The Natal Registry · Science & Tech

Wassily Leontiefborn under Mercury retrograde

Russian economist (1906-1999) — born August 5, 1906, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Leo.

BornAugust 5, 1906(1906–1999)♌︎☿ Rx in Leo · 24°02′Rx windowJul 29 – Aug 22, 1906
☿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
♌︎John Huston♌︎Marcel Carné♌︎Marcelo Caetano♌︎Ettore Majorana

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

← Born retrograde in LeoThe full registry →Were you born under retrograde? →