NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
David C. Leestma's Birth Card: The King of Diamonds
The Wealthy King
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 Cornell Leestma (born May 6, 1949) is a former American astronaut and retired Captain in the United States Navy. The birth-card coordinate for May 6 is the King of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The King of Diamonds coordinate
David C. Leestma's birthday maps to the King of Diamonds (The Wealthy King). 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. Leestma. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You run the system and you can show your work.
David C. Leestma in the public record
He was born on May 6, 1949, in Muskegon, Michigan. He and his wife have six children. He enjoys golfing, tennis, aviation, and fishing. He graduated from Tustin High School in Tustin, California, in 1967, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1971, and a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1972. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and a Life Member of the Association of Naval Aviation. He has received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit, Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation (VX-4), National Defense Service Medal, Battle "E" Award (VF-32), the Rear Admiral Thurston James Award (1973), the NASA Space Flight Medal (1984, 1989, 1992), the NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1985, 1988, 1991, 1992), and the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal (1993, 1994). He was awarded the Presidential Rank of Meritorious Executive Award in 1998 and again in 2004.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article David Leestma (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 7 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 C. Leestma, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in David C. Leestma's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- K♦ — Birth Card: The Wealthy King
- 7♠ — Karma — Environment: The Questioning Mind
- 3♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Creative Communicator
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 2♦ — Life Spread — Mars
- J♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 8♣ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 6♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 4♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 10♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 10♦ — 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.
Penetrating questions and inquiry
David Cornell Leestma (born May 6, 1949) is a former American astronaut and retired Captain in the United States Navy.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: captain, navy.
Also on the record
- Leestma joined the U.S Naval Sea Cadet Corps in 8th grade.
- Leestma said that "[Sea Cadets] was my first experience with the military service and it appealed to me... [Sea Cadets] was the beginning of this journey with the Navy that has been a lifetime experience." Leestma graduated first in his class from the U.S.
- Naval Academy in 1971.
- As a first lieutenant afloat, he was assigned to USS Hepburn in Long Beach, California, before reporting in January 1972 to the U.S.
Other astronauts with this card
- Donald A. Thomas — NASA Group 13 · Former · 4 flights
- Linda M. Godwin — NASA Group 11 · Former · 4 flights
- Robert Shane Kimbrough — NASA Group 19 · Former · 3 flights
- Shannon W. Lucid — NASA Group 8 · Former · 5 flights
- Wendy B. Lawrence — NASA Group 14 · Former · 4 flights
FAQ
- What is David C. Leestma's birth card?
- The King of Diamonds. May 6 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. Leestma's dates come from?
- Birth date 1949-05-06 is the day-precision date on David C. Leestma's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 9 · 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 (David C. Leestma) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q1174077) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (David Leestma). Birth date 1949-05-06 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).