Scott J. Kelly's Birth Card: The 4 of Diamonds

In the record

Scott Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer, retired astronaut, and naval aviator. The birth-card coordinate for February 21 is the 4 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 4 of Diamonds coordinate

Scott J. Kelly's birthday maps to the 4 of Diamonds (The Financial Foundation 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 Scott J. Kelly. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it.

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Scott J. Kelly in the public record

A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on Expeditions 26, 45, and 46. Kelly's first spaceflight was as pilot of Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-103 in December 1999. This was the third servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, and lasted for just under eight days. Kelly's second spaceflight was as mission commander of STS-118, a 12-day Space Shuttle mission to the ISS in August 2007. Kelly's third spaceflight was as a crewmember on Expedition 25/26 on the ISS. He arrived at the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-01M on October 9, 2010, and served as a flight engineer until he took over command of the station on November 25, 2010, at the start of Expedition 26. Expedition 26 ended on March 16, 2011, with the departure of Soyuz TMA-01M. In November 2012, Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko were selected for a year-long mission to the ISS.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Scott Kelly (astronaut) (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 Scott J. Kelly, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Quick thinking and mental flexibility

Scott Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer, retired astronaut, and naval aviator.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: engineer.

Also on the record

1. Their year in space began with the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M on March 27, 2015, and they remained on the station for Expeditions 43, 44, 45, and 46.
2. The mission ended on March 1, 2016, with the departure of Soyuz TMA-18M from the station.
3. Kelly retired from NASA on April 1, 2016.
4. His identical twin brother, Mark Kelly, is also a retired astronaut, and the senior U.S. senator from Arizona.

Other astronauts with this card

• Anthony W. England — NASA Group 6 · Former · 1 flight
• Brent W. Jett — NASA Group 14 · Former · 4 flights
• Frank L. Culbertson Jr. — NASA Group 10 · Former · 3 flights
• Kevin P. Chilton — NASA Group 12 · Former · 3 flights
• Richard F. Gordon Jr. — NASA Group 3 · Deceased · 2 flights
• Ronald J. Grabe — NASA Group 9 · Former · 4 flights
• S. David Griggs — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 1 flight
• William R. Pogue — NASA Group 5 · Deceased · 1 flight

FAQ

What is Scott J. Kelly's birth card?

The 4 of Diamonds. February 21 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 Scott J. Kelly's dates come from?

Birth date 1964-02-21 is the day-precision date on Scott J. Kelly's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 16 · 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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