NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
James F . Buchli's Birth Card: The 10 of Clubs
The Master Builder
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 Frederick Buchli (born June 20, 1945) is a retired United States Marine aviator and former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. The birth-card coordinate for June 20 is the 10 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 10 of Clubs coordinate
James F . Buchli's birthday maps to the 10 of Clubs (The Master 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 James F . Buchli. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You carry a finished body of knowledge and keep teaching from it.
James F . Buchli in the public record
Buchli graduated from Fargo Central High School, Fargo, North Dakota, in 1963 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1967. He also earned a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering Systems from the University of West Florida in 1975. Buchli is an associate member of Naval Academy Alumni, American Legion, Association of Space Explorers, and American Geophysical Union. Buchli received his commission in the United States Marine Corps following graduation from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in 1967. He graduated from Basic Infantry Officer's Course and was subsequently sent to the Republic of Vietnam for a 1-year tour of duty, where he served as a Platoon Commander with the 9th Marine Regiment, and then as Executive Officer and Company Commander for B Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion. He returned to the United States in 1969 for naval flight officer training at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. After earning his wings, he spent the next 2 years assigned to VMFA-122 at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. In 1973, he proceeded to duty with VMFA-115 at Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong in Thailand, and again MCAS Iwakuni.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article James Buchli (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 4 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 F . Buchli, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in James F . Buchli's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 10♣ — Birth Card: The Master Builder
- 4♠ — Karma — Environment: The Rigid Truth
- J♠ — Karma — Displacement: The Messenger of Truth
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- K♠ — Life Spread — Venus
- 3♥ — Life Spread — Mars
- A♣ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- Q♣ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 10♠ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 5♣ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 3♦ — Life Spread — Pluto
- A♠ — 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.
Ability to create coherent belief systems
James Frederick Buchli (born June 20, 1945) is a retired United States Marine aviator and former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: marine.
Also on the record
- Upon completing this tour of duty, he again returned to the United States and participated in the Marine Advanced Degree Program at the University of West Florida.
- He was assigned subsequently to VMFA-312 at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, and in 1977, to the U.S.
- Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.
- He has logged over 4,200 hours flying time: 4,000 hours in jet aircraft, including combat in the F-4 Phantom II.
Other astronauts with this card
- Brian Duffy — NASA Group 11 · Former · 4 flights
- John B. Herrington — NASA Group 16 · Former · 1 flight
- John H. Glenn Jr. — NASA Group 1 · Deceased · 2 flights
- Peter J. k. Wisoff — NASA Group 13 · Former · 4 flights
- Ronald E. Evans Jr. — NASA Group 5 · Deceased · 1 flight
- Stuart A. Roosa — NASA Group 5 · Deceased · 1 flight
FAQ
- What is James F . Buchli's birth card?
- The 10 of Clubs. June 20 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 F . Buchli's dates come from?
- Birth date 1945-06-20 is the day-precision date on James F . Buchli's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 8 · Former · 4 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 F . Buchli) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q692263) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (James Buchli). Birth date 1945-06-20 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).