Anthony W. England's Birth Card: The 4 of Diamonds

In the record

Anthony Wayne England (born May 15, 1942) is an American former NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for May 15 is the 4 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 4 of Diamonds coordinate

Anthony W. England's birthday maps to the 4 of Diamonds (The Financial Foundation Builder). 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 Anthony W. England. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it.

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Anthony W. England in the public record

Selected in 1967, England was among a group of astronauts who served as backups during the Apollo and Skylab programs. Like most others in his class, he flew during the Space Shuttle program, serving as a mission specialist on STS-51-F in 1985. He has logged more than 4,000 hours of flying time and 188 hours in space. England helped develop and use radars to probe the Moon on Apollo 17 and glaciers in Washington and Alaska. He participated in and led field parties during two seasons in Antarctica. England was the former dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. England was born May 15, 1942, in Indianapolis, Indiana, but his hometown is West Fargo, North Dakota. He attended primary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, and graduated from high school in North Dakota.

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

Where the record meets the Queen of Clubs

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 Anthony W. England, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Talent for helping others develop their thinking

England helped develop and use radars to probe the Moon on Apollo 17 and glaciers in Washington and Alaska.

Paired on shared wording: develop, helped. This line comes from the Result / Cosmic Reward position of the 8♥'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

1. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) he received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Earth and planetary sciences (course 12A) in 1965, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Earth and planetary sciences in 1970.
2. England was a graduate fellow at MIT for the three years immediately preceding his first assignment to NASA.
3. England was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967, as part of the 6th astronaut selection.
4. At 25 years 81 days old, he was the youngest candidate to be selected up to that time.

Other astronauts with this card

• Brent W. Jett — NASA Group 14 · Former · 4 flights
• Frank L. Culbertson Jr. — NASA Group 10 · Former · 3 flights
• Kevin P. Chilton — NASA Group 12 · Former · 3 flights
• Richard F. Gordon Jr. — NASA Group 3 · Deceased · 2 flights
• Ronald J. Grabe — NASA Group 9 · Former · 4 flights
• S. David Griggs — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 1 flight
• Scott J. Kelly — NASA Group 16 · Former · 3 flights
• William R. Pogue — NASA Group 5 · Deceased · 1 flight

FAQ

What is Anthony W. England's birth card?

The 4 of Diamonds. May 15 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 Anthony W. England's dates come from?

Birth date 1942-05-15 is the day-precision date on Anthony W. England's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 6 · Former · 1 flight), 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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