NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
Michael P . Anderson's Birth Card: The 6 of Hearts
The Devoted Caregiver
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
Michael Phillip Anderson (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for December 25 is the 6 of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 6 of Hearts coordinate
Michael P . Anderson's birthday maps to the 6 of Hearts (The Devoted Caregiver). 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 Michael P . Anderson. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You care for people without disappearing. Help comes from a full plate, not an empty one.
Michael P . Anderson in the public record
He and his six fellow crew members were killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Anderson served as the payload commander and lieutenant colonel in charge of science experiments on the Columbia. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Michael Philip Anderson was born in Plattsburgh, New York on December 25, 1959, to Barbara and Bobbie Anderson. He was their third child and only son. Bobbie serviced jets at Plattsburgh Air Force Base in Plattsburgh and was transferred to Fairchild Air Force Base, about 12 miles (19 km) away from Spokane, Washington, which Anderson spoke of as his hometown. Anderson graduated from Cheney High School in Cheney, Washington, one of four African Americans in a class of 200 students. In 1981, Anderson graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and astronomy from the University of Washington in Seattle.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Michael P. Anderson (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 Michael P . Anderson, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in Michael P . Anderson's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 6♥ — Birth Card: The Devoted Caregiver
- 3♦ — Karma — Environment: The Success Communicator
- 4♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Systematic Builder
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 2♦ — Life Spread — Venus
- J♠ — Life Spread — Mars
- 8♣ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 4♠ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 10♥ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 10♦ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 8♠ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 6♦ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Generous Provider
- 3♠ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Sorrowful Truth
- 9♣ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Humanitarian Builder
- A♥ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Emotional Pioneer
- A♦ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Wealth Pioneer
- Q♦ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Prosperous Nurturer
- 5♥ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Restless Heart
- 3♣ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Creative Communicator
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 see what needs fixing
He and his six fellow crew members were killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: craft.
Also on the record
- In 1990, he earned a Master of Science degree in physics from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.
- Upon Anderson's graduation from the University of Washington, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S.
- Air Force.
- After completing a year of technical training at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi, Anderson was assigned to Randolph Air Force Base in Texas.
Other astronauts with this card
- James D. Wetherbee — NASA Group 10 · Former · 6 flights
FAQ
- What is Michael P . Anderson's birth card?
- The 6 of Hearts. December 25 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 Michael P . Anderson's dates come from?
- Birth date 1959-12-25 is the day-precision date on Michael P . Anderson's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 15 · Deceased · 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 (Michael P . Anderson) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q318542) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Michael P. Anderson). Birth date 1959-12-25 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).