Ye Shiwen's Birth Card: The 9 of Spades

In the record

Ye Shiwen (Chinese: 叶诗文; pinyin: Yè Shīwén; Mandarin pronunciation: [jê ʂɻ̩́ wə̌n] ; born 1 March 1996) is a Chinese swimmer. The birth-card coordinate for March 1 is the 9 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Ye Shiwen's 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for People's Republic of China across 2012. 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 Ye Shiwen (Q229656), not a reading of character. 2012: gold in swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – women's 200 metre individual medley in competitive swimming. 2012: gold in swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – women's 400 metre individual medley in competitive swimming.

• 2012 swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – women's 200 metre individual medley (competitive swimming)
• 2012 swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – women's 400 metre individual medley (competitive swimming)

The 9 of Spades coordinate

Ye Shiwen was born March 1 (1996-03-01). Month 3 and day 1 give solar value 48, which is the 9 of Spades (The Idealistic Mind). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1996 is unused. The 9 of Spades does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Ye Shiwen for People's Republic of China. Quoted system copy for the 9 of Spades, not a biography of Ye Shiwen: You complete the hard stretch and put the lesson down. Your mind is oriented toward universal truths and highest principles. You think in terms of what could be and what should be. Your ideas are idealistic.

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Ye Shiwen in the public record

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won gold medals in the 400 metres and 200 metres individual medley, breaking the world record in the 400 m event and the Olympic record in the 200 m event. Ye Shiwen was born in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province in eastern China. Her father Ye Qingsong was a runner in his youth, and her mother Ning Yiqing, who was a champion long jumper at school, works for a washing machine company. She started swimming at the age of six after her kindergarten teacher noticed she had large hands and feet, joining the Chen Jinglun Sport School in the city. She won the 50m freestyle at the 2006 Zhejiang Provincial Games. She was on the provincial swimming team by 2007 and the Chinese national team by 2008, attending the national junior training camp for two months beginning from October of that year. She trained in Brisbane, Australia with two world-class coaches, Ken Wood and Denis Cotterell, training that Ye described as "really harsh ... but helpful". Her coach Xu Guoyi stated in 2011 that the training in Australia had helped Ye improve her two weaker swimming strokes, with her strengths being the backstroke and the freestyle.

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

Where the record meets the King 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 Ye Shiwen, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

You hold emotional authority without hiding behind it. You carry authority in the realm of feeling—the maturity and depth to lead others emotionally and hold space with real strength. At your best, you command emotional situations with both power and authentic care, the steady presence people anchor to.

When Lochte hit the freestyle leg of the race, he had a comfortable lead over his opponents, whereas Ye was still a body length behind U.S. swimmer Elizabeth Beisel at that point in her race.

Paired on shared wording: behind, lead.

Also on the record

1. Aged just 14, Ye swam 4:33.79 in the Women's 400m individual medley at the 2010 Asian Games.
2. She swam 2.09.37 in the 200m individual medley (IM), the fastest time in the world for that year, her time for the 400m IM being the second fastest time in the world for that year.
3. At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, Ye beat both Alicia Coutts and Ariana Kukors to win the gold medal in 200m individual medley.
4. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, in the third heat of the Women's 400m individual medley she swam 4:31.73, an improvement of two seconds over her previous best time at the 2010 Asian Games.

Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card

• Akinori Nakayama — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics
• Carolyn Schuler — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Ramona Portwich — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking
• Florian Rousseau — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in track cycling
• Shohei Ono — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in judo

FAQ

What is Ye Shiwen's birth card?

The 9 of Spades. March 1 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Ye Shiwen'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 Ye Shiwen's dates and medals come from?

Birth date 1996-03-01 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Ye Shiwen, 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 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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