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Eric Carlberg's Birth Card: The 3 of Spades

2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing, shooting sports

Born April 5, 1880

Sweden

Died August 14, 1963

The Sorrowful Truth

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

Gustaf Eric Carlberg (5 April 1880 – 14 August 1963) was a Swedish Army officer, diplomat, sport shooter, fencer, and modern pentathlete who competed at the 1906, 1908, 1912 and 1924 Olympics alongside his twin brother Vilhelm. The birth-card coordinate for April 5 is the 3 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Eric Carlberg's 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing, shooting sports.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing, shooting sports for Sweden across 1912. 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 Eric Carlberg (Q2447014), not a reading of character. 1912: gold in shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – men's 25 metre team small-bore rifle in shooting sports. 1912: gold in shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – men's 30 metre team rapid fire pistol in shooting sports.

The 3 of Spades coordinate

Eric Carlberg was born April 5 (1880-04-05). Month 4 and day 5 give solar value 42, which is the 3 of Spades (The Sorrowful Truth). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1880 is unused. The 3 of Spades does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Eric Carlberg for Sweden. Quoted system copy for the 3 of Spades, not a biography of Eric Carlberg: You stay with the hard feeling long enough to learn it, then you let the day continue. You see what's wrong, what's broken, what's unfair. Your mind is naturally oriented toward problems and suffering. You're the truth-teller about darkness.

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Eric Carlberg in the public record

Eric and Vilhelm were the youngest of four children of a veterinarian, who died when they were 12 years old. The twins became military officers in 1901 and retired with the rank of major. In 1911, they became physical education instructors. In 1924, Eric married Elsa Lindell and was stationed for three years in Iran as part of the newly established Iranian Gendarmerie corps. In 1930, he was appointed Swedish consul general in Tehran and, between 1935 and 1958, served as the Finnish consul general there. 1906 Athens 25 m rapid fire pistol – eleventh place 30 m duelling pistol – 13th place 20 m duelling pistol – 14th place 50 m pistol – 18th place 25 m army pistol (1873 model) – 18th place 25 m army pistol (standard model) – 27th place 300 m army rifle – 28th place Free rifle, free position – 29th place 1908 London Carlberg was a member of the Swedish team that won the silver medal in the team small-bore rifle competition. He also participated in the following shooting events: Team pistol – fifth place disappearing target small-bore rifle – ninth place moving target small-bore rifle – 15th place individual pistol – 33rd place He also participated in the épée competition but was eliminated in the first round. As a member of the Swedish épée team, he was eliminated in the first round of the team épée event.

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

Where the record meets the 3 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 Eric Carlberg, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

Cards in Eric Carlberg'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.

Ability to see what needs fixing

3♠ — Birth Card, from the published 3 of Spades meaning

Gustaf Eric Carlberg (5 April 1880 – 14 August 1963) was a Swedish Army officer, diplomat, sport shooter, fencer, and modern pentathlete who competed at the 1906, 1908, 1912 and 1924 Olympics alongside his twin brother Vilhelm.

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

Also on the record

  1. 1912 Stockholm At the 1912 Summer Olympics, he won two gold and two silver medals in shooting.
  2. He also participated in the following shooting events: 30 metre rapid fire pistol – sixth place 50 metre pistol – twelfth place 50 metre rifle, prone – 17th place 25 metre small-bore rifle – 20th place As a member of the Swedish épée team, he finished fourth in the team épée competition.
  3. He also participated in the modern pentathlon event but retired after the first contest.
  4. This was the shooting competition where he finished eighth.

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FAQ

What is Eric Carlberg's birth card?
The 3 of Spades. April 5 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Eric Carlberg'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 Eric Carlberg's dates and medals come from?
Birth date 1880-04-05 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Eric Carlberg, 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 (2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing, shooting sports) 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 (Q2447014; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Eric Carlberg; infobox match). Birth date 1880-04-05 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.