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ʻAbdu'l-Baháborn under Mercury retrograde

son of Bahá'u'lláh and leader of the Bahá'í Faith — born May 23, 1844, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Gemini. The date, sign and degree are computed from the real ephemeris, never assumed.

BornMay 23, 1844(1844–1921)♊︎☿ Rx in Gemini · 10°24′Rx windowMay 17 – Jun 10, 1844
☿Natal Mercury retrograde♊︎GeminiWikipedia
✶Astrological tradition — for entertainment, not astronomy

Tradition reads a natal Mercury retrograde as the inward mind — drafted, revised, doubled back — and gives it a air-sign keynote in Gemini: Your ruler stumbles; messages misfire most of all.

Shares a retrograde sign with
♊︎Muammar Gaddafi♊︎John Maynard Keynes♊︎Angelina Jolie
Born inside the very same window
♊︎Mary Cassatt♊︎Henri Rousseau♊︎Garret Hobart

Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.

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