Nobel laureate · birth-card coordinate
Michael W. Young's Birth Card: The 8 of Clubs
The Ambitious Builder
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict a Nobel Prize.
In the record
Michael Warren Young (born March 28, 1949) is an American biologist and geneticist. The birth-card coordinate for March 28 is the 8 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2017 Physiology or Medicine prize.
Nobel Prize record
- 2017 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm
2017 — The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
“for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm”
Shared with Jeffrey C. Hall (3♠), Michael Rosbash (3♠). The award was divided; this laureate's listed portion is 1/3.
226 other Physiology or Medicine laureates in this set carry a birth-card coordinate.
The 8 of Clubs coordinate
Michael W. Young's birthday maps to the 8 of Clubs (The Ambitious 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 Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Michael W. Young. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You run a knowledge system other people can follow, and you stand behind the call.
Michael W. Young in the public record
He has dedicated decades to research studying genetically controlled patterns of sleep and wakefulness within Drosophila melanogaster. At Rockefeller University, his lab has made significant contributions in the field of chronobiology by identifying key genes associated with regulation of the internal clock responsible for circadian rhythms. He was able to elucidate the function of the period gene, which is necessary for the fly to exhibit normal sleep cycles. Young's lab is also attributed with the discovery of the timeless and doubletime genes, which makes proteins that are also necessary for circadian rhythm. He was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Jeffrey C. Hall and Michael Rosbash "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm".
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Michael W. Young (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 8 of Clubs
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Cards in Michael W. Young's fixed path
Birth card and karma
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 6♦ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 4♠ — Life Spread — Venus
- 10♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 8♠ — Life Spread — Saturn
- A♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- A♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- Q♦ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 5♥ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 10♥ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Community Heart
- 5♠ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Restless Mind
- J♣ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Creative Messenger
- 3♣ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Creative Communicator
- 3♠ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Sorrowful Truth
- 9♥ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Compassionate Idealist
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.
Strategic thinking and long-term planning
He has dedicated decades to research studying genetically controlled patterns of sleep and wakefulness within Drosophila melanogaster.
Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: research.
Other laureates with this card
- Ada E. Yonath — 2009 Chemistry
- Albert Szent-Györgyi — 1937 Physiology or Medicine
- Albrecht Kossel — 1910 Physiology or Medicine
- Aristide Briand — 1926 Peace
- Arno Penzias — 1978 Physics
- Bob Dylan — 2016 Literature
- Corneille Heymans — 1938 Physiology or Medicine
- Erik Axel Karlfeldt — 1931 Literature
- Frans Eemil Sillanpää — 1939 Literature
- Gerd Binnig — 1986 Physics
- Gérard Mourou — 2018 Physics
- Howard M. Temin — 1975 Physiology or Medicine
- 15 more laureates share this card.
FAQ
- What is Michael W. Young's birth card?
- The 8 of Clubs. March 28 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?
- No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast prizes, character, or fate.
- Where do Michael W. Young's dates come from?
- Birth date 1949-03-28 is the Nobel Prize API v2.1 day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Nobel dates and Nobel↔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: Nobel Prize API v2.1 (laureate 940) + Wikidata CC0 (Q1929672) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Michael W. Young). Birth date 1949-03-28 is the Nobel day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).