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Boris Shakhlin's Birth Card: The King of Clubs
The Master Leader
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
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin (Russian: Борис Анфиянович Шахлин; 27 January 1932 – 30 May 2008) was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. The birth-card coordinate for January 27 is the King of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Boris Shakhlin's 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics for Soviet Union across 1956–1964. 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 Boris Shakhlin (Q312645), not a reading of character. 1956: gold in gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – men's pommel horse in artistic gymnastics. 1960: gold in gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – men's parallel bars in artistic gymnastics. 1960: gold in gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – men's pommel horse in artistic gymnastics. 1960: gold in gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – men's vault in artistic gymnastics. 1964: gold in gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – men's horizontal bar in gymnastics.
- 1956 gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – men's pommel horse (artistic gymnastics)
- 1960 gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – men's parallel bars (artistic gymnastics)
- 1960 gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – men's pommel horse (artistic gymnastics)
- 1960 gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – men's vault (artistic gymnastics)
- 1964 gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – men's horizontal bar (gymnastics)
The King of Clubs coordinate
Boris Shakhlin was born January 27 (1932-01-27). Month 1 and day 27 give solar value 26, which is the King of Clubs (The Master Leader). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1932 is unused. The King of Clubs does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Boris Shakhlin for Soviet Union. Quoted system copy for the King of Clubs, not a biography of Boris Shakhlin: You make the intellectual call in the open and you can revise it. You command through clarity and competence. You're the authority, the decision-maker, the one people look to for direction. Your thinking is decisive and clear.
Boris Shakhlin in the public record
He won a total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He held the record for most Olympic medals by a male athlete record until gymnast Nikolai Andrianov won his 14th and 15th medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He also won 14 medals at the World Championships. Shakhlin was born in Ishim, Russian SFSR. He began gymnastics at the age of 12. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, he "set a career record of 10 individual titles in the world championships and also won gold medals at three successive Olympic Games. His tally of seven gold, four silver, and two bronze Olympic medals placed him among the most-decorated at the Games". Shakhlin retired from competition at the age of 35 after suffering a heart attack.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Boris Shakhlin (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 2 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 Boris Shakhlin, and not a forecast of a gold medal.
Cards in Boris Shakhlin's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- K♣ — Birth Card: The Master Leader
- 8♠ — Karma — Environment: The Powerful Mind
- 2♠ — Karma — Displacement: The Skeptical Partner
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- J♦ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 4♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 4♦ — Life Spread — Mars
- 8♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 6♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- Q♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 10♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 6♣ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Nurturing Creator
- 2♦ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Financial Partner
- 8♦ — PRC Life Spread — Jupiter: The Businessman
- K♠ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Master of Thought
- 3♥ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Creative Heart
- A♣ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Creative Pioneer
- Q♣ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Nurturing Leader
- 10♠ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Completed Mind
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.
You hold two pressures at once and still make a call that can live in the world. You naturally question any belief or claim. Your thinking is balanced between perspectives. You see multiple sides of truth.
List of multiple Olympic gold medalists List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists List of Olympic medal leaders in men's gymnastics Boris Chakline at World Gymnastics Boris Shakhlin at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame Boris Shakhlin at Gymn Forum Boris Shakhlin at Olympics.com Boris Shakhlin at Olympedia
Paired on shared wording: multiple, world.
Also on the record
- He joined the FIG Men's Technical Committee in 1968 and continued to work on the Committee until 1992.
- In the 1990s and 2000s (decade), he worked as a lecturer at the University of Kyiv.
- He was awarded the Red Banner of Labor in 1956 and the Order of Lenin in 1960.
- He was named an honorary citizen both in his birth town Ishim and in Kyiv where lived for many years.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Birgit Fischer — 8 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking
- Michael Gross — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Pablo Morales — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Paul Elvstrøm — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in sailing
- Ricky Berens — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Stephanie Rice — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Steve Clark — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Venus Williams — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in tennis
- Alex Baumann — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Chris Hoy — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in track cycling, cycle sport, auto racing
- Gary Ilman — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Michael Klim — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- 16 more Olympians in this set share this card.
FAQ
- What is Boris Shakhlin's birth card?
- The King of Clubs. January 27 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Boris Shakhlin'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 Boris Shakhlin's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1932-01-27 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Boris Shakhlin, 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 (5 Summer Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics) 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 (Q312645; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Boris Shakhlin; infobox match). Birth date 1932-01-27 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.