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Ford Konno's Birth Card: The King of Spades
The Master of Thought
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
Ford Hiroshi Konno (Japanese: 紺野 裕, born January 1, 1933) is a Japanese–American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events. The birth-card coordinate for January 1 is the King of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Ford Konno's 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for United States across 1952. 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 Ford Konno (Q891096), not a reading of character. 1952 1952 Summer Olympics: gold in 1952 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 1952: gold in swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – men's 1500 metre freestyle in competitive swimming. 1952: gold in swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay in competitive swimming.
- 1952 1952 Summer Olympics — 1952 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
- 1952 swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – men's 1500 metre freestyle (competitive swimming)
- 1952 swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay (competitive swimming)
The King of Spades coordinate
Ford Konno was born January 1 (1933-01-01). Month 1 and day 1 give solar value 52, which is the King of Spades (The Master of Thought). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1933 is unused. The King of Spades does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Ford Konno for United States. Quoted system copy for the King of Spades, not a biography of Ford Konno: You make the hard call without pretending you have no interior. You command through clarity and intellectual authority. You're the decision-maker, the authority on truth. Your thinking is decisive and definitive.
Ford Konno in the public record
Konno was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended McKinley High School in Honolulu, and swam for the McKinley Tigers high school swim team. He later received an athletic scholarship to attend Ohio State University, where he swam for the Ohio State Buckeyes swimming and diving team under Hall of Fame Coach Mike Peppe in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. Konno set world records of 2:03.9 in the 200-meter and 4:26.7 in the 400-meter freestyle during 1954 college meets. Konno won four medals at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, Konno won gold medals in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. His time of 18:30:3 in the 1,500 freestyle was a new Olympic record. He also won a silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Ford Konno (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the King 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 Ford Konno, and not a forecast of a gold medal.
Cards in Ford Konno's fixed path
Birth card and karma
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 3♥ — Life Spread — Mercury
- A♣ — Life Spread — Venus
- Q♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- 10♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 3♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- A♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 7♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 7♦ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 5♣ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Dynamic Innovator
- 4♣ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Systematic Builder
- 5♥ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Restless Heart
- 5♠ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Restless Mind
- J♥ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Romantic Messenger
- 9♣ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Humanitarian Builder
- 9♠ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Idealistic Mind
- 2♥ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Loving Partner
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.
Clear thinking and intellectual command
Ford Hiroshi Konno (Japanese: 紺野 裕, born January 1, 1933) is a Japanese–American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: olympic.
Also on the record
- Four years later at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, he won a silver in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
- After graduating from Ohio State University, Konno worked as a high school teacher and swimming coach on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, and later became division manager for an equity life insurance company.
- In 1972 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
- Earlier he married a fellow 1952 Olympic medalist Evelyn Kawamoto; they have two daughters.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Anatoly Bogdanov — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in bullseye shooting, shooting sports
- Park Sung-hyun — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in archery
- Sifan Hassan — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in athletics
FAQ
- What is Ford Konno's birth card?
- The King of Spades. January 1 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Ford Konno'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 Ford Konno's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1933-01-01 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Ford Konno, 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 (3 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 (Q891096; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Ford Konno; infobox match). Birth date 1933-01-01 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.