H. M. Stefanyshyn-Piper's Birth Card: The 5 of Spades

In the record

Heidemarie Martha Stefanyshyn-Piper (born February 7, 1963) is an American Naval officer and former NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for February 7 is the 5 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 5 of Spades coordinate

H. M. Stefanyshyn-Piper's birthday maps to the 5 of Spades (The Restless 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 H. M. Stefanyshyn-Piper. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You stay in the hard stretch long enough to get better at it.

Live 5 of Spades meaning page

H. M. Stefanyshyn-Piper in the public record

She has achieved the rank of Captain in the United States Navy. She is also a qualified and experienced salvage officer. Her major salvage projects include de-stranding the tanker Exxon Houston off the coast of Barbers Point, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, and developing the plan for the Peruvian Navy salvage of the Peruvian submarine Pacocha. Stefanyshyn-Piper has received numerous honors and awards, such as the Meritorious Service Medal, two Navy Commendation Medals, and two Navy Achievement Medals. She has flown on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-115 and STS-126, during which she completed five spacewalks totaling 33 hours and 42 minutes. As of 2017, she ranks 39th on the all-time list of space walkers by duration. Stefanyshyn-Piper was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States, of Ukrainian-American heritage.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 5 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 H. M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Quick thinking and mental flexibility

She has achieved the rank of 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

1. Her father, Michael (Mykhailo) Stefanyshyn, now deceased, was born in Polish-governed Halychyna (today in Ukraine), and sent to work in Germany during World War II.
2. After the end of the war, he married a German woman and they both immigrated to the U.S.
3. Stefanyshyn-Piper's mother, Adelheid Stefanyshyn, lived in St.
4. Paul until her death in 2018.

Other astronauts with this card

• Philip K . Chapman — NASA Group 6 · Deceased · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table
• Robert L. Curbeam Jr. — NASA Group 15 · Former · 3 flights

FAQ

What is H. M. Stefanyshyn-Piper's birth card?

The 5 of Spades. February 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 H. M. Stefanyshyn-Piper's dates come from?

Birth date 1963-02-07 is the day-precision date on H. M. Stefanyshyn-Piper's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 16 · Former · 2 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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