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Fred Astaire's Birth Card: The 9 of Diamonds
The Universal Provider
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict a Kennedy Center Honor.
In the record
Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter, whose career in stage, film, and television spanned 76 years. The birth-card coordinate for May 10 is the 9 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Fred Astaire's 1978 Kennedy Center Honors.
Kennedy Center Honors record
- 1978 Kennedy Center Honors — Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire is on the 1978 Kennedy Center Honors roster as Fred Astaire (https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors/). Fred Astaire (Q100937, Wikipedia “Fred Astaire”) appears here as a person-scope honoree. Fred Astaire is listed as a person-scope honoree for each year in this pack. Honors in this pack for Fred Astaire: 1978 Fred Astaire. Fred Astaire's English Wikipedia title is the same string as the harvested name. Birth date 1899-05-10 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Fred Astaire, verified against Wikidata P569 1899-05-10 (match). Kennedy Center artist-bio date status for Fred Astaire is not_published. The harvested card symbol for May 10 is 9♦. A public death date of June 22, 1987 (1987-06-22) is listed on Wikidata P570 for Fred Astaire. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Astaire is the Wikipedia article used for Fred Astaire. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Fred Astaire. It only names the calendar coordinate for May 10 and the Honors years already listed for Fred Astaire.
The 9 of Diamonds coordinate
Fred Astaire was born May 10, 1899 (1899-05-10). Month 5 and day 10 give solar value 35, which is the 9 of Diamonds (The Universal Provider). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1899 is unused, so Fred Astaire's 1899 birth year does not move the card. The 9 of Diamonds does not predict a Kennedy Center Honor and is not a verdict on Fred Astaire. Quoted system copy for the 9 of Diamonds, not a biography of Fred Astaire: You give in a way you can sustain, and you let someone give back. You think about resources in terms of universal good and human need. You want to provide for humanity. Your vision is about abundance for all. Harvested gifts listed for the 9 of Diamonds: Visionary thinking about resource distribution; Generous impulse toward universal good; Ability to inspire others to contribute; Natural idealism about abundance. Harvested life-direction line for the 9 of Diamonds: Your curriculum is learning that you can't help anyone if you destroy yourself. You're learning to secure your own oxygen mask first.
Wikipedia summary used as source_text
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter, whose career in stage, film, and television spanned 76 years. He is widely regarded as the "greatest popular-music dancer of all time". He received an Honorary Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a David di Donatello Award, three Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award.
Fred Astaire in the public record
He is widely regarded as the "greatest popular-music dancer of all time". He received an Honorary Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a David di Donatello Award, three Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award. As a dancer, he drew influences from many sources, including tap, classical dance, and the elevated style of Vernon and Irene Castle. His trademark style greatly influenced the American Smooth style of ballroom dance. He called his eclectic approach "outlaw style", a following of an unpredictable and instinctive muse. Astaire had a long dancing partnership with Ginger Rogers, with whom he co-starred in ten Hollywood musicals during the classic age of Hollywood cinema, including Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), and Shall We Dance (1937). Astaire's fame grew in films like Holiday Inn (1942), Easter Parade (1948), The Band Wagon (1953), Funny Face (1957), and Silk Stockings (1957). For his performance in Irwin Allen and John Guillermin's disaster film, The Towering Inferno (1974), Astaire received his only competitive Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Fred Astaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the cards
Cards in Fred Astaire's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 9♦ — Birth Card: The Universal Provider
- 5♦ — Karma — Environment: The Dynamic Entrepreneur
- Q♦ — Karma — Displacement: The Prosperous Nurturer
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 7♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- K♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- J♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 4♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 4♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 2♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 8♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 6♣ — Life Spread — 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.
No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 9♦, 5♦, Q♦, 2♣, K♥, A♠, 7♠, K♣, J♦, 4♥, 4♦, 2♠, 8♥, 6♣, 6♠, Q♥. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast an honor.
Also on the record
- Astaire received several honors including an Academy Honorary Award in 1950, the Golden Globe Cecil B.
- DeMille Award in 1960, the Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute in 1973, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1978, and AFI Life Achievement Award in 1980.
- He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1972, and the Television Hall of Fame in 1989.
- In 1999, the American Film Institute named Astaire the fifth-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood cinema in 100 Years...
Other honorees with this card
- Billy Crystal — 2023 Kennedy Center Honors
- Bono — 2022 Kennedy Center Honors with U2
- Cary Grant — 1981 Kennedy Center Honors
- Danny Kaye — 1984 Kennedy Center Honors
- David Letterman — 2012 Kennedy Center Honors
- Herbie Hancock — 2013 Kennedy Center Honors
- Judith Jamison — 1999 Kennedy Center Honors
- Quincy Jones — 2001 Kennedy Center Honors
- Sylvester Stallone — 2025 Kennedy Center Honors
FAQ
- What is Fred Astaire's birth card?
- The 9 of Diamonds. May 10 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Fred Astaire'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 Fred Astaire's dates and Honors credits come from?
- Birth date 1899-05-10 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Fred Astaire, 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 1978 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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Sources: Kennedy Center (honors record, kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Honors roster, Fred Astaire) + Wikidata CC0 (Q100937). Birth date 1899-05-10 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).