The Natal Registry · Science & Tech
Georg Simon Ohmborn under Mercury retrograde
The German mathematician and physicist who discovered the direct proportionality between voltage and electric current, a relationship now known as Ohm's law. — born March 16, 1789, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Pisces.
BornMarch 16, 1789(1789–1854)♓︎☿ Rx in Pisces · 12°23′Rx windowFeb 27 – Mar 22, 1789
✶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
Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.