Faisal's Birth Card: The 7 of Diamonds

In the record

Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (14 April 1906 – 25 March 1975) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 until his assassination in 1975. Before his ascension, he served as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964, and he was briefly regent to his half-brother King Saud in 1964. Faisal was born April 14, 1906. The birth-card coordinate for April 14 is the 7 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Faisal's 1974 TIME Person of the Year — Faisal.

TIME Person of the Year record

• Faisal — 1974 TIME Person of the Year — Faisal

Faisal's 1974 Wikipedia list row uses the choice label “Faisal” (Faisal is the sole named human listed for that year). Faisal is listed as the sole named human for each TIME Person of the Year year in this pack. The harvested English Wikipedia title for Faisal is “Faisal of Saudi Arabia”. Faisal is Wikidata Q217167. Honor years kept for Faisal: 1974. Choice labels kept: 1974 Faisal. Faisal's Wikipedia infobox day is 1906-04-14; Wikidata P569 is 1906-04-14 (match). TIME vault (https://time.com/vault/) is context for Faisal's honor and is not a date source. April 14 maps to 7♦ for Faisal. Wikidata P570 lists March 25, 1975 (1975-03-25) as a public death date for Faisal. The Wikipedia REST summary used for Faisal is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_of_Saudi_Arabia. No childhood, private address, or invented birthday is added for Faisal.

The 7 of Diamonds coordinate

Faisal was born April 14, 1906 (1906-04-14). Month 4 and day 14 give solar value 33, which is the 7 of Diamonds (The Skeptical Investor). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1906 is unused, so Faisal's 1906 birth year does not move the card. The 7 of Diamonds does not predict a TIME Person of the Year selection and is not a verdict on Faisal. Quoted system copy for the 7 of Diamonds, not a biography of Faisal: You look at worth without reducing it to the account balance. You question everything about money—where it comes from, where it goes, whether it's worth it. You're analytical about resources. You think deeply about material choices. Harvested gifts listed for the 7 of Diamonds: Analytical thinking about financial decisions; Ability to identify financial risks; Deep skepticism that prevents poor choices; Natural caution and thoroughness. Harvested life-direction line for the 7 of Diamonds: Your curriculum is learning that no investment is risk-free. You're learning to act despite uncertainty, to trust intuition alongside analysis.

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Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 until his assassination in 1975. Before his ascension, he served as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964, and he was briefly regent to his half-brother King Saud in 1964. He was prime minister from 1954 to 1960 and from 1962 to 1975. Faisal was the third son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia.

Faisal in the public record

Before his ascension, he served as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964, and he was briefly regent to his half-brother King Saud in 1964. He was prime minister from 1954 to 1960 and from 1962 to 1975. Faisal was the third son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia. Faisal was born in Riyadh to Abdulaziz, then Emir of Nejd, and Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh. Faisal's mother was from the Al ash-Sheikh family, which has produced many prominent Saudi religious leaders. Faisal emerged as an influential political figure during his father's reign. He served as viceroy of Hejaz from 1926 to 1932. He was the Saudi foreign minister from 1930 and prime minister from 1954 until his death, except for a two-year break in both positions from 1960 to 1962.

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

Where the record meets the 7 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 Faisal, and not a forecast of the cover of Time.

Analytical thinking about financial decisions

Faisal was the third son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia.

Paired on value and commerce — the domain ♦ governs in this system. Markers in the record: founder.

Also on the record

1. After his father died in 1953 and his half-brother Saud became king, Faisal became crown prince, and in that position he outlawed slavery in Saudi Arabia.
2. He persuaded King Saud to abdicate in his favour in 1964 with the help of other members of the royal family and his maternal cousin Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh, Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia.
3. Faisal implemented a policy of modernization and reform.
4. His main foreign policy themes were pan-Islamism, anti-communism, anti-Zionism and pro-Palestinianism.

Other TIME Person of the Year people with this card

• Mahatma Gandhi — 1930 TIME Person of the Year — Mahatma Gandhi

FAQ

What is Faisal's birth card?

The 7 of Diamonds. April 14 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Faisal'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 Faisal's dates and TIME Person of the Year credits come from?

Birth date 1906-04-14 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Faisal, 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 1974 TIME Person of the Year — Faisal. 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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