NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
Bernard A. Harris Jr.'s Birth Card: The 4 of Clubs
The Systematic Builder
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
Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. (born June 26, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for June 26 is the 4 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 4 of Clubs coordinate
Bernard A. Harris Jr.'s birthday maps to the 4 of Clubs (The Systematic 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 Bernard A. Harris Jr.. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You put knowledge into an order other people can actually use.
Bernard A. Harris Jr. in the public record
On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first African American to perform an extra-vehicular activity (spacewalk), during the second of his two Space Shuttle flights. Harris was born on June 26, 1956 in Temple, Texas. His parents were Bernard A. Harris, Sr. and Gussie Emanual Harris. His parents divorced when he was six years old. Seeing his father struggle to find work — having only had a tenth grade education — inspired Harris to pursue STEM. Harris first became interested in being an astronaut after watching the Apollo 11 mission on TV in 1969 at 13 years old. With the help of his science teacher, he formed a science club and a rocket club with some other students.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Bernard A. Harris Jr. (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the cards
Cards in Bernard A. Harris Jr.'s fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 4♣ — Birth Card: The Systematic Builder
- 6♥ — Karma — Environment: The Devoted Caregiver
- 5♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Dynamic Innovator
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 2♦ — Life Spread — Mercury
- J♠ — Life Spread — Venus
- 8♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- 6♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 4♠ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 10♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 10♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 8♠ — Life Spread — Pluto
- A♥ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
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.
No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 4♣, 6♥, 5♣, 3♦, 2♦, J♠, 8♣, 6♦, 4♠, 10♥, 10♦, 8♠, A♥. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast a spaceflight.
Also on the record
- Harris graduated from Sam Houston High School in San Antonio, Texas, in 1974, where he was actively involved in science fairs, book clubs and other school activities.
- He received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of Houston in 1978.
- He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in 1982.
- Harris completed a residency in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic in 1985.
Other astronauts with this card
- Carl J. Meade — NASA Group 11 · Former · 3 flights
- Catherine G. Coleman — NASA Group 14 · Former · 3 flights
- Duane G. Carey — NASA Group 16 · Former · 1 flight
- Michael J. Smith — NASA Group 9 · Deceased · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table
FAQ
- What is Bernard A. Harris Jr.'s birth card?
- The 4 of Clubs. June 26 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 Bernard A. Harris Jr.'s dates come from?
- Birth date 1956-06-26 is the day-precision date on Bernard A. Harris Jr.'s NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 13 · Former · 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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Sources: NASA astronaut biography (Bernard A. Harris Jr.) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q822249) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Bernard A. Harris Jr.). Birth date 1956-06-26 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).