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Arvid Carlssonborn under Mercury retrograde

The Swedish neuropharmacologist awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work on the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson's disease. — born January 25, 1923, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Aquarius.

BornJanuary 25, 1923(1923–2018)♒︎☿ Rx in Aquarius · 12°24′Rx windowJan 20 – Feb 10, 1923
☿Natal Mercury retrograde♒︎AquariusWikipedia
✶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
♒︎Justin Bieber♒︎Rihanna♒︎John Steinbeck
Born inside the very same window
♒︎Norman Mailer♒︎Conrad Bain♒︎Leonid Gaidai

Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.

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