The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Vladimír Špidlaborn under Mercury retrograde
A Czech politician who served as prime minister of the Czech Republic from 2002 to 2004 and as European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities from 2004 to 2010. — born April 22, 1951, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Taurus.
BornApril 22, 1951(b. 1951)♉︎☿ Rx in Taurus · 5°53′Rx windowApr 14 – May 8, 1951
✶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.