The Natal Registry · Politics & Leadership
Thomas A. Hendricksborn under Mercury retrograde
The 21st vice president of the United States, who served from March until his death in November 1885 after previously governing Indiana and representing the state in Congress. — born September 7, 1819, while Mercury traced its backward loop through Virgo.
BornSeptember 7, 1819(1819–1885)♍︎☿ Rx in Virgo · 13°21′Rx windowAug 24 – Sep 16, 1819
✶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.