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Carlos I. Noriega's Birth Card: The Ace of Diamonds

NASA Group 15 · Former · 2 flights

Born October 8, 1959

The Wealth Pioneer

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

Carlos Ismael Noriega Jiménez (born 8 October 1959) is a Peruvian-American NASA employee, a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. The birth-card coordinate for October 8 is the Ace of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The Ace of Diamonds coordinate

Carlos I. Noriega's birthday maps to the Ace of Diamonds (The Wealth Pioneer). 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 Carlos I. Noriega. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You start a resource in motion because you trust you can make and keep value.

Live Ace of Diamonds meaning page

Carlos I. Noriega in the public record

Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. Carlos became the first Peruvian-born astronaut who went to space. Carlos was born in Lima, Peru and moved to Santa Clara, California in early childhood. 1977: Graduated from Wilcox High School, Santa Clara, California 1981: Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from University of Southern California 1990: Master of Science degree in computer science from the Naval Postgraduate School 1990: Master of Science degree in space systems operations from the Naval Postgraduate School. 2 Defense Meritorious Service Medal Air Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device Air Medal (Strike Flight Award) Navy Achievement Medal 2 NASA Space Flight Medal NASA Exceptional Service Medal Noriega was a member of the Naval ROTC unit at the University of Southern California and received his commission in the United States Marine Corps in 1981. Following graduation from flight school, he flew CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters with HMM-165 from 1983 to 1985 at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Noriega made two 6-month shipboard deployments in the West Pacific/Indian Ocean, including operations in support of the Multinational Peacekeeping Force in Beirut, Lebanon. He completed his tour in Hawaii as the Base Operations Officer for Marine Air Base Squadron 24.

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

Where the record meets the Queen 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 Carlos I. Noriega, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Cards in Carlos I. Noriega's fixed path

Birth card and karma

Life Spread (Mercury → 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.

Ability to hold space for others' exploration

Q♠ — Life Spread — Pluto, fixed to the A♦, from the published Queen of Spades meaning

While awaiting future flight assignment Noriega served as Chief, Exploration Systems Engineering Division, Engineering Directorate, Johnson Space Center.

Paired on shared wording: exploration, space. This line comes from the Pluto position of the A♦'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

  1. In 1986, he was transferred to MCAS Tustin, California, where he served as the aviation safety officer and instructor pilot with HMT-301.
  2. In 1988, Noriega was selected to attend the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where he earned two master of science degrees.
  3. Upon graduation in September 1990, he was assigned to United States Space Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  4. In addition to serving as a Space Surveillance Center Commander, he was responsible for several software development projects and was ultimately the command representative for the development and integration of the major space and missile warning computer system upgrades for Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station.

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FAQ

What is Carlos I. Noriega's birth card?
The Ace of Diamonds. October 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 Carlos I. Noriega's dates come from?
Birth date 1959-10-08 is the day-precision date on Carlos I. Noriega's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 15 · 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 (Carlos I. Noriega) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q938350) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Carlos I. Noriega). Birth date 1959-10-08 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).