NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
Robert L. Curbeam Jr.'s Birth Card: The 5 of Spades
The Restless Mind
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
Robert Lee Curbeam Jr. (born March 5, 1962) is a former NASA astronaut and captain in the United States Navy. The birth-card coordinate for March 5 is the 5 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 5 of Spades coordinate
Robert L. Curbeam Jr.'s birthday maps to the 5 of Spades (The Restless Mind). 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 Robert L. Curbeam Jr.. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You stay in the hard stretch long enough to get better at it.
Robert L. Curbeam Jr. in the public record
He currently holds the record for the most spacewalks during a single spaceflight, accomplished during the STS-116 mission, when Curbeam completed four spacewalks. Curbeam graduated from Woodlawn High School, Baltimore County, Maryland in 1980. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1984, a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1990, and a master's degree in astronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1991. Curbeam was named Fighter Wing One Radar Intercept Officer of the Year in 1989 and received the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School Best Developmental Thesis (DT-II) Award. Upon graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy, Curbeam commenced Naval Flight Officer training in 1984. In 1986 he reported to Fighter Squadron 11 (VF-11) and made overseas deployments on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Robert Curbeam (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 5 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 Robert L. Curbeam Jr., and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in Robert L. Curbeam Jr.'s fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 5♠ — Birth Card: The Restless Mind
- 4♦ — Karma — Environment: The Financial Foundation Builder
- 10♥ — Karma — Displacement: The Community Heart
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- J♥ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 9♣ — Life Spread — Venus
- 9♠ — Life Spread — Mars
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- K♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- K♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 2♦ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 6♥ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Devoted Caregiver
- 3♦ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Success Communicator
- 4♣ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Systematic Builder
- J♠ — PRC Life Spread — Mars: The Messenger of Truth
- 8♣ — PRC Life Spread — Jupiter: The Ambitious Builder
- 6♦ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Generous Provider
- 4♠ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Rigid Truth
- 10♦ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Wealthy Master
- 8♠ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Powerful Mind
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 thinking and mental flexibility
Robert Lee Curbeam Jr. (born March 5, 1962) is a former NASA astronaut and captain in the United States Navy.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: captain, navy.
Also on the record
- During his tour in VF-11, he also attended the Navy Fighter Weapons School.
- Upon graduation of United States Naval Test Pilot School in December 1991, he reported to the Strike Aircraft Test Directorate, where he was the project officer for the F-14A/B Air-to-Ground Weapons Separation Program.
- In August 1994, he returned to the U.S.
- Naval Academy as an instructor in the Weapons and Systems Engineering Department.
Other astronauts with this card
- H. M. Stefanyshyn-Piper — NASA Group 16 · Former · 2 flights
- Philip K . Chapman — NASA Group 6 · Deceased · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table
FAQ
- What is Robert L. Curbeam Jr.'s birth card?
- The 5 of Spades. March 5 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 Robert L. Curbeam Jr.'s dates come from?
- Birth date 1962-03-05 is the day-precision date on Robert L. Curbeam Jr.'s NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 15 · Former · 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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Sources: NASA astronaut biography (Robert L. Curbeam Jr.) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q948775) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Robert Curbeam). Birth date 1962-03-05 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).