The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Buteborn under Mercury retrograde
British nobleman, art collector, and Prime Minister of Great Britain (1713-1792) — born May 25, 1713, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Taurus.
BornMay 25, 1713(1713–1792)♉︎☿ Rx in Taurus · 21°58′Rx windowMay 5 – May 29, 1713
✶Astrological tradition — for entertainment, not astronomy
Tradition reads a natal Mercury retrograde as the inward mind — drafted, revised, doubled back — and gives it a earth-sign keynote in Taurus: Money paperwork snarls — double-check the fine print.
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.