Primetime Emmy winner · birth-card coordinate
Ruth Gordon's Birth Card: The 5 of Hearts
The Restless Heart
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
Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and novelist, widely known for a career that spanned seven decades, beginning by performing on Broadway at age 19. The birth-card coordinate for October 30 is the 5 of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1979 Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Taxi) win.
Primetime Emmy Lead record
- 1979 Lead Actress in a Comedy Series — Taxi as Dee Wilcox (guest)
The 5 of Hearts coordinate
Ruth Gordon's birthday maps to the 5 of Hearts (The Restless Heart). 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 Ruth Gordon. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You let love change shape without using motion as a way out of being seen.
Ruth Gordon in the public record
Known for her nasal voice and distinctive personality, Gordon gained international recognition and critical acclaim for film roles that continued into her 70s and 80s. Her later work included performances in Rosemary's Baby (1968), What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969), Where's Poppa? (1970), Harold and Maude (1971), Every Which Way but Loose (1978), Any Which Way You Can (1980), and My Bodyguard (1980). In addition to her acting career, Gordon wrote numerous plays, film scripts, and books, most notably co-writing the screenplay for the 1949 film Adam's Rib. Gordon won an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy, and two Golden Globe Awards for her acting, as well as three Academy Award nominations for her writing. In 1982, she authored the novel Shady Lady.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Ruth Gordon (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 5 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 Ruth Gordon, and not a forecast of an Emmy.
Cards in Ruth Gordon's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 5♥ — Birth Card: The Restless Heart
- 5♣ — Karma — Environment: The Dynamic Innovator
- 4♦ — Karma — Displacement: The Financial Foundation Builder
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 3♣ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 3♠ — Life Spread — Venus
- 7♣ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 5♦ — Life Spread — Saturn
- Q♠ — Life Spread — Uranus
- J♣ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 7♠ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 9♥ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Compassionate Idealist
- 9♦ — Planetary Ruling Card (second ruler): The Universal Provider
- 7♦ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Skeptical Investor
- 2♣ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Collaborative Builder
- K♣ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Master Leader
- J♦ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Successful Messenger
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.
Quick thinking and fast adaptation
In addition to her acting career, Gordon wrote numerous plays, film scripts, and books, most notably co-writing the screenplay for the 1949 film Adam's Rib.
Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: wrote.
Other Emmy winners with this card
- Hope Lange — 1969 Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (The Ghost & Mrs. Muir); 1970 Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (The Ghost & Mrs. Muir)
FAQ
- What is Ruth Gordon's birth card?
- The 5 of Hearts. October 30 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 Ruth Gordon's dates come from?
- Birth date 1896-10-30 is the day-precision date on Ruth Gordon'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 (Ruth Gordon; winner list) + Wikidata CC0 (Q232562). Birth date 1896-10-30 is the Wikipedia day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).