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André Gide's Birth Card: The Jack of Hearts

1947 Literature

Born November 22, 1869

Died February 19, 1951

The Romantic Messenger

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In the record

André Paul Guillaume Gide (French: [ɑ̃dʁe pɔl ɡijom ʒid]; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author whose writing spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. The birth-card coordinate for November 22 is the Jack of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1947 Literature prize.

Nobel Prize record

1947 — The Nobel Prize in Literature

“for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight”

Prize motivation, NobelPrize.org

No one else in this set holds the 1947 Literature prize; André Gide appears here as its sole listed laureate. The award was divided; this laureate's listed portion is 1.

116 other Literature laureates in this set carry a birth-card coordinate.

The Jack of Hearts coordinate

André Gide's birthday maps to the Jack of Hearts (The Romantic Messenger). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on André Gide. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You bring a fresh read on love without leaving the room when it gets ordinary.

Live Jack of Hearts meaning page

André Gide in the public record

He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism in the interwar period. Author of more than 50 books, he was described in his obituary in The New York Times as "France's greatest contemporary man of letters" and "judged the greatest French writer of this century by the literary cognoscenti." Known for his fiction as well as his autobiographical works, Gide expressed the conflict and eventual reconciliation of the two sides of his personality (characterized by a Protestant austerity and a transgressive sexual adventurousness, respectively). As a self-professed pederast, he used his writing to explore his struggle to be fully oneself, including owning one's sexual nature, without betraying one's values. His political activity was shaped by the same ethos. While sympathetic to Communism in the early 1930s, like many intellectuals, after his 1936 journey to the USSR he supported the anti-Stalinist left. Towards the end of his life, in the 1940s, he shifted towards more traditional values and repudiated Communism as an idea that breaks with the traditions of Christian civilization.

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

Where the record meets the 2 of Diamonds

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Cards in André Gide'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.

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.

2♦ — Planetary Ruling Card (second ruler), fixed to the J♥, from the published 2 of Diamonds meaning

Author of more than 50 books, he was described in his obituary in The New York Times as "France's greatest contemporary man of letters" and "judged the greatest French writer of this century by the literary cognoscenti." Known for his fiction as well as his autobiographical works, Gide expressed the conflict and eventual reconciliation of the two sides of his personality (characterized by a Protestant austerity and a transgressive sexual adventurousness, respectively).

Paired on shared wording: sides, works.

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FAQ

What is André Gide's birth card?
The Jack of Hearts. November 22 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.
Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?
No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast prizes, character, or fate.
Where do André Gide's dates come from?
Birth date 1869-11-22 is the Nobel Prize API v2.1 day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Nobel dates and Nobel↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Sources: Nobel Prize API v2.1 (laureate 618) + Wikidata CC0 (Q47484) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (André Gide). Birth date 1869-11-22 is the Nobel day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).