Newt Gingrich's Birth Card: The King of Clubs

In the record

Newton Leroy Gingrich (né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district serving north Atlanta and nearby areas from 1979 until his resignation in 1999. Newt Gingrich was born June 17, 1943. The birth-card coordinate for June 17 is the King of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Newt Gingrich's 1995 TIME Person of the Year — Newt Gingrich.

TIME Person of the Year record

• Newt Gingrich — 1995 TIME Person of the Year — Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich's 1995 Wikipedia list row uses the choice label “Newt Gingrich” (Newt Gingrich is the sole named human listed for that year). Newt Gingrich is listed as the sole named human for each TIME Person of the Year year in this pack. The harvested English Wikipedia title for Newt Gingrich matches the list name. Newt Gingrich is Wikidata Q182788. Honor years kept for Newt Gingrich: 1995. Choice labels kept: 1995 Newt Gingrich. Newt Gingrich's Wikipedia infobox day is 1943-06-17; Wikidata P569 is 1943-06-17 (match). TIME vault (https://time.com/vault/) is context for Newt Gingrich's honor and is not a date source. June 17 maps to K♣ for Newt Gingrich. This page stores no day-precision Wikidata P570 death date for Newt Gingrich. The Wikipedia REST summary used for Newt Gingrich is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich. No childhood, private address, or invented birthday is added for Newt Gingrich.

The King of Clubs coordinate

Newt Gingrich was born June 17, 1943 (1943-06-17). Month 6 and day 17 give solar value 26, which is the King of Clubs (The Master Leader). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1943 is unused, so Newt Gingrich's 1943 birth year does not move the card. The King of Clubs does not predict a TIME Person of the Year selection and is not a verdict on Newt Gingrich. Quoted system copy for the King of Clubs, not a biography of Newt Gingrich: You make the intellectual call in the open and you can revise it. You command through clarity and competence. You're the authority, the decision-maker, the one people look to for direction. Your thinking is decisive and clear. Harvested gifts listed for the King of Clubs: Clear thinking and decisive action; Natural authority and command; Ability to direct complex intellectual projects; Confidence that inspires confidence in others. Harvested life-direction line for the King of Clubs: Your curriculum is learning that good leadership means considering other perspectives. You're learning that clarity and humility can coexist.

Live King of Clubs meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Newton Leroy Gingrich is an American politician who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district serving north Atlanta and nearby areas from 1979 until his resignation in 1999. In 2012, Gingrich unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for president of the United States.

Newt Gingrich in the public record

A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district serving north Atlanta and nearby areas from 1979 until his resignation in 1999. In 2012, Gingrich unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for president of the United States. In the 1970s, Gingrich was a professor of history and geography at the University of West Georgia. He won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1978, the first Republican in the history of Georgia's 6th congressional district to do so. He served as House minority whip from 1989 to 1995. A co-author and architect of the "Contract with America", Gingrich was a major leader in the Republican victory in the 1994 congressional election. In 1995, Time named him "Man of the Year" for "his role in ending the four-decades-long Democratic majority in the House".

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

Where the record meets the 8 of Spades

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 Newt Gingrich, and not a forecast of the cover of Time.

You take the hard lead and you stay with the work after the call is made. Your mind is sharp, commanding, powerful. You think strategically and forcefully. You win arguments and debates. Your thinking dominates.

Since leaving the House, Gingrich has remained active in public policy debates and worked as a political consultant.

Paired on shared wording: debates, worked.

Also on the record

1. As House Speaker, Gingrich oversaw passage by the House of welfare reform in 1996 and a capital gains tax cut in 1997.
2. Gingrich played a key role in multiple government shutdowns, and impeached President Bill Clinton on a party-line vote in the House.
3. A disappointing showing by Republicans in the 1998 congressional elections, a reprimand from the House for Gingrich's ethics violation, and pressure from Republican colleagues resulted in Gingrich announcing that he would not run for the speakership in the upcoming Congress, and he resigned from the House on January 3, 1999, the same day his term as speaker ended.
4. Since leaving the House, Gingrich has remained active in public policy debates and worked as a political consultant.

Other TIME Person of the Year people with this card

• Elizabeth II — 1952 TIME Person of the Year — Elizabeth II
• John Foster Dulles — 1954 TIME Person of the Year — John Foster Dulles

FAQ

What is Newt Gingrich's birth card?

The King of Clubs. June 17 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Newt Gingrich'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 Newt Gingrich's dates and TIME Person of the Year credits come from?

Birth date 1943-06-17 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Newt Gingrich, 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 1995 TIME Person of the Year — Newt Gingrich. 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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