The Natal Registry · Art & Design
Steve Ditkoborn under Mercury retrograde
American comics artist (1927–2018) — born November 2, 1927, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Scorpio.
BornNovember 2, 1927(1927–2018)♏︎☿ Rx in Scorpio · 24°45′Rx windowOct 30 – Nov 19, 1927
✶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.