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John Pius Boland's Birth Card: The 8 of Clubs

2 Summer Olympic gold medals in tennis

Born September 16, 1870

United Kingdom

Died March 17, 1958

The Ambitious Builder

A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict an Olympic medal.

In the record

John Mary Pius Boland (16 September 1870 – 17 March 1958) was an Irish Nationalist politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party for South Kerry from 1900 to 1918. The birth-card coordinate for September 16 is the 8 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of John Pius Boland's 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in tennis.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in tennis for United Kingdom across 1896. Only Summer Games gold medals count here. Winter-only careers and single-gold athletes are out of this pack. The medal list is a public award record for John Pius Boland (Q319754), not a reading of character. 1896: gold in tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics – men's doubles in tennis. 1896: gold in tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics – men's singles in tennis.

The 8 of Clubs coordinate

John Pius Boland was born September 16 (1870-09-16). Month 9 and day 16 give solar value 21, which is the 8 of Clubs (The Ambitious Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1870 is unused. The 8 of Clubs does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on John Pius Boland for United Kingdom. Quoted system copy for the 8 of Clubs, not a biography of John Pius Boland: You run a knowledge system other people can follow, and you stand behind the call. Your mind calculates power, influence, and success. You're ambitious and know how to leverage ideas into position. You think like a chess player.

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John Pius Boland in the public record

He was also noteworthy as a gold medallist tennis player at the first modern Olympics. Boland was born at 135 Capel Street, Dublin, to Patrick Boland (1840–1877), businessman, and Mary Donnelly. Following the death of his mother in 1882, he was placed with his six siblings under the guardianship of his uncle Nicholas Donnelly, auxiliary bishop of Dublin. Boland was educated at two private Catholic schools, one Irish, the second English, and both of whose existence and evolution were influenced by John Henry (later Cardinal) Newman – the Catholic University School, Dublin, and The Oratory School, Birmingham (since re-located to near Reading) where he became head boy. His secondary education in the two schools either side of the Irish Sea helped give him the foundation and understanding to play an influential role in the politics of Great Britain and Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century, when he was a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party which pursued constitutional Home Rule. In 1892 he graduated with a BA from London University. He had studied for a semester in Bonn, Germany, where he was a member of Bavaria Bonn, a student fraternity that is member of the Cartellverband. Boland studied law at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a BA in 1896 and MA in 1901; although called to the Bar in 1897, he never practised.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article John Boland (Irish nationalist politician) (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 6 of Diamonds

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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.

Generous and supportive nature with resources

6♦ — Planetary Ruling Card, fixed to the 8♣, from the published 6 of Diamonds meaning

Boland was born at 135 Capel Street, Dublin, to Patrick Boland (1840–1877), businessman, and Mary Donnelly.

Paired on value and commerce — the domain ♦ governs in this system. Markers in the record: businessman.

Also on the record

  1. He was the first Olympic champion in tennis for Great Britain and Ireland at the first modern Olympics, which took place in Athens in 1896.
  2. Boland visited his friend Thrasyvoulos Manos in Athens during the Olympics, and Manos, a member of the organising committee, entered Boland in the tennis tournament.
  3. Boland promptly won the singles tournament, defeating Friedrich Traun of Germany in the first round, Evangelos Rallis of Greece in the second, Konstantinos Paspatis of Greece in the semifinals, and Dionysios Kasdaglis of Greece in the final.
  4. Boland then entered the doubles event with Traun, the German runner whom he had defeated in the first round of the singles.

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FAQ

What is John Pius Boland's birth card?
The 8 of Clubs. September 16 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. John Pius Boland's year of birth is not used.
Does a birth card predict Olympic medals?
No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast races, medals, character, or fate.
Where do John Pius Boland's dates and medals come from?
Birth date 1870-09-16 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for John Pius Boland, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Medal count (2 Summer Olympic gold medals in tennis) comes from Wikidata P1344 event claims with P166 Olympic gold, limited to Summer Games. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Sources: Wikidata CC0 (Q319754; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (John Boland (Irish nationalist politician); infobox match). Birth date 1870-09-16 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.