The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Lew Wallaceborn under Mercury retrograde
American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician, and author of 'Ben Hur' (1827-1905) — born April 10, 1827, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Aries.
BornApril 10, 1827(1827–1905)♈︎☿ Rx in Aries · 11°40′Rx windowMar 26 – Apr 19, 1827
✶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.