Primetime Emmy winner · birth-card coordinate

James Garner's Birth Card: The Ace of Spades

1977 Lead Actor in a Drama Series (The Rockford Files)

Born April 7, 1928

Died July 19, 2014

The Truth Pioneer

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

James Scott Garner (né Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor and producer of film and television. The birth-card coordinate for April 7 is the Ace of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1977 Lead Actor in a Drama Series (The Rockford Files) win.

Primetime Emmy Lead record

The Ace of Spades coordinate

James Garner's birthday maps to the Ace of Spades (The Truth Pioneer). 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 James Garner. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You say the true thing early, before it has to become a crisis to be heard.

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James Garner in the public record

He was an Academy Award nominee, and won three Golden Globe Awards (out of 12 total nominations) and two Primetime Emmy Awards (out of 15 total nominations). Garner achieved television stardom as the titular gambler Bret Maverick on the television Western Maverick (1957–62), which he later reprised in the sequel series Bret Maverick (1981–82). In the 1970s, he starred as private investigator Jim Rockford on the series The Rockford Files (1974–80). He also played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including The Great Escape (1963), The Americanization of Emily (1964), Grand Prix (1966), Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969), Victor/Victoria (1982), and Murphy's Romance (1985), for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. Garner was born James Scott Bumgarner on April 7, 1928, in Norman, Oklahoma, the youngest child of Weldon Warren Bumgarner (1901–1986) and Mildred Scott (née Meek; 1907–1933). His father was of part German ancestry, and his mother, who died when he was five years old, was half Cherokee. His older brothers were Jack Garner (1926–2011), also an actor, and Charles Warren Bumgarner (1924–1984), a school administrator. His family was Methodist.

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

Where the record meets the 4 of Diamonds

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Cards in James Garner'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 build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it.

4♦ — PRC Karma — Environment, fixed to the A♠, from the published 4 of Diamonds meaning

He liked the work and his shipmates, but he had chronic seasickness and only lasted a year.

Paired on shared wording: lasted, work.

Also on the record

  1. The family ran a general store at Denver Corner on the east side of Norman.
  2. After their mother's death, Garner and his brothers were sent to live with relatives.
  3. Garner attended Wilson Elementary School, Norman Junior High School and Norman High School (Norman Public Schools).
  4. Garner was reunited with his family in 1934 when his father remarried, the first of several times.

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FAQ

What is James Garner's birth card?
The Ace of Spades. April 7 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 James Garner's dates come from?
Birth date 1928-04-07 is the day-precision date on James Garner'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 (James Garner; winner list) + Wikidata CC0 (Q108510). Birth date 1928-04-07 is the Wikipedia day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).