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William Ellery's Birth Card: The 9 of Hearts
The Compassionate Idealist
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
William Ellery (December 22, 1727 – February 15, 1820) was a Founding Father of the United States, one of the 56 signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, and a signer of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Rhode Island. The birth-card coordinate for December 22 is the 9 of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast.
The 9 of Hearts coordinate
William Ellery's birthday maps to the 9 of Hearts (The Compassionate Idealist). 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 William Ellery. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You stay kind without picking up what is not yours.
William Ellery in the public record
In 1764, the Baptists consulted with Ellery and Congregationalist Reverend Ezra Stiles on writing a charter for the college that became Brown University. Ellery and Stiles attempted to give control of the college to the Congregationalists, but the Baptists withdrew the petition until it was rewritten to assure Baptist control. Neither Ellery nor Stiles accepted appointment to the reserved Congregationalist seats on the board of trustees. Ellery was born in Rhode Island on December 22, 1727, the second son of William Ellery Sr. and Elizabeth Almy, a descendant of Thomas Cornell. He received his early education from his father, a merchant and Harvard College graduate. He graduated from Harvard College in 1747, where he excelled in Greek and Latin. He then returned to Newport where he worked first as a merchant, next as a customs collector, and then as clerk of the Rhode Island General Assembly. He started practicing law in 1770 at age 43 and became active in the Rhode Island Sons of Liberty.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article William Ellery (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 William Ellery, and not a forecast of the Revolution.
Cards in William Ellery's fixed path
Birth card and karma
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 7♣ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 5♦ — Life Spread — Venus
- Q♠ — Life Spread — Mars
- 7♠ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 2♣ — Life Spread — Neptune
- K♣ — Life Spread — Pluto
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- J♣ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Creative Messenger
- 9♦ — Planetary Ruling Card (second ruler): The Universal Provider
- 10♥ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Community Heart
- J♦ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Successful Messenger
- 4♥ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Emotional Foundation Builder
- 4♦ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Financial Foundation Builder
- 2♠ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Skeptical Partner
- 8♥ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Emotional Powerhouse
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
William Ellery (December 22, 1727 – February 15, 1820) was a Founding Father of the United States, one of the 56 signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, and a signer of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Rhode Island.
Paired on relationship and feeling — the domain ♥ governs in this system. Markers in the record: father.
Also on the record
- Statesman Samuel Ward died in 1776, and Ellery replaced him in the Continental Congress.
- He was a signer of the Articles of Confederation and one of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
- The size of his signature on the Declaration is second only to John Hancock's famous signature.
- Ellery also served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island from May 1780 to May 1781, and chief justice from June 1785 to May 1786.
Other verified signers with this card
- No other verified signer in this set shares the 9 of Hearts.
FAQ
- What is William Ellery's birth card?
- The 9 of Hearts. December 22 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 William Ellery's dates come from?
- Birth date 1727-12-22 is the NARA Signers Factsheet day. Wikipedia's infobox records 1727-12-22. 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 (12/22/1727) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (William Ellery; cross-check match) + Bioguide (E000112). Wikidata QA only: Q567964, precision 11, mismatch.