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Ian Ferguson's Birth Card: The 8 of Clubs

2 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking

Born July 20, 1952

New Zealand

The Ambitious 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

Ian Gordon Ferguson (born 20 July 1952) is New Zealand's second most successful Olympian. The birth-card coordinate for July 20 is the 8 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Ian Ferguson's 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking for New Zealand across 1984. 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 Ian Ferguson (Q725735), not a reading of character. 1984: gold in canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – men's K-1 500 metres in canoeing and kayaking. 1984: gold in canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – men's K-4 1000 metres in canoeing and kayaking.

The 8 of Clubs coordinate

Ian Ferguson was born July 20 (1952-07-20). Month 7 and day 20 give solar value 21, which is the 8 of Clubs (The Ambitious Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1952 is unused. The 8 of Clubs does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Ian Ferguson for New Zealand. Quoted system copy for the 8 of Clubs, not a biography of Ian Ferguson: You run a knowledge system other people can follow, and you stand behind the call. Your mind calculates power, influence, and success. You're ambitious and know how to leverage ideas into position. You think like a chess player.

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Ian Ferguson in the public record

He won four Olympic gold medals competing in K1, K2, and K4 kayak events, and attended five Summer Olympics between 1976 and 1992. He also won two canoe sprint world championship titles. Ferguson was born in Taumarunui on 20 July 1952, the son of Gilbert and Winsome Ferguson. He was educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School, and was an all-round sportsperson, achieving in running and rugby union, and becoming the school swimming champion. Ferguson studied at Victoria University of Wellington, completing a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration degree in 1976. In 1973, Ferguson married his wife, Alyson, and the couple went on to have two children. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles he won three gold medals. In the same year he was named New Zealand sportsperson of the year.

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

Where the record meets the 4 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 Ian Ferguson, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

Cards in Ian Ferguson'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 create coherent belief systems

4♠ — Life Spread — Venus, fixed to the 8♣, from the published 4 of Spades meaning

He won four Olympic gold medals competing in K1, K2, and K4 kayak events, and attended five Summer Olympics between 1976 and 1992.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: olympic. This line comes from the Venus position of the 8♣'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

  1. In the 1985 New Year Honours, Ferguson was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to canoeing.
  2. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics, he went on to win another gold medal and a silver medal at that Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea.
  3. He was the first New Zealander to compete in five Olympic Games and his four gold medals was the New Zealand record for an individual haul at the Games until beaten by fellow canoeist Lisa Carrington in 2021.
  4. His five Olympic medals is the second-highest number of Olympic medals won by a New Zealander, a record he shares with fellow canoeist Paul MacDonald and equestrian Mark Todd.

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FAQ

What is Ian Ferguson's birth card?
The 8 of Clubs. July 20 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Ian Ferguson'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 Ian Ferguson's dates and medals come from?
Birth date 1952-07-20 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Ian Ferguson, 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 canoeing and kayaking) 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 (Q725735; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Ian Ferguson (canoeist); infobox match). Birth date 1952-07-20 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.