The Natal Registry · Music
Aaron Coplandborn under Mercury retrograde
American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor (1900-1990) — born November 14, 1900, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Sagittarius.
BornNovember 14, 1900(1900–1990)♐︎☿ Rx in Sagittarius · 4°39′Rx windowNov 9 – Nov 29, 1900
✶Astrological tradition — for entertainment, not astronomy
Tradition reads a natal Mercury retrograde as the inward mind — drafted, revised, doubled back — and gives it a fire-sign keynote in Sagittarius: Travel hiccups; pack the charger and the patience.
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.