The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership

Kim Il-sungborn under Mercury retrograde

The revolutionary politician who founded North Korea in 1948 and served as its Supreme Leader until his death in 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
☿Natal Mercury retrograde♈︎Aries✦Leap year☉CazimiWikipedia
✶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.