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Claude Cohen-Tannoudjiborn under Mercury retrograde

A French physicist at the École normale supérieure in Paris, known for experiments in laser cooling that demonstrated temperatures below the recoil temperature. — born April 1, 1933, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Pisces.

BornApril 1, 1933(b. 1933)♓︎☿ Rx in Pisces · 25°34′Rx windowMar 13 – Apr 5, 1933
☿Natal Mercury retrograde♓︎PiscesWikipedia
✶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
♓︎Gabriel García Márquez♓︎Yuri Gagarin♓︎Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Born inside the very same window
♈︎Philip Roth♈︎Abolhassan Banisadr♈︎Shigeo Yaegashi♈︎Philip Zimbardo

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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