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Allen Drury's Birth Card: The 9 of Diamonds

1960 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Advise and Consent

Born September 2, 1918

Died September 2, 1998

The Universal Provider

A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

In the record

Allen Stuart Drury (September 2, 1918 – September 2, 1998) was an American novelist. The birth-card coordinate for September 2 is the 9 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Allen Drury's 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Advise and Consent.

Pulitzer Fiction record

Allen Drury is on the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction list for Advise and Consent (https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/1960). Allen Drury (Q733850, Wikipedia “Allen Drury”) appears here as a person-scope Fiction winner. Allen Drury is listed as the sole Fiction recipient for each year in this pack. Works in this pack for Allen Drury: 1960 Advise and Consent. Allen Drury's English Wikipedia title is the same string as the harvested name. Birth date 1918-09-02 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Allen Drury, verified against Wikidata P569 1918-09-02 (match). Pulitzer.org bio date status for Allen Drury is unavailable. The harvested card symbol for September 2 is 9♦. A public death date of September 2, 1998 (1998-09-02) is listed on Wikidata P570 for Allen Drury. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Drury is the Wikipedia article used for Allen Drury. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Allen Drury. It only names the calendar coordinate for September 2 and the Fiction titles already listed for Allen Drury.

The 9 of Diamonds coordinate

Allen Drury was born September 2, 1918 (1918-09-02). Month 9 and day 2 give solar value 35, which is the 9 of Diamonds (The Universal Provider). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1918 is unused, so Allen Drury's 1918 birth year does not move the card. The 9 of Diamonds does not predict a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and is not a verdict on Allen Drury. Quoted system copy for the 9 of Diamonds, not a biography of Allen Drury: You give in a way you can sustain, and you let someone give back. You think about resources in terms of universal good and human need. You want to provide for humanity. Your vision is about abundance for all. Harvested gifts listed for the 9 of Diamonds: Visionary thinking about resource distribution; Generous impulse toward universal good; Ability to inspire others to contribute; Natural idealism about abundance. Harvested life-direction line for the 9 of Diamonds: Your curriculum is learning that you can't help anyone if you destroy yourself. You're learning to secure your own oxygen mask first.

Live 9 of Diamonds meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Allen Stuart Drury was an American novelist. During World War II, he was a reporter in the Senate, closely observing Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, among others. He would convert these experiences into his first novel Advise and Consent, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960. Long afterwards, it was still being praised as ‘the definitive Washington tale’. His diaries from this period were published as A Senate Journal 1943–45.

Allen Drury in the public record

During World War II, he was a reporter in the Senate, closely observing Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, among others. He would convert these experiences into his first novel Advise and Consent, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960. Long afterwards, it was still being praised as ‘the definitive Washington tale’. His diaries from this period were published as A Senate Journal 1943–45. Drury was born on September 2, 1918, in Houston, Texas, to Alden Monteith Drury (1895–1975), a citrus industry manager, real estate broker, and insurance agent, and Flora Allen (1894–1973), a legislative representative for the California Parent-Teacher Association. The family moved to Whittier, California, where Alden and Flora had a daughter, Anne Elizabeth (1924–1998).

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

Where the record meets the 4 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 Allen Drury, and not a forecast of a Pulitzer.

Cards in Allen Drury'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 build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it. You build secure, stable financial foundations. You're good with systems, planning, and long-term security. Your mind thinks in terms of legacy and stability.

4♦ — Life Spread — Uranus, fixed to the 9♦, from the published 4 of Diamonds meaning

Long afterwards, it was still being praised as ‘the definitive Washington tale’.

Paired on shared wording: long, still. This line comes from the Uranus position of the 9♦'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

  1. Drury was a direct descendant of Hugh Drury (1616–1689) and Lydia Rice (1627–1675), daughter of Edmund Rice (1594–1663), all of whom were early immigrants to Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  2. Allen Stuart Drury grew up in Porterville, California, and earned his B.A. at Stanford University, where he joined Alpha Kappa Lambda, in 1939.
  3. He told Writer's Yearbook that he was "associate editor, wrote a column, and editorials." His last series of novels, written shortly before he died, were inspired by his experiences at Stanford.
  4. After graduating from Stanford, Drury went to work for the Tulare Bee in Porterville in 1940, where he won the Sigma Delta Chi Award for editorial writing from the Society of Professional Journalists.

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FAQ

What is Allen Drury's birth card?
The 9 of Diamonds. September 2 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Allen Drury's year of birth is not used.
Does a birth card predict a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, novels, character, or fate.
Where do Allen Drury's dates and Fiction credits come from?
Birth date 1918-09-02 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Allen Drury, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Winner identity comes from the Wikipedia Pulitzer Prize for Fiction list, which cites Pulitzer.org year pages. The Fiction line is 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Advise and Consent. Pulitzer.org bio date status is unavailable. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Sources: Pulitzer.org (year record, pulitzer.org) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Fiction winners list, Allen Drury) + Wikidata CC0 (Q733850). Birth date 1918-09-02 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).