Susan J. Helms's Birth Card: The Queen of Clubs

In the record

Susan Jane Helms (born February 26, 1958) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general and NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for February 26 is the Queen of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The Queen of Clubs coordinate

Susan J. Helms's birthday maps to the Queen of Clubs (The Nurturing Leader). 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 Susan J. Helms. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You teach from what you actually know, without making people earn the right to hear it.

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Susan J. Helms in the public record

She was the commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic); and commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Helms was a crew member on five Space Shuttle missions and was a resident of the International Space Station (ISS) for over five months in 2001. Helms officially retired from the United States Air Force in 2014. In 2020, she was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for accomplishments in civil and military space programs. Helms was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, but considers Portland, Oregon, to be her hometown. She enjoys piano and other musical activities, jogging, traveling, reading, computers, and cooking. She resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her parents, Lieutenant Colonel (retired, USAF) Pat and Dori Helms, reside in Denver, Colorado.

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

Where the record meets the King of Hearts

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 Susan J. Helms, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

You hold emotional authority without hiding behind it. You carry authority in the realm of feeling—the maturity and depth to lead others emotionally and hold space with real strength. At your best, you command emotional situations with both power and authentic care, the steady presence people anchor to.

She was the commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic); and commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Paired on shared wording: commander, space. This line comes from the Saturn position of the 5♠'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

1. She has three sisters.
2. Helms graduated with a bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from the U.S.
3. Air Force Academy in 1980.
4. She received her commission and was assigned to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, as an F-16 weapons separation engineer with the Air Force Armament Laboratory.

Other astronauts with this card

• Dale A. Gardner — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 2 flights
• David C. Hilmers — NASA Group 9 · Former · 4 flights
• David M. Walker — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 4 flights
• John M. Fabian — NASA Group 8 · Former · 2 flights
• Jon A. McBride — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 1 flight
• Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. — NASA Group 12 · Former · 2 flights
• Margaret Rhea Seddon — NASA Group 8 · Former · 3 flights
• Mark C. Lee — NASA Group 10 · Former · 4 flights
• Rex J. Walheim — NASA Group 16 · Former · 3 flights
• Scott J. Horowitz — NASA Group 14 · Former · 4 flights
• Thomas D. Akers — NASA Group 12 · Former · 4 flights

FAQ

What is Susan J. Helms's birth card?

The Queen of Clubs. February 26 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 Susan J. Helms's dates come from?

Birth date 1958-02-26 is the day-precision date on Susan J. Helms's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 13 · 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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