Owen K. Garriott's Birth Card: The Jack of Hearts

In the record

Owen Kay Garriott (November 22, 1930 – April 15, 2019) was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut, who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a Space Shuttle mission in 1983. The birth-card coordinate for November 22 is the Jack of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The Jack of Hearts coordinate

Owen K. Garriott's birthday maps to the Jack of Hearts (The Romantic Messenger). 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 Owen K. Garriott. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You bring a fresh read on love without leaving the room when it gets ordinary.

Live Jack of Hearts meaning page

Owen K. Garriott in the public record

After serving in the United States Navy, Garriott was an engineering professor at Stanford University before attending the United States Air Force Pilot Training Program and later joining NASA. After his NASA career, he worked for various aerospace companies, consulted on NASA-related committees, taught as an adjunct professor, and conducted research on microbes found in extreme environments. Owen Kay Garriott was born in Enid, Oklahoma, on November 22, 1930, to Owen and Mary Catherine Garriott (née Mellick). Owen's middle name was based on his mother's middle name. He was a Boy Scout (earning the rank of Star Scout), and graduated from Enid High School in 1948, where he served as senior class president and was voted "Most Likely To Succeed." He received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1953, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He was also the elected president of the senior class. He later earned Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University in electrical engineering in 1957 and 1960, respectively. Garriott served as electronics officer in the United States Navy from 1953 to 1956.

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

Where the record meets the Ace of Clubs

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 Owen K. Garriott, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Original thinking and idea generation

After his NASA career, he worked for various aerospace companies, consulted on NASA-related committees, taught as an adjunct professor, and conducted research on microbes found in extreme environments.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: professor, research, taught.

Also on the record

1. From 1961 through 1965, he was an assistant professor and associate professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University.
2. He performed research and led graduate studies in ionospheric physics after obtaining his doctorate, and authored or co-authored more than 45 scientific papers, chapters and one book, principally in areas of the physical sciences.
3. As a prerequisite of the era's scientist-astronaut training, he completed a one-year United States Air Force pilot training program in 1966, receiving qualification as pilot in jet aircraft.
4. In 1965, Garriott was among the six scientist-astronauts selected by NASA.

Other astronauts with this card

• Clifton C. Williams Jr. — NASA Group 3 · Deceased · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table
• Leroy Chiao — NASA Group 13 · Former · 4 flights

FAQ

What is Owen K. Garriott's birth card?

The Jack of Hearts. November 22 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 Owen K. Garriott's dates come from?

Birth date 1930-11-22 is the day-precision date on Owen K. Garriott's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 4 · 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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