The Natal Registry · Art & Design
Félix Vallottonborn under Mercury retrograde
A Swiss and French painter and printmaker associated with Les Nabis who played an important role in developing the modern woodcut. — born December 28, 1865, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Sagittarius.
BornDecember 28, 1865(1865–1925)♐︎☿ Rx in Sagittarius · 25°35′Rx windowDec 14, 1865 – Jan 2, 1866
✶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.