NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
Christopher J. Loria's Birth Card: The 6 of Diamonds
The Generous 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
Christopher Joseph "Gus" Loria (born July 9, 1960) is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and a medically retired NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for July 9 is the 6 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 6 of Diamonds coordinate
Christopher J. Loria's birthday maps to the 6 of Diamonds (The Generous 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 Christopher J. Loria. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move resources toward other people without erasing your own claim.
Christopher J. Loria in the public record
He was originally scheduled to fly on STS-113 as pilot; however, he was grounded from spaceflight due to a severe back injury. Colonel "CJ" Loria was born in Newton, Massachusetts. His mother, Joan Loria, is deceased and his father, Robert L. Loria is deceased. Loria graduated from Belmont High School in 1978 and the U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School in 1979. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy shortly after and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in general engineering in 1983, and is a Distinguished Hispanic graduate of the Naval Academy.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Christopher Loria (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 Christopher J. Loria, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in Christopher J. Loria's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 6♦ — Birth Card: The Generous Provider
- 3♠ — Karma — Environment: The Sorrowful Truth
- 9♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Humanitarian Builder
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 4♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 10♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 10♦ — Life Spread — Mars
- 8♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- A♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- A♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- Q♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 5♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 3♣ — 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.
Ability to see what needs fixing
Christopher Joseph "Gus" Loria (born July 9, 1960) is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and a medically retired NASA astronaut.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: colonel, marine.
Also on the record
- He later completed 30 credits of coursework toward a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology.
- In 2004 he earned a Master in Public Administration from the John F.
- Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he was twice selected as a Harvard University Fellow.
- As a Fellow he worked on clean energy technology, and CO2 sequestration.
Other astronauts with this card
- G. David Low — NASA Group 10 · Deceased · 3 flights
- Gregory J. Harbaugh — NASA Group 12 · Former · 4 flights
- James B. Irwin — NASA Group 5 · Deceased · 1 flight
- James D. Van Hoften — NASA Group 8 · Former · 2 flights
- John L. Phillips — NASA Group 16 · Former · 3 flights
- Jose M. Hernandez — NASA Group 19 · Former · 1 flight
- Joseph P. Kerwin — NASA Group 4 · Former · 1 flight
- Kathryn D. Sullivan — NASA Group 8 · Former · 3 flights
- Kent V. Rominger — NASA Group 14 · Former · 5 flights
- Marsha S. Ivins — NASA Group 10 · Former · 5 flights
- N. Jan Davis — NASA Group 12 · Former · 3 flights
FAQ
- What is Christopher J. Loria's birth card?
- The 6 of Diamonds. July 9 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. Loria's dates come from?
- Birth date 1960-07-09 is the day-precision date on Christopher J. Loria's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 16 · Former · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table), 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. Loria) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q5112759) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Christopher Loria). Birth date 1960-07-09 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).