NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
Frederick W. Sturckow's Birth Card: The 2 of Diamonds
The Financial Partner
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
Frederick Wilford "Rick" Sturckow (born August 11, 1961) is an engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut, and commercial spacecraft pilot. The birth-card coordinate for August 11 is the 2 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 2 of Diamonds coordinate
Frederick W. Sturckow's birthday maps to the 2 of Diamonds (The Financial Partner). 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 W. Sturckow. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You name the exchange out loud and keep it fair for both sides.
Frederick W. Sturckow in the public record
Sturckow is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions and six Virgin Galactic suborbital space flights, earning him record of being launched into space more than any other human, as of November 2025. He flew as a pilot on STS-88 and STS-105 and as a commander on STS-117 and STS-128. All four missions docked with the International Space Station, making Sturckow one of three American astronauts to visit the station four times. Sturckow later was assigned to the Johnson Space Center as a CAPCOM. He left NASA in 2013 to become a pilot for Virgin Galactic. Sturckow was born La Mesa, California, but considers Lakeside, California, to be his hometown. He is married to the former Michele A. Street of Great Mills, Maryland.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Frederick W. Sturckow (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 8 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 W. Sturckow, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in Frederick W. Sturckow's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 2♦ — Birth Card: The Financial Partner
- A♦ — Karma — Environment: The Wealth Pioneer
- 6♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Nurturing Creator
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- J♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 8♣ — Life Spread — Venus
- 6♦ — Life Spread — Mars
- 4♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 10♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 10♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 8♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- A♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
The planetary ruling card for this birthday is the birth card itself, 2♦, so it adds no further cards to the path.
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.
You take the hard lead and you stay with the work after the call is made. Your mind is sharp, commanding, powerful. You think strategically and forcefully. You win arguments and debates. Your thinking dominates.
It was given to him when he was a young Marine, because he resembled a squadron commander who was appropriately called "Caustic".
Paired on shared wording: called, commander. This line comes from the Neptune position of the 2♦'s Life Spread.
Also on the record
- He enjoys flying and physical training.
- His father, Karl H.
- Sturckow, resides in Whittier, California, and his mother, Janette R.
- Sturckow, resides in La Mesa.
Other astronauts with this card
- Alan G. Poindexter — NASA Group 17 · Deceased · 2 flights
- Alvin B. Drew Jr. — NASA Group 18 · Management · 2 flights
- Clayton C. Anderson — NASA Group 17 · Former · 2 flights
- Karen L. Nyberg — NASA Group 18 · Former · 1 flight
- Lee M. Morin — NASA Group 16 · Former · 1 flight
FAQ
- What is Frederick W. Sturckow's birth card?
- The 2 of Diamonds. August 11 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 W. Sturckow's dates come from?
- Birth date 1961-08-11 is the day-precision date on Frederick W. Sturckow'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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Sources: NASA astronaut biography (Frederick W. Sturckow) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q706978) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Frederick W. Sturckow). Birth date 1961-08-11 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).