Shane Gould's Birth Card: The 10 of Hearts

In the record

Shane Elizabeth Gould (born 23 November 1956) is an Australian former competition swimmer. The birth-card coordinate for November 23 is the 10 of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of Shane Gould's 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for Australia across 1972. 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 Shane Gould (Q231374), not a reading of character. 1972 1972 Summer Olympics: gold in 1972 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 1972: gold in swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – women's 200 metre freestyle in competitive swimming. 1972: gold in swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – women's 200 metre individual medley in competitive swimming. 1972: gold in swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – women's 400 metre freestyle in competitive swimming.

• 1972 1972 Summer Olympics — 1972 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
• 1972 swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – women's 200 metre freestyle (competitive swimming)
• 1972 swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – women's 200 metre individual medley (competitive swimming)
• 1972 swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – women's 400 metre freestyle (competitive swimming)

The 10 of Hearts coordinate

Shane Gould was born November 23 (1956-11-23). Month 11 and day 23 give solar value 10, which is the 10 of Hearts (The Community Heart). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1956 is unused. The 10 of Hearts does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Shane Gould for Australia. Quoted system copy for the 10 of Hearts, not a biography of Shane Gould: You make room for a lot of people and still keep a self inside the room. Your heart works at scale—you create belonging for families, groups, and communities, not just individuals. You're the one who makes everyone feel included, the emotional center of gravity in a room. Love, for you, is something you build collectively.

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Shane Gould in the public record

She won three gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze, at the 1972 Summer Olympics, becoming the first woman swimmer to win five individual medals. In 2018, she won the fifth season of Australian Survivor, becoming the oldest winner of any Survivor franchise. Gould was born in Australia, but spent most of her childhood in Fiji after she and her family moved there. After her 1972 Olympic performance, Gould was named the Australian of the Year, and received an MBE in 1981. In April 2018, Gould was awarded an Order of Merit by the Australian Olympic Committee. Gould returned in the 1990s as a swimming mentor and competitor, and again competed in 2003, specializing in the 200m Individual Medley. In 1999, she published her autobiography Tumble Turns. In 2018, she competed on Australian Survivor: Champions vs.

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

Where the record meets the 10 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 Shane Gould, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

Expanding love and belonging across a community

Gould was born in Australia, but spent most of her childhood in Fiji after she and her family moved there.

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

Also on the record

1. Contenders and won, receiving $500,000 as the Sole Survivor.
2. Gould later returned for Australian Survivor: All Stars, but was voted out first.

Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card

• Kornelia Ender — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Caren Metschuck — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Stanislav Pozdnyakov — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
• Wim Ruska — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in judo

FAQ

What is Shane Gould's birth card?

The 10 of Hearts. November 23 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Shane Gould'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 Shane Gould's dates and medals come from?

Birth date 1956-11-23 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Shane Gould, 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 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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