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Kieren Perkins's Birth Card: The Queen of Clubs
The Nurturing Leader
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
Kieren John Perkins (born 14 August 1973) is an Australian former freestyle swimmer. The birth-card coordinate for August 14 is the Queen of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Kieren Perkins'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 1992 and 1996. 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 Kieren Perkins (Q362197), not a reading of character. 1992 1992 Summer Olympics: gold in 1992 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 1992: gold in swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – men's 1500 metre freestyle in competitive swimming. 1996 1996 Summer Olympics: gold in 1996 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 1996: gold in swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – men's 1500 metre freestyle in competitive swimming.
- 1992 1992 Summer Olympics — 1992 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
- 1992 swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – men's 1500 metre freestyle (competitive swimming)
- 1996 1996 Summer Olympics — 1996 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
- 1996 swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – men's 1500 metre freestyle (competitive swimming)
The Queen of Clubs coordinate
Kieren Perkins was born August 14 (1973-08-14). Month 8 and day 14 give solar value 25, which is the Queen of Clubs (The Nurturing Leader). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1973 is unused. The Queen of Clubs does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Kieren Perkins for Australia. Quoted system copy for the Queen of Clubs, not a biography of Kieren Perkins: You teach from what you actually know, without making people earn the right to hear it. You have wisdom, understanding, and the natural ability to mentor. You create intellectual safety where people can grow. You're the wise guide.
Kieren Perkins in the public record
He specialised in the 1500-metre freestyle and won successive Olympic gold medals in this event in the 1990s. He won his first at the 1992 Olympics which he won in world record time and then at the 1996 Olympics when he defended his title. In total he won four Olympic medals. Perkins was born in Brisbane, Queensland. He attended Indooroopilly State Primary School and graduated from Brisbane Boys' College in the inner city suburb of Toowong. He began swimming regularly at age eight as part of his rehabilitation from a serious leg injury incurred after running through a plate glass window. At age 13 his potential became obvious, and with coach John Carew guiding him he won his first medal at the Australian Championships in Melbourne in 1989. Perkins's first major international meet was the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Kieren Perkins (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 10 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 Kieren Perkins, and not a forecast of a gold medal.
Cards in Kieren Perkins's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- Q♣ — Birth Card: The Nurturing Leader
- 10♦ — Karma — Environment: The Wealthy Master
- 3♥ — Karma — Displacement: The Creative Heart
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 10♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 5♣ — Life Spread — Venus
- 3♦ — Life Spread — Mars
- A♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 7♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 7♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 5♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- J♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 9♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
The planetary ruling card for this birthday is the birth card itself, Q♣, so it adds no further cards to the path.
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 mental integration
He specialised in the 1500-metre freestyle and won successive Olympic gold medals in this event in the 1990s.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: olympic. This line comes from the Mercury position of the Q♣'s Life Spread.
Also on the record
- Perkins won the silver medal in the 1500-metre freestyle behind fellow Queenslander Glen Housman.
- Both Housman (14:55.25) and Perkins (14:58.08) broke 15 minutes which was the first time Perkins had recorded a sub-fifteen-minute 1500 metres.
- There was much expectation around Perkins at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth in the 1500 m freestyle, but he was beaten in the final by just 0.22 seconds by German Jörg Hoffmann who set a new world-record time.
- Perkins swam 14:50.58, which was also far under the previous world record.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Jenny Thompson — 11 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Charles Daniels — 6 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Debbie Meyer — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Cate Campbell — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Crissy Ahmann-Leighton — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Kim Rhode — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports
- Rie Mastenbroek — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Albina Osipowich — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Michael Diamond — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports
- Nicolás Massú — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in tennis
- Penelope Heyns — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Sandra Izbașa — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics
- 3 more Olympians in this set share this card.
FAQ
- What is Kieren Perkins's birth card?
- The Queen of Clubs. August 14 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Kieren Perkins'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 Kieren Perkins's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1973-08-14 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Kieren Perkins, 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 (Q362197; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Kieren Perkins; infobox match). Birth date 1973-08-14 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.