Michael R. Clifford's Birth Card: The 9 of Clubs

In the record

Michael Richard Clifford (October 13, 1952 – December 28, 2021) was a United States Army officer and NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for October 13 is the 9 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 9 of Clubs coordinate

Michael R. Clifford's birthday maps to the 9 of Clubs (The Humanitarian 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 Michael R. Clifford. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You let a used-up framework go and keep the part that still works.

Live 9 of Clubs meaning page

Michael R. Clifford in the public record

Clifford was a Master Army Aviator and logged over 3,400 hours flying in a wide variety of fixed and rotary winged aircraft. He retired from the U.S. Army at the rank of lieutenant colonel. He logged six hours of spacewalk time over three Space Shuttle missions. He was also one of the first people to conduct a spacewalk while docked to an orbiting space station: that spacewalk was conducted during STS-76, while docked at the Russian space station Mir. He was born in San Bernardino, California, on October 13, 1952, the son of Lenore (née Chaffin) and her first husband John Michael Uram. His mother subsequently married Gordon Clifford. Rich Clifford graduated from Ben Lomond High School in Ogden, Utah, in 1970.

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

Where the record meets the King 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 Michael R. Clifford, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

You hold emotional authority without hiding behind it. You carry authority in the realm of feeling—the maturity and depth to lead others emotionally and hold space with real strength. At your best, you command emotional situations with both power and authentic care, the steady presence people anchor to.

He was also one of the first people to conduct a spacewalk while docked to an orbiting space station: that spacewalk was conducted during STS-76, while docked at the Russian space station Mir.

Paired on shared wording: people, space. This line comes from the Mars position of the 9♣'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

1. He was a First Class Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
2. As a youngster, he worked in a gas station using degreasers to clean car engines as well as on a farm.
3. Clifford received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, in 1974, and a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1982.
4. Clifford graduated from West Point in June 1974 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S.

Other astronauts with this card

• Jack R. Lousma — NASA Group 5 · Former · 2 flights

FAQ

What is Michael R. Clifford's birth card?

The 9 of Clubs. October 13 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 R. Clifford's dates come from?

Birth date 1952-10-13 is the day-precision date on Michael R. Clifford's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 13 · Deceased · 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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