The Natal Registry · Music
Thomas Newmanborn under Mercury retrograde
American composer and conductor (born 1955) — born October 20, 1955, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Libra.
BornOctober 20, 1955(b. 1955)♎︎☿ Rx in Libra · 13°40′Rx windowOct 1 – Oct 22, 1955
✶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.