NASA astronaut · birth-card coordinate
WIlliam F. Readdy's Birth Card: The 3 of Diamonds
The Success Communicator
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 Francis Readdy is a former associate administrator of the Office of Space Flight, at NASA Headquarters. The birth-card coordinate for January 24 is the 3 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.
The 3 of Diamonds coordinate
WIlliam F. Readdy's birthday maps to the 3 of Diamonds (The Success Communicator). 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 F. Readdy. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You keep more than one path alive without letting any of them stay imaginary.
WIlliam F. Readdy in the public record
He is also a veteran pilot astronaut of three space flights: STS-42, STS-51, and STS-79. He was born January 24, 1952, in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and is married to Colleen Nevius. They have two sons and a daughter. He graduated from McLean High School, McLean, Virginia, in 1970 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering (with honors) from the United States Naval Academy in 1974. He's a distinguished graduate of the United States Naval Test Pilot School 1980. Readdy is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, the Explorers Club, and the Royal Astronautical Society and is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA. He also belongs to the Association of Space Explorers. Readdy graduated from Annapolis in 1974, and earned his wings as a Naval Aviator.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article William F. Readdy (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 6 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 WIlliam F. Readdy, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.
Cards in WIlliam F. Readdy's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 3♦ — Birth Card: The Success Communicator
- Q♦ — Karma — Environment: The Prosperous Nurturer
- 6♥ — Karma — Displacement: The Devoted Caregiver
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- A♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 7♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 7♦ — Life Spread — Mars
- 5♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- J♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 9♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- K♥ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 9♣ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Humanitarian Builder
- 6♦ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Generous Provider
- Q♥ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Devoted Nurturer
- K♦ — PRC Life Spread — Jupiter: The Wealthy King
- 4♣ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Systematic Builder
- 2♦ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Financial Partner
- J♠ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Messenger of Truth
- 8♣ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Ambitious Builder
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.
Integrating genuine care with healthy boundaries
He was born January 24, 1952, in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and is married to Colleen Nevius.
Paired on relationship and feeling — the domain ♥ governs in this system. Markers in the record: married.
Also on the record
- Following fleet training in the A-6 Intruder at NAS Oceana, Virginia, he joined Attack Squadron Eighty-five aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal deployed to the North Atlantic and Mediterranean from 1976 until 1980.
- Upon completion of the Naval Test Pilot School, he served as project test pilot on a variety of programs at Strike Aircraft Test Directorate.
- Following a tour as a test pilot instructor, he reported in 1984 to USS Coral Sea, on Caribbean and Mediterranean deployments.
- In 1986 Readdy transferred into the Naval Reserve to join NASA and served as an instructor pilot and unit commander until his naval retirement in August 2000.
Other astronauts with this card
- Brewster H. Shaw Jr. — NASA Group 8 · Former · 3 flights
- James P. Bagian — NASA Group 9 · Former · 2 flights
- Rick D. Husband — NASA Group 15 · Deceased · 2 flights
FAQ
- What is WIlliam F. Readdy's birth card?
- The 3 of Diamonds. January 24 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 F. Readdy's dates come from?
- Birth date 1952-01-24 is the day-precision date on WIlliam F. Readdy's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 12 · 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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Sources: NASA astronaut biography (WIlliam F. Readdy) + NASA Astronaut Fact Book (list of U.S. astronauts) + Wikidata CC0 (Q1429300) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (William F. Readdy). Birth date 1952-01-24 is the NASA day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).