TIME Person of the Year · named human · birth-card coordinate
Andrew Grove's Birth Card: The 9 of Diamonds
The Universal Provider
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict a TIME Person of the Year.
In the record
Andrew "Andy" Stephen Grove (born Gróf András István; 2 September 1936 – 21 March 2016) was a Hungarian-American businessman and engineer who served as the third CEO of Intel Corporation. He left Hungary during the 1956 revolution at the age of 20 and moved to the United States, where he finished his education. Andrew Grove was born September 2, 1936. The birth-card coordinate for September 2 is the 9 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Andrew Grove's 1997 TIME Person of the Year — Andrew Grove.
TIME Person of the Year record
- Andrew Grove — 1997 TIME Person of the Year — Andrew Grove
Andrew Grove's 1997 Wikipedia list row uses the choice label “Andrew Grove” (Andrew Grove is the sole named human listed for that year). Andrew Grove is listed as the sole named human for each TIME Person of the Year year in this pack. The harvested English Wikipedia title for Andrew Grove matches the list name. Andrew Grove is Wikidata Q432929. Honor years kept for Andrew Grove: 1997. Choice labels kept: 1997 Andrew Grove. Andrew Grove's Wikipedia infobox day is 1936-09-02; Wikidata P569 is 1936-09-02 (match). TIME vault (https://time.com/vault/) is context for Andrew Grove's honor and is not a date source. September 2 maps to 9♦ for Andrew Grove. Wikidata P570 lists March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21) as a public death date for Andrew Grove. The Wikipedia REST summary used for Andrew Grove is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Grove. No childhood, private address, or invented birthday is added for Andrew Grove.
The 9 of Diamonds coordinate
Andrew Grove was born September 2, 1936 (1936-09-02). Month 9 and day 2 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 1936 is unused, so Andrew Grove's 1936 birth year does not move the card. The 9 of Diamonds does not predict a TIME Person of the Year selection and is not a verdict on Andrew Grove. Quoted system copy for the 9 of Diamonds, not a biography of Andrew Grove: 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.
Wikipedia summary used as source_text
Andrew "Andy" Stephen Grove was a Hungarian-American businessman and engineer who served as the third CEO of Intel Corporation. He left Hungary during the 1956 revolution at the age of 20 and moved to the United States, where he finished his education. He was the third employee and eventual third CEO of Intel, transforming the company into the world's largest semiconductor company.
Andrew Grove in the public record
He left Hungary during the 1956 revolution at the age of 20 and moved to the United States, where he finished his education. He was the third employee and eventual third CEO of Intel, transforming the company into the world's largest semiconductor company. As a result of his work at Intel, along with his books and professional articles, Grove had a considerable influence on the electronics manufacturing industries worldwide. He has been called the "guy who drove the growth phase" of Silicon Valley. In 1997, Time magazine chose him as "Man of the Year", for being "the person most responsible for the amazing growth in the power and the innovative potential of microchips." One source notes that by his accomplishments at Intel alone, he "merits a place alongside the great business leaders of the 20th century."
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Andrew Grove (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 9 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 Andrew Grove, and not a forecast of the cover of Time.
Cards in Andrew Grove's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 9♦ — Birth Card: The Universal Provider
- 5♦ — Karma — Environment: The Dynamic Entrepreneur
- Q♦ — Karma — Displacement: The Prosperous Nurturer
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 2♣ — Life Spread — Venus
- K♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- J♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 4♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 4♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 2♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 6♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
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.
Visionary thinking about resource distribution
Andrew "Andy" Stephen Grove (born Gróf András István; 2 September 1936 – 21 March 2016) was a Hungarian-American businessman and engineer who served as the third CEO of Intel Corporation.
Paired on value and commerce — the domain ♦ governs in this system. Markers in the record: businessman, corporation.
Other TIME Person of the Year people with this card
- Barack Obama — 2008 TIME Person of the Year — Barack Obama; 2012 TIME Person of the Year — Barack Obama
- Bono — 2005 TIME Person of the Year — The Good Samaritans (shared)
- Frank Borman — 1968 TIME Person of the Year — The Apollo 8 astronauts (shared)
- George W. Bush — 2000 TIME Person of the Year — George W. Bush; 2004 TIME Person of the Year — George W. Bush
- Peter Ueberroth — 1984 TIME Person of the Year — Peter Ueberroth
FAQ
- What is Andrew Grove's birth card?
- The 9 of Diamonds. September 2 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Andrew Grove's year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict a TIME Person of the Year?
- No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast magazine covers, character, or fate.
- Where do Andrew Grove's dates and TIME Person of the Year credits come from?
- Birth date 1936-09-02 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Andrew Grove, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Honoree identity comes from the Wikipedia TIME Person of the Year list. Duals are split per named human. Abstractions, machines, and groups-as-concepts are omitted. The honor line is 1997 TIME Person of the Year — Andrew Grove. TIME vault is context only and is not used as a date source. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Sources: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (TIME Person of the Year list, Andrew Grove) + Wikidata CC0 (Q432929). Birth date 1936-09-02 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match). TIME vault (time.com/vault) is context only and is not a date source.