Kevin R. Kregel's Birth Card: The 8 of Clubs

In the record

Kevin Richard Kregel (born September 16, 1956) is an American former astronaut, and former member of the Space Launch Initiative Project at the Lyndon B. The birth-card coordinate for September 16 is the 8 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 8 of Clubs coordinate

Kevin R. Kregel's birthday maps to the 8 of Clubs (The Ambitious 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 R. Kregel. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You run a knowledge system other people can follow, and you stand behind the call.

Live 8 of Clubs meaning page

Kevin R. Kregel in the public record

Johnson Space Center. Born on September 16, 1956, Kregel grew up in Amityville, New York. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America, where he achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout. Kregel is currently married to Jeanne F. Kammer of Farmingdale, New York, with whom he has four children. His parents, Alfred H. Kregel Jr., and Frances T. Kregel, are deceased.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Kevin R. Kregel (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 10 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 Kevin R. Kregel, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

You make room for a lot of people and still keep a self inside the room. Your heart works at scale—you create belonging for families, groups, and communities, not just individuals. You're the one who makes everyone feel included, the emotional center of gravity in a room. Love, for you, is something you build collectively.

Additional duties have included: Astronaut Support Personnel team at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida supporting Space Shuttle launches and landings; CAPCOM in Mission Control.

Paired on shared wording: center, included. This line comes from the Mars position of the 8♣'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

1. He graduated from Amityville Memorial High School, Amityville, New York.
2. National Merit Scholar in 1974.
3. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Astronautical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1978 and received a Master of Science degree in public administration from Troy University in 1988.
4. Kregel graduated from the U.S.

Other astronauts with this card

• No other astronaut in this set shares the 8 of Clubs.

FAQ

What is Kevin R. Kregel's birth card?

The 8 of Clubs. September 16 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 R. Kregel's dates come from?

Birth date 1956-09-16 is the day-precision date on Kevin R. Kregel's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 14 · Former · 4 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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