Richard Nixon's Birth Card: The 5 of Spades

In the record

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in both houses of the United States Congress before serving as the 36th vice president under President Dwight D. Richard Nixon was born January 9, 1913. The birth-card coordinate for January 9 is the 5 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Richard Nixon's 1971 TIME Person of the Year — Richard Nixon; 1972 TIME Person of the Year — Richard Nixon (shared).

TIME Person of the Year record

• Richard Nixon — 1971 TIME Person of the Year — Richard Nixon
• Richard Nixon — 1972 TIME Person of the Year — Richard Nixon · shared named human

Richard Nixon's 1971 Wikipedia list row uses the choice label “Richard Nixon” (Richard Nixon is the sole named human listed for that year). Richard Nixon's 1972 Wikipedia list row uses the choice label “Richard Nixon” (Richard Nixon is one of the named humans listed for that year). Richard Nixon shares at least one TIME Person of the Year year in this pack with another named human. The harvested English Wikipedia title for Richard Nixon matches the list name. Richard Nixon is Wikidata Q9588. Honor years kept for Richard Nixon: 1971, 1972. Choice labels kept: 1971 Richard Nixon; 1972 Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon's Wikipedia infobox day is 1913-01-09; Wikidata P569 is 1913-01-09 (match). TIME vault (https://time.com/vault/) is context for Richard Nixon's honor and is not a date source. January 9 maps to 5♠ for Richard Nixon. Wikidata P570 lists April 22, 1994 (1994-04-22) as a public death date for Richard Nixon. The Wikipedia REST summary used for Richard Nixon is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon. No childhood, private address, or invented birthday is added for Richard Nixon.

The 5 of Spades coordinate

Richard Nixon was born January 9, 1913 (1913-01-09). Month 1 and day 9 give solar value 44, which is the 5 of Spades (The Restless Mind). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1913 is unused, so Richard Nixon's 1913 birth year does not move the card. The 5 of Spades does not predict a TIME Person of the Year selection and is not a verdict on Richard Nixon. Quoted system copy for the 5 of Spades, not a biography of Richard Nixon: You stay in the hard stretch long enough to get better at it. Your mind is restless, always seeking new ideas, new truths, new ways of thinking. You get bored with settled beliefs. Harvested gifts listed for the 5 of Spades: Quick thinking and mental flexibility; Openness to new perspectives; Natural curiosity and investigation; Ability to see things from fresh angles. Harvested life-direction line for the 5 of Spades: Your curriculum is learning that some truths require deep exploration. You're learning to sit with one idea long enough to integrate it.

Live 5 of Spades meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in both houses of the United States Congress before serving as the 36th vice president under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon's second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office, as a result of the Watergate scandal.

Richard Nixon in the public record

A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in both houses of the United States Congress before serving as the 36th vice president under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon's second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office, as a result of the Watergate scandal. Nixon was born into a poor family of Quakers in Yorba Linda, Southern California. He graduated from Whittier College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1934 and from Duke University School of Law with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1937, practiced law in California, and then moved with his wife Pat to Washington, D.C., in 1942 to work for the federal government. After serving in the Naval Reserve during World War II, he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946. His work on the Alger Hiss case established his reputation as a leading anti-communist.

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

Where the record meets the 5 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 Richard Nixon, and not a forecast of the cover of Time.

Quick thinking and mental flexibility

His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: health, union.

Also on the record

1. In 1950, he was elected to the Senate.
2. Nixon was the running mate of Eisenhower, the Republican Party's presidential nominee in the 1952 and 1956 elections.
3. Nixon served for eight years as vice president, and his two terms saw an increase in the notability of the office.
4. He narrowly lost the 1960 presidential election to John F.

Other TIME Person of the Year people with this card

• No other person in this set shares the 5 of Spades.

FAQ

What is Richard Nixon's birth card?

The 5 of Spades. January 9 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Richard Nixon'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 Richard Nixon's dates and TIME Person of the Year credits come from?

Birth date 1913-01-09 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Richard Nixon, 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 1971 TIME Person of the Year — Richard Nixon; 1972 TIME Person of the Year — Richard Nixon (shared). 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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