Susan Abbott Gidel is a financial astrologer, author, and commodities market specialist with four decades of experience in the financial industry. She combines her extensive knowledge of commodity markets with astrology to explore market trends and help traders and investors make more informed business and investment decisions.

Susan began her career as a financial journalist, spending nine years as an editor at Futures Magazine, before serving 11 years as Director of Marketing at Lind-Waldock, a retail futures brokerage firm. She has also worked as a freelance copywriter for financial services publications, exchanges, and brokerage firms.

With a practical approach to financial astrology, Susan explores how planetary cycles may relate to market movements, particularly in commodities such as corn and gold. She is the author of Trading In Sync With Commodities: Introducing Astrology To Your Technical Toolbox, published in 2018, and publishes the Red Letter Trading Days newsletter, which highlights significant astrological periods for traders and investors.

Susan is a member of the National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR), the International Society for Astrological Research (ISAR), and Friends of Astrology. She has taught Introduction to Financial Astrology and spoken at conferences, including the United Astrology Conference in 2018 and ISAR's 2022 conference.

Through her writing, speaking, consulting, and market newsletter, Susan brings together decades of financial market experience and her passion for astrology to help others explore the relationship between planetary cycles and financial markets.