NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
Jerry L. Ross's Birth Card: The 7 of Diamonds
The Skeptical Investor
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
Jerry Lynn Ross (born January 20, 1948, Crown Point, Indiana) is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for January 20 is the 7 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 7 of Diamonds coordinate
Jerry L. Ross's birthday maps to the 7 of Diamonds (The Skeptical Investor). 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 Jerry L. Ross. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You look at worth without reducing it to the account balance.
Jerry L. Ross in the public record
Ross is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, making him the joint record holder for most spaceflights (a record he shares with Franklin Chang-Díaz). His papers, photographs, and many personal items are in the Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives at Purdue University. He was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame during ceremonies in May 2014. Ross is the author of Spacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA's Record-Setting Frequent Flyer (Purdue University Press, 2013) with John Norberg. In March 2014, it was announced Spacewalker would be available in a French translation through the specialist aerospace publisher, Altipresse. Fellow astronaut, Chris Hadfield, describes Ross in his 2013 autobiography, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, as "the embodiment of the trustworthy, loyal, courteous and brave astronaut archetype."
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Jerry L. Ross (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 Jerry L. Ross, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in Jerry L. Ross's fixed path
Birth card and karma
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 5♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- J♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 9♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- 9♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- K♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- K♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 6♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 4♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 2♥ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Loving Partner
- A♣ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Creative Pioneer
- 2♦ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Financial Partner
- J♠ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Messenger of Truth
- 8♣ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Ambitious Builder
- 6♦ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Generous Provider
- 4♠ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Rigid Truth
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.
Holding space with both strength and compassion
Ross is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, making him the joint record holder for most spaceflights (a record he shares with Franklin Chang-Díaz).
Paired on shared wording: holder, space. This line comes from the Uranus position of the 7♦'s Life Spread.
Other astronauts with this card
- Buzz Aldrin — NASA Group 3 · Former · 2 flights
- Gregory H. Johnson — NASA Group 17 · Former · 2 flights
- James A. McDivitt — NASA Group 2 · Deceased · 2 flights
- Michael J. Bloomfield — NASA Group 15 · Former · 3 flights
- Theodore C. Freeman — NASA Group 3 · Deceased · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table
- Walter Cunningham — NASA Group 3 · Deceased · 1 flight
- Winston E. Scott — NASA Group 14 · Former · 2 flights
FAQ
- What is Jerry L. Ross's birth card?
- The 7 of Diamonds. January 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 Jerry L. Ross's dates come from?
- Birth date 1948-01-20 is the day-precision date on Jerry L. Ross's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 9 · Former · 7 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 (Jerry L. Ross) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q383515) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Jerry L. Ross). Birth date 1948-01-20 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).