Alan G. Poindexter's Birth Card: The 2 of Diamonds

In the record

Alan Goodwin Poindexter (November 5, 1961 – July 1, 2012) was an American naval officer and a NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for November 5 is the 2 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 2 of Diamonds coordinate

Alan G. Poindexter's birthday maps to the 2 of Diamonds (The Financial Partner). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a mission and not a verdict on Alan G. Poindexter. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You name the exchange out loud and keep it fair for both sides.

Live 2 of Diamonds meaning page

Alan G. Poindexter in the public record

Poindexter was selected in the 1998 NASA Group (G17) and went into orbit aboard Space Shuttle missions STS-122 and STS-131. Poindexter was born to John Poindexter and Linda Poindexter in Pasadena, California, and grew up in Rockville, Maryland, which he considered to be his hometown. He was married to Lisa A. Pfeiffer of Gulf Breeze, Florida. They had two children. His recreational interests included motorcycling, running, weight lifting, water skiing, boating, hunting and fishing. Poindexter attended high school at Coronado High School in Coronado, California, graduating in 1979. He received an associate degree in engineering from Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, Florida, in 1983, before transferring to Georgia Institute of Technology.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Alan G. Poindexter (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the cards

No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 2♦, A♦, 6♣, 6♦, A♥, 3♠, 9♣, J♠, 8♣, 4♠, 10♥, 10♦, 8♠, Q♦, 5♥, 3♣. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast a spaceflight.

Also on the record

1. He graduated in 1986 with highest honors with a bachelor's degree of aerospace engineering.
2. In 1995, he received a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S.
3. Naval Postgraduate School.
4. Poindexter was commissioned in the United States Navy following graduation from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1986.

Other astronauts with this card

• Alvin B. Drew Jr. — NASA Group 18 · Management · 2 flights
• Clayton C. Anderson — NASA Group 17 · Former · 2 flights
• Frederick W. Sturckow — NASA Group 15 · Former · 4 flights
• Karen L. Nyberg — NASA Group 18 · Former · 1 flight
• Lee M. Morin — NASA Group 16 · Former · 1 flight

FAQ

What is Alan G. Poindexter's birth card?

The 2 of Diamonds. November 5 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a spaceflight?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast missions, character, or fate.

Where do Alan G. Poindexter's dates come from?

Birth date 1961-11-05 is the day-precision date on Alan G. Poindexter's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 17 · Deceased · 2 flights), verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only NASA dates and NASA↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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