The Natal Registry · Film & Stage
Dick Van Dykeborn under Mercury retrograde
American actor and comedian (born 1925) — born December 13, 1925, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Sagittarius.
BornDecember 13, 1925(b. 1925)♐︎☿ Rx in Sagittarius · 16°39′Rx windowDec 1 – Dec 21, 1925
✶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.