War Cycles & White Metals: Silver, Platinum & Palladium Surging (into 2026)!
06-30-25 – “Outlook 2025 – War Cycles & White Metals II
Last month, the focus intensified on the outlook for War Cycles – and the value of ‘white metals’ – to surge during the middle months of 2025. Whether or not these are directly related (’coincidence does not mean causality’) matters little. All the cycles were projecting a strong amplification of their trends in June ’25.
It didn’t take long for powerful validation to emerge as the war between Iran & Israel – and ultimately the US -accelerated into a crescendo. That overlapped (and fulfilled) a pivotal cycle linked to the Six Day War in June 1967 & the subsequent election of Benjamin Netanyahu in 1996 – an intriguing cycle of ~29 years.
Saturn Return
While I am not a student of astrology, there are certain celestial cycles that have consistently timed related events in our world. In many ways, these cycles represent a return to a starting point… albeit on a higher or lower plane. (This corroborates the view that cycles are more like a spiral than a circle, moving through a 360-degree revolution but ending/beginning at a different point.)
Throughout the past ~30 years, INSIIDE Track has periodically discussed unique relationships between Saturn and Earth – an astronomical observation as opposed to an astrological one.
There is also a cyclic relationship involving an approximate 29-year cycle. That is the time it takes for Saturn to return to the same point (sign) in the sky after a full celestial revolution (cycle).
In modern astrology, the term ‘Saturn Return’ refers to a ~29-year cycle in a person’s life – starting at their birth and returning each time that Saturn returns to where it was at their birth – a full cycle of life, so to speak.
It is thought to time major life transitions – at ~29, ~58 & ~87 years of age. (I am not concerned with debating the adherence to that ‘belief’.)
A National ‘Saturn Return’?
However, there has been an intriguing 29-year cycle that has impacted the development & growth of the nation of Israel – dating back to the early-1800’s when the Perushim migrated (from Lithuania) to Palestine in great numbers to await the forecast coming of the Messiah (expected in 1840).
This, and related migrations of Jews from Algiers, Central Asia & Yemen in the 1800’s – 1860’s, reinforced that unique cycle. [This is not a religious or political discussion, just a cyclic one.]
This ~29-year cycle (or at least the more obvious phases of it) seemed to really take hold, however, in 1880 – when mass migration of Jews to Palestine resulted from Russian persecution (’pogroms’) in the 1880’s & coinciding European anti-Semitism.
1850’s – 1880 (~29 years) – European and Middle East Jews actively discuss larger migration to Palestine in response to growing persecution.
1880’s ushered in the first ‘Aliyah’ of European, Russian & N. African Jews to Palestine and solidified the early stages of the Zionist movement.
~29 years later, in 1909, Tel Aviv (then called Ahuzat Bayit; now the capital of Israel) was founded by Jewish settlers. This was also the middle of the Second Aliyah of Jews to Palestine. (By 1914, over 60,000 Jews lived in Palestine.)
In 1938, ~29 years later, the Holocaust began. While this was devastating to Jews in Germany & Europe, it ultimately led to the founding of Israel.
In 1967, 29 years later, Israel fought the Six Day War in June 1967, after Egypt had announced the closing of the Straits of Tiran to all Israeli vessels in May 1967 and expelled UN ‘peace keepers’ (UNEF) in violation of 1949 Armistice Agreements.
At the time, Egypt quickly amassed troops on the border and signed a defense pact with Jordan as Jordan invited Iraqi troops & armored divisions into their country to prepare for impending conflict.
In an eerie foreshadowing of June 2025, Israel launched a surprise attack on Egypt in June 1967 and quickly gained major air superiority after taking out much of Egypt’s defense capability. As a result, Israel won this war in less than a week.
[From a geographical perspective, this resulted in Israel expanding its territory – a type of ‘growth’.]
In June 1996, 29 years from the onset of the Six Day War, Benjamin Netanyahu became the prime minister of Israel ushering in a political shift that has remained… and which played a significant role in the latest conflict – ~29 years later. (This followed the Nov. ‘95 assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.)
June 2025 (~29 years later) – Israel attacks Iran and decimates air defenses, missile production and military hardware – while initially attacking nuclear facilities and ultimately leading to the US bombing of Iran’s three main nuclear enrichment plants.
Culmination & Commencement
Cycles time endings and cycles time beginnings. A cycle never ends… it just keeps evolving. In many cases, the transition from one phase of a given cycle into the next phase is the most volatile.
2025 is proving to be just that!
2025 is the culmination of the latest phase of the 80-Year Cycle of War (late-2021 – late-2025) and the onset of a new phase.
2025 is also the culmination and commencement of this unique 29-Year Cycle in Israel and the Middle East (the two are often synonymous).
2025 – 2029 is likely to be a momentous time!
Metals & Military Action
Throughout May & early-June ‘25, market cycles projected a major shift on June 11 – 16th… with related analysis discussing the relationship to potential armed conflict. Gold, Silver, Platinum and stock indexes were all forecast to surge into June 11 – 13th… a precursor to, and validation of, War Cycle events.
As described prior to that time, the 90/10 Rule of Cycles was describing the likelihood for accelerated moves into June 11 – 13th – the projected culmination of intermediate moves in all those prescient markets and the most likely time for related fundamentals to coincide with that crescendo.
On June 13th, Israel launched surprise attacks on Iranian military & nuclear installments as well as air defense facilities (that had already been severely compromised in a previous bombardment). At the same time, Gold, Silver & Stock Indexes culminated strong rallies… and retreated. Coincidence?
The period leading into mid-June ‘25 was one focal point & the period leading into early-August ‘25 is another – a full 80 years from dramatic global/war events that marked the culmination of World War II.
In between lies an annual period that is prone to significant spikes in geophysical activity – the middle part of July. With volcanic cycles projected to intensify in the next 1 – 2 years, this time frame should be monitored closely… with related cycles impacting Asia & Europe. Many markets are also focused on early-July ’25 for trouble. More to follow…”
3-29-25 INSIIDE Track – “Gold & Silver are in broader bullish trends and their outlook remains positive. Gold & Silver perpetuated a ~7-year low (4Q ‘01) – low (4Q ‘08) – low (4Q ‘15) – low (4Q ‘22) Cycle Progression in October ‘22 and have been projected to undergo a multi-year advance into 2026 or later…
Platinum triggered some intriguing – and potentially very bullish – signals… This could be one of the ‘golden’ (or is that ‘platinum’) trading opportunities of 2025! Platinum is on the cusp of turning its monthly 21 High MAC up… for the first time since October ‘23… it would generate a very bullish confirmation signal that would likely reverberate for 6 – 12 months to follow…
Platinum could rally into 2026 – a 50% rebound in time (12 years down/6 years up) and the latest phase of a ~5-year high (2011) – high (2016) – high (2021) – (high; 2026) Cycle Progression that parallels the Silver outlook. With Platinum closing the week at 996/PLN, it is a good place for traders to be adding to long positions…
Palladium remains above its August ‘24 low and in a constructive weekly trend pattern… Its weekly 21 MAC is also nearing the time (April 7 – 11, ‘25) when a reversal higher would become much easier to achieve… Palladium is expected to enter a new bull market in 2025 and stretch that into 3Q 2026 – when the next multi-year peak appears most likely.”
Refer to latest Weekly Re-Lay & INSIIDE Track publications for additional details and/or related trading strategies.