The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership

Robert Cliveborn under Mercury retrograde

British military officer and East India Company official (1725-1774)born September 29, 1725, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Libra.

BornSeptember 29, 1725(1725–1774)♎︎☿ Rx in Libra · 22°21′Rx windowSep 25 – Oct 16, 1725
Natal Mercury retrograde♎︎LibraWikipedia
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

Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.