The Natal Registry · Film & Stage
Ernest Borgnineborn under Mercury retrograde
American actor (1917–2012) — born January 24, 1917, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Capricorn.
BornJanuary 24, 1917(1917–2012)♑︎☿ Rx in Capricorn · 22°30′Rx windowJan 10 – Jan 30, 1917
✶Astrological tradition — for entertainment, not astronomy
Tradition reads a natal Mercury retrograde as the inward mind — drafted, revised, doubled back — and gives it a earth-sign keynote in Capricorn: Career wires cross; confirm every meeting twice.
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.