Jack Lemmon's Birth Card: The 4 of Spades

In the record

John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor. The birth-card coordinate for February 8 is the 4 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Jack Lemmon's 1996 Kennedy Center Honors.

Kennedy Center Honors record

• 1996 Kennedy Center Honors — Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon is on the 1996 Kennedy Center Honors roster as Jack Lemmon (https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors/). Jack Lemmon (Q94123, Wikipedia “Jack Lemmon”) appears here as a person-scope honoree. Jack Lemmon is listed as a person-scope honoree for each year in this pack. Honors in this pack for Jack Lemmon: 1996 Jack Lemmon. Jack Lemmon's English Wikipedia title is the same string as the harvested name. Birth date 1925-02-08 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Jack Lemmon, verified against Wikidata P569 1925-02-08 (match). Kennedy Center artist-bio date status for Jack Lemmon is not_published. The harvested card symbol for February 8 is 4♠. A public death date of June 27, 2001 (2001-06-27) is listed on Wikidata P570 for Jack Lemmon. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lemmon is the Wikipedia article used for Jack Lemmon. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Jack Lemmon. It only names the calendar coordinate for February 8 and the Honors years already listed for Jack Lemmon.

The 4 of Spades coordinate

Jack Lemmon was born February 8, 1925 (1925-02-08). Month 2 and day 8 give solar value 43, which is the 4 of Spades (The Rigid Truth). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1925 is unused, so Jack Lemmon's 1925 birth year does not move the card. The 4 of Spades does not predict a Kennedy Center Honor and is not a verdict on Jack Lemmon. Quoted system copy for the 4 of Spades, not a biography of Jack Lemmon: You build enough container that change can happen without the floor disappearing. You build frameworks for understanding truth. You're organized in your thinking, structured in your beliefs. Your mind thinks in terms of principles and rules. Harvested gifts listed for the 4 of Spades: Ability to create coherent belief systems; Strong principles and ethical clarity; Organized thinking and clear logic; Natural integrity and consistency. Harvested life-direction line for the 4 of Spades: Your curriculum is learning that good principles flex. You're learning to hold your beliefs lightly.

Live 4 of Spades meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

John Uhler Lemmon III was an American actor. Considered proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, he was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in comedy-drama films. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and one Volpi Cup. He also received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1988, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1991, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996. The Guardian labeled him as "the most successful tragi-comedian of his age".

Jack Lemmon in the public record

Considered proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, he was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in comedy-drama films. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and one Volpi Cup. He also received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1988, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1991, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996. The Guardian labeled him as "the most successful tragi-comedian of his age". Lemmon received two Academy Awards: for Best Supporting Actor for Mister Roberts (1955) and for Best Actor for Save the Tiger (1973). He was Oscar-nominated for Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), The China Syndrome (1979), Tribute (1980), and Missing (1982). He is also known for his roles in Irma la Douce (1963), The Great Race (1965), and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).

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

Where the record meets the 8 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 Jack Lemmon, and not a forecast of an honor.

You take the hard lead and you stay with the work after the call is made.

For his work on television, Lemmon received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Tuesdays with Morrie (1999).

Paired on shared wording: lead, work. This line comes from the Mars position of the 4♠'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

1. He produced two films in which he did not appear, Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Kotch (1971), the latter of which he also directed, both through his production company, Jalem Productions.
2. For his work on television, Lemmon received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Tuesdays with Morrie (1999).
3. He was Emmy-nominated for The Entertainer (1975), The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988), 12 Angry Men (1997), and Inherit the Wind (1999).
4. On stage, Lemmon made his Broadway debut in the play Room Service (1953).

Other honorees with this card

• Antony Tudor — 1986 Kennedy Center Honors
• Carmen de Lavallade — 2017 Kennedy Center Honors
• John Williams — 2004 Kennedy Center Honors

FAQ

What is Jack Lemmon's birth card?

The 4 of Spades. February 8 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Jack Lemmon's year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Kennedy Center Honor?

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 Jack Lemmon's dates and Honors credits come from?

Birth date 1925-02-08 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Jack Lemmon, 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 Kennedy Center Honors roster, which cites Kennedy Center pages. The Honors line is 1996 Kennedy Center Honors. Kennedy Center artist-bio date status is not_published. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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