James C. Adamson's Birth Card: The 7 of Spades

In the record

James Craig Adamson (born March 3, 1946) is a former NASA astronaut and retired Colonel of the United States Army. The birth-card coordinate for March 3 is the 7 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 7 of Spades coordinate

James C. Adamson'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 James C. Adamson. 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.

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James C. Adamson in the public record

He is married with 3 children. James Adamson flew on two missions, STS-28 and STS-43, and completed 263 orbits and 334 hours in space. After retiring from NASA, he was recruited by Allied Signal (later merged with Honeywell) where he retired in 2001. Adamson has logged over 3,000 hours in over 30 different types of helicopters and airplanes. Adamson was born March 3, 1946, in Warsaw, New York. He currently resides in Fishersville, Virginia with his wife Ellen and two of his three children. Adamson completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army at United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1969.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article James C. Adamson (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 James C. Adamson, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Penetrating questions and inquiry

James Craig Adamson (born March 3, 1946) is a former NASA astronaut and retired Colonel of the United States Army.

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

Also on the record

1. In 1977, he completed a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University.
2. In 2010, he completed his Chartered Director certification, graduating from The Directors College (a joint venture between McMaster University and the Conference Board of Canada).
3. Additionally, he has completed undergraduate and graduate pilot training, paratrooper training, Arctic water and mountain survival training, nuclear weapons training, basic and advanced officer training, U.S.
4. Army Command and General Staff College, and the U.S.

Other astronauts with this card

• Bonnie J. Dunbar — NASA Group 9 · Former · 5 flights
• Frederick D. Gregory — NASA Group 8 · Former · 3 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 James C. Adamson's birth card?

The 7 of Spades. March 3 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 C. Adamson's dates come from?

Birth date 1946-03-03 is the day-precision date on James C. Adamson's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 10 · 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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