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Richard Henry Lee's Birth Card: The 7 of Diamonds
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A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict the Declaration or a revolution.
In the record
Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed. The birth-card coordinate for January 20 is the 7 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast.
The 7 of Diamonds coordinate
Richard Henry Lee's birthday maps to the 7 of Diamonds (The Skeptical Investor). 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 Declaration and not a verdict on Richard Henry Lee. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You look at worth without reducing it to the account balance.
Richard Henry Lee in the public record
Lee also served a one-year term as the president of the Continental Congress, proposed and was a signatory to the Continental Association, signed the Articles of Confederation, and was a United States senator from Virginia from 1789 to 1792, serving part of that time as the second president pro tempore of the upper house. He was a member of the Lee family, a historically influential family in Virginia politics. Lee was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Colonel Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee on January 20, 1732. He came from a line of military officers, diplomats, and legislators. His father served on the Governor's council and briefly as an interim governor of Virginia before his death in 1750. Lee spent most of his early life in Stratford, Virginia, at Stratford Hall. Here he was tutored and taught a variety of skills. To develop his political career, his father sent him around to neighboring planters with the intention for Lee to become associated with neighboring men of like prominence.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Richard Henry Lee (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 9 of Hearts
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 Henry Lee, and not a forecast of the Revolution.
Cards in Richard Henry Lee's fixed path
Birth card and karma
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 5♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- J♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 9♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- 9♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- K♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- K♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 6♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 4♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 2♥ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Loving Partner
- A♣ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Creative Pioneer
- 2♦ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Financial Partner
- J♠ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Messenger of Truth
- 8♣ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Ambitious Builder
- 6♦ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Generous Provider
- 4♠ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Rigid Truth
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.
Integrating compassion with hard-won wisdom
Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed.
Paired on relationship and feeling — the domain ♥ governs in this system. Markers in the record: father.
Also on the record
- In 1748, at 16, Lee left Virginia for Yorkshire, England, to complete his formal education at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield.
- Both of his parents died in 1750.
- In 1753, after touring Europe, he returned to Virginia to help his brothers settle the estate his parents had left behind.
- In 1757, Lee was appointed justice of the peace of Westmoreland County.
Other verified signers with this card
- Francis Hopkinson — 7 of Diamonds
- George Clymer — 7 of Diamonds
FAQ
- What is Richard Henry Lee's birth card?
- The 7 of Diamonds. January 20 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict a signer or a revolution?
- No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast character, politics, or fate.
- Where do Richard Henry Lee's dates come from?
- Birth date 1732-01-20 is the NARA Signers Factsheet day. Wikipedia's infobox records 1732-01-20. The month and day match Wikipedia. Bioguide is a corroborating congressional biography. Wikidata P569 is a precision=11 QA check only — it is not the public date.
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Sources: NARA Signers Factsheet (1/20/1732) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Richard Henry Lee; cross-check match) + Bioguide (L000201). Wikidata QA only: Q725907, precision 11, match.