The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Girma Wolde-Giorgisborn under Mercury retrograde
The second president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, serving from 2001 to 2013. — born December 28, 1924, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Capricorn.
BornDecember 28, 1924(1924–2018)♑︎☿ Rx in Capricorn · 3°51′Rx windowDec 18, 1924 – Jan 6, 1925
✶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.