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Richard F. Gordonborn under Mercury retrograde
American astronaut (1929–2017) — born October 5, 1929, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Libra.
BornOctober 5, 1929(1929–2017)♎︎☿ Rx in Libra · 17°41′Rx windowSep 25 – Oct 17, 1929
✶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.