Alvin Ailey's Birth Card: The 9 of Spades

In the record

Alvin Ailey Jr. (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist. The birth-card coordinate for January 5 is the 9 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Alvin Ailey's 1988 Kennedy Center Honors.

Kennedy Center Honors record

• 1988 Kennedy Center Honors — Alvin Ailey

Alvin Ailey is on the 1988 Kennedy Center Honors roster as Alvin Ailey (https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors/). Alvin Ailey (Q449037, Wikipedia “Alvin Ailey”) appears here as a person-scope honoree. Alvin Ailey is listed as a person-scope honoree for each year in this pack. Honors in this pack for Alvin Ailey: 1988 Alvin Ailey. Alvin Ailey's English Wikipedia title is the same string as the harvested name. Birth date 1931-01-05 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Alvin Ailey, verified against Wikidata P569 1931-01-05 (match). Kennedy Center artist-bio date status for Alvin Ailey is not_published. The harvested card symbol for January 5 is 9♠. A public death date of December 1, 1989 (1989-12-01) is listed on Wikidata P570 for Alvin Ailey. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Ailey is the Wikipedia article used for Alvin Ailey. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Alvin Ailey. It only names the calendar coordinate for January 5 and the Honors years already listed for Alvin Ailey.

The 9 of Spades coordinate

Alvin Ailey was born January 5, 1931 (1931-01-05). Month 1 and day 5 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 1931 is unused, so Alvin Ailey's 1931 birth year does not move the card. The 9 of Spades does not predict a Kennedy Center Honor and is not a verdict on Alvin Ailey. Quoted system copy for the 9 of Spades, not a biography of Alvin Ailey: 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. Harvested gifts listed for the 9 of Spades: Visionary thinking and universal perspective; Ability to see highest potential truth; Idealistic principles and ethics; Natural inspiration toward greater good. Harvested life-direction line for the 9 of Spades: Your curriculum is learning that ideals only matter if they're implemented. You're learning to ground vision in reality.

Live 9 of Spades meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Alvin Ailey Jr. was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist. He founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) in 1958, and the Clark Center for the Performing Arts in 1959. He created AAADT and its affiliated Alvin Ailey American Dance Center as havens for nurturing Black artists and expressing the universality of the African-American experience through dance.

Alvin Ailey in the public record

He founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) in 1958, and the Clark Center for the Performing Arts in 1959. He created AAADT and its affiliated Alvin Ailey American Dance Center (later Ailey School) as havens for nurturing Black artists and expressing the universality of the African-American experience through dance. Ailey's work fused theater, modern dance, ballet, and jazz with Black vernacular, creating hope-fueled choreography that is credited with spreading global awareness of Black life in America. His choreographic masterpiece Revelations is recognized as one of the most popular and most performed ballets in the world. On July 15, 2008, the United States Congress passed a resolution designating AAADT a "vital American cultural ambassador to the World". That same year, in recognition of AAADT's 50th anniversary, then Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared December 4 "Alvin Ailey Day" in New York City, while then-Governor David Paterson honored the organization on behalf of New York State.

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

Where the record meets the 2 of Diamonds

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 Alvin Ailey, and not a forecast of an honor.

You name the exchange out loud and keep it fair for both sides. You understand value exchange and partnership in material terms. You're good at splitting bills, sharing assets, creating fair deals. Your mind works in reciprocity.

Ailey's work fused theater, modern dance, ballet, and jazz with Black vernacular, creating hope-fueled choreography that is credited with spreading global awareness of Black life in America.

Paired on shared wording: creating, work. This line comes from the Uranus position of the 9♠'s Life Spread.

Other honorees with this card

• Harry Belafonte — 1989 Kennedy Center Honors
• Roger Daltrey — 2008 Kennedy Center Honors with The Who

FAQ

What is Alvin Ailey's birth card?

The 9 of Spades. January 5 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Alvin Ailey's year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Kennedy Center Honor?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do Alvin Ailey's dates and Honors credits come from?

Birth date 1931-01-05 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Alvin Ailey, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Honoree identity comes from the Wikipedia Kennedy Center Honors roster, which cites Kennedy Center pages. The Honors line is 1988 Kennedy Center Honors. Kennedy Center artist-bio date status is not_published. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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