NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate

James B. Irwin's Birth Card: The 6 of Diamonds

NASA Group 5 · Deceased · 1 flight

Born March 17, 1930

Died August 8, 1991

The Generous Provider

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

James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 – August 8, 1991) was an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot. The birth-card coordinate for March 17 is the 6 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 6 of Diamonds coordinate

James B. Irwin's birthday maps to the 6 of Diamonds (The Generous Provider). 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 James B. Irwin. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move resources toward other people without erasing your own claim.

Live 6 of Diamonds meaning page

James B. Irwin in the public record

He served as Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth human lunar landing. He was the 8th person to walk on the Moon. James Benson Irwin was born March 17, 1930, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to James William Irwin, a U.S. Army veteran of World War I, and Elsa Mathilda Irwin (née Strebel). Irwin's paternal grandparents emigrated to the U.S. from Altmore Parish in Pomeroy, County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern Ireland) around 1859. In 1941, Irwin lived at 6006 Grand Boulevard in New Port Richey, Florida, and attended Pierce Elementary School (today the site of the New Port Richey Public Library and City Hall). While he was in the sixth grade, Irwin was also enrolled in seventh grade classes at Gulf High School due to his advanced aptitude. He is listed as a seventh grader in the 1942 Gulf High School yearbook.

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

Where the record meets the 3 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 James B. Irwin, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Cards in James B. Irwin's fixed path

Birth card and karma

Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)

Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread

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.

Ability to see what needs fixing

3♠ — Karma — Environment, fixed to the 6♦, from the published 3 of Spades meaning

James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 – August 8, 1991) was an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot.

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

Also on the record

  1. Throughout his life, Irwin frequently returned to New Port Richey, where he was a member of and attended the First Baptist Church.
  2. At about the age of 12, he informed his mother about his desire to go to the Moon, letting her know that he might be the first person to do so (he ended up being the eighth).
  3. He graduated from East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1947.
  4. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in naval science from the United States Naval Academy in 1951, and Master of Science degrees in aeronautical engineering and instrumentation engineering from the University of Michigan in 1957.

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FAQ

What is James B. Irwin's birth card?
The 6 of Diamonds. March 17 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 James B. Irwin's dates come from?
Birth date 1930-03-17 is the day-precision date on James B. Irwin's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 5 · Deceased · 1 flight), 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 (James B. Irwin) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q297801) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (James Irwin). Birth date 1930-03-17 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).