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Im Dong-hyun's Birth Card: The 7 of Diamonds
The Skeptical Investor
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
Im Dong-hyun (Korean: 임동현; Korean pronunciation: [im.doŋ.ɦjʌn]; born 12 May 1986) is a South Korean archer. The birth-card coordinate for May 12 is the 7 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Im Dong-hyun's 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in archery.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in archery for South Korea across 2004 and 2008. 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 Im Dong-hyun (Q314086), not a reading of character. 2004: gold in archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's team in archery. 2008: gold in archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's team in archery.
- 2004 archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's team (archery)
- 2008 archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's team (archery)
The 7 of Diamonds coordinate
Im Dong-hyun was born May 12 (1986-05-12). Month 5 and day 12 give solar value 33, which is the 7 of Diamonds (The Skeptical Investor). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1986 is unused. The 7 of Diamonds does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Im Dong-hyun for South Korea. Quoted system copy for the 7 of Diamonds, not a biography of Im Dong-hyun: You look at worth without reducing it to the account balance. You question everything about money—where it comes from, where it goes, whether it's worth it. You're analytical about resources. You think deeply about material choices.
Im Dong-hyun in the public record
He competes for the South Korean national team and is a former world number one. He has 20/200 vision in his left eye and 20/100 vision in his right eye, meaning he needs to be 10 times closer to see objects clearly with his left eye, compared to someone with perfect vision. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Im set a world record in the 72 arrow men's individual ranking round, with a score of 687 (it was not recognized by the International Olympic Committee as an Olympic record, however, as the ranking round took place on 12 August, before the 2004 opening ceremony). He then won his first three elimination matches, advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Im faced Hiroshi Yamamoto of Japan, losing to the eventual silver medalist 111–110 in the 12-arrow match. Im was placed 6th overall. Im was also a member of Korea's gold medal men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2006, he competed at the 2006 Asian Games and won two gold medals in the individual and South Korean team.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Im Dong-hyun (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the King 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 Im Dong-hyun, and not a forecast of a gold medal.
Cards in Im Dong-hyun's fixed path
Birth card and karma
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 5♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 9♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- 9♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- K♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- K♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 6♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 4♣ — Life Spread — 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.
You hold emotional authority without hiding behind it. You carry authority in the realm of feeling—the maturity and depth to lead others emotionally and hold space with real strength. At your best, you command emotional situations with both power and authentic care, the steady presence people anchor to.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Im finished his ranking round with a total of 670 points, nine points behind leader Juan René Serrano.
Paired on shared wording: behind, leader. This line comes from the Uranus position of the 7♦'s Life Spread.
Also on the record
- At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Im finished his ranking round with a total of 670 points, nine points behind leader Juan René Serrano.
- This made him the eighth seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Ali Salem in the first round, beating the Qatari 108–103.
- In the second round Im was too strong for Butch Johnson (115–106), but in the third round another American, Vic Wunderle, eliminated him with 113–111.
- Together with Lee Chang-hwan and Park Kyung-mo, he also took part in the team event.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Dawn Fraser — 7 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- John Naber — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Pat McCormick — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in diving, competitive swimming
- Aladár Gerevich — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- Garrett Weber-Gale — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Harald Natvig — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports
- Oreste Puliti — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- Ralf Schumann — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports, 25 metre rapid fire pistol
- Annemarie Zimmermann — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking
- Carl Schuhmann — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in weightlifting, athletics, artistic gymnastics
- Carlo Pavesi — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- Csaba Fenyvesi — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- 4 more Olympians in this set share this card.
FAQ
- What is Im Dong-hyun's birth card?
- The 7 of Diamonds. May 12 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Im Dong-hyun'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 Im Dong-hyun's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1986-05-12 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Im Dong-hyun, 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 archery) 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 (Q314086; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Im Dong-hyun; infobox match). Birth date 1986-05-12 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.