The Natal Registry · Art & Design
Marcel Duchampborn under Mercury retrograde
The French American artist, inventor, and chess player who played a key role in developing the avant-garde in New York City during the last 25 years of his life. — born July 28, 1887, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Leo.
BornJuly 28, 1887(1887–1968)♌︎☿ Rx in Leo · 6°15′Rx windowJul 15 – Aug 8, 1887
✶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 Leo: Friend-group static; egos bruise easily, soften the send.
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.