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Kōji Gushiken's Birth Card: The 8 of Clubs
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
Kōji Gushiken (具志堅 幸司, Gushiken Kōji) (born November 12, 1956, in Ōsaka) is an Olympic gymnast for Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won a total number of five medals, including two gold. The birth-card coordinate for November 12 is the 8 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Kōji Gushiken's 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics for Japan 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 Kōji Gushiken (Q1253343), not a reading of character. 1984: gold in gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – men's artistic individual all-around in artistic gymnastics. 1984: gold in gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – men's rings in artistic gymnastics.
- 1984 gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – men's artistic individual all-around (artistic gymnastics)
- 1984 gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – men's rings (artistic gymnastics)
The 8 of Clubs coordinate
Kōji Gushiken was born November 12 (1956-11-12). Month 11 and day 12 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 1956 is unused. The 8 of Clubs does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Kōji Gushiken for Japan. Quoted system copy for the 8 of Clubs, not a biography of Kōji Gushiken: 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.
Kōji Gushiken in the public record
He broke an ankle in May 1985 which prevented him from training for 3 months and hindered his performances at the 1985 World Championships. Gushiken announced his retirement at the 1985 Chūnichi Cup. He currently coaches other Olympic contenders, including two-time Olympic individual all-around gold medallist Kōhei Uchimura. databaseOlympics at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05) Competitive Results at gymn-forum.net Gushiken(Parallel bars Animation)
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Kōji Gushiken (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 10 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 Kōji Gushiken, and not a forecast of a gold medal.
Cards in Kōji Gushiken's fixed path
Birth card and karma
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 6♦ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 4♠ — Life Spread — Venus
- 10♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 8♠ — Life Spread — Saturn
- A♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- A♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 5♥ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 10♥ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Community Heart
- Q♦ — Planetary Ruling Card (second ruler): The Prosperous Nurturer
- 5♠ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Restless Mind
- J♣ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Creative Messenger
- 3♣ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Creative Communicator
- 3♠ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Sorrowful Truth
- 9♥ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Compassionate Idealist
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 make room for a lot of people and still keep a self inside the room. Your heart works at scale—you create belonging for families, groups, and communities, not just individuals. You're the one who makes everyone feel included, the emotional center of gravity in a room. Love, for you, is something you build collectively.
He currently coaches other Olympic contenders, including two-time Olympic individual all-around gold medallist Kōhei Uchimura. databaseOlympics at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05) Competitive Results at gymn-forum.net Gushiken(Parallel bars Animation)
Paired on shared wording: including, individual.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Jason Lezak — 7 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Nadia Comăneci — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics
- Donna de Varona — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Leon Štukelj — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics
- Reginald Doherty — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in tennis
- Albert Helgerud — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports
- Evelin Jahl — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in athletics
- Guo Wenjun — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports
- Ian Ferguson — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking
- John Pius Boland — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in tennis
- Kirsty Coventry — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Lin Dan — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in badminton
- 3 more Olympians in this set share this card.
FAQ
- What is Kōji Gushiken's birth card?
- The 8 of Clubs. November 12 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Kōji Gushiken'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 Kōji Gushiken's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1956-11-12 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Kōji Gushiken, 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 artistic gymnastics) 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 (Q1253343; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Kōji Gushiken; infobox match). Birth date 1956-11-12 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.