David A. Wolf's Birth Card: The 3 of Clubs

In the record

David Alexander Wolf (born August 23, 1956) is an American retired astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer. The birth-card coordinate for August 23 is the 3 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 3 of Clubs coordinate

David A. Wolf's birthday maps to the 3 of Clubs (The Creative Communicator). 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 David A. Wolf. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move an idea across more than one channel without abandoning the one that needs depth.

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David A. Wolf in the public record

Wolf has been to space four times. Three of his spaceflights were short-duration Space Shuttle missions, the first of which was STS-58 in 1993, and his most recent spaceflight was STS-127 in 2009. Wolf also took part in a long-duration mission aboard the Russian space station Mir which lasted 128 days, and occurred during Mir EO-24. He was brought to Mir aboard STS-86 in September 1997, and landed aboard STS-89 in January 1998. In total Wolf has logged more than 4,040 hours in space. He is also a veteran of seven spacewalks totaling 41hrs 17min in both Russian and American spacesuits. Wolf was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and graduated from North Central High School. He then went on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University, where he graduated with distinction and became a brother in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article David Wolf (astronaut) (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 David A. Wolf, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Ability to see what needs fixing

David Alexander Wolf (born August 23, 1956) is an American retired astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: engineer, medical.

Also on the record

1. In 1982, he earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine.
2. He subsequently trained as a flight surgeon with the United States Air Force.
3. Wolf joined the staff of Johnson Space Center in 1983 and investigated the physiological effects of microgravity.
4. David Wolf has received numerous awards and honors.

Other astronauts with this card

• Daniel W. Bursch — NASA Group 13 · Former · 4 flights
• John-David F. Bartoe — NASA Group 11 · Former · 1 flight
• Richard J. Hieb — NASA Group 11 · Former · 3 flights
• Sidney M. Gutierrez — NASA Group 10 · Former · 2 flights

FAQ

What is David A. Wolf's birth card?

The 3 of Clubs. August 23 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 David A. Wolf's dates come from?

Birth date 1956-08-23 is the day-precision date on David A. Wolf's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 13 · 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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