Frederick D. Gregory's Birth Card: The 7 of Spades

In the record

Frederick Drew Gregory (born January 7, 1941) is a former United States Air Force pilot, military engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut as well as former NASA deputy administrator. The birth-card coordinate for January 7 is the 7 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 7 of Spades coordinate

Frederick D. Gregory's birthday maps to the 7 of Spades (The Questioning Mind). 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 Frederick D. Gregory. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You study the hard pattern until you can name it, then you do the next honest thing.

Live 7 of Spades meaning page

Frederick D. Gregory in the public record

He also served briefly as NASA acting administrator in early 2005, covering the period between the departure of Sean O'Keefe and the swearing in of Michael D. Griffin. Gregory was born to an African-American family in Washington, D.C. on January 7, 1941. His father was Francis A. Gregory, an educator who was the assistant superintendent for the District of Columbia Public Schools, as well as the first Black president of the Washington, D.C. Public Library Board of Trustees. His father was given the honor of having the Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library named after him.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Frederick D. Gregory (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 Frederick D. Gregory, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Penetrating questions and inquiry

Frederick Drew Gregory (born January 7, 1941) is a former United States Air Force pilot, military engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut as well as former NASA deputy administrator.

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

Also on the record

1. His mother was Nora Drew Gregory, who was a lifelong educator, as well as a public library advocate.
2. She was also the sister of the noted African-American physician, surgeon and researcher Dr.
3. Charles Drew, who developed improved techniques for blood storage and applied his expert knowledge in developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II, saving thousands of Allied soldiers' lives.
4. Gregory's great-grandfather was educator James Monroe Gregory.

Other astronauts with this card

• Bonnie J. Dunbar — NASA Group 9 · Former · 5 flights
• James C. Adamson — NASA Group 10 · Former · 2 flights
• James S. Voss — NASA Group 12 · Former · 5 flights
• Mary L. Cleave — NASA Group 9 · Deceased · 2 flights
• William F. Fisher — NASA Group 9 · Former · 1 flight

FAQ

What is Frederick D. Gregory's birth card?

The 7 of Spades. January 7 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 Frederick D. Gregory's dates come from?

Birth date 1941-01-07 is the day-precision date on Frederick D. Gregory's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 8 · 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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