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Antoine Laurent de Jussieuborn under Mercury retrograde
French botanist (1748–1836) — born April 12, 1748, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Aries.
BornApril 12, 1748(1748–1836)♈︎☿ Rx in Aries · 11°03′Rx windowMar 26 – Apr 19, 1748
✶Astrological tradition — for entertainment, not astronomy
Tradition reads a natal Mercury retrograde as the inward mind — drafted, revised, doubled back — and gives it a fire-sign keynote in Aries: Patience over impulse; reread before you fire off.
Shares a retrograde sign with
Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.