Summer Olympian · birth-card coordinate

Pat McCormick's Birth Card: The 7 of Diamonds

4 Summer Olympic gold medals in diving, competitive swimming

Born May 12, 1930

United States

Died March 7, 2023

The Skeptical Investor

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

Patricia Joan Keller McCormick (May 12, 1930 – March 7, 2023) was an American competitive diver who won both diving events at two consecutive Summer Olympics, in 1952 and 1956. The birth-card coordinate for May 12 is the 7 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Pat McCormick's 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in diving, competitive swimming.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in diving, competitive swimming for United States across 1952 and 1956. 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 Pat McCormick (Q288542), not a reading of character. 1952: gold in diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics – women's 10 metre platform in diving. 1952: gold in diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics – women's 3 metre springboard in diving. 1956: gold in diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics – women's 10 metre platform in diving. 1956: gold in diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics – women's 3 metre springboard in diving.

The 7 of Diamonds coordinate

Pat McCormick was born May 12 (1930-05-12). Month 5 and day 12 give solar value 33, which is the 7 of Diamonds (The Skeptical Investor). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1930 is unused. The 7 of Diamonds does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Pat McCormick for United States. Quoted system copy for the 7 of Diamonds, not a biography of Pat McCormick: You look at worth without reducing it to the account balance. You question everything about money—where it comes from, where it goes, whether it's worth it. You're analytical about resources. You think deeply about material choices.

Live 7 of Diamonds meaning page

Pat McCormick in the public record

She won the James E. Sullivan Award for best amateur athlete in the US in 1956 – the second woman to do so, after Ann Curtis. As a child in the 1930s and 1940s she executed dives that were not allowed in competition for female divers (dives reputed to scare most men) and practiced cannonballs off the Los Alamitos Bridge in Long Beach, California Harbor. She attended Woodrow Wilson Classical High School, Long Beach City College, and California State University, Long Beach. After the Olympics McCormick did diving tours and was a model for Catalina swimwear. She served on the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics organizing committee and began a program called "Pat's Champs"—a foundation to help motivate kids to dream big and to set practical ways to succeed. McCormick's husband, Glenn, was a diving coach for her, as well as for other Olympic diving medalists. They divorced after 24 years of marriage.

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

Where the record meets the 5 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 Pat McCormick, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

Cards in Pat McCormick'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.

Quick thinking and mental flexibility

5♠ — Life Spread — Mercury, fixed to the 7♦, from the published 5 of Spades meaning

Sullivan Award for best amateur athlete in the US in 1956 – the second woman to do so, after Ann Curtis.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: athlete. This line comes from the Mercury position of the 7♦'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

  1. He died in 1995.
  2. They had two children, Tim, born in 1956, just five months before McCormick won two gold medals at the Melbourne Olympics, and Kelly (born 1960), who won two Olympic medals (silver, bronze) in diving.
  3. McCormick once appeared on an episode of To Tell the Truth on February 26, 1957 (she appeared as an imposter) and on an episode of You Bet Your Life (#58-28, aired April 2, 1959).
  4. McCormick died in Orange County, California, on March 7, 2023, at the age of 92.

Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card

FAQ

What is Pat McCormick's birth card?
The 7 of Diamonds. May 12 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Pat McCormick'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 Pat McCormick's dates and medals come from?
Birth date 1930-05-12 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Pat McCormick, 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 (4 Summer Olympic gold medals in diving, 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).

Get the $9 Deep Dive

The Deep Dive is a written card report for your own birthday — not an Olympic reading.

Get the $9 Deep Dive

Sources: Wikidata CC0 (Q288542; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Pat McCormick (diver); infobox match). Birth date 1930-05-12 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.