Michael Shaara's Birth Card: The 7 of Clubs

In the record

Michael Shaara (June 23, 1928 – May 5, 1988) was an American author of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction. The birth-card coordinate for June 23 is the 7 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Michael Shaara's 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — The Killer Angels.

Pulitzer Fiction record

• 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — The Killer Angels

Michael Shaara is on the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction list for The Killer Angels (https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/1975). Michael Shaara (Q739385, Wikipedia “Michael Shaara”) appears here as a person-scope Fiction winner. Michael Shaara is listed as the sole Fiction recipient for each year in this pack. Works in this pack for Michael Shaara: 1975 The Killer Angels. Michael Shaara's English Wikipedia title is the same string as the harvested name. Birth date 1928-06-23 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Michael Shaara, verified against Wikidata P569 1928-06-23 (match). Pulitzer.org bio date status for Michael Shaara is unavailable. The harvested card symbol for June 23 is 7♣. A public death date of May 5, 1988 (1988-05-05) is listed on Wikidata P570 for Michael Shaara. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shaara is the Wikipedia article used for Michael Shaara. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Michael Shaara. It only names the calendar coordinate for June 23 and the Fiction titles already listed for Michael Shaara.

The 7 of Clubs coordinate

Michael Shaara was born June 23, 1928 (1928-06-23). Month 6 and day 23 give solar value 20, which is the 7 of Clubs (The Analytical Creator). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1928 is unused, so Michael Shaara's 1928 birth year does not move the card. The 7 of Clubs does not predict a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and is not a verdict on Michael Shaara. Quoted system copy for the 7 of Clubs, not a biography of Michael Shaara: You take a claim apart until the usable piece is left, then you use it. Your mind is sharp, questioning, skeptical. You see through illusions and can identify patterns others miss. You're the critical thinker. Harvested gifts listed for the 7 of Clubs: Penetrating analysis and pattern recognition; Ability to see through surface explanations; Critical thinking and intellectual honesty; Natural skepticism that prevents self-deception. Harvested life-direction line for the 7 of Clubs: Your curriculum is learning that perfect thinking doesn't exist. You're learning to act despite uncertainty, to trust process over perfect analysis.

Live 7 of Clubs meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Michael Shaara was an American author of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction.

Michael Shaara in the public record

Shaara was born to an Italian immigrant father (the family name was originally spelled Sciarra, which in Italian is pronounced in a similar way) in Jersey City, New Jersey, graduated in 1951 from Rutgers University, where he joined Theta Chi, and served as a sergeant in the 82nd Airborne Division prior to the Korean War. Before Shaara began selling science fiction stories to fiction magazines during the 1950s, he was an amateur boxer and police officer. The stress combined with cigarette smoking led to a heart attack at the early age of 36. He managed to recover completely and later taught literature at Florida State University while continuing to write fiction. His novel about the Battle of Gettysburg, The Killer Angels, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. Shaara died of a heart attack in 1988 at the age of 59. Shaara's children, Jeffrey and Lila, are also novelists. In 1997, Jeffrey Shaara established the annual Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction, awarded at Gettysburg College.

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

Where the record meets the 7 of Clubs

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 Michael Shaara, and not a forecast of a Pulitzer.

Penetrating analysis and pattern recognition

Michael Shaara (June 23, 1928 – May 5, 1988) was an American author of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: author.

Also on the record

1. The Broken Place (1968) The Killer Angels (1974), Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975.
2. Later, used as the basis for the film Gettysburg in 1993.
3. The Noah Conspiracy (1981), also known as The Herald.
4. For Love of the Game (1991), made into a film in 1999.

Other Fiction winners with this card

• Ernest Hemingway — 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — The Old Man and the Sea
• James Gould Cozzens — 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Guard of Honor

FAQ

What is Michael Shaara's birth card?

The 7 of Clubs. June 23 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Michael Shaara'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 Michael Shaara's dates and Fiction credits come from?

Birth date 1928-06-23 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Michael Shaara, 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 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — The Killer Angels. 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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