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Nick Skelton's Birth Card: The Ace of Hearts
The Emotional Pioneer
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
Nicholas David Skelton (born 30 December 1957, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England) is a British former equestrian who competed in show jumping. The birth-card coordinate for December 30 is the Ace of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of Nick Skelton's 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in equestrian sport.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in equestrian sport for United Kingdom across 2012 and 2016. 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 Nick Skelton (Q1985582), not a reading of character. 2012: gold in equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – team jumping in equestrian sport. 2016: gold in equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics – individual jumping in show jumping.
- 2012 equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – team jumping (equestrian sport)
- 2016 equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics – individual jumping (show jumping)
The Ace of Hearts coordinate
Nick Skelton was born December 30 (1957-12-30). Month 12 and day 30 give solar value 1, which is the Ace of Hearts (The Emotional Pioneer). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1957 is unused. The Ace of Hearts does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Nick Skelton for United Kingdom. Quoted system copy for the Ace of Hearts, not a biography of Nick Skelton: You start real connection on purpose: you say what you feel and leave room for the other person to answer. You're wired to open the door to connection first, to reach for intimacy before anyone else dares. Feeling is your native language, and you lead with your heart. You're the one who says it first, who risks the vulnerable opening move.
Nick Skelton in the public record
He retired at the age of 59 years old, on 5 April 2017. He began riding at age 18 months and in 1975 took two team silvers and an individual gold at the Junior European Championships. He has competed numerous times at the European Show Jumping Championships, winning three golds, three silvers and three bronzes both individually and with the British team over 26 years. In 1980, he competed in the Alternative Olympics, where he helped the British team to a silver medal. He currently holds the British show jumping high jump record, which he set in 1978. His most notable successes occurred in back-to-back Olympic Games in the swansong of his career. In 2012, at the age of 54, Skelton won an Olympic gold medal as part of the Great Britain team. Four years later, he won the individual Olympic gold medal at his seventh Olympic Games.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Nick Skelton (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the cards
Cards in Nick Skelton's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- A♥ — Birth Card: The Emotional Pioneer
- 3♥ — Karma — Environment: The Creative Heart
- A♦ — Karma — Displacement: The Wealth Pioneer
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- Q♦ — Life Spread — Venus
- 5♥ — Life Spread — Mars
- 3♣ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 9♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 7♣ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 5♦ — Life Spread — Pluto
- Q♠ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 3♠ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Sorrowful Truth
- J♦ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Successful Messenger
- 6♦ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Generous Provider
- J♣ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Creative Messenger
- 9♦ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Universal Provider
- 7♠ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Questioning Mind
- 2♣ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Collaborative Builder
- K♣ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Master Leader
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.
No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for A♥, 3♥, A♦, 3♠, J♦, 6♦, Q♦, 5♥, 3♣, 9♥, 7♣, 5♦, Q♠, J♣, 9♦, 7♠, 2♣, K♣. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast a gold medal.
Also on the record
- Having won both team and individual Olympic gold, Skelton and his horse, Big Star, retired together shortly after the 2016 Games.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- No other multi-gold Summer Olympian in this set shares the Ace of Hearts.
FAQ
- What is Nick Skelton's birth card?
- The Ace of Hearts. December 30 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Nick Skelton'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 Nick Skelton's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1957-12-30 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Nick Skelton, 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 equestrian sport) 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 (Q1985582; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Nick Skelton; infobox match). Birth date 1957-12-30 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.