NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
Catherine G. Coleman'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
Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman (born December 14, 1960) is an American chemist, engineer, former United States Air Force colonel, and retired NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for December 14 is the 4 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 4 of Clubs coordinate
Catherine G. Coleman'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 Catherine G. Coleman. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You put knowledge into an order other people can actually use.
Catherine G. Coleman in the public record
She is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions, and departed the International Space Station on May 23, 2011, as a crew member of Expedition 27 after logging 159 days in space. Coleman graduated from Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School, Fairfax, Virginia, in 1978. In 1978–1979, she was an exchange student at Røyken Upper Secondary School in Norway with the AFS Intercultural Programs. She received a B.S. degree in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1983 and was commissioned as graduate of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (Air Force ROTC)., then received a Ph.D. degree in polymer science and engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1991. She was advised by Professor Thomas J. McCarthy on her doctorate. As an undergraduate, she was a member of the intercollegiate rowing crew and was a resident of Baker House. Coleman continued to pursue her PhD at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a second lieutenant.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Catherine Coleman (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 3 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 Catherine G. Coleman, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in Catherine G. Coleman'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
- 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
- 6♦ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Generous Provider
- 3♠ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Sorrowful Truth
- 9♣ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Humanitarian Builder
- A♦ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Wealth Pioneer
- Q♦ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Prosperous Nurturer
- 5♥ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Restless Heart
- 3♣ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Creative Communicator
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 see what needs fixing
Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman (born December 14, 1960) is an American chemist, engineer, former United States Air Force colonel, and retired NASA astronaut.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: colonel, engineer.
Also on the record
- In 1988, she entered active duty at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as a research chemist.
- During her work, she participated as a surface analysis consultant on the NASA Long Duration Exposure Facility experiment.
- In 1991, she received her doctorate in polymer science and engineering.
- She retired from the Air Force in November 2009 as a colonel.
Other astronauts with this card
- Bernard A. Harris Jr. — NASA Group 13 · Former · 2 flights
- Carl J. Meade — NASA Group 11 · 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 Catherine G. Coleman's birth card?
- The 4 of Clubs. December 14 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 Catherine G. Coleman's dates come from?
- Birth date 1960-12-14 is the day-precision date on Catherine G. Coleman's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 14 · 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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Sources: NASA astronaut biography (Catherine G. Coleman) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q7468) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Catherine Coleman). Birth date 1960-12-14 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).