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Piet Heinborn under Mercury retrograde

20th-century Danish mathematician, inventor, designer, writer and poet (1905–1996)born December 16, 1905, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Sagittarius.

BornDecember 16, 1905(1905–1996)♐︎☿ Rx in Sagittarius · 22°32′Rx windowDec 6 – Dec 26, 1905
Natal Mercury retrograde♐︎SagittariusWikipedia
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.