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John Youngborn under Mercury retrograde
The ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972, John Young was an American astronaut, naval officer, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. — born September 24, 1930, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Virgo.
BornSeptember 24, 1930(1930–2018)♍︎☿ Rx in Virgo · 25°24′Rx windowSep 8 – Sep 30, 1930
✶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 Virgo: Your ruler too — schedules unravel; build in slack.
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.