The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Dietrich von Choltitzborn under Mercury retrograde
German general (1894-1966) — born November 9, 1894, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Scorpio.
BornNovember 9, 1894(1894–1966)♏︎☿ Rx in Scorpio · 20°06′Rx windowOct 30 – Nov 19, 1894
✶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
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.