NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
William C. McCool's Birth Card: The Ace of Clubs
The Creative Pioneer
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
William Cameron "Willie" McCool (né Graham; September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who was the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107. The birth-card coordinate for September 23 is the Ace of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The Ace of Clubs coordinate
William C. McCool's birthday maps to the Ace of Clubs (The Creative Pioneer). 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 C. McCool. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You start a new idea while it is still usable, and you let it meet the world unfinished.
William C. McCool in the public record
He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the atmosphere. McCool was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. McCool was born on September 23, 1961, in San Diego, California. His parents divorced when McCool was young, and in 1969, his mother married Barent McCool, a Naval aviator. McCool was active in the Boy Scouts of America, where he became an Eagle Scout. McCool attended John F. Kennedy High School in Tamuning, Guam from 1967 to 1977. His family relocated to Lubbock, Texas, where he graduated from Coronado High School in 1979.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article William C. McCool (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 10 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 William C. McCool, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in William C. McCool's fixed path
Birth card and karma
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 5♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- 3♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- A♠ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 7♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 7♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 5♠ — Life Spread — Pluto
- J♥ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
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.
Deep wisdom and mental integration
William Cameron "Willie" McCool (né Graham; September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who was the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: engineer, pilot.
Also on the record
- McCool then enrolled at the United States Naval Academy, where he served as team captain of the U.S.
- Naval Academy Cross Country team his senior year.
- He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Science in 1983, graduating second of 1,083 in his class.
- After graduating, he became a member of the U.S.
Other astronauts with this card
- Charles J. Precourt — NASA Group 13 · Former · 4 flights
- Daniel C . Burbank — NASA Group 16 · Former · 3 flights
- Douglas G. Hurley — NASA Group 18 · Former · 3 flights
- Eileen M. Collins — NASA Group 13 · Former · 4 flights
- Lee J. Archambault — NASA Group 17 · Former · 2 flights
- Ronald E. McNair — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 1 flight
FAQ
- What is William C. McCool's birth card?
- The Ace of Clubs. September 23 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 C. McCool's dates come from?
- Birth date 1961-09-23 is the day-precision date on William C. McCool's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 16 · Deceased · 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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Sources: NASA astronaut biography (William C. McCool) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q334463) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (William C. McCool). Birth date 1961-09-23 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).