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James Franck's Birth Card: The King of Hearts

1925 Physics

Born August 26, 1882

Died May 21, 1964

The Compassionate King

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In the record

James Franck (German: [ˈdʒɛɪ̯ms ˈfʁaŋk] ; 26 August 1882 – 21 May 1964) was a German–American physicist who shared the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gustav Hertz "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom." Franck completed his doctorate in 1906 and his habilitation in 1911 at the Frederick William University in Berlin, where he lectured and taught until 1918, having reached the position of professor extraordinarius. The birth-card coordinate for August 26 is the King of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1925 Physics prize.

Nobel Prize record

1925 — The Nobel Prize in Physics

“for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom”

Prize motivation, NobelPrize.org

Shared with Gustav Hertz (6♣). The award was divided; this laureate's listed portion is 1/2.

222 other Physics laureates in this set carry a birth-card coordinate.

The King of Hearts coordinate

James Franck's birthday maps to the King of Hearts (The Compassionate King). 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 James Franck. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You hold emotional authority without hiding behind it.

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James Franck in the public record

He served as a volunteer in the German Army during World War I. He was seriously injured in 1917 in a gas attack and was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class. Franck became the head of the physics division of the Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft for Physical Chemistry. In 1920, Franck became professor ordinarius of experimental physics and Director of the Second Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of Göttingen. While there he worked on quantum physics with Max Born, who was Director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics. His work included the Franck–Hertz experiment, an important confirmation of the Bohr model of the atom. He promoted the careers of women in physics, notably Lise Meitner, Hertha Sponer, and Hilde Levi. After the Nazi Party came to power in Germany in 1933, Franck resigned from his position at the University of Göttingen in protest against the dismissal of fellow colleagues.

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

Where the record meets the King of Hearts

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Cards in James Franck'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 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.

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

He was also the Chairman of the Committee on Political and Social Problems regarding the atomic bomb, which is best known for the compilation of the Franck Report, which recommended that the atomic bombs not be used on the Japanese cities without warning.

Paired on shared wording: best, without.

Also on the record

  1. He assisted Frederick Lindemann in helping dismissed Jewish scientists find work overseas, before he left Germany in November.
  2. After a year at the Niels Bohr Institute in Denmark, he moved to the United States, where he worked at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and then the University of Chicago.
  3. During this period he became interested in photosynthesis.
  4. Franck participated in the Manhattan Project during World War II as director of the chemistry division of the Metallurgical Laboratory.

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FAQ

What is James Franck's birth card?
The King of Hearts. August 26 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 James Franck's dates come from?
Birth date 1882-08-26 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 30) + Wikidata CC0 (Q57066) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (James Franck). Birth date 1882-08-26 is the Nobel day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).