Richard Ford's Birth Card: The 9 of Diamonds

In the record

Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is an American novelist and short story author and writer of a series of novels featuring the character Frank Bascombe. The birth-card coordinate for February 16 is the 9 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Richard Ford's 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Independence Day.

Pulitzer Fiction record

• 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Independence Day

Richard Ford is on the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction list for Independence Day (https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/1996). Richard Ford (Q547794, Wikipedia “Richard Ford”) appears here as a person-scope Fiction winner. Richard Ford is listed as the sole Fiction recipient for each year in this pack. Works in this pack for Richard Ford: 1996 Independence Day. Richard Ford's English Wikipedia title is the same string as the harvested name. Birth date 1944-02-16 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Richard Ford, verified against Wikidata P569 1944-02-16 (match). Pulitzer.org bio date status for Richard Ford is unavailable. The harvested card symbol for February 16 is 9♦. No day-precision Wikidata P570 death date is stored on this page for Richard Ford. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ford is the Wikipedia article used for Richard Ford. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Richard Ford. It only names the calendar coordinate for February 16 and the Fiction titles already listed for Richard Ford.

The 9 of Diamonds coordinate

Richard Ford was born February 16, 1944 (1944-02-16). Month 2 and day 16 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 1944 is unused, so Richard Ford's 1944 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 Richard Ford. Quoted system copy for the 9 of Diamonds, not a biography of Richard Ford: 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

Richard Ford is an American novelist and short story author and writer of a series of novels featuring the character Frank Bascombe.

Richard Ford in the public record

Ford's first collection of short stories, Rock Springs, was published in 1987. In the United States, Ford received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for his novel Independence Day. In Spain, he won the Princess of Asturias Award for 2016. In 2018, Ford received the Park Kyong-ni Prize, an international literary award from South Korea. His novel Wildlife was adapted into a 2018 film of the same name, and in 2023 Ford published Be Mine, his fifth work of fiction chronicling the life of Frank Bascombe. Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi, the only son of Parker Carrol and Edna Ford. Parker was a traveling salesman for Faultless Starch, a Kansas City company. Of his mother, Ford said, "Her ambition was to be, first, in love with my father and, second, to be a full-time mother." When Ford was eight years old, his father had a severe heart failure, and thereafter Ford spent as much time with his grandfather, a former prizefighter and hotel owner in Little Rock, Arkansas, as he did with his parents in Mississippi.

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

Where the record meets the 5 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 Richard Ford, and not a forecast of a Pulitzer.

You adjust the resource plan when the ground moves, without pretending nothing changed. You crave variety in resources and experiences. You get bored with one income stream, one investment, one way of working. You need novelty and freedom in your material life.

His novel Wildlife was adapted into a 2018 film of the same name, and in 2023 Ford published Be Mine, his fifth work of fiction chronicling the life of Frank Bascombe.

Paired on shared wording: life, work.

Also on the record

1. Ford's father died of a second heart attack in 1960.
2. In Jackson, Ford lived across the street from the home of author Eudora Welty.
3. Ford's grandfather had worked for a railroad.
4. At the age of 19, before deciding to attend college, Ford began work on the Missouri Pacific train line as a locomotive engineer's assistant, learning the work while doing the job.

Other Fiction winners with this card

• Allen Drury — 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Advise and Consent

FAQ

What is Richard Ford's birth card?

The 9 of Diamonds. February 16 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Richard Ford'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 Richard Ford's dates and Fiction credits come from?

Birth date 1944-02-16 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Richard Ford, 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 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Independence Day. 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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