Primetime Emmy winner · birth-card coordinate
Ed Asner's Birth Card: The 5 of Clubs
The Dynamic Innovator
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict an Emmy.
In the record
Eddie Asner (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021) was an American actor. The birth-card coordinate for November 15 is the 5 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1978 Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Lou Grant); 1980 Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Lou Grant) win.
Primetime Emmy Lead record
- 1978 Lead Actor in a Drama Series — Lou Grant as Lou Grant
- 1980 Lead Actor in a Drama Series — Lou Grant as Lou Grant
The 5 of Clubs coordinate
Ed Asner's birthday maps to the 5 of Clubs (The Dynamic Innovator). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about an Emmy and not a verdict on Ed Asner. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You pressure-test an idea in public and let the better one win.
Ed Asner in the public record
He is most notable for portraying Lou Grant on the sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) and drama Lou Grant (1977–1982), making him one of the few television actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama. Asner won seven Primetime Emmy Awards, the most of any male performer. Five were for portraying Lou Grant: three as Supporting Actor in a Comedy Television Series on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and two as Lead Actor in a Dramatic Television Series on the spin-off Lou Grant. The other two were for performances in the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man (1976) and Roots (1977). Asner acted in the films El Dorado (1966), They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970), Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981), JFK (1991), and Too Big to Fail (2011). He also played Santa Claus in several films and voiced Carl Fredricksen in the Pixar animated film Up (2009). Asner starred in the ABC sitcom Thunder Alley (1994–1995), and Michael: Every Day (2011–2017). He also acted extensively in numerous television series such as The Practice, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Good Wife, Cobra Kai, Briarpatch, Working Class, and Dead to Me.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Ed Asner (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the cards
Cards in Ed Asner's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 5♣ — Birth Card: The Dynamic Innovator
- 4♣ — Karma — Environment: The Systematic Builder
- 5♥ — Karma — Displacement: The Restless Heart
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 3♦ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 7♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 5♠ — Life Spread — Saturn
- J♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 9♣ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 7♥ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Reflective Heart
- 9♠ — Planetary Ruling Card (second ruler): The Idealistic Mind
- A♠ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Truth Pioneer
- 8♥ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Emotional Powerhouse
- K♥ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Compassionate King
- K♦ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Wealthy King
- 6♥ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Devoted Caregiver
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.
No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 5♣, 4♣, 5♥, 7♥, 9♠, A♠, 8♥, 3♦, 7♦, 5♠, J♥, 9♣, 2♥, K♥, K♦, 6♥. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast an Emmy.
Also on the record
- He also voiced J.
- Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994–1998), Hudson in Gargoyles (1994–1997), and Ed Wuncler Sr. in The Boondocks (2005–2014).
Other Emmy winners with this card
- Dick Van Dyke — 1964 Lead performer (pre-genre split) (The Dick Van Dyke Show); 1965 Lead performer (pre-genre split) (The Dick Van Dyke Show); 1966 Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
- Richard Kiley — 1988 Lead Actor in a Drama Series (A Year in the Life)
- Ricky Gervais — 2007 Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Extras)
- William Daniels — 1985 Lead Actor in a Drama Series (St. Elsewhere); 1986 Lead Actor in a Drama Series (St. Elsewhere)
FAQ
- What is Ed Asner's birth card?
- The 5 of Clubs. November 15 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict an Emmy?
- No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.
- Where do Ed Asner's dates come from?
- Birth date 1929-11-15 is the day-precision date on Ed Asner's Wikipedia article infobox or lead, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Lead Actor/Actress wins come from the Primetime Emmy drama and comedy Wikipedia lists, which compile Television Academy (emmys.com) results. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Sources: Television Academy / Emmys (emmys.com) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Ed Asner; winner list) + Wikidata CC0 (Q154421). Birth date 1929-11-15 is the Wikipedia day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).