The Natal Registry · Public figure
Gichin Funakoshiborn under Mercury retrograde
Japanese karateka (1868–1957) — born November 10, 1868, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Scorpio.
BornNovember 10, 1868(1868–1957)♏︎☿ Rx in Scorpio · 7°23′Rx windowOct 25 – Nov 14, 1868
✶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.