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Steven López's Birth Card: The Jack of Clubs

2 Summer Olympic gold medals in taekwondo

Born November 9, 1978

United States

The Creative Messenger

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

Steven López (born November 9, 1978) is an American taekwondo competitor, a 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist (in the -68 and -80 kg divisions, respectively) and a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist (again in the -80 kg division) and 4th Dan in taekwondo. The birth-card coordinate for November 9 is the Jack of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Steven López's 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in taekwondo.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in taekwondo for United States across 2000 and 2004. 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 Steven López (Q699489), not a reading of character. 2000: gold in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – men's 68 kg in taekwondo. 2004: gold in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's 80 kg in taekwondo.

The Jack of Clubs coordinate

Steven López was born November 9 (1978-11-09). Month 11 and day 9 give solar value 24, which is the Jack of Clubs (The Creative Messenger). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1978 is unused. The Jack of Clubs does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Steven López for United States. Quoted system copy for the Jack of Clubs, not a biography of Steven López: You bring a new angle and stay long enough for someone to test it. You bring new thinking and inspiration. You're the one who shifts how people think about things. You have the gift of the "aha moment."

Live Jack of Clubs meaning page

Steven López in the public record

In 2001, he won the Lightweight Taekwondo World Championship, and in 2003 he won the Welterweight Taekwondo World Championship which he has since won in 2005, 2007 and 2009 making him the first Taekwondo fighter to win 5 World Championships. With 2 Olympic titles, 5 titles in taekwondo world championships and 1 title in taekwondo world cup he is the most titled champion after Hadi Saei who earns 9 world class titles (two Olympic titles in 2004 and 2008, two world championships titles, four world cup titles and one world Olympic qualification tournament). López was born on November 9, 1978 in New York City to Nicaraguan parents. His parents, Julio and Ondina, immigrated from Nicaragua to the United States in 1973. His father took odd jobs to support his family and they later moved to Texas. His father encouraged López, his sister, and brothers to be in taekwondo. López first learned it in his garage at the age of five from his father and Jean, his older brother. López is a 1997 graduate of Kempner High School in Sugar Land, Texas next to Houston, where he was voted "most likely to succeed" and was a member of the National Honor Society.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Steven López (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 Steven López, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

Cards in Steven López'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♠ — PRC Karma — Displacement, fixed to the J♣, from the published Ace of Spades meaning

Steven López (born November 9, 1978) is an American taekwondo competitor, a 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist (in the -68 and -80 kg divisions, respectively) and a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist (again in the -80 kg division) and 4th Dan in taekwondo.

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

Also on the record

  1. All of López's siblings, Mark, Diana and Jean López (coach), are USA National Team Members in taekwondo.
  2. His younger siblings, Mark and Diana, also represented the United States at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, marking the first time since 1904 that three siblings have been on the same Olympic team.
  3. Both López and his siblings, Mark (men's featherweight) and Diana (women's featherweight), made sports history in April 2005 when they claimed a world championship title at the same event (2005 World Taekwondo Championships) with their oldest brother, Jean, participating in the feat as their coach.
  4. Steven Lopez and Diana Lopez both qualified for the 2012 Olympic games in London in July 2012 at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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FAQ

What is Steven López's birth card?
The Jack of Clubs. November 9 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Steven López'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 Steven López's dates and medals come from?
Birth date 1978-11-09 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Steven López, 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 taekwondo) 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 (Q699489; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Steven López; infobox match). Birth date 1978-11-09 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.