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Compay Segundoborn under Mercury retrograde

Cuban musician (1907-2003) — born November 18, 1907, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Scorpio.

BornNovember 18, 1907(1907–2003)♏︎☿ Rx in Scorpio · 16°09′Rx windowNov 3 – Nov 23, 1907
☿Natal Mercury retrograde♏︎ScorpioWikipedia
✶Astrological tradition — for entertainment, not astronomy

Tradition reads a natal Mercury retrograde as the inward mind — drafted, revised, doubled back — and gives it a water-sign keynote in Scorpio: Buried truths surface; resist the 2am confession text.

Shares a retrograde sign with
♏︎Diego Maradona♏︎Carl Sagan♏︎Miley Cyrus
Born inside the very same window
♏︎Astrid Lindgren♏︎Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg♏︎Burgess Meredith♏︎Ko Takamoro

Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.

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