The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Harry Reidborn under Mercury retrograde
The long-serving U.S. Senator from Nevada who led the Senate Democratic Caucus for twelve years and served as Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015. — born December 2, 1939, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Sagittarius.
BornDecember 2, 1939(1939–2021)♐︎☿ Rx in Sagittarius · 0°48′Rx windowNov 18 – Dec 8, 1939
✶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
Meanwhile, in the same window
Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.