NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
Bruce McCandless II'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
Bruce McCandless II (born Byron Willis McCandless; June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017) was an American Navy officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for June 8 is the 9 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 9 of Diamonds coordinate
Bruce McCandless II'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 Bruce McCandless II. 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.
Bruce McCandless II in the public record
In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, he completed the first untethered spacewalk by using the Manned Maneuvering Unit. Byron Willis McCandless was born on June 8, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts. A third-generation U.S. Navy officer, McCandless was the son of Bruce McCandless and grandson of Willis W. Bradley, both Medal of Honor recipients. His mother changed his name on June 6, 1938, to Bruce McCandless II. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, Long Beach, California, in 1954. In 1958, he received a Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy, graduating second, behind future National Security Advisor John Poindexter, in a class of 899 that also included John McCain.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Bruce McCandless II (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 Bruce McCandless II, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in Bruce McCandless II'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)
- 2♣ — Life Spread — Venus
- K♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- J♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 4♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 4♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 2♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 6♣ — 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.
Penetrating questions and inquiry
Bruce McCandless II (born Byron Willis McCandless; June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017) was an American Navy officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: engineer, navy.
Also on the record
- During his professional career, he also received a Master of Science in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1965 and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston–Clear Lake in 1987.
- Following his commissioning, McCandless received flight training from the Naval Air Training Command at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, and Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas.
- In March 1960, he was designated a United States Naval Aviator and proceeded to Naval Air Station Key West for weapons system and carrier landing training in the Douglas F4D-1 Skyray.
- Between December 1960 and February 1964, he was assigned to Fighter Squadron 102 (VF-102), flying the Skyray and the McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom II.
Other astronauts with this card
- Andrew M . Allen — NASA Group 12 · Former · 3 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 Bruce McCandless II's birth card?
- The 9 of Diamonds. June 8 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 Bruce McCandless II's dates come from?
- Birth date 1937-06-08 is the day-precision date on Bruce McCandless II's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 5 · 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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Sources: NASA astronaut biography (Bruce McCandless II) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q433608) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Bruce McCandless II). Birth date 1937-06-08 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).