NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
James D. Halsell Jr.'s Birth Card: The 8 of Hearts
The Emotional Powerhouse
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 Donald Halsell Jr. (born September 29, 1956) is a retired United States Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for September 29 is the 8 of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 8 of Hearts coordinate
James D. Halsell Jr.'s birthday maps to the 8 of Hearts (The Emotional Powerhouse). 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 D. Halsell Jr.. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You hold the emotional room without taking it over. People know where they stand.
James D. Halsell Jr. in the public record
The veteran of five Space Shuttle missions pled guilty in 2021 to two counts of manslaughter and two counts of assault as a result of a motor vehicle accident in 2016. He is the second American astronaut to spend time in jail after Lisa Nowak. James was born to Don and Jean Halsell in 1956. He was raised in West Monroe, Louisiana, and graduated West Monroe High School in 1974. He then graduated from the United States Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1978. Halsell earned a Master of Science in Management from Troy University in 1983, and a Master's degree in Space Operations from the Air Force Institute of Technology of Air University in 1985. Halsell graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1978, and from Undergraduate Pilot Training at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, in 1979.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article James D. Halsell (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 D. Halsell Jr., and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in James D. Halsell Jr.'s fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 8♥ — Birth Card: The Emotional Powerhouse
- 7♥ — Karma — Environment: The Reflective Heart
- 7♠ — Karma — Displacement: The Questioning Mind
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 6♣ — Life Spread — Mercury
- Q♥ — Life Spread — Mars
- 10♣ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 8♦ — Life Spread — Saturn
- K♠ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 3♥ — Life Spread — Neptune
- A♣ — Life Spread — Pluto
- Q♣ — Life Spread — 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.
Penetrating questions and inquiry
The veteran of five Space Shuttle missions pled guilty in 2021 to two counts of manslaughter and two counts of assault as a result of a motor vehicle accident in 2016.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: veteran.
Also on the record
- An F-4 pilot qualified in conventional and nuclear weapons deliveries, he served at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1980 to 1981, and Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, Georgia, from 1982 to 1984.
- In 1984–1985, he was a graduate student at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio.
- He then attended the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and during the next four years he performed test flights in the F-4, F-16 and SR-71 aircraft.
- Halsell retired from the Air Force in July 2004.
Other astronauts with this card
- Michael A. Baker — NASA Group 11 · Former · 4 flights
- Steven R. Nagel — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 4 flights
- Terry J. Hart — NASA Group 8 · Former · 1 flight
FAQ
- What is James D. Halsell Jr.'s birth card?
- The 8 of Hearts. September 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 James D. Halsell Jr.'s dates come from?
- Birth date 1956-09-29 is the day-precision date on James D. Halsell Jr.'s NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 13 · Former · 5 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 (James D. Halsell Jr.) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q611704) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (James D. Halsell). Birth date 1956-09-29 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).