The Natal Registry · Public figure
Gregory XVIborn under Mercury retrograde
The last pope to govern the Papal States for his entire pontificate and the most recent pontiff not to have been a bishop at the time of his election. — born September 18, 1765, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Libra.
BornSeptember 18, 1765(1765–1846)♎︎☿ Rx in Libra · 14°35′Rx windowSep 16 – Oct 7, 1765
✶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.