Jimmy Carter's Birth Card: The 8 of Diamonds

In the record

James Earl Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924 – December 29, 2024) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1967. Jimmy Carter was born October 1, 1924. The birth-card coordinate for October 1 is the 8 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Jimmy Carter's 1976 TIME Person of the Year — Jimmy Carter.

TIME Person of the Year record

• Jimmy Carter — 1976 TIME Person of the Year — Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter's 1976 Wikipedia list row uses the choice label “Jimmy Carter” (Jimmy Carter is the sole named human listed for that year). Jimmy Carter is listed as the sole named human for each TIME Person of the Year year in this pack. The harvested English Wikipedia title for Jimmy Carter matches the list name. Jimmy Carter is Wikidata Q23685. Honor years kept for Jimmy Carter: 1976. Choice labels kept: 1976 Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter's Wikipedia infobox day is 1924-10-01; Wikidata P569 is 1924-10-01 (match). TIME vault (https://time.com/vault/) is context for Jimmy Carter's honor and is not a date source. October 1 maps to 8♦ for Jimmy Carter. Wikidata P570 lists December 29, 2024 (2024-12-29) as a public death date for Jimmy Carter. The Wikipedia REST summary used for Jimmy Carter is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter. No childhood, private address, or invented birthday is added for Jimmy Carter.

The 8 of Diamonds coordinate

Jimmy Carter was born October 1, 1924 (1924-10-01). Month 10 and day 1 give solar value 34, which is the 8 of Diamonds (The Businessman). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1924 is unused, so Jimmy Carter's 1924 birth year does not move the card. The 8 of Diamonds does not predict a TIME Person of the Year selection and is not a verdict on Jimmy Carter. Quoted system copy for the 8 of Diamonds, not a biography of Jimmy Carter: You run the money system in the open and you can explain the call. You approach resources as something to master and control. You're ambitious, competitive, and strategic. You know how to play the game and win. Harvested gifts listed for the 8 of Diamonds: Strategic thinking about resources and power; Natural ability to leverage opportunities; Ambitious drive and determination; Talent for creating material success. Harvested life-direction line for the 8 of Diamonds: Your curriculum is learning that true wealth includes happiness. You're learning that money is a means, not an end.

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Wikipedia summary used as source_text

James Earl Carter Jr. was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1967. He lived longer than any other president in U.S. history, reaching age 100.

Jimmy Carter in the public record

A member of the Democratic Party, Carter served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1967. He lived longer than any other president in U.S. history, reaching age 100. Born in Plains, Georgia, Carter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946 and joined the submarine service before returning to his family's peanut farm. He was active in the civil rights movement, then served as a state senator and the 76th governor, one of the first of the "New South governors" committed to desegregation. After announcing his candidacy in 1976, Carter secured the Democratic nomination as a dark horse little known outside his home state before narrowly defeating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford in the general election. As president, Carter pardoned all Vietnam draft evaders and negotiated major foreign policy agreements, including the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, and the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, and he established diplomatic relations with China. He created a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology.

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

Where the record meets the Queen of Clubs

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 Jimmy Carter, and not a forecast of the cover of Time.

You teach from what you actually know, without making people earn the right to hear it.

After Carter's presidential term ended, he established the Carter Center to promote human rights, earning him the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.

Paired on shared wording: earning, rights.

Also on the record

1. He signed bills that created the Departments of Energy and Education.
2. The later years of his presidency were marked by several foreign policy crises, including the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (leading to the end of détente and the 1980 Olympics boycott) and the fallout of the Iranian Revolution (including the Iran hostage crisis and 1979 oil crisis).
3. Carter sought reelection in 1980, defeating a primary challenge by Senator Ted Kennedy, but lost the election to Republican nominee Ronald Reagan in a landslide.
4. Polls of historians and political scientists have ranked Carter's presidency below average.

Other TIME Person of the Year people with this card

• Hugh S. Johnson — 1933 TIME Person of the Year — Hugh S. Johnson

FAQ

What is Jimmy Carter's birth card?

The 8 of Diamonds. October 1 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Jimmy Carter'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 Jimmy Carter's dates and TIME Person of the Year credits come from?

Birth date 1924-10-01 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Jimmy Carter, 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 1976 TIME Person of the Year — Jimmy Carter. 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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