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David Theile's Birth Card: The 10 of Diamonds

4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming

Born January 17, 1938

Australia

The Wealthy Master

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

David Egmont Theile, AO (born 17 January 1938) is an Australian former backstroke swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won consecutive gold medals in the 100-metre backstroke at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics, the only Australian to do so. The birth-card coordinate for January 17 is the 10 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of David Theile's 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for Australia across 1956 and 1960. 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 David Theile (Q1176824), not a reading of character. 1956 1956 Summer Olympics: gold in 1956 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 1956: gold in swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metre backstroke in competitive swimming. 1960 1960 Summer Olympics: gold in 1960 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 1960: gold in swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metre backstroke in competitive swimming.

The 10 of Diamonds coordinate

David Theile was born January 17 (1938-01-17). Month 1 and day 17 give solar value 36, which is the 10 of Diamonds (The Wealthy Master). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1938 is unused. The 10 of Diamonds does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on David Theile for Australia. Quoted system copy for the 10 of Diamonds, not a biography of David Theile: You build enough and keep it structured so it actually holds. You've built, accumulated, and integrated material success. You have security, abundance, and wisdom. Your presence radiates material confidence.

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David Theile in the public record

He subsequently became a leading surgeon and medical administrator. Theile was born in Maryborough to Alice and Egmont Theile, who ran a husband and wife medical practice. Both had graduated from the University of Sydney, with his father originally being of German descent. He learnt to swim at the age of five, along with his three sisters after being enrolled in a swimming program by his parents. He developed a love of swimming, which relieved him from the boredom of the town, as "the local pool gave us something to do". By the age of 10, Theile was enjoying success at local swimming carnivals, so his father offered to arrange for him to be coached, but left Theile with the choice of coaches. Of the two coaches in the town, Theile chose Arthur Cusack, who had a reputation as a physical training instructor of whom Theile recounted as being "tough and enthusiastic. All my friends avoided him....somehow I sensed that it was an important decision." Cusack turned out to be his lifelong coach.

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

Where the record meets the Queen 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 David Theile, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

Cards in David Theile's fixed path

Birth card and karma

Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)

Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread

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.

Deep wisdom and understanding

Q♠ — Karma — Environment, fixed to the 10♦, from the published Queen of Spades meaning

He subsequently became a leading surgeon and medical administrator.

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

Also on the record

  1. Under the guidance of Cusack, Maryborough Swimming Club challenged the metropolitan clubs in Brisbane for statewide supremacy.
  2. Theile won Queensland junior and open titles in all four strokes.
  3. In 1954, at the age of 16, he came second in the open backstroke, and after becoming the national junior champion that year, he decided to concentrate on the given stroke.
  4. In 1955, he captured the 110yd backstroke title at the Australian Championships in Adelaide.

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FAQ

What is David Theile's birth card?
The 10 of Diamonds. January 17 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. David Theile'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 David Theile's dates and medals come from?
Birth date 1938-01-17 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for David Theile, 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 (Q1176824; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (David Theile; infobox match). Birth date 1938-01-17 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.