Arthur Mitchell's Birth Card: The 9 of Clubs

In the record

Arthur Mitchell (March 27, 1934 – September 19, 2018) was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of ballet companies. The birth-card coordinate for March 27 is the 9 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Arthur Mitchell's 1993 Kennedy Center Honors.

Kennedy Center Honors record

• 1993 Kennedy Center Honors — Arthur Mitchell

Arthur Mitchell is on the 1993 Kennedy Center Honors roster as Arthur Mitchell (https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors/). Arthur Mitchell (Q3753500, Wikipedia “Arthur Mitchell (dancer)”) appears here as a person-scope honoree. Arthur Mitchell is listed as a person-scope honoree for each year in this pack. Honors in this pack for Arthur Mitchell: 1993 Arthur Mitchell. Arthur Mitchell's English Wikipedia title is “Arthur Mitchell (dancer)”, which is the sitelink used for the REST summary. Birth date 1934-03-27 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Arthur Mitchell, verified against Wikidata P569 1934-03-27 (match). Kennedy Center artist-bio date status for Arthur Mitchell is not_published. The harvested card symbol for March 27 is 9♣. A public death date of September 19, 2018 (2018-09-19) is listed on Wikidata P570 for Arthur Mitchell. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Mitchell_(dancer) is the Wikipedia article used for Arthur Mitchell. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Arthur Mitchell. It only names the calendar coordinate for March 27 and the Honors years already listed for Arthur Mitchell.

The 9 of Clubs coordinate

Arthur Mitchell was born March 27, 1934 (1934-03-27). Month 3 and day 27 give solar value 22, which is the 9 of Clubs (The Humanitarian Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1934 is unused, so Arthur Mitchell's 1934 birth year does not move the card. The 9 of Clubs does not predict a Kennedy Center Honor and is not a verdict on Arthur Mitchell. Quoted system copy for the 9 of Clubs, not a biography of Arthur Mitchell: You keep the large view without skipping the next practical step. Your thoughts are about humanity, progress, and possibility. You think in big pictures and universal principles. Your mind is oriented toward uplift. Harvested gifts listed for the 9 of Clubs: Visionary thinking and big-picture perspective; Ability to inspire others toward possibility; Universal principles and humanitarian ideals; Natural optimism about human potential. Harvested life-direction line for the 9 of Clubs: Your curriculum is learning that ideals only matter if they're implemented. You're learning to get your hands dirty, to do the unglamorous work.

Live 9 of Clubs meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Arthur Mitchell was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of ballet companies. In 1955, he was the first African-American dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he was promoted to principal dancer the following year and danced in major roles until 1966. He then founded ballet companies in Spoleto, Washington, D.C., and Brazil. In 1969, he founded a training school and the first African-American classical ballet company, Dance Theatre of Harlem. Among other awards, Mitchell was recognized as a MacArthur Fellow, inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame, and received the United States National Medal of Arts and a Fletcher Foundation fellowship.

Arthur Mitchell in the public record

In 1955, he was the first African-American dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he was promoted to principal dancer the following year and danced in major roles until 1966. He then founded ballet companies in Spoleto, Washington, D.C., and Brazil. In 1969, he founded a training school and the first African-American classical ballet company, Dance Theatre of Harlem. Among other awards, Mitchell was recognized as a MacArthur Fellow, inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame, and received the United States National Medal of Arts and a Fletcher Foundation fellowship. Mitchell was one of four siblings, the son of a building superintendent, and grew up in the streets of Harlem, New York. Forced at the age of 12 to assume financial responsibility for his family in the wake of his father's incarceration, Mitchell worked numerous jobs, including shoe-shining, mopping floors, newspaper delivery, and work in a meat shop. Despite his duties, Mitchell became involved with street gangs, though this did not ultimately deter him from finding success.

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

Where the record meets the 6 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 Arthur Mitchell, and not a forecast of an honor.

Generous and supportive nature with resources

In 1969, he founded a training school and the first African-American classical ballet company, Dance Theatre of Harlem.

Paired on value and commerce — the domain ♦ governs in this system. Markers in the record: company, founded.

Also on the record

1. As a teenager, Mitchell was encouraged by a guidance counselor to apply for admission to the High School of Performing Arts.
2. Upon being accepted he decided to work towards having a career in classical ballet.
3. Following his graduation in the early 1950s, he won a dance award and scholarship to study at the School of American Ballet, the school affiliated with the New York City Ballet.
4. In 1954, following his 1952 Broadway debut in the opera Four Saints in Three Acts, Mitchell would return to Broadway to perform in the Harold Arlen musical House of Flowers, alongside Diahann Carroll, Geoffrey Holder, Alvin Ailey, Carmen de Lavallade, and Pearl Bailey.

Other honorees with this card

• Al Pacino — 2016 Kennedy Center Honors
• Ella Fitzgerald — 1979 Kennedy Center Honors
• Harold Nicholas — 1991 Kennedy Center Honors
• Jessye Norman — 1997 Kennedy Center Honors
• Kirk Douglas — 1994 Kennedy Center Honors
• Mstislav Rostropovich — 1992 Kennedy Center Honors
• Paul Simon — 2002 Kennedy Center Honors
• Philip Glass — 2018 Kennedy Center Honors
• Robert De Niro — 2009 Kennedy Center Honors
• Roy Acuff — 1991 Kennedy Center Honors

FAQ

What is Arthur Mitchell's birth card?

The 9 of Clubs. March 27 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Arthur Mitchell'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 Arthur Mitchell's dates and Honors credits come from?

Birth date 1934-03-27 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Arthur Mitchell, 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 1993 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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