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Ossie Davis's Birth Card: The King of Hearts

2004 Kennedy Center Honors

Born December 18, 1917

Died February 4, 2005

The Compassionate King

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

Ossie Davis (born Raiford Chatman Davis; December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. The birth-card coordinate for December 18 is the King of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of Ossie Davis's 2004 Kennedy Center Honors.

Kennedy Center Honors record

Ossie Davis is on the 2004 Kennedy Center Honors roster as Ossie Davis (https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors/). Ossie Davis (Q515632, Wikipedia “Ossie Davis”) appears here as a person-scope honoree. Ossie Davis is listed as a person-scope honoree for each year in this pack. Honors in this pack for Ossie Davis: 2004 Ossie Davis. Ossie Davis's English Wikipedia title is the same string as the harvested name. Birth date 1917-12-18 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Ossie Davis, verified against Wikidata P569 1917-12-18 (match). Kennedy Center artist-bio date status for Ossie Davis is not_published. The harvested card symbol for December 18 is K♥. A public death date of February 4, 2005 (2005-02-04) is listed on Wikidata P570 for Ossie Davis. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossie_Davis is the Wikipedia article used for Ossie Davis. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Ossie Davis. It only names the calendar coordinate for December 18 and the Honors years already listed for Ossie Davis.

The King of Hearts coordinate

Ossie Davis was born December 18, 1917 (1917-12-18). Month 12 and day 18 give solar value 13, which is the King of Hearts (The Compassionate King). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1917 is unused, so Ossie Davis's 1917 birth year does not move the card. The King of Hearts does not predict a Kennedy Center Honor and is not a verdict on Ossie Davis. Quoted system copy for the King of Hearts, not a biography of Ossie Davis: 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. Harvested gifts listed for the King of Hearts: Commanding emotional authority with depth and care; Leading others through feeling with steadiness; Mature, grounded emotional presence; Holding space with both strength and compassion. Harvested life-direction line for the King of Hearts: Your curriculum is learning that true emotional authority requires being reachable. You're learning to lead with your heart open, not armored.

Live King of Hearts meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Ossie Davis was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. He was married to Ruby Dee, with whom he frequently performed, from 1948 until his death. He received numerous accolades including an Emmy, a Grammy and a Writers Guild of America Award as well as nominations for four additional Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and Tony Award. Davis was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994 and received the National Medal of Arts in 1995, then Kennedy Center Honors in 2004.

Ossie Davis in the public record

He was married to Ruby Dee, with whom he frequently performed, from 1948 until his death. He received numerous accolades including an Emmy, a Grammy and a Writers Guild of America Award as well as nominations for four additional Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and Tony Award. Davis was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994 and received the National Medal of Arts in 1995, then Kennedy Center Honors in 2004. Davis started his career in theatre acting with the Rose McClendon Players in the 1940s. He made his Broadway debut acting in the post-World War II play Jeb (1946). He earned a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nomination for his role in Jamaica (1958). He wrote and starred as the title character in the satirical farce Purlie Victorious (1961) which was adapted into a 1963 film and 1970 musical. Davis's credits as a film director include Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), Black Girl (1972), and Gordon's War (1973).

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Ossie Davis (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 Ossie Davis, and not a forecast of an honor.

Cards in Ossie Davis's fixed path

Birth card and karma

Life Spread (Mercury → 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.

Commanding emotional authority with depth and care

K♥ — Birth Card, from the published King of Hearts meaning

He was married to Ruby Dee, with whom he frequently performed, from 1948 until his death.

Paired on relationship and feeling — the domain ♥ governs in this system. Markers in the record: married.

Also on the record

  1. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Scalphunters (1968).
  2. Davis also acted in The Hill (1965), A Man Called Adam (1966), Let's Do It Again (1975), School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Grumpy Old Men (1993), The Client (1994), and Dr.
  3. Dolittle (1998).
  4. For his portrayal of Martin Luther King Sr. in the miniseries King (1978) he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

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FAQ

What is Ossie Davis's birth card?
The King of Hearts. December 18 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Ossie Davis'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 Ossie Davis's dates and Honors credits come from?
Birth date 1917-12-18 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Ossie Davis, 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 2004 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, Ossie Davis) + Wikidata CC0 (Q515632). Birth date 1917-12-18 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).