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Edgar Mitchellborn under Mercury retrograde
The sixth person to walk on the Moon as the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14, Edgar Mitchell was also a U.S. Navy officer, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. — born September 17, 1930, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Libra.
BornSeptember 17, 1930(1930–2016)♎︎☿ Rx in Libra · 2°36′Rx windowSep 8 – Sep 30, 1930
✶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
Meanwhile, in the same window
Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.