Dear Bill
cant remember seeing you put up a link to this one before but if so apologies. Many people lump astrology into the tinhat brigade, a label which I know you are anxious to avoid. Nevertheless just because it aint an exact science doesnt impinge on this guy's track record and his Hulbert Digest rating

The upcoming 'Cardinal-Climax' destined to hit around Aug 1st plus or minus 1 week. You can find the link here if you are interested:
http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/234091-hewitt-heiserman/61457-rare-cardinal-climax-planetary-alignment-this-summer-puts-stocks-at-risk-says-veteran-sky-watcher

A few quotes from the article:

On August 1, give or take a week, we’ll have the most five-planet alignments in perhaps thousands of years. Known as the "Cardinal Climax," this is the meanest, nastiest, most challenging and most transformational of any planetary phenomena in all of written history!
I looked at records going back to the 1800’s, and this is the most difficult alignment I found. When I was at a conference in Boston last month, someone said this was the most difficult alignment they have seen in the last "1,000 years." Another person told me this is the worst alignment in "10,000 years."
rgrds
LT