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Oscar Swahn's Birth Card: The 2 of Clubs

3 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports

Born October 20, 1847

Sweden

Died May 1, 1927

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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

Oscar Gomer Swahn (20 October 1847 – 1 May 1927) was a Swedish shooter who competed at three Olympic games and won six medals, including three gold. The birth-card coordinate for October 20 is the 2 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Oscar Swahn's 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports for Sweden across 1908 and 1912. 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 Oscar Swahn (Q346924), not a reading of character. 1908: gold in shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – men's single-shot running deer in shooting sports. 1908: gold in shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – men's team single-shot running deer in shooting sports. 1912: gold in shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metre team running deer, single shots in shooting sports.

The 2 of Clubs coordinate

Oscar Swahn was born October 20 (1847-10-20). Month 10 and day 20 give solar value 15, which is the 2 of Clubs (The Collaborative Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1847 is unused. The 2 of Clubs does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Oscar Swahn for Sweden. Quoted system copy for the 2 of Clubs, not a biography of Oscar Swahn: You think best with someone else in the room, and you still leave with a position of your own. You think best with others. Ideas solidify when you talk them through. You're the debater, the collaborator, the one who makes partnerships work through communication.

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Oscar Swahn in the public record

Swahn holds records as the oldest Olympian at the time of competition, the oldest person to win gold, and the oldest athlete to win an Olympic medal. At the 1908 Summer Olympics, Oscar Swahn won two gold medals in the running deer, single shot events (individual and team), and a bronze medal in the running deer double shot individual event. He was 60 years old, a year younger than Joshua Millner, the oldest gold medallist at that time. When the 1912 Summer Olympics came to his native country, Sweden, he was a member of the single shot running deer team which again won the gold medal. He also won bronze again at the individual double shot running deer event, but came joint fourth in the individual single shot event, which was won by his son Alfred Swahn. At 64 years and 258 days of age, he became the oldest gold medalist ever, a record he still holds. At the 1920 Summer Olympics, he became the oldest athlete ever to compete in the Olympics at the age of 72. His best results were in the team competitions: a fourth place in the single shot running deer event, and a second place in the double shot running deer contest.

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

Where the record meets the Ace 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 Oscar Swahn, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

Cards in Oscar Swahn'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.

Ability to penetrate illusions and see truth

A♠ — Karma — Displacement, fixed to the 2♣, from the published Ace of Spades meaning

Swahn holds records as the oldest Olympian at the time of competition, the oldest person to win gold, and the oldest athlete to win an Olympic medal.

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

Also on the record

  1. With this silver medal, he is also the oldest medallist of all time (not counting the art competitions).
  2. In all of the Swedish shooting teams competitions that Oscar Swahn competed with at the Olympic games of 1908, 1912, and 1920, he competed alongside his son, Alfred Swahn. databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 September 2008) Oscar Swahn at ISSF Oscar Swahn at Olympics.com Oscar Swahn at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish) Oscar Swahn at Olympedia

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FAQ

What is Oscar Swahn's birth card?
The 2 of Clubs. October 20 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Oscar Swahn'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 Oscar Swahn's dates and medals come from?
Birth date 1847-10-20 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Oscar Swahn, 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 shooting sports) 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 (Q346924; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Oscar Swahn; infobox match). Birth date 1847-10-20 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.