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Edsger W. Dijkstraborn under Mercury retrograde

Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002) — born May 11, 1930, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Gemini.

BornMay 11, 1930(1930–2002)♊︎☿ Rx in Gemini · 2°20′Rx windowMay 8 – Jun 1, 1930
☿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
♉︎Harvey Milk♉︎Malcolm Fraser♉︎Frank Drake♊︎Jasper Johns

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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