The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Prince Edward, Duke of Kentborn under Mercury retrograde
A grandson of King George V and Queen Mary who became the oldest living member of the British royal family in 2025 following the death of his wife. — born October 9, 1935, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Scorpio.
BornOctober 9, 1935(b. 1935)♏︎☿ Rx in Scorpio · 2°07′Rx windowOct 6 – Oct 27, 1935
✶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.