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Nancy Hogshead-Makar's Birth Card: The 4 of Diamonds

2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming

Born April 17, 1962

United States

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In the record

Nancy Lynn Hogshead-Makar (née Hogshead, born April 17, 1962) is an American swimmer and civil rights lawyer (focussed on women’s rights). The birth-card coordinate for April 17 is the 4 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Nancy Hogshead-Makar's 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for United States across 1984. 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 Nancy Hogshead-Makar (Q262327), not a reading of character. 1984: gold in swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – women's 100 metre freestyle in competitive swimming. 1984: gold in swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay in competitive swimming.

The 4 of Diamonds coordinate

Nancy Hogshead-Makar was born April 17 (1962-04-17). Month 4 and day 17 give solar value 30, which is the 4 of Diamonds (The Financial Foundation Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1962 is unused. The 4 of Diamonds does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Nancy Hogshead-Makar for United States. Quoted system copy for the 4 of Diamonds, not a biography of Nancy Hogshead-Makar: You build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it. You build secure, stable financial foundations. You're good with systems, planning, and long-term security. Your mind thinks in terms of legacy and stability.

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Nancy Hogshead-Makar in the public record

She represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where she won three gold medals and one silver medal. Hogshead was born in Iowa City, Iowa. When she was 11 years old, her family moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where she met coach Randy Reese. By age 12 she had qualified for the U.S. Senior Nationals and held the national age-group record in the 200 individual medley. Her first American record was in the 100 yard butterfly in 1977. Hogshead left home to train for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow with the University of Florida swim team, while still in high school. She qualified for the Olympics in the 200 meter butterfly and the 400 meter individual medley, but did not participate due to the multi-national boycott.

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

Where the record meets the 5 of Hearts

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 Nancy Hogshead-Makar, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

Cards in Nancy Hogshead-Makar'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.

Adaptability through emotional change and transition

5♥ — Karma — Environment, fixed to the 4♦, from the published 5 of Hearts meaning

When she was 11 years old, her family moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where she met coach Randy Reese.

Paired on relationship and feeling — the domain ♥ governs in this system. Markers in the record: family.

Also on the record

  1. Duke University offered Hogshead its first swimming scholarship.
  2. There, she was undefeated in dual meets and set a school record in eight different events; one of which stood until 2011.
  3. She was a four-time ACC champion and two-time All-American.
  4. She was the first woman to be inducted into the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame.

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FAQ

What is Nancy Hogshead-Makar's birth card?
The 4 of Diamonds. April 17 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Nancy Hogshead-Makar'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 Nancy Hogshead-Makar's dates and medals come from?
Birth date 1962-04-17 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Nancy Hogshead-Makar, 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 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 (Q262327; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Nancy Hogshead-Makar; infobox match). Birth date 1962-04-17 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.