Dominic L. Gorie's Birth Card: The 4 of Spades

In the record

Dominic Lee Pudwill Gorie (born May 2, 1957) is a retired United States Navy officer and NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for May 2 is the 4 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 4 of Spades coordinate

Dominic L. Gorie's birthday maps to the 4 of Spades (The Rigid Truth). 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 Dominic L. Gorie. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build enough container that change can happen without the floor disappearing.

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Dominic L. Gorie in the public record

He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. Gorie was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. His father, Capt. Paul Pudwill, was killed when the B-47 Stratojet he was flying developed ice on its wings and crashed; Dominic was six years old. He enrolled in the United States Naval Academy where he studied ocean engineering. Following graduation in 1979, he trained as a pilot and served tours of duty aboard the aircraft carriers USS America and USS Coral Sea. In 1987, he trained as a test pilot and worked at the Naval Air Test Center until the Gulf War, where, stationed aboard the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, he flew combat missions in Operation Desert Storm. He currently resides in Salida, Colorado.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 4 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 Dominic L. Gorie, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

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Dominic Lee Pudwill Gorie (born May 2, 1957) is a retired United States Navy officer and NASA astronaut.

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

Also on the record

1. Gorie graduated from Miami Palmetto High School in Pinecrest, Florida, in 1975.
2. He then obtained his bachelor of science degree in ocean engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1979, and his master of science degree in aviation systems from the University of Tennessee Space Institute in 1990.
3. Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross (2) one with Combat “V”, Air Medal (2), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal with Combat “V” (2) NASA Space Flight Medal (3) National Wrestling Hall of Fame, 2017 Designated a Naval Aviator in 1981.
4. Flew the A-7E Corsair II with Attack Squadron 46 aboard USS America from 1981 to 1983.

Other astronauts with this card

• No other astronaut in this set shares the 4 of Spades.

FAQ

What is Dominic L. Gorie's birth card?

The 4 of Spades. May 2 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 Dominic L. Gorie's dates come from?

Birth date 1957-05-02 is the day-precision date on Dominic L. Gorie's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 15 · 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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