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Cullen Jones's Birth Card: The 9 of Clubs
The Humanitarian Builder
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
Cullen Andrew Jones (born February 29, 1984) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who specialized in freestyle sprint events. The birth-card coordinate for February 29 is the 9 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Cullen Jones's 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for United States across 2008 and 2012. 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 Cullen Jones (Q559120), not a reading of character. 2008 2008 Summer Olympics: gold in 2008 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 2008: gold in swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in competitive swimming. 2012 2012 Summer Olympics: gold in 2012 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 2012: gold in swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay in competitive swimming.
- 2008 2008 Summer Olympics — 2008 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
- 2008 swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay (competitive swimming)
- 2012 2012 Summer Olympics — 2012 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
- 2012 swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay (competitive swimming)
The 9 of Clubs coordinate
Cullen Jones was born February 29 (1984-02-29). Month 2 and day 29 give solar value 22, which is the 9 of Clubs (The Humanitarian Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1984 is unused. The 9 of Clubs does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Cullen Jones for United States. Quoted system copy for the 9 of Clubs, not a biography of Cullen Jones: You keep the large view without skipping the next practical step. Your thoughts are about humanity, progress, and possibility. You think in big pictures and universal principles. Your mind is oriented toward uplift.
Cullen Jones in the public record
As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay (long course). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won silver medals in the 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay and the 50-meter freestyle, as well as the gold in the 4 x 100-metre medley. Born on Leap day of 1984 in the Bronx borough of New York City, Jones moved to Irvington, New Jersey, while in elementary school. He learned to swim after he was rescued from a near-drowning at a splash-down pool at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Pennsylvania when he was five years old. He became an age-group swimmer at Metro Express, a club team at the Jewish Community Center in West Orange, New Jersey under head coach Ed Nessel. Jones later switched teams to the Jersey Gators Swim Club in Cranford under Lou Petroziello. Jones graduated from Saint Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark in 2002. While there, he swam for coach Glenn Cassidy and set numerous Essex County swimming records.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Cullen Jones (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 10 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 Cullen Jones, and not a forecast of a gold medal.
Cards in Cullen Jones's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 9♣ — Birth Card: The Humanitarian Builder
- 6♦ — Karma — Environment: The Generous Provider
- Q♥ — Karma — Displacement: The Devoted Nurturer
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 9♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- K♥ — Life Spread — Mars
- K♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 6♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 4♣ — Life Spread — Uranus
- J♠ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 8♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 2♦ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Financial Partner
- A♦ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Wealth Pioneer
- 6♣ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Nurturing Creator
- 4♠ — PRC Life Spread — Jupiter: The Rigid Truth
- 10♥ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Community Heart
- 10♦ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Wealthy Master
- 8♠ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Powerful Mind
- A♥ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Emotional Pioneer
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 make room for a lot of people and still keep a self inside the room. Your heart works at scale—you create belonging for families, groups, and communities, not just individuals. You're the one who makes everyone feel included, the emotional center of gravity in a room. Love, for you, is something you build collectively.
He became an age-group swimmer at Metro Express, a club team at the Jewish Community Center in West Orange, New Jersey under head coach Ed Nessel.
Paired on shared wording: center, group. This line comes from the Saturn position of the 2♦'s Life Spread.
Also on the record
- Jones attended North Carolina State University, where he studied English and swam for the NC State Wolfpack swimming and diving team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2003 to 2006.
- He turned professional in the summer of 2006, after signing with Nike and burst onto the scene shortly after at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships where he set a meet record in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 21.84 seconds.
- He also swam a leg (split of 47.96) in the world record breaking 4×100-meter freestyle relay along with Michael Phelps, Neil Walker and Jason Lezak.
- In 2007, he also won a gold medal in 4×100-meter freestyle relay with the same teammates in the 2007 World Aquatics Championships.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Ian Thorpe — 7 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Jon Olsen — 6 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Angel Martino — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Shirley Babashoff — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Tom Dolan — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Agneta Andersson — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking
- Alice Tait — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Katalin Kovács — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking
- Summer Sanders — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Carl Westergren — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in amateur wrestling
- Edward Hennig — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics
- Filiberto Azcuy — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in amateur wrestling
- 5 more Olympians in this set share this card.
FAQ
- What is Cullen Jones's birth card?
- The 9 of Clubs. February 29 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Cullen Jones'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 Cullen Jones's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1984-02-29 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Cullen Jones, 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 (4 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 (Q559120; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Cullen Jones; infobox match). Birth date 1984-02-29 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.