Ed Flanders's Birth Card: The 2 of Hearts

In the record

Edward Paul Flanders (December 29, 1934 – February 22, 1995) was an American actor. The birth-card coordinate for December 29 is the 2 of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1983 Lead Actor in a Drama Series (St. Elsewhere) win.

Primetime Emmy Lead record

• 1983 Lead Actor in a Drama Series — St. Elsewhere as Donald Westphall

The 2 of Hearts coordinate

Ed Flanders's birthday maps to the 2 of Hearts (The Loving Partner). 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 Flanders. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You keep your needs and theirs in the same conversation, and you let disagreement stay on the table.

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Ed Flanders in the public record

He is best known for playing Dr. Donald Westphall in the medical drama series St. Elsewhere (1982–1988). Flanders was nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards and won three times in 1976, 1977, and 1983. He received a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for his performance in the 1973 production of A Moon for the Misbegotten. Ed Flanders was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Bernice (née Brown) and Francis Michael Grey Flanders. His mother was killed in an automobile crash when he was 14. After graduating from Camden High School in Minneapolis (where he played hockey) in 1952, Flanders enlisted in the United States Army, where he worked as an X-ray technician.

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

Where the record meets the 6 of Hearts

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 Ed Flanders, and not a forecast of an Emmy.

You care for people without disappearing. You're wired for harmony and devotion—attuned to others' needs and moved to meet them. You create peace and care in your relationships, and people feel tended to in your presence. Love, for you, is something you actively give.

In the late 1970s, Flanders moved away from small TV roles to take major credits in both TV and feature films, while continuing his stage career.

Paired on shared wording: career, moved. This line comes from the Mars position of the 2♥'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

1. After his service with the United States Army ended, Flanders began his acting career on Broadway before moving on to guest parts in television series.
2. From 1967 through 1975, Flanders appeared in more than a dozen American TV shows, including six appearances on Hawaii Five-O (as five different characters).
3. During this time, he was also prolific in TV movies.
4. He married actress Ellen Geer, with whom he had a son, Ian Geer Flanders (born 1966), before they divorced.

Other Emmy winners with this card

• Mary Tyler Moore — 1964 Lead performer (pre-genre split) (The Dick Van Dyke Show); 1966 Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (The Dick Van Dyke Show); 1973 Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (The Mary Tyler Moore Show); 1974 Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (The Mary Tyler Moore Show); 1976 Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
• Ted Danson — 1990 Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Cheers); 1993 Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Cheers)

FAQ

What is Ed Flanders's birth card?

The 2 of Hearts. December 29 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 Flanders's dates come from?

Birth date 1934-12-29 is the day-precision date on Ed Flanders'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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