The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Arthur Phillipborn under Mercury retrograde
British naval officer and first Governor of New South Wales (1738-1814) — born October 11, 1738, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Libra.
BornOctober 11, 1738(1738–-6)♎︎☿ Rx in Libra · 16°00′Rx windowSep 28 – Oct 19, 1738
✶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 Libra: Contracts and exes resurface; weigh, don't rush to sign.
Shares a retrograde sign with
Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.