Gann’s Coffee Letter

W. D. Gann is a famous trader and forecaster, who has made a lot of stunning predictions in both the markets and world affairs. However, he is also famous for disguising his method so that no one could understand how he actually does it. In the following rare instance, however, he showed one of his students a large portion of this prediction method.

In this letter on the coffee market, he told his student how he made a forecast in the coffee market using astrological cycles, and more importantly, how he converts price in zodiac degrees so that one will know when time will square with price. It is definitely something you do not want to miss.

  

To aid your study, here are the charts which are discussed in the letters. They are made with the Swiss Ephemeris. The date used is 1 day later than the date on the letter, as the US market close in the afternoon is closer to 00:00 UT time of the next day.

The high on 19 March 1954 (Geocentric, Tropical):

	Ve 011°	Me 222°  Su 358°
Ju 078°	0	270
Ur 109°R	90	180	Ma 259°
Pl 143°R	MF 150°   CE 155°	Mo 183°   Ne 204°	Sa 218°

The high on 19 March 1954 (Heliocentric, Tropical):

	Pj 007°  Ve 026°
Ju 089°  Pe 089°	0	270	Ps 291°
Ur 111°	90	180
Pl 143°	MF 152°   Pc 153°  CE 154°   Ea 178°	Ne 204°	Sa 214°   Ma 220°  Me 226°

Firstly, convert the price in zodiac degrees on the heliocentric chart, using 0° Tropical Aries as 0°:

Price	Dividing Factor	Calculation
$8,729	1	8729/1 mod 360 = 89 (Pe)
	12	8729/12 mod 360 = 7.4 (Pj)
	30	8729/30 mod 360 = 291 (Ps)
	100	8729/100 mod 360 = 153 (Pc)

Secondly, compute the the MF (Mean of Five) and CE (Circle of Eight) Averages:

Average	Planets	Calculation
CE	Me, Ve, Ma, Ju Sa, Ur Ne, Pl	Geocentric: (222+11+259+78+218+109+204+143)/8 = 155 Heliocentric: (226+26+220+89+214+111+204+143)/8 = 154
MF	Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto	Geocentric: (78+218+109+204+143)/5 = 150 Heliocentric: (89+214+111+204+143)/5 = 152

After these computations, calculate the angle lines using tge movement of geocentric Saturn and heliocentric Saturn:

Angle from last lows:

Date	Price	Mths Since	Pts/m	Total
16 Apr 1931	Low 435	276	30	276×30+435=8715
1 Oct 1936	Low 300	210	40	210×40+300=8700

Geocentric Zero Angles:

Date	Sa Moved	Sa Pt	Scale	After Scale
16 Apr 1931	285.6°	285.6×30=8568	×1	8568
1 Oct 1936	241°	241×30=7230	×1.2	8676
15 May 1940	181.5°	181×30=5445	×1.5	8167.5
19 Aug 1940	173.38°	173.38×30=5201.4	×1.5	7802.1

Heliocentric Zero Angles:

Date	Sa Moved	Sa Pt	Scale	After Scale
16 Apr 1931	281.25°*	281.25×30=8617	×1	8617
1 Oct 1936	225°	241×30=6750	×1.2	8100
15 May 1940	179.75°	179.75×30=5392.5	×1.5	8088.75
19 Aug 1940	176.23°	176.23×30=5286.9	×1.5	7930.35

* Exactly where Saturn was on 19 March 1954! Coincidence?

After that, looking for 30°, 45°, 60°, 90°, 120°, 135°, 150°, 180° aspects of the Sun and Jupiter, both in the geocentric and heliocentric charts. For example:

Also, look for Sun and Jupiter ingressions as secondary confirmations. For example, in the example above, Geo Sun (358°) and Helio Jupiter (89°) are near the cusp of their houses.

Second harmonics of geocentric Mars (180°, 360°) mark major turning points.