The Natal Registry · Film & Stage
Alejandro Jodorowskyborn under Mercury retrograde
A Chilean-French avant-garde filmmaker and comics writer known for cult classics like El Topo and The Holy Mountain, which are celebrated for their violently surreal imagery and blend of mysticism. — born February 17, 1929, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Aquarius.
BornFebruary 17, 1929(b. 1929)♒︎☿ Rx in Aquarius · 9°09′Rx windowJan 29 – Feb 19, 1929
✶Astrological tradition — for entertainment, not astronomy
Tradition reads a natal Mercury retrograde as the inward mind — drafted, revised, doubled back — and gives it a air-sign keynote in Aquarius: Tech glitches multiply; back everything up now.
Shares a retrograde sign with
Born inside the very same window
Meanwhile, in the same window
Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.