Academy Award Best Actor · birth-card coordinate
William Hurt's Birth Card: The 3 of Diamonds
The Success Communicator
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict an Academy Award.
In the record
William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American actor. The birth-card coordinate for March 20 is the 3 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1986 Best Actor — Kiss of the Spider Woman win.
Academy Award record
- 1986 Best Actor — Kiss of the Spider Woman
The 3 of Diamonds coordinate
William Hurt's birthday maps to the 3 of Diamonds (The Success Communicator). 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 Academy Award and not a verdict on William Hurt. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You keep more than one path alive without letting any of them stay imaginary.
William Hurt in the public record
Known for his performances on stage and screen, he received various accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. Hurt studied at the Juilliard School before his film debut, in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature Altered States (1980), for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. He went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor playing a gay prisoner in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985). Hurt was also Oscar-nominated for Children of a Lesser God (1986), Broadcast News (1987), and A History of Violence (2005). He starred in films such as Body Heat (1981), The Big Chill (1983), The Accidental Tourist (1988), Alice (1990), One True Thing (1998), Syriana (2005), Mr. Brooks (2007), Into the Wild (2007), and The Yellow Handkerchief (2008). Hurt also portrayed Thaddeus Ross in five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films starting with The Incredible Hulk (2008) and concluding with Black Widow (2021). On television, Hurt received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series playing a scientist in the FX legal drama Damages (2009) and for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his portrayal of Henry Paulson in the HBO movie Too Big to Fail (2011).
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article William Hurt (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the cards
Cards in William Hurt's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 3♦ — Birth Card: The Success Communicator
- Q♦ — Karma — Environment: The Prosperous Nurturer
- 6♥ — Karma — Displacement: The Devoted Caregiver
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- A♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 7♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 5♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- J♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 9♣ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 9♠ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Idealistic Mind
- 7♦ — Planetary Ruling Card (second ruler): The Skeptical Investor
- 6♠ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Responsible Mind
- K♥ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Compassionate King
- K♦ — PRC Life Spread — Mars: The Wealthy King
- 4♣ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Systematic Builder
- 2♦ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Financial Partner
- J♠ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Messenger of Truth
- 8♣ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Ambitious Builder
- 6♦ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Generous Provider
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 3♦, Q♦, 6♥, 9♠, 7♦, 6♠, K♥, A♠, 7♥, 5♠, J♥, 9♣, 2♥, K♦, 4♣, 2♦, J♠, 8♣, 6♦. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast an Oscar.
Also on the record
- He later acted in the legal drama series Goliath (2016–2021) and the thriller series Condor (2018–2020).
- On stage, Hurt appeared in off-Broadway productions of William Shakespeare's Henry V (1975), and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1982) as well as Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July (1978).
- He made his Broadway debut in David Rabe's dark comedy Hurlyburly (1984) playing a Hollywood casting director, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.
Other winners with this card
- Art Carney — 1975 Best Actor — Harry and Tonto
- Ernest Borgnine — 1956 Best Actor — Marty
- Henry Fonda — 1982 Best Actor — On Golden Pond
- Holly Hunter — 1994 Best Actress — The Piano
- Janet Gaynor — 1929 Best Actress — 7th Heaven
- Matthew McConaughey — 2014 Best Actor — Dallas Buyers Club
FAQ
- What is William Hurt's birth card?
- The 3 of Diamonds. March 20 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict an Oscar?
- 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 William Hurt's dates come from?
- Birth date 1950-03-20 is the day-precision date on William Hurt's Wikipedia infobox, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Winner identity comes from the Wikipedia Best Actor / Best Actress lists, which cite Oscars.org ceremony pages. Year-only dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Sources: Oscars.org (AMPAS ceremony record) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Best Actor list, Best Actress list, William Hurt) + Wikidata CC0 (Q105825). Birth date 1950-03-20 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).