NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
John L. Phillips's Birth Card: The 6 of Diamonds
The Generous Provider
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
John Lynch Phillips (born April 15, 1951) is a NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for April 15 is the 6 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 6 of Diamonds coordinate
John L. Phillips's birthday maps to the 6 of Diamonds (The Generous Provider). 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 John L. Phillips. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move resources toward other people without erasing your own claim.
John L. Phillips in the public record
Phillips is also a Naval Aviator and retired captain, United States Navy Reserve. Phillips has received numerous awards and special honors. He is a National Merit Scholar, graduated 2nd in his class of 906 people at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1972. Phillips has also been awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the Gagarin Medal and several others. Phillips has logged over 4,400 flight hours and 250 aircraft carrier landings, flying the A-7 Corsair II carrier-based light attack aircraft while on active duty in the Regular Navy and subsequently during his time as a Navy Reservist from 1982 to 2002. At the time of his retirement, Phillips had retained the rank of captain. Born April 15, 1951, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, but considers Scottsdale, Arizona to be his hometown.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article John L. Phillips (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 3 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 John L. Phillips, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in John L. Phillips's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 6♦ — Birth Card: The Generous Provider
- 3♠ — Karma — Environment: The Sorrowful Truth
- 9♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Humanitarian Builder
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 4♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 10♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 8♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- A♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- A♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- Q♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 5♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 3♣ — 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 see what needs fixing
Phillips is also a Naval Aviator and retired captain, United States Navy Reserve.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: captain, navy.
Also on the record
- He is married to the former Laura Jean Doell of Scotia, New York.
- They have two children.
- He graduated from Scottsdale High School, Scottsdale, Arizona, in 1966.
- He received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and Russian from the United States Naval Academy in 1972; a Master of Science degree in aeronautical systems from the University of West Florida in 1974; a Master of Science degree and a doctorate in geophysics and space physics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1984 and 1987 respectively.
Other astronauts with this card
- Christopher J. Loria — NASA Group 16 · Former · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table
- G. David Low — NASA Group 10 · Deceased · 3 flights
- Gregory J. Harbaugh — NASA Group 12 · Former · 4 flights
- James B. Irwin — NASA Group 5 · Deceased · 1 flight
- James D. Van Hoften — NASA Group 8 · Former · 2 flights
- Jose M. Hernandez — NASA Group 19 · Former · 1 flight
- Joseph P. Kerwin — NASA Group 4 · Former · 1 flight
- Kathryn D. Sullivan — NASA Group 8 · Former · 3 flights
- Kent V. Rominger — NASA Group 14 · Former · 5 flights
- Marsha S. Ivins — NASA Group 10 · Former · 5 flights
- N. Jan Davis — NASA Group 12 · Former · 3 flights
FAQ
- What is John L. Phillips's birth card?
- The 6 of Diamonds. April 15 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 John L. Phillips's dates come from?
- Birth date 1951-04-15 is the day-precision date on John L. Phillips's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 16 · Former · 3 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 (John L. Phillips) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q448563) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (John L. Phillips). Birth date 1951-04-15 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).