William A. Oefelein's Birth Card: The 7 of Clubs

In the record

William Anthony Oefelein (born March 29, 1965) is an American freelance adventure writer and photographer and former NASA astronaut who, on his only spaceflight, piloted the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission. The birth-card coordinate for March 29 is the 7 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 7 of Clubs coordinate

William A. Oefelein's birthday maps to the 7 of Clubs (The Analytical Creator). 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 William A. Oefelein. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You take a claim apart until the usable piece is left, then you use it.

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William A. Oefelein in the public record

Oefelein gained media attention on February 5, 2007, when fellow astronaut Lisa Nowak was arrested in Florida and charged with attempting to kidnap his girlfriend, U.S. Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman. Nowak later pleaded guilty to felony burglary and misdemeanor battery. Oefelein admitted to a two-year affair with Nowak, and he and Nowak became the first astronauts ever dismissed from NASA. Following the dismissals, NASA created its first astronaut Code of Conduct. Oefelein was born on March 29, 1965, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, where he flew floatplanes, and graduated from West Anchorage High School in 1983. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University in 1988, where he became a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Ten years later he received a Master of Science degree in aviation systems from the University of Tennessee Space Institute.

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

Where the record meets the 8 of Diamonds

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 William A. Oefelein, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

You run the money system in the open and you can explain the call. You approach resources as something to master and control. You're ambitious, competitive, and strategic. You know how to play the game and win.

Ten years later he received a Master of Science degree in aviation systems from the University of Tennessee Space Institute.

Paired on shared wording: master, systems.

Also on the record

1. In 1988, Oefelein received his commission as an Ensign in the United States Navy from Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida.
2. He entered flight training in Texas in 1989 and was designated a Naval Aviator in September 1990.
3. His early assignments included overseas deployments to the Persian Gulf as a strike fighter pilot in the F/A-18 Hornet.
4. After attending the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program (a.k.a.

Other astronauts with this card

• Edgar D. Mitchell — NASA Group 5 · Deceased · 1 flight
• Ellen S. Baker — NASA Group 10 · Former · 3 flights
• Michael J. Foreman — NASA Group 17 · Former · 2 flights
• Story Musgrave — NASA Group 6 · Former · 6 flights
• Thomas P. Stafford — NASA Group 2 · Deceased · 4 flights

FAQ

What is William A. Oefelein's birth card?

The 7 of Clubs. March 29 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 William A. Oefelein's dates come from?

Birth date 1965-03-29 is the day-precision date on William A. Oefelein's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 17 · Former · 1 flight), 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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