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Anwar al-Awlaqiborn under Mercury retrograde
American-Yemeni imam and suspected Islamist extremist (1971–2011) — born April 22, 1971, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Aries.
BornApril 22, 1971(1971–2011)♈︎☿ Rx in Aries · 27°29′Rx windowApr 9 – May 3, 1971
✶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
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.