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Andrew M . Allen's Birth Card: The 9 of Diamonds
The Universal Provider
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict a spaceflight.
In the record
Andrew Michael Allen (born 4 August 1955) is a retired American astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for August 4 is the 9 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 9 of Diamonds coordinate
Andrew M . Allen's birthday maps to the 9 of Diamonds (The Universal Provider). 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 Andrew M . Allen. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You give in a way you can sustain, and you let someone give back.
Andrew M . Allen in the public record
A former Marine aviator and lieutenant colonel, he worked as a test pilot before joining NASA in 1987. He flew three Space Shuttle missions before retiring in 1997. Since 2006, Allen was CEO and owner of Aerodyne Industries in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Andrew Michael Allen was born on 4 August 1955 in Richboro, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Archbishop Wood Catholic High School in 1973, following an education at Richboro Junior High (currently Richboro Middle School). In 2003, he was interviewed for the school's newspaper The Viking Voice about Allen's history with NASA and the future of the agency in regard to the then-recent Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. He subsequently studied at Villanova University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering in 1977. At Villanova, he was initiated into the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Andrew M. Allen (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 7 of Spades
A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Andrew M . Allen, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in Andrew M . Allen's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 9♦ — Birth Card: The Universal Provider
- 5♦ — Karma — Environment: The Dynamic Entrepreneur
- Q♦ — Karma — Displacement: The Prosperous Nurturer
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 7♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 2♣ — Life Spread — Venus
- K♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- J♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 4♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 4♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 2♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 8♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 6♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
The planetary ruling card for this birthday is the birth card itself, 9♦, so it adds no further cards to the path.
Birth card from the month and day. Karma cards are fixed to the birth card. The planetary ruling card comes from the sun sign's ruling planet — the signs with two rulers carry two. The Life Spread is the birth card's fixed row of nine in the Life Spread — the cards that colour each 52-day period for life. Planetary period and long-range cards move year by year and are not shown on a static page.
Penetrating questions and inquiry
A former Marine aviator and lieutenant colonel, he worked as a test pilot before joining NASA in 1987.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: colonel, marine, pilot. This line comes from the Mercury position of the 9♦'s Life Spread.
Also on the record
- In 2004, Allen received an Master of Business Administration from the University of Florida.
- Allen received his commission in the United States Marine Corps at Villanova University in 1977.
- Following graduation from flight school, he flew F-4 Phantoms from 1980 to 1983 with squadron VMFA-312 at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, and was assigned as Aircraft Maintenance Officer.
- He was selected by Headquarters Marine Corps for fleet introduction of the F/A-18 Hornet, and was assigned to VMFA-531 in Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California, from 1983 to 1986.
Other astronauts with this card
- Bruce McCandless II — NASA Group 5 · Deceased · 2 flights
- Charles D. Gemar — NASA Group 11 · Former · 3 flights
- Lisa M. Nowak — NASA Group 16 · Former · 1 flight
- Michael J. McCulley — NASA Group 10 · Former · 1 flight
- Stanley G. Love — NASA Group 17 · Active · 1 flight
- William B. Lenoir — NASA Group 6 · Deceased · 1 flight
FAQ
- What is Andrew M . Allen's birth card?
- The 9 of Diamonds. August 4 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 Andrew M . Allen's dates come from?
- Birth date 1955-08-04 is the day-precision date on Andrew M . Allen's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 12 · Former · 3 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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Sources: NASA astronaut biography (Andrew M . Allen) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q506349) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Andrew M. Allen). Birth date 1955-08-04 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).