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Vincent Richards's Birth Card: The 3 of Diamonds
The Success Communicator
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
Vincent Richards (March 20, 1903 – September 28, 1959) was an American tennis player. The birth-card coordinate for March 20 is the 3 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Vincent Richards's 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in tennis.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in tennis for United States across 1924. 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 Vincent Richards (Q548394), not a reading of character. 1924: gold in tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – men's doubles in tennis. 1924: gold in tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – men's singles in tennis.
- 1924 tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – men's doubles (tennis)
- 1924 tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – men's singles (tennis)
The 3 of Diamonds coordinate
Vincent Richards was born March 20 (1903-03-20). Month 3 and day 20 give solar value 29, which is the 3 of Diamonds (The Success Communicator). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1903 is unused. The 3 of Diamonds does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Vincent Richards for United States. Quoted system copy for the 3 of Diamonds, not a biography of Vincent Richards: You can make value visible without overselling the thing underneath. You're good at selling—ideas, products, yourself. You understand marketing and the psychology of desire. Your gift is making things feel valuable through how you present them.
Vincent Richards in the public record
He was active in the early decades of the 20th century, particularly known as being a superlative volleyer. He was ranked World No. 2 as an amateur in 1924 by A. Wallis Myers, and was ranked joint World No. 1 pro by Ray Bowers in 1927 and World No. 1 pro by Bowers in 1930. Born in Yonkers, New York, he attended the Jesuit Fordham Preparatory School, attended Fordham University and studied at the Columbia University School of Journalism in 1922. Richards won the National Boys Outdoor Singles Tournament in 1917.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Vincent Richards (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the King of Hearts
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 Vincent Richards, and not a forecast of a gold medal.
Cards in Vincent Richards's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 3♦ — Birth Card: The Success Communicator
- Q♦ — Karma — Environment: The Prosperous Nurturer
- 6♥ — Karma — Displacement: The Devoted Caregiver
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- A♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 7♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 5♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- J♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 9♣ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 9♠ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Idealistic Mind
- 7♦ — Planetary Ruling Card (second ruler): The Skeptical Investor
- 6♠ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Responsible Mind
- K♥ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Compassionate King
- K♦ — PRC Life Spread — Mars: The Wealthy King
- 4♣ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Systematic Builder
- 2♦ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Financial Partner
- J♠ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Messenger of Truth
- 8♣ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Ambitious Builder
- 6♦ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Generous Provider
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.
During their long rivalry, they faced each other 102 times, with Richards holding a career record of 52–50 against Tilden.
Paired on shared wording: career, holding.
Also on the record
- He became a protégé of Bill Tilden after being defeated by the latter in a match, and he then teamed up with him to win the United States doubles championship in 1918 at the age of 15.
- He remains the youngest male to have ever won a major championship.
- Twenty-seven years later, in 1945, he and Tilden won the United States Pro doubles title.
- While Bill Tilden teamed with Richards to win titles together, he was beaten by Richards in both singles and doubles, including for several major titles.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Tom Jager — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Jim Montgomery — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Lloyd Spooner — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports
- Sandy Neilson — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Bill Smith — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Kaylee McKeown — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Klaus Dibiasi — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in diving, competitive swimming
- Rüdiger Helm — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking
- Alan Thompson — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking, Aleutian kayak
- Daniela Hunger — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Dieter Grahn — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in rowing
- Georg Spohr — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in rowing
- 7 more Olympians in this set share this card.
FAQ
- What is Vincent Richards's birth card?
- The 3 of Diamonds. March 20 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Vincent Richards'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 Vincent Richards's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1903-03-20 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Vincent Richards, 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 (Q548394; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Vincent Richards; infobox match). Birth date 1903-03-20 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.