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Li Xiaoxia's Birth Card: The Jack of Diamonds
The Successful Messenger
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
Li Xiaoxia (Chinese: 李晓霞; pinyin: Lǐ Xiǎoxiá; born 16 January 1988) is a Chinese table tennis Grand Slam champion. The birth-card coordinate for January 16 is the Jack of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Li Xiaoxia's 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in table tennis.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in table tennis for People's Republic of China across 2012. 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 Li Xiaoxia (Q254995), not a reading of character. 2012: gold in table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – women's singles in table tennis. 2012: gold in table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – women's team in table tennis.
- 2012 table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – women's singles (table tennis)
- 2012 table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – women's team (table tennis)
The Jack of Diamonds coordinate
Li Xiaoxia was born January 16 (1988-01-16). Month 1 and day 16 give solar value 37, which is the Jack of Diamonds (The Successful Messenger). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1988 is unused. The Jack of Diamonds does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Li Xiaoxia for People's Republic of China. Quoted system copy for the Jack of Diamonds, not a biography of Li Xiaoxia: You try a new approach to value and you finish enough of it to know if it works. You bring new ways of thinking about resources and success. You're the one who shifts how people relate to money. You inspire financial breakthroughs.
Li Xiaoxia in the public record
She trained in the Jiangsu Wuxi Shanhe Club in Wuxi, China. Her trainer is Li Sun, who is also the mentor of Olympic gold medal winner Zhang Yining. As of April 2011, she occupies the top place on the ITTF women's world ranking. In terms of achievements, she is one of the most successful female table tennis players (alongside Ding Ning, Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining) having won the gold medal in each of the Table Tennis World Cup, the Table Tennis World Championships, and the Olympic Games. In January 2017, she announced her retirement on social media website Weibo, stating "I have to say goodbye to you even though I feel it a pity to do so. Goodbye, my beloved table tennis. Goodbye, my prestigious Chinese team." Singles (as of July 23, 2011) Olympic Games: winner (2012). World Championships: winner (2013); runner-up (2007, 11); semi-finalist (2009, 2015).
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Li Xiaoxia (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 3 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 Li Xiaoxia, and not a forecast of a gold medal.
Cards in Li Xiaoxia's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- J♦ — Birth Card: The Successful Messenger
- J♣ — Karma — Environment: The Creative Messenger
- 3♠ — Karma — Displacement: The Sorrowful Truth
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 4♥ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 4♦ — Life Spread — Venus
- 2♠ — Life Spread — Mars
- 8♥ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 6♠ — Life Spread — Uranus
- Q♥ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 10♣ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 8♦ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 6♣ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Nurturing Creator
- 2♦ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Financial Partner
- 8♠ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Powerful Mind
- K♠ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Master of Thought
- 3♥ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Creative Heart
- A♣ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Creative Pioneer
- Q♣ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Nurturing Leader
- 10♠ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Completed Mind
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 see what needs fixing
Her trainer is Li Sun, who is also the mentor of Olympic gold medal winner Zhang Yining.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: olympic.
Also on the record
- World Cup appearances: 5.
- Record: winner (2008); runner-up (2011, 14); 3rd (2009).
- Pro Tour winner (9): China (Shenzhen) Open 2005; Qatar, German, Swedish Open 2007; Singapore, China (Shanghai) Open 2008; China Open 2010, China (Shanghai) Open 2012, Kuwait Open 2016 Runner-up (5): Qatar Open 2006; Kuwait, Japan Open 2008; Slovenian, German Open 2011.
- Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 3.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Susie O'Neill — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Valentina Vezzali — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- Andrea Pollack — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Jon Henricks — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Denis Pankratov — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Hamza Yerlikaya — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in amateur wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling
- Helmer Mörner — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in equestrian sport
- Wang Qianyi — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in synchronized swimming
FAQ
- What is Li Xiaoxia's birth card?
- The Jack of Diamonds. January 16 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Li Xiaoxia'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 Li Xiaoxia's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1988-01-16 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Li Xiaoxia, 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 table tennis) 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 (Q254995; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Li Xiaoxia; infobox match). Birth date 1988-01-16 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.