NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
Christopher J. Ferguson's Birth Card: The 10 of Diamonds
The Wealthy Master
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
Christopher J. The birth-card coordinate for September 1 is the 10 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 10 of Diamonds coordinate
Christopher J. Ferguson's birthday maps to the 10 of Diamonds (The Wealthy Master). 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 Christopher J. Ferguson. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build enough and keep it structured so it actually holds.
Christopher J. Ferguson in the public record
"Fergy" Ferguson (born September 1, 1961) is a commercial astronaut and a retired United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He was the pilot of Space Shuttle Atlantis on his first mission to space, STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006, and returned to Earth on September 21, 2006. He then commanded STS-126 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. In 2011, he was assigned as commander of STS-135, which was the final mission of the space shuttle program. On December 9, 2011, he retired from NASA and became director of Crew and Mission Operations for Boeing's Commercial Crew Program. In August 2018, Ferguson was assigned to the first test flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner, although he stepped down from the mission in October 2020. Ferguson was born September 1, 1961, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Archbishop Ryan High School in 1979.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Christopher Ferguson (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 Christopher J. Ferguson, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in Christopher J. Ferguson's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 10♦ — Birth Card: The Wealthy Master
- Q♠ — Karma — Environment: The Wise Guide
- Q♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Nurturing Leader
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- A♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- A♦ — Life Spread — Mars
- Q♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 5♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 3♣ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 3♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 9♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 7♣ — 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.
Deep wisdom and understanding
"Fergy" Ferguson (born September 1, 1961) is a commercial astronaut and a retired United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: captain, navy.
Also on the record
- He received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University in 1984, and earned his Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S.
- Naval Postgraduate School in 1991.
- Ferguson was commissioned from the Navy ROTC program at the University of Pennsylvania.
- He received his Naval Aviator wings in NAS Kingsville, Texas, in 1986 and was ordered to the F-14 Tomcat training squadron in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Other astronauts with this card
- Daniel C. Brandenstein — NASA Group 8 · Former · 4 flights
- Frederick H. Hauck — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 3 flights
- Leland D . Melvin — NASA Group 17 · Former · 2 flights
- Piers J. Sellers — NASA Group 16 · Deceased · 3 flights
- Roger B. Chaffee — NASA Group 3 · Deceased · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table
- Terence T. Henricks — NASA Group 11 · Former · 4 flights
FAQ
- What is Christopher J. Ferguson's birth card?
- The 10 of Diamonds. September 1 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 Christopher J. Ferguson's dates come from?
- Birth date 1961-09-01 is the day-precision date on Christopher J. Ferguson's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 17 · 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 (Christopher J. Ferguson) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q447057) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Christopher Ferguson). Birth date 1961-09-01 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).