Tom Cotton's Birth Card: The 6 of Diamonds

In the record

Thomas Bryant Cotton (born May 13, 1977) is an American politician and former Army officer serving since 2015 as the junior United States senator from Arkansas. The birth-card coordinate for May 13 is the 6 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a Senate seat.

The 6 of Diamonds coordinate

Tom Cotton's birthday maps to the 6 of Diamonds (The Generous Provider). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about the Senate and not a verdict on Tom Cotton. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move resources toward other people without erasing your own claim.

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Tom Cotton in the public record

From 2013 to 2015 he served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Arkansas's 4th congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party. Cotton was elected to the House in 2012 and to the Senate in 2014, defeating incumbent Mark Pryor. He is chair of the Senate Republican Conference and the Senate Intelligence Committee. Thomas Bryant Cotton was born on May 13, 1977, in Dardanelle, Arkansas. His father, Thomas Leonard "Len" Cotton, was a district supervisor in the Arkansas Department of Health, and his mother, Avis (née Bryant) Cotton, was a schoolteacher who later became principal of their district's middle school. Cotton's family had lived in rural Arkansas for seven generations, and he grew up on his family's cattle farm.

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

Where the record meets the 3 of Spades

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 Tom Cotton, and not a forecast of a Senate seat.

Ability to see what needs fixing

Thomas Bryant Cotton (born May 13, 1977) is an American politician and former Army officer serving since 2015 as the junior United States senator from Arkansas.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: army.

Also on the record

1. He attended Dardanelle High School, where he played on the local and regional basketball teams; standing 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall, he was usually required to play center.
2. Cotton was accepted to Harvard College after graduating from high school in 1995.
3. At Harvard, he majored in government and served on the editorial board of The Harvard Crimson, often dissenting from the liberal majority.
4. In articles, Cotton addressed what he saw as "sacred cows" such as affirmative action.

Tom Cotton's coordinate at a glance

Seat

U.S. senator from Arkansas (Class 2)

Party

Republican

Date of birth

May 13, 1977

Month and day used

May 13 (year unused)

Solar value

55 − (2 × 5 + 13) = 32

Birth card

6 of Diamonds — The Generous Provider

Sitting senators on this card

2 of 99 verified

Date agreement

Wikipedia list, Bioguide and Wikidata P569 all read 1977-05-13

Other sitting senators with this card

One other sitting senator shares the 6 of Diamonds with Tom Cotton — a different birthday that lands on the same calendar coordinate.

• Kevin Cramer — North Dakota

FAQ

What is Tom Cotton's birth card?

The 6 of Diamonds. May 13 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Senate seat?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast elections, character, or fate.

Where do Tom Cotton's dates come from?

Birth date 1977-05-13 is the day-precision date on Wikipedia's list of current United States senators for the U.S. senator from Arkansas (Class 2), matching Bioguide / congress.gov compiled birthday 1977-05-13 and Wikidata P569 1977-05-13 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The three sources match. Year-only dates and conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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