Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo's Birth Card: The 9 of Spades

In the record

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, SDB, commonly known as Carlos Belo or Ximenes Belo (Portuguese: [ˈkaɾluʃ fiˈlipɨ ʃiˈmenɨʃ ˈbɛlu]; born 3 February 1948) is an East Timorese prelate of the Catholic Church. The birth-card coordinate for February 3 is the 9 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1996 Peace prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1996 The Nobel Peace Prize — for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor

The 9 of Spades coordinate

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo's birthday maps to the 9 of Spades (The Idealistic Mind). 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 Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You complete the hard stretch and put the lesson down.

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Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo in the public record

He became a bishop in 1988 and served as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Díli from 1988 to 2002. In 1996, he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with José Ramos-Horta for working "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor". He is a professed member of the Salesians. Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo was the fifth child of Domingos Vaz Filipe and Ermelinda Baptista Filipe, born in the village of Wailakama, near Vemasse, on the north coast of Portuguese Timor. His father, a schoolteacher, died two years after Belo was born. He attended Catholic schools at Baucau and Ossu and then entered the minor seminary in Dare outside Dili, graduating in 1968. From 1969 until 1981, apart from periods of practical training in East Timor and Macau from 1974 to 1976, Belo studied philosophy at the Catholic University of Portugal and the Salesian Pontifical University. Belo took his final vows as a member of the Salesian Society on 6 October 1974 and was ordained a priest on 26 July 1980.

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

Where the record meets the 2 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 Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, and not a forecast of a Nobel Prize.

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.

In 1996, he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with José Ramos-Horta for working "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor".

Paired on shared wording: shared, working.

Also on the record

1. He returned to East Timor in 1981, taking Indonesian citizenship as required since Indonesia had invaded East Timor following the Carnation Revolution.
2. Belo became a teacher for 20 months and later director for two months at the Salesian College at Fatumaca.
3. After Monsignor Martinho da Costa Lopes was removed as apostolic administrator in 1983, his position remained vacant until Belo was appointed titular bishop of Lorium and apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Dili, the senior official of the Catholic Church in East Timor, on 21 March 1988.
4. On 19 June 1988, he was consecrated a bishop by the Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia, Archbishop Francesco Canalini.

Other laureates with this card

• Archer J.P. Martin — 1952 Chemistry
• Denis Mukwege — 2018 Peace
• Joseph Erlanger — 1944 Physiology or Medicine
• László Krasznahorkai — 2025 Literature
• Rudolf Eucken — 1908 Literature
• Yitzhak Rabin — 1994 Peace

FAQ

What is Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo's birth card?

The 9 of Spades. February 3 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 Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo's dates come from?

Birth date 1948-02-03 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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