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Aaron Peirsol's Birth Card: The 5 of Clubs
The Dynamic Innovator
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict an Olympic medal.
In the record
Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer and backstroke specialist who swam for the University of Texas and is a former world champion and world record-holder. The birth-card coordinate for July 23 is the 5 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Aaron Peirsol's 7 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 7 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for United States across 2004 and 2008. Only Summer Games gold medals count here. Winter-only careers and single-gold athletes are out of this pack. The medal list is a public award record for Aaron Peirsol (Q302510), not a reading of character. 2004 2004 Summer Olympics: gold in 2004 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 2004: gold in swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metre backstroke in competitive swimming. 2004: gold in swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's 200 metre backstroke in competitive swimming. 2004: gold in swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay in competitive swimming. 2008 2008 Summer Olympics: gold in 2008 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 2008: gold in swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metre backstroke in competitive swimming. 2008: gold in swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay in competitive swimming.
- 2004 2004 Summer Olympics — 2004 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
- 2004 swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metre backstroke (competitive swimming)
- 2004 swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's 200 metre backstroke (competitive swimming)
- 2004 swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay (competitive swimming)
- 2008 2008 Summer Olympics — 2008 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
- 2008 swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metre backstroke (competitive swimming)
- 2008 swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay (competitive swimming)
The 5 of Clubs coordinate
Aaron Peirsol was born July 23 (1983-07-23). Month 7 and day 23 give solar value 18, which is the 5 of Clubs (The Dynamic Innovator). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1983 is unused. The 5 of Clubs does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Aaron Peirsol for United States. Quoted system copy for the 5 of Clubs, not a biography of Aaron Peirsol: You pressure-test a stale idea in public and let the better one win. Your mind craves novelty, variety, and freedom. You get bored easily and need constant stimulation. You're the one who disrupts stale thinking.
Aaron Peirsol in the public record
He is a three-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medalist with five gold, and two silver medals. Individually, he has held the world record in the 100-meter backstroke event and is the current record holder in the 200-meter backstroke (long course). In his long career, Peirsol captured a total of thirty-six medals in major international competition: twenty-nine gold, six silver, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, Pan American, and the Pan Pacific Championships. Peirsol was born July 23, 1983 in Newport Beach, a suburb of Irvine, California, the son of Scott and Wella Peirsol. His younger sister, Hayley, was also a competitive swimmer. In 2003, Peirsol and his sister became the first sibling duo to medal at the same FINA World Championships. He attended Irvine's Venado Middle School, and was a 2002 graduate of Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, California. He began swim training at the age of five, eventually competing at the nearby Newport-Costa Mesa YMCA where he came under the direction of Coach Stacy Zapolski.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Aaron Peirsol (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 7 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 Aaron Peirsol, and not a forecast of a gold medal.
Cards in Aaron Peirsol's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 5♣ — Birth Card: The Dynamic Innovator
- 4♣ — Karma — Environment: The Systematic Builder
- 5♥ — Karma — Displacement: The Restless Heart
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 3♦ — Life Spread — Mercury
- A♠ — Life Spread — Venus
- 7♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 5♠ — Life Spread — Saturn
- J♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 9♣ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 9♠ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 8♥ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Emotional Powerhouse
- 7♥ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Reflective Heart
- 7♠ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Questioning Mind
- 6♣ — PRC Life Spread — Mercury: The Nurturing Creator
- 6♠ — PRC Life Spread — Venus: The Responsible Mind
- Q♥ — PRC Life Spread — Mars: The Devoted Nurturer
- 10♣ — PRC Life Spread — Jupiter: The Master Builder
- 8♦ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Businessman
- K♠ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Master of Thought
- 3♥ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Creative Heart
- A♣ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Creative Pioneer
- Q♣ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Nurturing Leader
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.
Penetrating questions and inquiry
He is a three-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medalist with five gold, and two silver medals.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: olympic.
Also on the record
- Zapolski was a four-year competitor for Pepperdine University's women's swim team where she specialized in backstroke, and from 1991-1992 coached Peirsol, likely improving his backstroke technique.
- By eight, he participated in a competitive summer swim league that included water polo with Coach Ted Bandaruk in Corona del Mar.
- Bandaruk, who was a Professor at Orange Coast College, where Dave Salo would coach, was aquatics director and coached a large age-group swim team currently known as the Harbor View Swim Team Dolphins at the Harbor View Community Association, from 1978-2014.
- By 12, Peirsol's most intensive training was with the Irvine Novaquatics under Hall of Fame Coach Dave Salo, with more frequent training from youth and age group Coach Brian Pajer.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Neil Walker — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Otto Olsen — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports
- Aldo Nadi — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- Alexander Karelin — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in Greco-Roman wrestling, wrestling
- Bruce Furniss — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Cathy Carr — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Mike Bruner — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Troy Dalbey — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Elena Zamolodchikova — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics
- Elisa Di Francisca — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- Gábor Horváth — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking
- Karin Metze — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in rowing
- 2 more Olympians in this set share this card.
FAQ
- What is Aaron Peirsol's birth card?
- The 5 of Clubs. July 23 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Aaron Peirsol's year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict Olympic medals?
- No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast races, medals, character, or fate.
- Where do Aaron Peirsol's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1983-07-23 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Aaron Peirsol, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Medal count (7 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming) comes from Wikidata P1344 event claims with P166 Olympic gold, limited to Summer Games. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Sources: Wikidata CC0 (Q302510; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Aaron Peirsol; infobox match). Birth date 1983-07-23 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.