NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
David C. Hilmers's Birth Card: The Queen of Clubs
The Nurturing Leader
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
David Carl Hilmers (born January 28, 1950) is a former NASA astronaut who flew four Space Shuttle missions. The birth-card coordinate for January 28 is the Queen of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The Queen of Clubs coordinate
David C. Hilmers's birthday maps to the Queen of Clubs (The Nurturing Leader). 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 C. Hilmers. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You teach from what you actually know, without making people earn the right to hear it.
David C. Hilmers in the public record
He was born in Clinton, Iowa, but considers DeWitt, Iowa, to be his hometown. He has two grown sons. His recreational interests include playing the piano, gardening, electronics, spending time with his family, and all types of sports. His parents are deceased. With five academic degrees, he is the second most formally educated U.S. astronaut, behind Story Musgrave and Lee Morin with six. Graduated from Central Community High School in DeWitt, Iowa, in 1968; received a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics (summa cum laude) from Cornell College in 1972, a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering (with distinction) in 1977, and the degree of Electrical Engineer from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1978. He received a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from the Baylor College of Medicine in 1995 with honors and a Master of Science degree in Public Health (MPH) from the UTHealth School of Public Health at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) in 2002.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article David C. Hilmers (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the Queen of Clubs
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 C. Hilmers, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in David C. Hilmers's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- Q♣ — Birth Card: The Nurturing Leader
- 10♦ — Karma — Environment: The Wealthy Master
- 3♥ — Karma — Displacement: The Creative Heart
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 10♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 5♣ — Life Spread — Venus
- 3♦ — Life Spread — Mars
- A♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 7♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 5♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- J♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 9♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 7♦ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Skeptical Investor
- 9♥ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Compassionate Idealist
- 9♠ — PRC Life Spread — Jupiter: The Idealistic Mind
- 2♥ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Loving Partner
- K♥ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Compassionate King
- K♦ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Wealthy King
- 6♥ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Devoted Caregiver
- 4♣ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Systematic Builder
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 thoughtful guidance
With five academic degrees, he is the second most formally educated U.S. astronaut, behind Story Musgrave and Lee Morin with six.
Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: academic.
Also on the record
- Hilmers entered active duty with the United States Marine Corps in July 1972.
- On completing The Basic School and Naval Flight Officer School, he was assigned to VMA(AW)-121 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, flying the A-6 Intruder as a bombardier-navigator.
- In 1975, he became an air liaison officer with the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, stationed with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
- He graduated from the U.S.
Other astronauts with this card
- Dale A. Gardner — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 2 flights
- David M. Walker — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 4 flights
- John M. Fabian — NASA Group 8 · Former · 2 flights
- Jon A. McBride — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 1 flight
- Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. — NASA Group 12 · Former · 2 flights
- Margaret Rhea Seddon — NASA Group 8 · Former · 3 flights
- Mark C. Lee — NASA Group 10 · Former · 4 flights
- Rex J. Walheim — NASA Group 16 · Former · 3 flights
- Scott J. Horowitz — NASA Group 14 · Former · 4 flights
- Susan J. Helms — NASA Group 13 · Former · 5 flights
- Thomas D. Akers — NASA Group 12 · Former · 4 flights
FAQ
- What is David C. Hilmers's birth card?
- The Queen of Clubs. January 28 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 C. Hilmers's dates come from?
- Birth date 1950-01-28 is the day-precision date on David C. Hilmers's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 9 · Former · 4 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 (David C. Hilmers) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q1173930) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (David C. Hilmers). Birth date 1950-01-28 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).