Bob Hope's Birth Card: The 3 of Clubs

In the record

Lester Townes "Bob" Hope (né Leslie Townes Hope; May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours. The birth-card coordinate for May 29 is the 3 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Bob Hope's 1985 Kennedy Center Honors.

Kennedy Center Honors record

• 1985 Kennedy Center Honors — Bob Hope

Bob Hope is on the 1985 Kennedy Center Honors roster as Bob Hope (https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors/). Bob Hope (Q94081, Wikipedia “Bob Hope”) appears here as a person-scope honoree. Bob Hope is listed as a person-scope honoree for each year in this pack. Honors in this pack for Bob Hope: 1985 Bob Hope. Bob Hope's English Wikipedia title is the same string as the harvested name. Birth date 1903-05-29 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Bob Hope, verified against Wikidata P569 1903-05-29 (match). Kennedy Center artist-bio date status for Bob Hope is not_published. The harvested card symbol for May 29 is 3♣. A public death date of July 27, 2003 (2003-07-27) is listed on Wikidata P570 for Bob Hope. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope is the Wikipedia article used for Bob Hope. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Bob Hope. It only names the calendar coordinate for May 29 and the Honors years already listed for Bob Hope.

The 3 of Clubs coordinate

Bob Hope was born May 29, 1903 (1903-05-29). Month 5 and day 29 give solar value 16, which is the 3 of Clubs (The Creative Communicator). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1903 is unused, so Bob Hope's 1903 birth year does not move the card. The 3 of Clubs does not predict a Kennedy Center Honor and is not a verdict on Bob Hope. Quoted system copy for the 3 of Clubs, not a biography of Bob Hope: You make a hard idea easy to say without stripping what it means. Complex ideas become clear through your expression. You have the gift of making difficult concepts accessible. Your creativity makes thinking feel alive. Harvested gifts listed for the 3 of Clubs: Ability to articulate complex ideas clearly; Creative problem-solving and unconventional thinking; Natural teaching and explaining ability; Talent for making ideas exciting. Harvested life-direction line for the 3 of Clubs: Your curriculum is learning that real mastery requires depth, not just clarity. You're learning to develop one idea fully instead of communicating many partially.

Live 3 of Clubs meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Lester Townes "Bob" Hope was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours. He appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, starring in 54, including a series of seven Road to ... musical comedy films with Bing Crosby as his partner. He reached his 100th birthday 59 days before he died in 2003.

Bob Hope in the public record

He appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, starring in 54, including a series of seven Road to ... musical comedy films with Bing Crosby as his partner. He reached his 100th birthday 59 days before he died in 2003. Hope hosted the Academy Awards ceremony a record 19 times. He also appeared in many stage productions and television roles and wrote 14 books. The song "Thanks for the Memory" was his signature tune. He was praised for his comedic timing, specializing in one-liners and rapid-fire delivery of jokes that were often self-deprecating. Between 1941 and 1991, he made 57 tours for the United Service Organizations (USO), entertaining military personnel around the world. In 1997, Congress passed a bill that made him an honorary veteran of the Armed Forces.

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

Where the record meets the cards

No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 3♣, K♦, 5♦, 3♠, J♦, 6♦, 9♥, 7♣, Q♠, J♣, 9♦, 7♠, 2♣, K♣. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast an honor.

Also on the record

1. Hope was born in the Eltham district of southeast London.
2. He arrived in the United States with his family at the age of four, and grew up near Cleveland, Ohio.
3. He became a boxer in the late 1910s, but moved into show business in the early 1920s, initially as a comedian and dancer on the vaudeville circuit before acting on Broadway.
4. He began appearing on radio and in films in his 30s, starting in 1934.

Other honorees with this card

• Gene Kelly — 1982 Kennedy Center Honors
• Lorne Michaels — 2021 Kennedy Center Honors
• Martin Scorsese — 2007 Kennedy Center Honors
• Patricia McBride — 2014 Kennedy Center Honors
• Verdine White — 2019 Kennedy Center Honors with Earth, Wind & Fire

FAQ

What is Bob Hope's birth card?

The 3 of Clubs. May 29 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Bob Hope'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 Bob Hope's dates and Honors credits come from?

Birth date 1903-05-29 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Bob Hope, 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 1985 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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