The Natal Registry · Film & Stage
Lionel Barrymoreborn under Mercury retrograde
An Academy Award-winning actor and director best known for his role as the villainous Mr. Potter in the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. — born April 28, 1878, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Taurus.
BornApril 28, 1878(1878–1954)♉︎☿ Rx in Taurus · 19°58′Rx windowApr 25 – May 19, 1878
✶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.