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Vilhelm Carlberg's Birth Card: The 3 of Spades

3 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports

Born April 5, 1880

Sweden

Died October 1, 1970

The Sorrowful Truth

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

Gustaf Vilhelm Carlberg (5 April 1880 – 1 October 1970) was a Swedish Army officer and sports shooter. The birth-card coordinate for April 5 is the 3 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Vilhelm Carlberg'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 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 Vilhelm Carlberg (Q555941), not a reading of character. 1912: gold in shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – men's 25 metre small-bore rifle in shooting sports. 1912: gold in shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – men's 25 metre team small-bore rifle in shooting sports. 1912: gold in shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – men's 30 metre team rapid fire pistol in shooting sports.

The 3 of Spades coordinate

Vilhelm Carlberg was born April 5 (1880-04-05). Month 4 and day 5 give solar value 42, which is the 3 of Spades (The Sorrowful Truth). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1880 is unused. The 3 of Spades does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Vilhelm Carlberg for Sweden. Quoted system copy for the 3 of Spades, not a biography of Vilhelm Carlberg: You stay with the hard feeling long enough to learn it, then you let the day continue. You see what's wrong, what's broken, what's unfair. Your mind is naturally oriented toward problems and suffering. You're the truth-teller about darkness.

Live 3 of Spades meaning page

Vilhelm Carlberg in the public record

He competed at the 1908, 1912, and 1924 Olympics and won three gold and four silver. With three gold and two silver medals he was the most successful athlete at the 1912 Olympics. In 1913, he won two medals at the ISSF World Shooting Championships. His twin brother Eric competed alongside Gustaf at all those four Olympics. Vilhelm and Eric were the youngest of four children of a veterinarian, who died when they were 12 years old. The twins became military officers in 1901 and retired with the rank of major. In 1911, they became physical education instructors. Besides shooting, Vilhelm was a keen gymnast who participated in the exhibition at the 1906 Olympics and helped organize gymnastics events at the 1912 Games.

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

Where the record meets the 3 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 Vilhelm Carlberg, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

Cards in Vilhelm Carlberg'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 see what needs fixing

3♠ — Birth Card, from the published 3 of Spades meaning

Gustaf Vilhelm Carlberg (5 April 1880 – 1 October 1970) was a Swedish Army officer and sports shooter.

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

Also on the record

  1. In 1921 Vilhelm married the singer Elsa Reuter.
  2. Vilhelm Carlberg at ISSF Vilhelm Carlberg at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish) Vilhelm Carlberg at Olympedia Vilhelm Carlberg at InterSportStats

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FAQ

What is Vilhelm Carlberg's birth card?
The 3 of Spades. April 5 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Vilhelm Carlberg'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 Vilhelm Carlberg's dates and medals come from?
Birth date 1880-04-05 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Vilhelm Carlberg, 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 (Q555941; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Vilhelm Carlberg; infobox match). Birth date 1880-04-05 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.