Manias and Astro

There is an eclipse to occur tomorrow, exactly on the solstice.

There is a book that deals with these following manias and crashes.

Dutch, Tulip Bulb Bubble 1636

British, South Sea Bubble 1720

French, Mississippi Bubble 1720

US, Late 1920s Stock Price Bubble 1927-1929

Mexico, surge in bank loans to Mexico and other developing countries 1970s

Japan, real estate and stocks bubble 1985-1989

Finland, Norway and Sweden bubble in real estate and stocks 1985-1989

Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and several other Asian countries 1992-1997

Mexico, surge in foreign investment 1990-1993

US, stocks 1995-2000

Read more at Suite101: Review -- Manias Panics and Crashes 5th Edition: History of Financial Crises by Charles Kindleberger & Robert Aliber http://www.suite101.com/content/review-manias-panics-and-crashes-5th-edition-a97354#ixzz18bNQLYWR

Geoff Chester of the US Naval Observatory inspected a list of eclipses going back 2000 years. "Since Year 1, I can only find one previous instance of an eclipse matching the same calendar date as the solstice, and that is 1638 DEC 21
Excerpt from other blog

By February 1637, the tulip market had abruptly collapsed in Holland. On April 27, 1637, the Dutch government canceled all tulip futures contracts. It was decreed that futures in tulips could no longer be traded as an investment, but only as an actual product in the marketplace. Holders of option contracts walked away and the value of tulips crashed.

Read more at Suite101: Dutch Tulipmania in 17th Century Holland: Crash of the Futures Investment Market for Tulips in the Netherlands http://www.suite101.com/content/dutch-tulipmania-in-17th-century-holland-a209292#ixzz18bMq3i3a