The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Maximilian von Weichsborn under Mercury retrograde
German field marshal (1881–1954) — born November 12, 1881, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Scorpio.
BornNovember 12, 1881(1881–1954)♏︎☿ Rx in Scorpio · 10°34′Rx windowOct 28 – Nov 17, 1881
✶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
Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.