The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Mengistu Haile Mariamborn under Mercury retrograde
The Ethiopian military officer and politician who led the Derg junta and served as head of state from 1977 to 1991. — born May 21, 1937, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Taurus.
BornMay 21, 1937(b. 1937)♉︎☿ Rx in Taurus · 15°34′Rx windowApr 30 – May 24, 1937
✶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
Meanwhile, in the same window
Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.