Astrotrading: The Law of Vibration and Gann Cycles

Interest in astrotrading is not a new phenomenon, but in recent years, especially in the volatile crypto market, it has been experiencing a noticeable renaissance.

The reason for the growing popularity of astrotrading is very simple. Many traders, after a series of losses, begin searching for a new Grail, and astrology as a method of explaining market behavior is quite suitable for that.

Traders follow the cycles of the Moon (for example, the difference in returns between the new moon and the full moon), periods of planetary retrogrades (considered times of uncertainty and trend reversals), and also compare asset prices with zodiacal degrees.

The most famous astrologer on the stock exchange was William Gann, who created a complex system of analysis combining geometry, astrology, and numerology. Gann believed that the key to understanding markets lies in cycles: the rotation of the Earth, the movement of the Moon around the Earth, and the revolution of the Earth around the Sun.

What led Gann to become a fan of lunar and planetary cycles? Coincidence, simple coincidence. Even in his youth he noticed that the standard trading day lasted 6.5 hours, but taking the lunch break into account it came to exactly 360 minutes. A circle, as is known, is divided into 360 degrees. And that means the market obeys the same laws as the celestial sphere.

For these reasons, many people, hearing Gann's name, immediately imagine astrological charts and planetary aspects, especially after reading his novel «Tunnel Through the Air».

Astrology and numerology have not gone anywhere in the age of algorithms. For example, new indicators are constantly published on TradingView that combine different methods of technical analysis and astronomical cycles. Quite recently (in February 2026), for example, the Gann o Maticus indicator appeared and became an Editors' Pick.

In this article, we will examine the theory of Gann's astrological cycles and test the Gann o Maticus indicator.

In 1927 Gann published the science-fiction novel «Tunnel Through the Air, or Looking Back from 1940».

In the preface he made an intriguing statement:

Since then, several generations of traders have been trying to decipher this novel, believing that Gann encoded his astrological methods in it.

The plot of the book describes an imaginary war from April 1930 to July 1932. Many researchers believe that it was not a military but an economic allegory, a prediction of the Great Depression.

Comparing the dates from the book with the movement of the Dow Jones index shows astonishing coincidences:

Thus, on page 12 there is a mention that the hero had ideas 100 years ahead. 12*12 = 144, the number that underlies the famous Gann Square of 144. On page 56 the word "eclipse" appears once. 56 years make up approximately three Saros cycles, a full eclipse cycle. And on page 69 the hero openly speaks of faith in "signs and stars." In astrology, 69° is the position of Cancer, where the hero's natal Venus was located.

Petter Ivar Amundsen, a Norwegian researcher of Gann's legacy, discovered that the title of the book may be an anagram. Replacing "1940" with letters (1×9×4=36, 3×6=18 → R; 1 and 9 as 19 → S; 9+4=13 → M), he obtained the phrase: "From the Lunar Return, Looking back to His Mother."

Marie, the hero's beloved, disappeared on June 5, 1927, when the Moon was in Leo, and returned on August 30, 1932, again with the Moon in Leo.

At the core of Gann's method lies the so-called "Law of Vibration." According to it, each stock or commodity possesses its own "rate of vibration," which determines its movement. High prices arise because of a high rate of vibration caused by strong positive astrological influences, and vice versa.

In practice, this means that the trader must:

In his course Gann wrote:

Modern followers, such as Patrick Mikula, have developed these ideas. His indicator "Master 360° Square of 12" directly ties price levels to zodiacal degrees:

When a planet moves through the zodiac, the price cell associated with it in the grid shifts. Thus the trader can follow the path of the planet through the zodiac as a path through price.

An implementation of this approach can be found in the indicator Mikula's Master 360° Square of 12.

Gann and his modern followers interpret the geocentric (the position of planets relative to the Earth) and heliocentric (the position of planets relative to the Sun) systems. Here are the main cycles Gann paid attention to:

Modern interpreters of Gann's method pay considerable attention to the retrograde motion of planets. In the indicator Mikula's Master 360° Square of 12 retrograde motion is displayed with a special symbol (℞) . The retrograde period is traditionally considered a time of revision, returns, and uncertainty, which in the market often corresponds to corrections and consolidation.

In astrology, the angles between planets are of great importance. Gann singled out two main aspects:

The first step in applying Gann's astrological method is choosing a significant price extremum. This can be: a historical high or low of the asset, the date of an important economic event, an astrologically significant date (for example, the moment when a planet entered a certain sign).

Gann believed that different assets are governed by different planets.

Thus, grain markets are often associated with the Moon (agriculture, planting and harvesting cycles). Industrial metals markets with Mars (war, industry) and Saturn (structure, constraints). Modern followers associate technology-company stocks and cryptocurrencies with Uranus (innovation, surprises) and Mercury (communications, information).

Gann angles are lines drawn from a significant point at certain angles. The main angles:

Gann believed that these angles work not only as support and resistance levels, but also as measures of time.

Modern software products, such as Timing Solution or indicators on TradingView, make it possible to overlay planetary lines on a chart with Gann angles. The trader's task is to find points where:

The author of the indicator Gann o Maticus is a user with the nickname djmad. At the time of writing the article, djmad had published 54 scripts and attracted 1.6 thousand followers.

The Gann o Maticus indicator was published on February 26, 2026. At the time of writing the article, the indicator page had gained more than 8.5 thousand views and 196 positive ratings.

djmad says the following about his indicator: "Gannomat is fully automated Gann grids with astrocycles (Gannomat — Full-Automated Gann Grids & AstroCycles)."

Gannomat draws a Gann square on the chart. At first glance it differs little from other Gann indicators. Every time a new period begins, whether it is a candle on the timeframe or a new astronomical event, the block resets and a new set of arcs is drawn. And it is precisely the accounting for the astronomical event that is the clear difference from other Gann indicators.

Within the framework of this article, we will talk only about the Astrocycles mode, although besides that the indicator can build reversal points, ATR, and so on. It is a very powerful tool!

When using the "Astrocycles" mode, the information table in the upper right corner shows the active planet, the cycle type, the current cycle duration in days, and the dates of the last and next astronomical events. How the Moon and the planets influence things, and what they influence, was written in the previous section.

When Astrocycles is enabled:

An astrological cycle (by default: high latitudes) is the type of astronomical event marking the beginning of a new period.

High Latitude means the planet reaches its maximum ecliptic latitude (moves as far as possible from the plane of the ecliptic). Works for all planets, including the Moon.
Low Latitude means the planet reaches its minimum ecliptic latitude (moves as close as possible to the plane of the ecliptic). Works for all planets, including the Moon.
High Longitude means the planet reaches a stationary point at which its geocentric longitude stops increasing and begins decreasing (the start of retrograde motion). Not applicable to the Moon.
Low Longitude means the planet reaches a stationary point at which its geocentric longitude stops decreasing and begins increasing again (the end of retrograde / the start of direct motion). Not applicable to the Moon.
Heliocentric Conjunction means the Earth and the selected planet are on the same side of the Sun (heliocentric distance 0°). Unavailable for the Moon.
Heliocentric Opposition means the Earth and the selected planet are on opposite sides of the Sun (heliocentric distance 180°). Unavailable for the Moon.

Example: if Moon + High Latitude is selected, the square updates about every 27 days at the moment of the Moon's maximum deviation.

On stock futures I could not find any patterns by eye. But, for example, BTC in some sense does respond to Gann squares built with the lunar cycle taken into account.

But is it worth studying very deeply? I am not sure.

What influences markets more, planetary cycles or, for example, self-organized criticality, let everyone decide for themselves.

One cannot deny the fact that a full moon or magnetic storms influence the behavior of some traders. But that is no longer about the exchange, but about psychology. And if the stars have indeed "aligned" (ahem) so that there is a full moon in the sky, traders are overexcited, and the market has compressed, then nothing prevents it from going into a tailspin within the framework of the theory of self-organized criticality.

Seriously speaking, astrotrading is a rather thankless occupation, characteristic of people with a mystical type of thinking. Real trading, on the other hand, is a strict system of risk calculation and rules.