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Matt Grevers's Birth Card: The 10 of Clubs
The Master 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
Matthew Grevers (born March 26, 1985) is a former American competition swimmer who competed in the backstroke and freestyle events, and is a six-time Olympic medalist. The birth-card coordinate for March 26 is the 10 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Matt Grevers's 6 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 6 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for United States across 2008 and 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 Matt Grevers (Q357669), not a reading of character. 2008 2008 Summer Olympics: gold in 2008 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 2008: gold in swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in competitive swimming. 2008: gold in swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay in competitive swimming. 2012 2012 Summer Olympics: gold in 2012 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 2012: gold in swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metre backstroke in competitive swimming. 2012: gold in swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay in competitive swimming.
- 2008 2008 Summer Olympics — 2008 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
- 2008 swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay (competitive swimming)
- 2008 swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay (competitive swimming)
- 2012 2012 Summer Olympics — 2012 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
- 2012 swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metre backstroke (competitive swimming)
- 2012 swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay (competitive swimming)
The 10 of Clubs coordinate
Matt Grevers was born March 26 (1985-03-26). Month 3 and day 26 give solar value 23, which is the 10 of Clubs (The Master Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1985 is unused. The 10 of Clubs does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Matt Grevers for United States. Quoted system copy for the 10 of Clubs, not a biography of Matt Grevers: You carry a finished body of knowledge and keep teaching from it. You've thought deeply and built significantly. You have wisdom, authority, and accomplishment. Your mind is seasoned and capable.
Matt Grevers in the public record
He has won a total of thirty-three medals in major international competition, fourteen gold, twelve silver, and seven bronze spanning the Olympics, World Championships, and the Universiade. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Grevers won gold medals as a member of the U.S. teams in the 4×100-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter medley relays, and a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke. Four years later, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won gold medals in the 100-meter backstroke and the 4×100-meter medley relay, and a silver medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Born on March 26, 1985, in Lake Forest, Illinois, to Ed and Anja Grevers, a swim coach, he attended Lake Forest High School. One of the younger competitive swimmers in the family, older sister Carolyn swam for the University of Kansas, while older brother Andrew swam for Northern Illinois. Recognized early for his potential at High School meets, he set a national backstroke record at ten. At Lake Forest, he set three Illinois state records and in his Senior year in 2003 made significant contributions to Lake Forest's first Illinois State Team Championship. During his High School years, he competed and trained with Patriot Aquatics Swim Club at Illinois's Stevenson High School under accomplished coach Lea Maurer, a 1992 Olympic gold medalist who served as an Assistant Coach at Northwestern, and would later coach at Stanford.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Matt Grevers (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 4 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 Matt Grevers, and not a forecast of a gold medal.
Cards in Matt Grevers's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 10♣ — Birth Card: The Master Builder
- 4♠ — Karma — Environment: The Rigid Truth
- J♠ — Karma — Displacement: The Messenger of Truth
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 8♦ — Life Spread — Mercury
- K♠ — Life Spread — Venus
- A♣ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 10♠ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 5♣ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 3♦ — Life Spread — Pluto
- A♠ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 3♥ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Creative Heart
- Q♣ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Nurturing Leader
- A♥ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Emotional Pioneer
- 7♥ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Reflective Heart
- 7♦ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Skeptical Investor
- 5♠ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Restless 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 create coherent belief systems
Matthew Grevers (born March 26, 1985) is a former American competition swimmer who competed in the backstroke and freestyle events, and is a six-time Olympic medalist.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: olympic.
Also on the record
- Completed in 1996, the club featured one of the first and most modern natatoriums in the state.
- Beginning as a Freshman swimmer with Northwestern University in the fall of 2003, Grevers was a Big 10 Freshman of the Year, and became the first Northwestern Wildcat swimmer since 1958 to capture a national championship when he finished ahead of Ryan Lochte of Florida in the 100 backstroke at the 2005 NCAA championships.
- At Northwestern, he was a 27-time All American, and was trained and managed by Coach Bob Groseth.
- He won three individual NCAA titles during his time at Northwestern, and captured a fourth NCAA national championship with Northwestern's 400 medley relay team in 2007.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Kim Woo-jin — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in archery
- Krisztina Egerszegi — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Wu Minxia — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in diving
- Fu Mingxia — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in diving
- George Hodgson — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Jeff Farrell — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- András Balczó — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in modern pentathlon
- Armand Duplantis — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in athletics
- Charles Vinci — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in weightlifting
- Ding Ning — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in table tennis
- Hannelore Anke — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Harald Jährling — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in rowing
- 4 more Olympians in this set share this card.
FAQ
- What is Matt Grevers's birth card?
- The 10 of Clubs. March 26 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Matt Grevers'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 Matt Grevers's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1985-03-26 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Matt Grevers, 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 (6 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 (Q357669; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Matt Grevers; infobox match). Birth date 1985-03-26 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.