Joseph P. Kerwin's Birth Card: The 6 of Diamonds

In the record

Joseph Peter Kerwin (born February 19, 1932) is an American physician and former NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for February 19 is the 6 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 6 of Diamonds coordinate

Joseph P. Kerwin'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 Joseph P. Kerwin. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move resources toward other people without erasing your own claim.

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Joseph P. Kerwin in the public record

He served as the science pilot for the Skylab 2 mission from May 25, 1973, to June 22, 1973. He was the first physician to be selected for astronaut training and the first doctor from the United States to enter space. Kerwin was the one who uttered the words during Apollo 13: "Farewell, Aquarius, and we thank you." He was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1997. Kerwin was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on February 19, 1932, as the seventh child in an Irish Catholic family. He attended Fenwick High School, a private school in Oak Park, graduating in 1949. After graduating from high school, Kerwin enrolled at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Holy Cross in 1953 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in philosophy with a minor in pre-med, ranked eighth in a class of 380 students. During his junior year, Kerwin won a national rhyme contest involving Lucky Strike cigarettes.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Joseph P. Kerwin (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 Joseph P. Kerwin, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Ability to see what needs fixing

Joseph Peter Kerwin (born February 19, 1932) is an American physician and former NASA astronaut.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: physician.

Also on the record

1. His senior thesis was titled, "Psychological Aspects of Competitive Swimming".
2. Kerwin received a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University in 1957.
3. He completed his internship at the District of Columbia General Hospital in Washington, D.C., and attended the United States Navy School of Aviation Medicine at Naval Air Station Pensacola before being designated a naval flight surgeon in December 1958.
4. Kerwin was a Captain in the Navy Medical Corps, commissioned in July 1958.

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
• John L. Phillips — NASA Group 16 · Former · 3 flights
• Jose M. Hernandez — NASA Group 19 · 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 Joseph P. Kerwin's birth card?

The 6 of Diamonds. February 19 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 Joseph P. Kerwin's dates come from?

Birth date 1932-02-19 is the day-precision date on Joseph P. Kerwin's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 4 · Former · 1 flight), 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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