James P. Bagian's Birth Card: The 3 of Diamonds

In the record

James Philip Bagian (born February 22, 1952), is an American physician, engineer, and former NASA astronaut of Armenian descent. The birth-card coordinate for February 22 is the 3 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 3 of Diamonds coordinate

James P. Bagian's birthday maps to the 3 of Diamonds (The Success Communicator). 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 P. Bagian. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You keep more than one path alive without letting any of them stay imaginary.

Live 3 of Diamonds meaning page

James P. Bagian in the public record

During his career as an astronaut, he logged 337 hours of space-flight, over two missions, STS-29 (in 1989) and STS-40 (in 1991). After leaving NASA in 1995, Bagian was elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine. He was also elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2000 for the integration of engineering and medical knowledge in applications for aerospace systems, environmental technology, and patient safety. Bagian is currently the Director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety at the University of Michigan. Bagian is the only person of Armenian descent to have been in space. Bagian graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1969; received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University in 1973, graduating first in his class, and a Doctor of Medicine degree from Thomas Jefferson University in 1977, where he was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. Bagian worked as a process engineer for the 3M Company in Bristol, Pennsylvania, in 1973, and later as a mechanical engineer at the U.S. Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River, Maryland, from 1976 to 1978, and at the same time, pursued studies for his medical degree.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article James P. Bagian (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 James P. Bagian, 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.

During his career as an astronaut, he logged 337 hours of space-flight, over two missions, STS-29 (in 1989) and STS-40 (in 1991).

Paired on shared wording: career, space.

Also on the record

1. Upon graduating from Thomas Jefferson University in 1977, Bagian completed one year of general surgery residency with the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania.
2. He subsequently went to work as a flight surgeon and research medical officer at the Lyndon B.
3. Johnson Space Center in 1978, while concurrently completing studies at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine in San Antonio, Texas, where he graduated first in his flight surgeons class.
4. He was completing a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Pennsylvania when notified of his selection by NASA for the astronaut candidate program.

Other astronauts with this card

• Brewster H. Shaw Jr. — NASA Group 8 · Former · 3 flights
• Rick D. Husband — NASA Group 15 · Deceased · 2 flights
• WIlliam F. Readdy — NASA Group 12 · Former · 3 flights

FAQ

What is James P. Bagian's birth card?

The 3 of Diamonds. February 22 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 P. Bagian's dates come from?

Birth date 1952-02-22 is the day-precision date on James P. Bagian's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 9 · 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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