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Marlies Göhr's Birth Card: The 2 of Diamonds
The Financial Partner
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
Marlies Göhr (née Oelsner; born 21 March 1958) is a former East German track and field athlete, the winner of the 100 metres at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. The birth-card coordinate for March 21 is the 2 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Marlies Göhr's 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in athletics.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in athletics for East Germany across 1976 and 1980. 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 Marlies Göhr (Q161821), not a reading of character. 1976: gold in athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – women's 4 × 100 metres relay in athletics. 1980: gold in athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – women's 4 × 100 metres relay in athletics.
- 1976 athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – women's 4 × 100 metres relay (athletics)
- 1980 athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – women's 4 × 100 metres relay (athletics)
The 2 of Diamonds coordinate
Marlies Göhr was born March 21 (1958-03-21). Month 3 and day 21 give solar value 28, which is the 2 of Diamonds (The Financial Partner). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1958 is unused. The 2 of Diamonds does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Marlies Göhr for East Germany. Quoted system copy for the 2 of Diamonds, not a biography of Marlies Göhr: You name the exchange out loud and keep it fair for both sides. You understand value exchange and partnership in material terms. You're good at splitting bills, sharing assets, creating fair deals. Your mind works in reciprocity.
Marlies Göhr in the public record
She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world rankings for twelve straight years, ranking first in six of those years. During this time she won many medals as a sprinter at major international championships and set several world records. Competing under her maiden name of Oelsner, Marlies finished second in the 100 m in her first major international at the 1975 European Athletics Junior Championships in Athens. The following year, at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, she qualified for the 100 m final, finishing eighth, but went on to win her first Olympic gold medal on East Germany's victorious 4 × 100 m relay team. Her breakthrough year was in 1977, winning the 100 m title at the East German championships at Dresden in a world record time of 10.88 s. This landmark performance was the first time a woman had run under 11 seconds with electronic timing. Later that year, she won the 100 m title at the inaugural World Cup in Düsseldorf, where she also won a silver medal in the relay. She had a unique style of running, dubbed 'sewing machine' (or 'staccato') for the high frequency of relatively short-paced strides.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Marlies Göhr (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 8 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 Marlies Göhr, and not a forecast of a gold medal.
Cards in Marlies Göhr's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 2♦ — Birth Card: The Financial Partner
- A♦ — Karma — Environment: The Wealth Pioneer
- 6♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Nurturing Creator
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- J♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 8♣ — Life Spread — Venus
- 4♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 10♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 10♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- A♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 8♠ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Powerful Mind
- 6♦ — Planetary Ruling Card (second ruler): The Generous Provider
- K♣ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Master Leader
- Q♦ — PRC Life Spread — Mars: The Prosperous Nurturer
- 5♥ — PRC Life Spread — Jupiter: The Restless Heart
- 3♣ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Creative Communicator
- 3♠ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Sorrowful Truth
- 9♥ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Compassionate Idealist
- 7♣ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Analytical Creator
- 5♦ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Dynamic Entrepreneur
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.
Strategic and powerful thinking
Marlies Göhr (née Oelsner; born 21 March 1958) is a former East German track and field athlete, the winner of the 100 metres at the inaugural World Championships in 1983.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: athlete.
Also on the record
- Marlies continued to dominate in 1978, competing under her married name of Göhr.
- She won the gold medal in the 100 m in that year's European Championships in Prague and was just beaten by one hundredth of a second in the 200 m by Lyudmila Kondratyeva (Soviet Union).
- In 1979, at the World Cup in Montreal, she was beaten into second place in the 100 m by Evelyn Ashford (U.S.), thus starting a competitive rivalry.
- In early 1980 Göhr confirmed herself as a favourite for the Olympic 100 m title.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Carl Osburn — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports
- Klete Keller — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Jan Henne — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Lee Kiefer — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- Léon Marchand — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Arnd Schmitt — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- Charlotte Dujardin — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in equestrian sport
- Egbert Hirschfelder — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in rowing
- Harry Boldt — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in equestrian sport
- Iain Percy — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in sailing
- Ilona Elek — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- Joan Llaneras Roselló — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in track cycling
- 3 more Olympians in this set share this card.
FAQ
- What is Marlies Göhr's birth card?
- The 2 of Diamonds. March 21 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Marlies Göhr'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 Marlies Göhr's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1958-03-21 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Marlies Göhr, 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 athletics) 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 (Q161821; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Marlies Göhr; infobox match). Birth date 1958-03-21 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.