NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
Kevin P. Chilton's Birth Card: The 4 of Diamonds
The Financial Foundation 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
Kevin Patrick "Chilli" Chilton (born November 3, 1954) is an American mechanical engineer and retired United States Air Force four-star general, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for November 3 is the 4 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 4 of Diamonds coordinate
Kevin P. Chilton's birthday maps to the 4 of Diamonds (The Financial Foundation 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 Kevin P. Chilton. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it.
Kevin P. Chilton in the public record
His last assignment was as commander of U.S. Strategic Command from October 3, 2007, to January 28, 2011. Prior to his appointment to general officer ranks, Chilton spent 11 years of his military career as a NASA astronaut. He retired from the Air Force on February 1, 2011, after having achieved the highest rank of any military astronaut. On January 30, 2012, General Chilton was named to the board of directors of Orbital Sciences Corporation. Born November 3, 1954, in Los Angeles, California, he graduated from St. Bernard High School in Playa del Rey, California, in 1972. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering sciences from the United States Air Force Academy in 1976, and a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University on a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1977.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Kevin P. Chilton (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 5 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 Kevin P. Chilton, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in Kevin P. Chilton's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 4♦ — Birth Card: The Financial Foundation Builder
- 5♥ — Karma — Environment: The Restless Heart
- 5♠ — Karma — Displacement: The Restless Mind
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 2♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 8♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 6♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- Q♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 10♣ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 8♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 3♥ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 6♣ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Nurturing Creator
- K♠ — Planetary Ruling Card (second ruler): The Master of Thought
- 2♦ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Financial Partner
- 8♠ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Powerful Mind
- A♣ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Creative Pioneer
- Q♣ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Nurturing Leader
- 10♠ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Completed Mind
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.
Quick thinking and mental flexibility
Kevin Patrick "Chilli" Chilton (born November 3, 1954) is an American mechanical engineer and retired United States Air Force four-star general, test pilot, and NASA astronaut.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: engineer, pilot.
Also on the record
- He enjoys reading and all sports, including running, snow skiing, sailing, and softball.
- Chilton received his commission from the U.S.
- Air Force Academy in 1976.
- After receiving his pilot wings at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, in 1978, he qualified in the RF-4C Phantom II and was assigned to the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan.
Other astronauts with this card
- Anthony W. England — NASA Group 6 · Former · 1 flight
- Brent W. Jett — NASA Group 14 · Former · 4 flights
- Frank L. Culbertson Jr. — NASA Group 10 · Former · 3 flights
- Richard F. Gordon Jr. — NASA Group 3 · Deceased · 2 flights
- Ronald J. Grabe — NASA Group 9 · Former · 4 flights
- S. David Griggs — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 1 flight
- Scott J. Kelly — NASA Group 16 · Former · 3 flights
- William R. Pogue — NASA Group 5 · Deceased · 1 flight
FAQ
- What is Kevin P. Chilton's birth card?
- The 4 of Diamonds. November 3 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 Kevin P. Chilton's dates come from?
- Birth date 1954-11-03 is the day-precision date on Kevin P. Chilton's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 12 · 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 (Kevin P. Chilton) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q1376966) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Kevin P. Chilton). Birth date 1954-11-03 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).