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James Connollyborn under Mercury retrograde

American triple jumper (1868-1957) — born October 28, 1868, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Scorpio.

BornOctober 28, 1868(1868–1957)♏︎☿ Rx in Scorpio · 21°07′Rx windowOct 25 – Nov 14, 1868
☿Natal Mercury retrograde♏︎Scorpio✦Leap yearWikipedia
✶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
♏︎Marie Dressler♏︎Gichin Funakoshi♏︎Felix Hausdorff♏︎Édouard Vuillard

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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