RULE NO.4
MERCURY RETROGRADE POSITION OF ONE YEAR AND ITS EFFECT A YEAR LATER ON THE SAME DATE

We use Mercury's position at the moment it turns retrograde. This is only possible when we look at it form the earth. Therefore, we have to use the geocentric positions as given in Raphael's ephemeris. Rules of the kind I give now are very hard to explain in words. We have to look into our wheat charts and pint out the positions since the picture actually talks and shows the effect. On January 23, 1936, Mercury turns retrograde at 17 degrees 35' Aquarius. When this point is reached the year after, on January 23, 1937, we find that a three days rally came in.

On January 5, 1937, Mercury becomes retrograde at 1 degree 31' Aquarius. The next year, i.e. on January 5, 1938 in spite of the rise previous to that date, the market rallied further from this day on for three days. Thus, we had an up move from January 5, 1938 on.
On December 20, 1937 Mercury retrograded at 15 degrees 36' Capricorn which therefore called for a rally on the very same day a year later i.e. on December 20,
1938: actually we made a low on that date. We were right to expect an up move.
On December 5, 1938, Mercury retrograded at 29 degrees 46' Sagittarius. The effect of this retrogradation was to be felt on December 5, 1939. We made a gap
upwards on that day, rather, to be more specific, between December 5 and December 6, 1939. It was a wild movement of nearly 18c before the effect wore off.
On November 18, 1939, Mercury went retrograde at 13 degrees 58' Sagittarius. Its effect will be felt on November 18, 1940.
The wheat market from this day on is due for a rally of at least three days according to the rules given.

We note that the dates given are gradually moving backwards in the calendar. The difference amounts to about 16-18 days form one year to the next. Let us check this:

January 23, 1936 are 18 days backwards.
January 5, 1937 to December 20, 1937 are 16 days backwards; December 20, 1937 to December 5, 1938 we have 15 daysbackwards, from December 5, 1938 to
November 18, 1939, we have 17 days backwards. So that, it is easy to see that the retrograde points of Mercury from year to year are retrograding themselves, using a rate of about 17 days.