NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
Carl E. Walz's Birth Card: The 5 of Diamonds
The Dynamic Entrepreneur
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
Carl Erwin Walz (born 6 September 1955) is a retired NASA astronaut currently working for Orbital Sciences Corporation's Advanced Programs Group as vice president for Human Space Flight Operations. The birth-card coordinate for September 6 is the 5 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 5 of Diamonds coordinate
Carl E. Walz's birthday maps to the 5 of Diamonds (The Dynamic Entrepreneur). 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 Carl E. Walz. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You adjust the resource plan when the ground moves, without pretending nothing changed.
Carl E. Walz in the public record
Walz was formerly assigned to the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He was the Acting Director for the Advanced Capabilities Division in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, and was responsible for a broad range of activities to include Human Research, Technology Development, Nuclear Power and Propulsion and the Lunar Robotic Exploration Programs to support the Vision for Space Exploration. Walz was born on September 6, 1955, in Cleveland, Ohio, and is married to the former Pamela J. Glady of Lyndhurst, Ohio. They have two children. He enjoys piano and vocal music, sports, and was notably the lead singer for Max Q, a rock-and-roll band composed of astronauts. Walz graduated from Charles F. Brush High School in Lyndhurst, Ohio in 1973; received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Kent State University in 1977; and a Master of Science in solid state physics from John Carroll University in 1979.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Carl E. Walz (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 9 of Diamonds
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 Carl E. Walz, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in Carl E. Walz's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 5♦ — Birth Card: The Dynamic Entrepreneur
- 3♣ — Karma — Environment: The Creative Communicator
- 9♦ — Karma — Displacement: The Universal Provider
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- J♣ — Life Spread — Venus
- 7♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 2♣ — Life Spread — Saturn
- K♣ — Life Spread — Uranus
- J♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 4♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 4♦ — 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.
You give in a way you can sustain, and you let someone give back. You think about resources in terms of universal good and human need. You want to provide for humanity. Your vision is about abundance for all.
He was the Acting Director for the Advanced Capabilities Division in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, and was responsible for a broad range of activities to include Human Research, Technology Development, Nuclear Power and Propulsion and the Lunar Robotic Exploration Programs to support the Vision for Space Exploration.
Paired on shared wording: human, vision.
Also on the record
- American Legion, Kent State University Alumni Association, John Carroll University Alumni Association, and the Association of Space Explorers.
- Graduated summa cum laude from Kent State University.
- Awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, the USAF Meritorious Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one Oak Leaf, the USAF Commendation Medal, and the USAF Achievement Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
- Distinguished Graduate from the USAF Test Pilot School, Class 83A.
Other astronauts with this card
- Bryan D. O’Connor — NASA Group 9 · Former · 2 flights
- David M. Brown — NASA Group 16 · Deceased · 1 flight
- Donald R. McMonagle — NASA Group 12 · Former · 3 flights
- Fernando Caldeiro — NASA Group 16 · Deceased · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table
- Jeffrey A. Hoffman — NASA Group 8 · Former · 5 flights
- Thomas D. Jones — NASA Group 13 · Former · 4 flights
- William G. Gregory — NASA Group 13 · Former · 1 flight
FAQ
- What is Carl E. Walz's birth card?
- The 5 of Diamonds. September 6 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 Carl E. Walz's dates come from?
- Birth date 1955-09-06 is the day-precision date on Carl E. Walz's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 13 · Former · 4 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 (Carl E. Walz) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q644705) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Carl E. Walz). Birth date 1955-09-06 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).