The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership

Rodney Kingborn under Mercury retrograde

African American police brutality victim (1965–2012)born April 2, 1965, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Aries.

BornApril 2, 1965(1965–2012)♈︎☿ Rx in Aries · 22°23′Rx windowMar 29 – Apr 22, 1965
Natal Mercury retrograde♈︎AriesWikipedia
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.