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Anthony LaPaglia's Birth Card: The 9 of Clubs
The Humanitarian Builder
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict a Tony Award.
In the record
Anthony LaPaglia ( lə-PAH-lee-ə, Italian: [laˈpaʎʎa]; born 31 January 1959) is an Australian actor. The birth-card coordinate for January 31 is the 9 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1998 Best Actor in a Play (A View from the Bridge) win.
Tony Award record (leading acting)
- 1998 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play — A View from the Bridge as Eddie Carbone
The 9 of Clubs coordinate
Anthony LaPaglia's birthday maps to the 9 of Clubs (The Humanitarian Builder). 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 a Tony Award and not a verdict on Anthony LaPaglia. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You let a used-up framework go and keep the part that still works.
Anthony LaPaglia in the public record
Known for his roles on stage and screen he has received several accolades including three AACTA Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. For his starring role as Jack Malone on the American television crime drama series Without a Trace (2002–09), he received a Golden Globe Award in 2004. For his role as Simon Moon on the NBC sitcom Frasier (2000–04) he won the Primetime Emmy Award. On stage, he starred in the 1997 Broadway revival of the Arthur Miller play A View from the Bridge for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He has won three AACTA Awards, Best Actor in a Leading Role for Lantana (2001) and Balibo (2009), and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Nitram (2021). He acted in many feature and TV films, among them So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), Empire Records (1995), Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and Road to Perdition (2002). He voiced a skua in Happy Feet (2006) and its 2011 sequel.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Anthony LaPaglia (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the King 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 Anthony LaPaglia, and not a forecast of a Tony.
Cards in Anthony LaPaglia's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 9♣ — Birth Card: The Humanitarian Builder
- 6♦ — Karma — Environment: The Generous Provider
- Q♥ — Karma — Displacement: The Devoted Nurturer
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 9♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- K♥ — Life Spread — Mars
- K♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 2♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- J♠ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 8♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 4♣ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Systematic Builder
- 6♥ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Devoted Caregiver
- 5♣ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Dynamic Innovator
- 4♠ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Rigid Truth
- 10♥ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Community Heart
- 10♦ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Wealthy Master
- 8♠ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Powerful Mind
- A♥ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Emotional Pioneer
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 hold emotional authority without hiding behind it. You carry authority in the realm of feeling—the maturity and depth to lead others emotionally and hold space with real strength. At your best, you command emotional situations with both power and authentic care, the steady presence people anchor to.
He has won three AACTA Awards, Best Actor in a Leading Role for Lantana (2001) and Balibo (2009), and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Nitram (2021).
Paired on shared wording: best, leading. This line comes from the Mars position of the 9♣'s Life Spread.
Other leading Tony winners with this card
- Al Pacino — 1977 Best Actor in a Play (The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel)
- Carol Channing — 1964 Best Actress in a Musical (Hello, Dolly!)
- Cliff Gorman — 1972 Best Actor in a Play (Lenny)
- Helen Gallagher — 1971 Best Actress in a Musical (No, No, Nanette)
- Judi Dench — 1999 Best Actress in a Play (Amy's View)
- Judy Holliday — 1957 Best Actress in a Musical (Bells Are Ringing)
- Maureen Stapleton — 1971 Best Actress in a Play (The Gingerbread Lady)
- Phyllis Frelich — 1980 Best Actress in a Play (Children of a Lesser God)
- Stephen Dillane — 2000 Best Actor in a Play (The Real Thing)
FAQ
- What is Anthony LaPaglia's birth card?
- The 9 of Clubs. January 31 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict a Tony Award?
- 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 Anthony LaPaglia's dates come from?
- Birth date 1959-01-31 is the day-precision date on Anthony LaPaglia's Wikipedia person page, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Wikipedia dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Tony Award wins come from the Wikipedia leading-acting lists, which record the Tony Awards. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Sources: Tony Awards (tonyawards.com) + Wikipedia leading-acting lists + Wikidata CC0 (Q308124) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Anthony LaPaglia). Birth date 1959-01-31 is the Wikipedia person-page day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).