Richard Powers's Birth Card: The Queen of Clubs

In the record

Richard Powers (born June 18, 1957) is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. The birth-card coordinate for June 18 is the Queen of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Richard Powers's 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — The Overstory.

Pulitzer Fiction record

• 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — The Overstory

Richard Powers is on the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction list for The Overstory (https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2019). Richard Powers (Q638179, Wikipedia “Richard Powers”) appears here as a person-scope Fiction winner. Richard Powers is listed as the sole Fiction recipient for each year in this pack. Works in this pack for Richard Powers: 2019 The Overstory. Richard Powers's English Wikipedia title is the same string as the harvested name. Birth date 1957-06-18 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Richard Powers, verified against Wikidata P569 1957-06-18 (match). Pulitzer.org bio date status for Richard Powers is unavailable. The harvested card symbol for June 18 is Q♣. No day-precision Wikidata P570 death date is stored on this page for Richard Powers. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Powers is the Wikipedia article used for Richard Powers. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Richard Powers. It only names the calendar coordinate for June 18 and the Fiction titles already listed for Richard Powers.

The Queen of Clubs coordinate

Richard Powers was born June 18, 1957 (1957-06-18). Month 6 and day 18 give solar value 25, which is the Queen of Clubs (The Nurturing Leader). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1957 is unused, so Richard Powers's 1957 birth year does not move the card. The Queen of Clubs does not predict a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and is not a verdict on Richard Powers. Quoted system copy for the Queen of Clubs, not a biography of Richard Powers: You teach from what you actually know, without making people earn the right to hear it. You have wisdom, understanding, and the natural ability to mentor. You create intellectual safety where people can grow. You're the wise guide. Harvested gifts listed for the Queen of Clubs: Deep wisdom and thoughtful guidance; Ability to create intellectual safety for growth; Natural mentoring and empowering ability; Talent for helping others develop their thinking. Harvested life-direction line for the Queen of Clubs: Your curriculum is learning that true mentorship means stepping back, letting others struggle and discover. You're learning to trust others' intellectual development.

Live Queen of Clubs meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Richard Powers is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction. He has also won many other awards over the course of his career, including a MacArthur Fellowship. As of 2024, Powers has published fourteen novels and has taught at the University of Illinois and Stanford University. He won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory.

Richard Powers in the public record

His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction. He has also won many other awards over the course of his career, including a MacArthur Fellowship. As of 2024, Powers has published fourteen novels and has taught at the University of Illinois and Stanford University. He won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory. One of five children, Powers was born in Evanston, Illinois, the son of Richard Franklin Powers and his wife Donna Powers (née Belik). His family later moved a few miles west to Lincolnwood, where his father was a local school principal. When Powers was 11, they moved to Bangkok, Thailand, where his father had accepted a position at International School Bangkok. Powers attended this through his freshman year, ending in 1972.

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

Where the record meets the Queen 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 Richard Powers, and not a forecast of a Pulitzer.

Deep wisdom and thoughtful guidance

As of 2024, Powers has published fourteen novels and has taught at the University of Illinois and Stanford University.

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

Also on the record

1. During that time outside the U.S., he developed skills in vocal music and proficiency in cello, guitar, saxophone, and clarinet.
2. He also became an avid reader, enjoying nonfiction primarily and classics such as the Iliad and the Odyssey.
3. The family returned to the U.S. when Powers was 16.
4. Following graduation in 1975 from DeKalb High School in DeKalb, Illinois, he enrolled at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC) with a major in physics, which he switched to English literature during his first semester.

Other Fiction winners with this card

• Ellen Glasgow — 1942 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — In This Our Life
• Margaret Mitchell — 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Gone with the Wind

FAQ

What is Richard Powers's birth card?

The Queen of Clubs. June 18 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Richard Powers'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 Powers's dates and Fiction credits come from?

Birth date 1957-06-18 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Richard Powers, 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 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — The Overstory. 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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