During its orbit around the Sun, Mercury will be 28.6 million miles from the Sun at its closest (this is called perihelion) and 43.3 million miles from the Sun at its farthest (aphelion). In other words, Mercury has an oval, egg-shaped orbital pattern. The reason for this is the gravitational forces exerted on Mercury from a nearby massive body - the Sun.
Ancient civilizations recognized that there were times when Mercury appeared brighter in the night sky and times when it appeared fainter. They had no knowledge of Newton’s Law of Gravitational Attraction, nor did they understand aphelion and perihelion. The high priests of these civilizations noted changes in emotion of the people at these extrema in brightness.
The human animal is hard wired to react to changes in our Solar System. These emotional reactions are what influence the financial markets. After all the markets are nothing more than buyers and sellers, all making decisions based on their internal emotions.
This video post gives examples to illustrate that the smallest planet in our system does in fact affect price action on stocks, commodities, and indices.
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