William R. Pogue's Birth Card: The 4 of Diamonds

In the record

William Reid Pogue (January 23, 1930 – March 3, 2014) was an American astronaut and pilot who served in the United States Air Force (USAF) as a fighter pilot and test pilot, and reached the rank of colonel. The birth-card coordinate for January 23 is the 4 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 4 of Diamonds coordinate

William R. Pogue's birthday maps to the 4 of Diamonds (The Financial Foundation Builder). 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 R. Pogue. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it.

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William R. Pogue in the public record

He was also a teacher, public speaker and author. Born and educated in Oklahoma, Pogue graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education and enlisted in the USAF in 1951 and served for 24 years. He flew combat during the Korean War and with the USAF Thunderbirds, then served as a flight instructor. Following graduation from Oklahoma State University with a Master of Science degree in 1960, he served as mathematics professor at the United States Air Force Academy, and after training at the Empire Test Pilots' School, he was a test pilot whose service included a two-years exchange with the Royal Air Force (RAF). During his service as a flight instructor, Pogue was accepted as a trainee astronaut for NASA in 1966. His NASA career included one orbital mission as pilot of Skylab 4, whose crew conducted dozens of in-orbit research experiments and set a duration record of 84 days—the longest crewed flight—that was unbroken in NASA for over 20 years. The mission also had a dispute with ground control over schedule management that news media named The Skylab Mutiny. Pogue retired from the USAF and NASA a few months after he returned from Skylab, after which he taught and wrote about aviation and aeronautics in the U.S. and abroad.

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

Where the record meets the 5 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 R. Pogue, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

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William Reid Pogue (January 23, 1930 – March 3, 2014) was an American astronaut and pilot who served in the United States Air Force (USAF) as a fighter pilot and test pilot, and reached the rank of colonel.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: colonel, pilot.

Also on the record

1. Pogue died in 2014, aged 84.

Other astronauts with this card

• Anthony W. England — NASA Group 6 · Former · 1 flight
• Brent W. Jett — NASA Group 14 · Former · 4 flights
• Frank L. Culbertson Jr. — NASA Group 10 · Former · 3 flights
• Kevin P. Chilton — NASA Group 12 · Former · 3 flights
• Richard F. Gordon Jr. — NASA Group 3 · Deceased · 2 flights
• Ronald J. Grabe — NASA Group 9 · Former · 4 flights
• S. David Griggs — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 1 flight
• Scott J. Kelly — NASA Group 16 · Former · 3 flights

FAQ

What is William R. Pogue's birth card?

The 4 of Diamonds. January 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 R. Pogue's dates come from?

Birth date 1930-01-23 is the day-precision date on William R. Pogue's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 5 · 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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