The Natal Registry · Music
Al Jarreauborn under Mercury retrograde
American singer (1940–2017) — born March 12, 1940, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Pisces.
BornMarch 12, 1940(1940–2017)♓︎☿ Rx in Pisces · 27°33′Rx windowMar 6 – Mar 29, 1940
✶Astrological tradition — for entertainment, not astronomy
Tradition reads a natal Mercury retrograde as the inward mind — drafted, revised, doubled back — and gives it a water-sign keynote in Pisces: Dreams loud, logic quiet; sleep on every big decision.
Shares a retrograde sign with
Born inside the very same window
Meanwhile, in the same window
Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.