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Stephen Rerych's Birth Card: The 5 of Diamonds
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In the record
Stephen Karl "Steve" Rerych (born May 14, 1946) is an American retired surgeon and former swimmer for North Carolina State University, a 1968 Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. The birth-card coordinate for May 14 is the 5 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Stephen Rerych's 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for United States across 1968. 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 Stephen Rerych (Q925328), not a reading of character. 1968 1968 Summer Olympics: gold in 1968 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 1968: gold in swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in competitive swimming. 1968: gold in swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay in competitive swimming.
- 1968 1968 Summer Olympics — 1968 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
- 1968 swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay (competitive swimming)
- 1968 swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay (competitive swimming)
The 5 of Diamonds coordinate
Stephen Rerych was born May 14 (1946-05-14). Month 5 and day 14 give solar value 31, which is the 5 of Diamonds (The Dynamic Entrepreneur). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1946 is unused. The 5 of Diamonds does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Stephen Rerych for United States. Quoted system copy for the 5 of Diamonds, not a biography of Stephen Rerych: You adjust the resource plan when the ground moves, without pretending nothing changed. You crave variety in resources and experiences. You get bored with one income stream, one investment, one way of working. You need novelty and freedom in your material life.
Stephen Rerych in the public record
Rerych attended North Carolina State University from 1964-1968 where he swam for outstanding Coach, Willis Casey. As an exceptional athlete, he also played baseball for NC State, and played pitcher the year the team progressed to the College World Series. He won an American Athletic Union title in the 100-yard indoor freestyle in 1966, his only AAU championship. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Rerych won two gold medals. He swam the second leg for the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay; with relay teammates Zac Zorn, Mark Spitz and Ken Walsh, he helped set a new world record of 3:31.7 in the event final. He received another gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates John Nelson, Spitz and Don Schollander. Individually, he also competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 200-meter freestyle, clocking a time of 2:00.6, but did not advance. He later went on to become a general surgeon.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Stephen Rerych (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 3 of Clubs
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Cards in Stephen Rerych's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 5♦ — Birth Card: The Dynamic Entrepreneur
- 3♣ — Karma — Environment: The Creative Communicator
- 9♦ — Karma — Displacement: The Universal Provider
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- Q♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 7♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 2♣ — Life Spread — Saturn
- K♣ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 4♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 4♦ — Life Spread — 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 articulate complex ideas clearly
Rerych attended North Carolina State University from 1964-1968 where he swam for outstanding Coach, Willis Casey.
Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: coach.
Also on the record
- Rerych received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1974.
- In 1975, he completed his internship at Duke University Medical Center in general and thoracic surgery.
- In 1986, Rerych was named the Chief Resident in General, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery at Duke University and the Veteran's Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina.
- In 1990 he had his first and only child, Stephanie Rerych.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Martha Norelius — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Andreas Dittmer — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking
- Doug Russell — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Ecaterina Szabo — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics
- Rebecca Soni — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Siegfried Brietzke — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in rowing
- Steve Lundquist — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Albert White — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in diving
- Aleksandr Kolchinsky — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in Greco-Roman wrestling
- Andreas Hajek — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in rowing
- Axel Norling — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in diving, artistic gymnastics, tug of war
- Ines Diers — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- 1 more Olympians in this set share this card.
FAQ
- What is Stephen Rerych's birth card?
- The 5 of Diamonds. May 14 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Stephen Rerych'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 Stephen Rerych's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1946-05-14 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Stephen Rerych, 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 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 (Q925328; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Stephen Rerych; infobox match). Birth date 1946-05-14 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.