October 24, 2008, 11:49 am Written in the Stars Posted by MarketBeat Staff Rob Curran reports: Among the responses traders have mustered to the âwhen-will-this-ever-end?â 2008 stock-market crash: astrology. Stock charts have unequivocally failed, so traders are turning to star charts. âI got this from the most bearish man in Western civilization,â reads an e-mail forwarded from a trader at a mid-sized Wall Street firm. âItâs legit. Panic lows have historically occurred on day 27/28 of the 7th lunar cycle, which are this Sunday and Monday. The panics of 1857/1907/1929/1987/1997 all marked their lows on these days in October!â Fibonacci retracements may work during steady markets, but horoscopes are probably as good a charting tool as any this time around. Right now, the DJIA is off 24% for October. If the Dow finished with that loss, it would be a bigger drop than October, 1987 and October, 1929, the two most infamous crashes in history. â With contributions from Geoffrey Rogow