The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Robert Gatesborn under Mercury retrograde
An American intelligence analyst who served as the 22nd U.S. Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011 and the 15th Director of Central Intelligence from 1991 to 1993, and has been the 24th chancellor of the College of William and Mary since 2012. — born September 25, 1943, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Virgo.
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.