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Melissa Belote's Birth Card: The 6 of Clubs

3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming

Born October 16, 1956

United States

The Nurturing Creator

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

Melissa Louise Belote (born October 16, 1956), also known by her current married name Melissa Belote Ripley, is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events. The birth-card coordinate for October 16 is the 6 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Melissa Belote's 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for United States across 1972. 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 Melissa Belote (Q241794), not a reading of character. 1972: gold in swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – women's 100 metre backstroke in competitive swimming. 1972: gold in swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – women's 200 metre backstroke in competitive swimming. 1972: gold in swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay in competitive swimming.

The 6 of Clubs coordinate

Melissa Belote was born October 16 (1956-10-16). Month 10 and day 16 give solar value 19, which is the 6 of Clubs (The Nurturing Creator). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1956 is unused. The 6 of Clubs does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Melissa Belote for United States. Quoted system copy for the 6 of Clubs, not a biography of Melissa Belote: You pass on what you know without disappearing behind the lesson. You have knowledge and a natural urge to share it. You think best when you're helping someone else understand. Your mind is oriented toward wisdom.

Live 6 of Clubs meaning page

Melissa Belote in the public record

She represented the United States at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. Belote was born in Washington, D.C. She grew up in Springfield, Virginia, was a member of the Springfield Swim and Racquet Club, and attended Robert E. Lee High School in Fairfax County, Virginia. At 15 years old, she won three gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. In the women's 100-meter backstroke, Belote defeated her American teammate and world-record holder Susie Atwood. In the women's 200-meter backstroke, Belote set a new world record of 2:19.19. She won a third gold medal by swimming the lead-off backstroke leg for the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Melissa Belote (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 8 of Spades

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Cards in Melissa Belote's fixed path

Birth card and karma

Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)

Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread

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

8♠ — Karma — Displacement, fixed to the 6♣, from the published 8 of Spades meaning

Melissa Louise Belote (born October 16, 1956), also known by her current married name Melissa Belote Ripley, is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: olympic.

Also on the record

  1. She and her teammates Cathy Carr (breaststroke), Deena Deardurff (butterfly), and Sandy Neilson (freestyle) set a new world record of 4:20.75 in the relay final.
  2. She attended Arizona State University, where she swam for the Arizona State Sun Devils swimming and diving team in Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) competition under Head women's coach Mona Plummer.
  3. Belote received the Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year in 1976–77.
  4. She retired from the sport in 1979, and was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1983.

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FAQ

What is Melissa Belote's birth card?
The 6 of Clubs. October 16 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Melissa Belote'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 Melissa Belote's dates and medals come from?
Birth date 1956-10-16 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Melissa Belote, 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 (3 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 (Q241794; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Melissa Belote; infobox match). Birth date 1956-10-16 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.