The Natal Registry · Music

Vladimir Horowitzborn under Mercury retrograde

A Russian and American pianist considered one of the greatest of all time, known for his virtuoso technique, timbre, and the public excitement engendered by his playing. — born October 1, 1903, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Libra.

BornOctober 1, 1903(1903–1989)♎︎☿ Rx in Libra · 11°39′Rx windowSep 20 – Oct 12, 1903
☿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
♎︎Silvio Berlusconi♎︎Václav Havel♎︎Ferdinand Marcos
Born inside the very same window
♎︎Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton♎︎Mark Rothko♎︎Ernst Kaltenbrunner♎︎John Vincent Atanasoff

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

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