NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
Norman E. Thagard's Birth Card: The Queen of Diamonds
The Prosperous Nurturer
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
Norman Earl Thagard (born July 3, 1943; Capt, USMC, Ret.) is an American scientist and former U.S. The birth-card coordinate for July 3 is the Queen of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The Queen of Diamonds coordinate
Norman E. Thagard's birthday maps to the Queen of Diamonds (The Prosperous Nurturer). 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 Norman E. Thagard. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You protect what you have without making every dollar a referendum on safety.
Norman E. Thagard in the public record
Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space flights and on March 14, 1995, he became the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, the Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft for the Russian Mir-18 mission. Thagard was born July 3, 1943, in Marianna, Florida, but considers Jacksonville, Florida, to be his hometown. He is married to Rex Kirby Johnson, formerly of South Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. They have three sons. His father, Mr. James E. Thagard, and his mother, Mrs.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Norman Thagard (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 5 of Diamonds
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 Norman E. Thagard, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in Norman E. Thagard's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- Q♦ — Birth Card: The Prosperous Nurturer
- 9♦ — Karma — Environment: The Universal Provider
- 3♦ — Karma — Displacement: The Success Communicator
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 5♥ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 3♣ — Life Spread — Venus
- 3♠ — Life Spread — Mars
- 9♥ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 7♣ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 5♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- Q♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- J♣ — Life Spread — Pluto
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
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.
Quick adaptation to market changes
During the mission, the STS-7 crew deployed satellites for Canada (ANIK C-2) and Indonesia (Palapa B1); operated the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System (RMS) to perform the first deployment and retrieval exercise with the Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-01); conducted the first formation flying of the Orbiter with a free-flying satellite (SPAS-01); carried and operated the first U.S./German cooperative materials science payload (OSTA-2); and operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES) and the Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR) experiments, in addition to activating seven "Getaway Specials." During the flight, Thagard conducted various medical tests and collected data on physiological changes associated with astronaut adaptation to space.
Paired on shared wording: adaptation, changes. This line comes from the Uranus position of the Q♦'s Life Spread.
Also on the record
- Mary F.
- Key, are both deceased.
- During his free time, he enjoys classical music and electronic design.
- Thagard has published articles on digital and analog electronic design.
Other astronauts with this card
- Donald E. Williams — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 2 flights
- F. Curtis Michel — NASA Group 4 · Deceased · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table
- Harrison H. Schmitt — NASA Group 4 · Former · 1 flight
- Kenneth D. Cockrell — NASA Group 13 · Former · 5 flights
- Richard A. Searfoss — NASA Group 13 · Deceased · 3 flights
- Richard O. Covey — NASA Group 8 · Former · 4 flights
- Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor — NASA Group 20 · Management · 1 flight
- Tamara E. Jernigan — NASA Group 11 · Former · 5 flights
- Timothy L. Kopra — NASA Group 18 · Former · 1 flight
FAQ
- What is Norman E. Thagard's birth card?
- The Queen of Diamonds. July 3 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 Norman E. Thagard's dates come from?
- Birth date 1943-07-03 is the day-precision date on Norman E. Thagard's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 8 · Former · 5 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 (Norman E. Thagard) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q143103) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Norman Thagard). Birth date 1943-07-03 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).