Mae C . Jemison's Birth Card: The 5 of Clubs

In the record

Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for October 17 is the 5 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 5 of Clubs coordinate

Mae C . Jemison's birthday maps to the 5 of Clubs (The Dynamic Innovator). 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 Mae C . Jemison. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You pressure-test an idea in public and let the better one win.

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Mae C . Jemison in the public record

She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected for the STS-47 mission, during which the Endeavour orbited the Earth for nearly eight days on September 12–20, 1992. Born in Alabama and raised in Chicago, Jemison graduated from Stanford University with degrees in chemical engineering and African and African-American studies. She then earned her medical degree from Cornell University. Jemison served as a doctor for the Peace Corps in Liberia and Sierra Leone from 1983 until 1985 and worked as a general practitioner. In pursuit of becoming an astronaut, she applied to NASA. Jemison left NASA in 1993 and founded a technology research company. She later formed a non-profit educational foundation and, through the foundation, is the principal of the 100 Year Starship project funded by DARPA.

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

Where the record meets the Ace 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 Mae C . Jemison, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Ability to penetrate illusions and see truth

Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut.

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

Also on the record

1. Jemison has also written several books for children and appeared on television, including in a 1993 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
2. She holds several honorary doctorates and has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and the International Space Hall of Fame.

Other astronauts with this card

• Karl G. Henize — NASA Group 6 · Deceased · 1 flight
• Patrick G. Forrester — NASA Group 16 · Former · 3 flights
• Timothy J. Creamer — NASA Group 17 · Management · 1 flight
• William A. Anders — NASA Group 3 · Deceased · 1 flight

FAQ

What is Mae C . Jemison's birth card?

The 5 of Clubs. October 17 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 Mae C . Jemison's dates come from?

Birth date 1956-10-17 is the day-precision date on Mae C . Jemison's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 12 · 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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