NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
Leland D . Melvin's Birth Card: The 10 of Diamonds
The Wealthy Master
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
Leland Devon Melvin (born February 15, 1964) is an American engineer and a retired NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for February 15 is the 10 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 10 of Diamonds coordinate
Leland D . Melvin's birthday maps to the 10 of Diamonds (The Wealthy Master). 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 Leland D . Melvin. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build enough and keep it structured so it actually holds.
Leland D . Melvin in the public record
He served on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist on STS-122, and as mission specialist 1 on STS-129. Melvin was named the NASA Associate Administrator for Education in October 2010. Prior to joining NASA, he was a professional football player. Born on February 15, 1964, in Lynchburg, Melvin attended Heritage High School and then went on to the University of Richmond on a football scholarship, where he received a bachelor's degree in chemistry. In 1989, he received a Master of Science degree in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Virginia. His parents, Deems and Grace, reside in Lynchburg, Virginia. Melvin's recreational interests include photography, piano, reading, music, cycling, tennis, and snowboarding. Melvin has since been the host of Child Genius and a guest judge in Top Chef, as well as appearing with his dogs in the seventh season of The Dog Whisperer and the second season of the Netflix series Dogs.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Leland D. Melvin (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the Queen 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 Leland D . Melvin, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in Leland D . Melvin's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 10♦ — Birth Card: The Wealthy Master
- Q♠ — Karma — Environment: The Wise Guide
- Q♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Nurturing Leader
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 8♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- A♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- A♦ — Life Spread — Mars
- Q♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 5♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 3♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 9♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 7♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 3♣ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Creative Communicator
- K♦ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Wealthy King
- 5♦ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Dynamic Entrepreneur
- J♣ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Creative Messenger
- 9♦ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Universal Provider
- 7♠ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Questioning Mind
- 2♣ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Collaborative Builder
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 hold space for others' exploration
As co-manager of NASA's Educator Astronaut Program, Melvin traveled across the United States, discussing space exploration with teachers and students, and promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Paired on shared wording: exploration, space.
Also on the record
- Melvin was a wide receiver on the University of Richmond football team from 1982 to 1985.
- Melvin is first on the University of Richmond's career lists with 198 receptions for 2,669 yards, and fourth on Richmond's career touchdown receptions list with 16.
- He was an AP honorable mention All-America selection in 1984 and 1985 and second-team Apple Academic All-America in 1985.
- A team captain during his senior season, Melvin had his best year in 1985, with 65 catches for 956 yards and eight touchdowns.
Other astronauts with this card
- Christopher J. Ferguson — NASA Group 17 · Former · 3 flights
- Daniel C. Brandenstein — NASA Group 8 · Former · 4 flights
- Frederick H. Hauck — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 3 flights
- Piers J. Sellers — NASA Group 16 · Deceased · 3 flights
- Roger B. Chaffee — NASA Group 3 · Deceased · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table
- Terence T. Henricks — NASA Group 11 · Former · 4 flights
FAQ
- What is Leland D . Melvin's birth card?
- The 10 of Diamonds. February 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 Leland D . Melvin's dates come from?
- Birth date 1964-02-15 is the day-precision date on Leland D . Melvin's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 17 · Former · 2 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 (Leland D . Melvin) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q632907) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Leland D. Melvin). Birth date 1964-02-15 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).