The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Jim Mattisborn under Mercury retrograde
United States 26th Secretary of Defense — born September 8, 1950, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Libra. The date, sign and degree are computed from the real ephemeris, never assumed.
BornSeptember 8, 1950(b. 1950)♎︎☿ Rx in Libra · 1°22′Rx windowSep 4 – Sep 26, 1950
✶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.