The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Paul VIborn under Mercury retrograde
The Pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 who closed the Second Vatican Council and fostered improved ecumenical relations with Eastern Orthodox and Protestant churches. — born September 26, 1897, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Virgo.
BornSeptember 26, 1897(1897–1978)♍︎☿ Rx in Virgo · 25°47′Rx windowSep 9 – Oct 1, 1897
✶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.