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B. H. Liddell Hartborn under Mercury retrograde
British historian and theoretician of war (1895-1970) — born October 31, 1895, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Libra.
BornOctober 31, 1895(1895–1970)♎︎☿ Rx in Libra · 26°26′Rx windowOct 14 – Nov 3, 1895
✶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
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.