Jack R. Lousma's Birth Card: The 9 of Clubs

In the record

Jack Robert Lousma (born February 29, 1936) is an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former naval aviator, NASA astronaut, and politician. The birth-card coordinate for February 29 is the 9 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 9 of Clubs coordinate

Jack R. Lousma's birthday maps to the 9 of Clubs (The Humanitarian Builder). 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 Jack R. Lousma. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You let a used-up framework go and keep the part that still works.

Live 9 of Clubs meaning page

Jack R. Lousma in the public record

He was a member of the second crew, Skylab-3, on the Skylab space station in 1973. In 1982, he commanded STS-3, the third Space Shuttle mission. Lousma was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1997. He is the last living crew member of both of his spaceflights. Lousma later was the Republican Party nominee for a seat in the United States Senate from Michigan in 1984, losing to incumbent Carl Levin, who won his second of six terms. Lousma was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on February 29, 1936. He is of Dutch (Frisian) descent. His father's name was spelled Louwsma, but he kept the 'w' off of his son's birth certificate to make the name easier to spell.

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

Where the record meets the King of Hearts

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 Jack R. Lousma, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

You hold emotional authority without hiding behind it. You carry authority in the realm of feeling—the maturity and depth to lead others emotionally and hold space with real strength. At your best, you command emotional situations with both power and authentic care, the steady presence people anchor to.

In 1982, he commanded STS-3, the third Space Shuttle mission.

Paired on shared wording: commanded, space. This line comes from the Mars position of the 9♣'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

1. He graduated from Angell Elementary School, Tappan Middle School, and Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1954.
2. Lousma was a Boy Scout and earned the rank of Tenderfoot Scout.
3. Lousma received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1959.
4. He played on the football team as a backup quarterback until an elbow injury ended his career.

Other astronauts with this card

• Michael R. Clifford — NASA Group 13 · Deceased · 3 flights

FAQ

What is Jack R. Lousma's birth card?

The 9 of Clubs. February 29 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 Jack R. Lousma's dates come from?

Birth date 1936-02-29 is the day-precision date on Jack R. Lousma's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 5 · 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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