NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
Rick D. Husband's Birth Card: The 3 of Diamonds
The Success Communicator
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
Rick Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot. The birth-card coordinate for July 12 is the 3 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 3 of Diamonds coordinate
Rick D. Husband's birthday maps to the 3 of Diamonds (The Success Communicator). 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 Rick D. Husband. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You keep more than one path alive without letting any of them stay imaginary.
Rick D. Husband in the public record
He traveled into space twice: as pilot of STS-96 and commander of STS-107. Husband and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. He is also a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Husband was born on July 12, 1957, in Amarillo, Texas. At age 17, he earned his pilot's license while flying out of Tradewind Airport. Husband graduated with honors from Amarillo High School in 1975. Husband earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Texas Tech University in 1980 after five years of study. He earned his Master of Science degree from Fresno State University.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Rick Husband (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 10 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 Rick D. Husband, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in Rick D. Husband's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 3♦ — Birth Card: The Success Communicator
- Q♦ — Karma — Environment: The Prosperous Nurturer
- 6♥ — Karma — Displacement: The Devoted Caregiver
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- A♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 7♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 7♦ — Life Spread — Mars
- 5♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- J♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 9♣ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 9♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- K♥ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 4♥ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Emotional Foundation Builder
- 10♠ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Completed Mind
- 4♠ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Rigid Truth
- 4♦ — PRC Life Spread — Mercury: The Financial Foundation Builder
- 2♠ — PRC Life Spread — Venus: The Skeptical Partner
- 8♥ — PRC Life Spread — Mars: The Emotional Powerhouse
- 6♣ — PRC Life Spread — Jupiter: The Nurturing Creator
- 6♠ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Responsible Mind
- Q♥ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Devoted Nurturer
- 10♣ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Master Builder
- 8♦ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Businessman
- K♠ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Master of Thought
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.
Deep wisdom and mental integration
Rick Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: pilot.
Also on the record
- Upon graduation, Husband was commissioned as a pilot in the United States Air Force, having been enrolled in ROTC his last two years of college.
- Husband underwent pilot training at Vance Air Force Base, in Enid, Oklahoma.
- This was followed by Land Survival School at Fairchild Air Force Base, in Spokane, Washington, and Fighter Lead-in School in New Mexico.
- After he got married on February 27, 1982, Husband trained in the F-4 at Homestead Air Force Base next.
Other astronauts with this card
- Brewster H. Shaw Jr. — NASA Group 8 · Former · 3 flights
- James P. Bagian — NASA Group 9 · Former · 2 flights
- WIlliam F. Readdy — NASA Group 12 · Former · 3 flights
FAQ
- What is Rick D. Husband's birth card?
- The 3 of Diamonds. July 12 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 Rick D. Husband's dates come from?
- Birth date 1957-07-12 is the day-precision date on Rick D. Husband'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 (Rick D. Husband) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q346671) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Rick Husband). Birth date 1957-07-12 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).