The European markets are sliding downwards along with the Far Eastern ones on the back of the cobbled together US deal and escalating problems within the Eurozone. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 has Neptune Venus Sun at 3/5/9 degrees Capricorn so is catching all of the high tension tr Uranus square Neptune this year as well as tr Pluto conjunct the financial Venus – so enormous pressures and worsening into 2012 with a Solar Arc Sun square Pluto and more so in 2013 as Solar Arc Pluto is in a bleak, stuck conjunction to Saturn with a confused, high anxiety Solar Arc Saturn conjunct Neptune. With tr Pluto moving in an aggravated, frustrating sextile to Pluto Mars right through from 2011 to 2014. That is reflected in the France CAC chart with its’ Neptune Sun at 7/9 degrees Capricorn – it gets the full brunt of tr Uranus and tr Pluto in 2012/13 which is its absolute worst time. The German Dax has a road-crash Solar Arc Mars conjunct Sun exact in three months time but strongest in the run up – and a very pressured, stressed 2012/13 with tr Pluto and tr Uranus on its 9 degree Cancer Sun. The original Frankfurt Stock Exchange chart of 9 September 1585 shows much the same timescale. The Nikkei is not supported this year by tr Neptune conjunct Jupiter bringing highs and then major lows with more panic to come into September/October; is very wobbly in 2012 with heavy impact on its Uranus. Though it’s most challenging period will be 2014/15 with Solar Arc Sun conjunct Mars and SArc Mars trine Saturn. The Hang Seng again shows 2012 and 2013 as its major downhill slide with tr Neptune square Sun and tr Pluto/tr Uranus on Uranus plus a confused, anxious tr Neptune sextile Saturn with more failure-panic in 2013 from Solar Arc Mars trine Neptune. The BBC Global 30 is definitely showing 2013 as crunch point with tr Pluto and tr Uranus hitting the 10 degree Libra Mars. With an equally nasty Solar Arc conjunct Sun. At the moment there’s an undermining Solar Arc Neptune trine Sun and late in the year into 2012 there’s an upsetting tr Uranus opposition Venus. So the pattern across the board is edgy at the moment and worse into 2012/13. Not that the markets always reflect the real economy but they do indicate major concerns ahead.