The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Robert Gatesborn under Mercury retrograde
CIA director, U.S. Secretary of Defense, and university president — born September 25, 1943, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Virgo. The date, sign and degree are computed from the real ephemeris, never assumed.
BornSeptember 25, 1943(b. 1943)♍︎☿ Rx in Virgo · 29°54′Rx windowSep 11 – Oct 3, 1943
✶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
Coincidence, not causation: the birthday and the window are real and ephemeris-based; the reading is tradition, offered in good fun.