The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Kim Il-sungborn under Mercury retrograde
Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994 — born April 15, 1912, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Aries.
BornApril 15, 1912(1912–1994)♈︎☿ Rx in Aries · 25°11′Rx windowApr 5 – Apr 29, 1912
✶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
Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.