Brewster H. Shaw Jr.'s Birth Card: The 3 of Diamonds

In the record

Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr. (born May 16, 1945) is a retired NASA astronaut, colonel of the U.S. The birth-card coordinate for May 16 is the 3 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 3 of Diamonds coordinate

Brewster H. Shaw Jr.'s birthday maps to the 3 of Diamonds (The Success Communicator). 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 Brewster H. Shaw Jr.. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You keep more than one path alive without letting any of them stay imaginary.

Live 3 of Diamonds meaning page

Brewster H. Shaw Jr. in the public record

Air Force, and former Boeing executive. Shaw was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 6, 2006. Shaw is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and has logged 533 hours of space flight. He was Pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia in November 1983, Commander of Atlantis in November 1985 and Commander of Columbia in August 1989. Following the Challenger disaster in 1986, he supported the Rogers Presidential Commission which investigated the accident. Shaw subsequently led the Space Shuttle Orbiter Return-to-Flight team chartered to enhance the safety of the vehicles' operations. Shaw worked as a manager at NASA until 1996 when he left the agency, retired from the Air Force, and went to work in the private sector as an aerospace executive.

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

Where the record meets the Ace 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 Brewster H. Shaw Jr., and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Ability to penetrate illusions and see truth

Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr. (born May 16, 1945) is a retired NASA astronaut, colonel of the U.S.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: colonel.

Also on the record

1. Shaw is the son of Brewster H.
2. Shaw, Sr.
3. He was born May 16, 1945, and grew up in Michigan.
4. He graduated from Cass City High School in Cass City, Michigan, in 1963.

Other astronauts with this card

• James P. Bagian — NASA Group 9 · Former · 2 flights
• Rick D. Husband — NASA Group 15 · Deceased · 2 flights
• WIlliam F. Readdy — NASA Group 12 · Former · 3 flights

FAQ

What is Brewster H. Shaw Jr.'s birth card?

The 3 of Diamonds. May 16 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 Brewster H. Shaw Jr.'s dates come from?

Birth date 1945-05-16 is the day-precision date on Brewster H. Shaw Jr.'s NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 8 · 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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