Georges Pire's Birth Card: The 2 of Spades

In the record

Dominique Pire, O.P. (born Georges Charles Clement Ghislain Pire; 10 February 1910 – 30 January 1969) was a Belgian Dominican friar whose work helping refugees in post-World War II Europe saw him receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958. The birth-card coordinate for February 10 is the 2 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1958 Peace prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1958 The Nobel Peace Prize — for his efforts to help refugees to leave their camps and return to a life of freedom and dignity

The 2 of Spades coordinate

Georges Pire's birthday maps to the 2 of Spades (The Skeptical Partner). 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 Georges Pire. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You hold two pressures at once and still make a call that can live in the world.

Live 2 of Spades meaning page

Georges Pire in the public record

Pire delivered his Nobel lecture, entitled Brotherly Love: Foundation of Peace, in December 1958. Pire was born in Dinant, Belgium. He was the eldest child of four born to Georges Pire Sr., a civic official, and Berthe (Ravet) Pire. At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Pire's family fled from Belgium to France in a boat to escape advancing German troops. After the armistice of 1918, the family was able to return to Dinant, which had been reduced to ruins. Pire studied Classics and Philosophy at the Collège de Bellevue and at the age of eighteen entered the Dominican priory of La Sarte in Huy. He took his final vows on 23 September 1932, adopting the name Dominique, after the Order's founder. He then studied theology and social science at the Pontifical International Institute Angelicum, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, where he obtained his doctorate in theology in 1936 with a thesis entitled L'Apatheia ou insensibilité irréalisable et destructrice (Apatheia or unrealisable and destructive insensitivity).

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

Where the record meets the Queen of Spades

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 Georges Pire, and not a forecast of a Nobel Prize.

You tell the necessary truth at a volume the other person can use. You have wisdom, understanding, and the ability to guide others toward truth. You create intellectual safety where people can explore ideas. You're the wise counselor.

Service d'Entraide Familiale: works towards the social re-insertion of persons in state of difficulty, Aide aux Personnes Déplacées: is active in the field of refugees in Belgium and sponsors children in developing countries, Université de Paix: specializes in conflict prevention in the family and work place, Islands of Peace: conducts long term development projects with the populations of Burkina Faso, Benin, Mali, Guinea Bissau, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru.

Paired on shared wording: persons, towards.

Also on the record

1. He then returned to the Studium of La Sarte where he taught sociology.
2. After completing his studies, Pire returned to the priory at La Sarte, in Huy, Belgium, where he dedicated himself to helping poor families live according to their dignity.
3. During the second world war, Pire served as chaplain to the Belgian resistance, actively participating in its activities, such as helping smuggle Allied pilots out of the country.
4. He received several medals for this service after the war.

Other laureates with this card

• Boris Pasternak — 1958 Literature
• Edmond H. Fischer — 1992 Physiology or Medicine
• Edward C. Kendall — 1950 Physiology or Medicine
• Feodor Lynen — 1964 Physiology or Medicine
• Horst L. Störmer — 1998 Physics
• James Watson — 1962 Physiology or Medicine
• John F. Enders — 1954 Physiology or Medicine
• Karl Gjellerup — 1917 Literature
• Lloyd S. Shapley — 2012 Economic Sciences
• Michel Mayor — 2019 Physics
• Otto Hahn — 1944 Chemistry
• Paul Müller — 1948 Physiology or Medicine
• 1 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Georges Pire's birth card?

The 2 of Spades. February 10 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 Georges Pire's dates come from?

Birth date 1910-02-10 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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