NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
Theodore C. Freeman's Birth Card: The 7 of Diamonds
The Skeptical Investor
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
Theodore Cordy Freeman (February 18, 1930 – October 31, 1964) was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. The birth-card coordinate for February 18 is the 7 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 7 of Diamonds coordinate
Theodore C. Freeman's birthday maps to the 7 of Diamonds (The Skeptical Investor). 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 Theodore C. Freeman. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You look at worth without reducing it to the account balance.
Theodore C. Freeman in the public record
Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. Selected in the third group of NASA astronauts in 1963, he was killed a year later in the crash of a T-38 jet, marking the first fatality among the NASA Astronaut Corps. At the time of his death, he held the rank of captain. Born in Haverford, Pennsylvania, on February 18, 1930, Freeman was named after the man who raised his father (Theodore Cullen Donovan), as well as his maternal grandfather (Thomas Cordy Wilson). He was one of five children. Raised in Lewes, Delaware, he attended Lewes Elementary School from 1936 to 1944. His father was a farmer and his brother a carpenter, and it seemed as if he would also have a blue collar career. When Freeman and his brother were young, they saved up money so they could take plane rides.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Theodore Freeman (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 9 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 Theodore C. Freeman, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in Theodore C. Freeman's fixed path
Birth card and karma
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 5♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- J♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 9♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- K♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 6♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 4♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- K♥ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Compassionate King
- 9♠ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Idealistic Mind
- 2♣ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Collaborative Builder
- 2♦ — PRC Life Spread — Jupiter: The Financial Partner
- J♠ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Messenger of Truth
- 8♣ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Ambitious Builder
- 6♦ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Generous Provider
- 4♠ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Rigid Truth
- 10♥ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Community Heart
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.
Visionary thinking and universal perspective
Theodore Cordy Freeman (February 18, 1930 – October 31, 1964) was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: engineer.
Also on the record
- He also was a part-time worker, helping to refuel the planes and work on them.
- He spent most of his money on flying lessons, and with over 450 hours of flying on his training record, earned his pilot's license by the age of 16.
- "I sort of grew up at the airport," Freeman said.
- Freeman played baseball and football in high school.
Other astronauts with this card
- Buzz Aldrin — NASA Group 3 · Former · 2 flights
- Gregory H. Johnson — NASA Group 17 · Former · 2 flights
- James A. McDivitt — NASA Group 2 · Deceased · 2 flights
- Jerry L. Ross — NASA Group 9 · Former · 7 flights
- Michael J. Bloomfield — NASA Group 15 · Former · 3 flights
- Walter Cunningham — NASA Group 3 · Deceased · 1 flight
- Winston E. Scott — NASA Group 14 · Former · 2 flights
FAQ
- What is Theodore C. Freeman's birth card?
- The 7 of Diamonds. February 18 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 Theodore C. Freeman's dates come from?
- Birth date 1930-02-18 is the day-precision date on Theodore C. Freeman's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 3 · Deceased · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table), 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 (Theodore C. Freeman) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q634141) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Theodore Freeman). Birth date 1930-02-18 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).