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Murray Rose's Birth Card: The 8 of Spades

6 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming

Born January 6, 1939

Australia

Died April 15, 2012

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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

Iain Murray Rose, (6 January 1939 – 15 April 2012) was an Australian swimmer, who swam for the University of Southern California, and worked as an actor, sports commentator and marketing executive. The birth-card coordinate for January 6 is the 8 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Murray Rose's 6 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 6 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for Australia across 1956 and 1960. 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 Murray Rose (Q362362), not a reading of character. 1956 1956 Summer Olympics: gold in 1956 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 1956: gold in swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – men's 1500 metre freestyle in competitive swimming. 1956: gold in swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay in competitive swimming. 1956: gold in swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – men's 400 metre freestyle in competitive swimming. 1960 1960 Summer Olympics: gold in 1960 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 1960: gold in swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – men's 400 metre freestyle in competitive swimming.

The 8 of Spades coordinate

Murray Rose was born January 6 (1939-01-06). Month 1 and day 6 give solar value 47, which is the 8 of Spades (The Powerful Mind). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1939 is unused. The 8 of Spades does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Murray Rose for Australia. Quoted system copy for the 8 of Spades, not a biography of Murray Rose: You take the hard lead and you stay with the work after the call is made. Your mind is sharp, commanding, powerful. You think strategically and forcefully. You win arguments and debates. Your thinking dominates.

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Murray Rose in the public record

He was a six-time Olympic medalist (four gold, one silver, one bronze), and at one time held the world records in the 400-metre, 800-metre, and 1500-metre freestyle (long course). He made his Olympic debut at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne as a 17-year-old and won three Olympic medals, all gold. Four years later, as a 21-year-old, he won three Olympic medals (one gold, one silver, one bronze) at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Iain Murray Rose was born on 6 January 1939 in Birmingham, England, UK to parents Eileen and Ian Rose. As World War II broke out, his family moved to Australia in 1940 when he was a baby. He started swimming as a boy and attended Cranbrook School in Bellevue Hill, Sydney. He swam regularly at Redleaf Pool, an enclosed saltwater swimming pool in the suburb of Double Bay. In 2012, the pool was renamed Murray Rose Pool in his honour.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Murray Rose (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 Murray Rose, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

Cards in Murray Rose'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.

You take the hard lead and you stay with the work after the call is made.

8♠ — Birth Card, from the published 8 of Spades meaning

He returned to Sydney with his family in 1994 and worked as a Senior Account Director for Sports Marketing and Management – the official marketing agent for the Australian Olympic Committee, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association and a range of other leading Australian sports organisations.

Paired on shared wording: leading, worked.

Also on the record

  1. At the age of 17, Rose participated in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
  2. He won the 400-metre and 1500-metre freestyle races and was a member of the winning team in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay.
  3. Winning three gold medals in his home country immediately made him a national hero.
  4. He was the youngest Olympian to be awarded three gold medals at one Olympic Games.

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FAQ

What is Murray Rose's birth card?
The 8 of Spades. January 6 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Murray Rose'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 Murray Rose's dates and medals come from?
Birth date 1939-01-06 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Murray Rose, 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 (Q362362; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Murray Rose; infobox match). Birth date 1939-01-06 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.