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Pierre Laval's Birth Card: The 2 of Clubs

1931 TIME Person of the Year — Pierre Laval

Born June 28, 1883

Died October 15, 1945

The Collaborative Builder

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

Pierre Jean Marie Laval (French: [pjɛʁ laval]; 28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. He served as Prime Minister of France three times: 1931–1932 and 1935–1936 during the Third Republic, and 1942–1944 during Vichy France. Pierre Laval was born June 28, 1883. The birth-card coordinate for June 28 is the 2 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Pierre Laval's 1931 TIME Person of the Year — Pierre Laval.

TIME Person of the Year record

Pierre Laval's 1931 Wikipedia list row uses the choice label “Pierre Laval” (Pierre Laval is the sole named human listed for that year). Pierre Laval is listed as the sole named human for each TIME Person of the Year year in this pack. The harvested English Wikipedia title for Pierre Laval matches the list name. Pierre Laval is Wikidata Q151983. Honor years kept for Pierre Laval: 1931. Choice labels kept: 1931 Pierre Laval. Pierre Laval's Wikipedia infobox day is 1883-06-28; Wikidata P569 is 1883-06-28 (match). TIME vault (https://time.com/vault/) is context for Pierre Laval's honor and is not a date source. June 28 maps to 2♣ for Pierre Laval. Wikidata P570 lists October 15, 1945 (1945-10-15) as a public death date for Pierre Laval. The Wikipedia REST summary used for Pierre Laval is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Laval. No childhood, private address, or invented birthday is added for Pierre Laval.

The 2 of Clubs coordinate

Pierre Laval was born June 28, 1883 (1883-06-28). Month 6 and day 28 give solar value 15, which is the 2 of Clubs (The Collaborative Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1883 is unused, so Pierre Laval's 1883 birth year does not move the card. The 2 of Clubs does not predict a TIME Person of the Year selection and is not a verdict on Pierre Laval. Quoted system copy for the 2 of Clubs, not a biography of Pierre Laval: You think best with someone else in the room, and you still leave with a position of your own. You think best with others. Ideas solidify when you talk them through. You're the debater, the collaborator, the one who makes partnerships work through communication. Harvested gifts listed for the 2 of Clubs: Natural partnership and team-building ability; Excellent communication and articulation; Ability to synthesize different perspectives; Talent for collaborative problem-solving. Harvested life-direction line for the 2 of Clubs: Your curriculum is learning that true collaboration requires two distinct thinkers, not one chameleon. You're learning to have your own perspective and keep it.

Live 2 of Clubs meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Pierre Jean Marie Laval was a French politician. He served as Prime Minister of France three times: 1931–1932 and 1935–1936 during the Third Republic, and 1942–1944 during Vichy France. After the war, Laval was tried as a Nazi collaborator and executed for treason.

Pierre Laval in the public record

He served as Prime Minister of France three times: 1931–1932 and 1935–1936 during the Third Republic, and 1942–1944 during Vichy France. After the war, Laval was tried as a Nazi collaborator and executed for treason. A socialist early in his life, Laval became a lawyer in 1909 and was famous for his defence of strikers, trade unionists and leftists from government prosecution. In 1914, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), and he remained committed to his pacifist convictions during the First World War. After his defeat in the 1919 election, Laval left the SFIO and became mayor of Aubervilliers. In 1924 he returned to the Chamber as an independent, and was elected to the Senate three years later. He also held a series of governmental positions, including Minister of Public Works, Minister of Justice and Minister of Labour. In 1931, Laval became prime minister, but his government fell only a year later.

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

Where the record meets the 2 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 Pierre Laval, and not a forecast of the cover of Time.

Cards in Pierre Laval's fixed path

Birth card and karma

Life Spread (Mercury → 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.

You think best with someone else in the room, and you still leave with a position of your own. You think best with others. Ideas solidify when you talk them through. You're the debater, the collaborator, the one who makes partnerships work through communication.

2♣ — Birth Card, from the published 2 of Clubs meaning

He also held a series of governmental positions, including Minister of Public Works, Minister of Justice and Minister of Labour.

Paired on shared wording: positions, works.

Also on the record

  1. Laval joined the conservative government of Gaston Doumergue in 1934 and served as Minister of the Colonies and then Foreign Minister.
  2. In 1935, Laval again became prime minister.
  3. Seeking to contain Nazi Germany, he pursued foreign policies favourable to Italy and the Soviet Union, but his handling of the Abyssinia Crisis, which was widely denounced as appeasement of Benito Mussolini, prompted his resignation in 1936.
  4. After France's defeat by the blitzkrieg invasion of Nazi Germany, Laval, by this time a well-known Fascist sympathizer, served in prominent roles in Philippe Pétain's Vichy France, first as the vice-president of the Council of Ministers from July 1940 to December 1940 and later as the head of government from April 1942 to August 1944.

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FAQ

What is Pierre Laval's birth card?
The 2 of Clubs. June 28 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Pierre Laval'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 Pierre Laval's dates and TIME Person of the Year credits come from?
Birth date 1883-06-28 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Pierre Laval, 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 1931 TIME Person of the Year — Pierre Laval. 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, Pierre Laval) + Wikidata CC0 (Q151983). Birth date 1883-06-28 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match). TIME vault (time.com/vault) is context only and is not a date source.