The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Jalal Talabaniborn under Mercury retrograde
The Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the 6th president of Iraq from 2005 to 2014. — born November 12, 1933, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Sagittarius.
BornNovember 12, 1933(1933–2017)♐︎☿ Rx in Sagittarius · 3°25′Rx windowNov 8 – Nov 28, 1933
✶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.