The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Motherborn under Mercury retrograde

The wife of King George VI who served as Queen of the United Kingdom and the last Empress of India before becoming known as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. — born August 4, 1900, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Leo.

BornAugust 4, 1900(1900–2002)♌︎☿ Rx in Leo · 6°22′Rx windowJul 18 – Aug 11, 1900
☿Natal Mercury retrograde♌︎LeoWikipedia
✶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
♌︎Michael Jackson♌︎Fidel Castro♌︎Jorge Luis Borges
Born inside the very same window
♌︎Eyvind Johnson♌︎Zelda Fitzgerald♌︎Arturo Umberto Illia

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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