The Natal Registry · Art & Design
Kees van Dongenborn under Mercury retrograde
Dutch painter (1877-1968) — born January 26, 1877, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Aquarius.
BornJanuary 26, 1877(1877–1968)♒︎☿ Rx in Aquarius · 7°45′Rx windowJan 18 – Feb 7, 1877
✶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
Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.