT, in Lufkin, TX, 94W43; 31N20. (In a biography, his son, whom he did not get along well with, gave a date of June 18, 1878, 3:30 AM.) Several articles list his date of death as June 14, 1955. AstroDatabank gives the year as in 1957, no date specified. The detailed biography on the official Gann website, maintained by family members confirms 1955 as the year of death but gives no date.
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