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Barry Bostwick's Birth Card: The Ace of Diamonds
The Wealth Pioneer
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
Barry Knapp Bostwick (born February 24, 1945) is an American actor. The birth-card coordinate for February 24 is the Ace of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1977 Best Actor in a Musical (The Robber Bridegroom) win.
Tony Award record (leading acting)
- 1977 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical — The Robber Bridegroom as Jamie Lockhart
The Ace of Diamonds coordinate
Barry Bostwick's birthday maps to the Ace of Diamonds (The Wealth 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 a Tony Award and not a verdict on Barry Bostwick. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You start a resource in motion because you trust you can make and keep value.
Barry Bostwick in the public record
He is best known for portraying Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City (1996–2002). Bostwick has also had considerable success in musical theatre, winning a Tony Award for his role in The Robber Bridegroom and performing the role of Danny Zuko in the original Broadway production of Grease. Bostwick was born February 24, 1945, in San Mateo, California. He is the son of Elizabeth "Betty" (née Defendorf), a housewife, and Henry "Bud" Bostwick, a city planner and actor. Barry's only sibling, older brother Henry "Pete" Bostwick, died at age 32 in a car accident on July 20, 1973. Bostwick attended San Diego's United States International University in 1967, majoring in acting, got his start on the Hillbarn Theatre stage now located in Foster City, and worked for a time as a circus performer. He also attended NYU's Graduate Acting Program, graduating in 1968. Bostwick was a member of First National Nothing, who released one album, 1970's If You Sit Real Still and Hold My Hand, You Will Hear Absolutely Nothing.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Barry Bostwick (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the cards
Cards in Barry Bostwick's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- A♦ — Birth Card: The Wealth Pioneer
- A♥ — Karma — Environment: The Emotional Pioneer
- 2♦ — Karma — Displacement: The Financial Partner
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- Q♦ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 5♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 3♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 9♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 7♣ — Life Spread — Uranus
- Q♠ — Life Spread — Pluto
- J♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 5♦ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Dynamic Entrepreneur
- 3♣ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Creative Communicator
- 9♦ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Universal Provider
- 7♠ — PRC Life Spread — Jupiter: The Questioning Mind
- 2♣ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Collaborative Builder
- K♣ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Master Leader
- J♦ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Successful Messenger
- 4♥ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Emotional Foundation Builder
- 4♦ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Financial Foundation Builder
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 A♦, A♥, 2♦, 5♦, 3♣, 9♦, Q♦, 5♥, 3♠, 9♥, 7♣, Q♠, J♣, 7♠, 2♣, K♣, J♦, 4♥, 4♦. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast a Tony.
Also on the record
- The album describes them as "A rock-theater commune made up of musicians, actors, dancers, singers, designers, writers, composers, and friends that started a long, long time ago as a lost tribe in California and has ended up as a theatrical performing company in New York City." In 1970, Bostwick was a member of a pop band called The Klowns, assembled and promoted by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, whose members performed wearing stylized clown makeup and costumes.
- Their sole album, released in 1970, was produced by Jeff Barry, and generated a minor Billboard hit single, "Lady Love." Bostwick replaced C.C.
- Courtney in the musical Salvation.
- His next stage appearance was in the 1971 rock opera Soon, which closed after three performances.
Other leading Tony winners with this card
- Alfred Lunt — 1955 Best Actor in a Play (Quadrille)
- Ezio Pinza — 1950 Best Actor in a Musical (South Pacific)
- J. Harrison Ghee — 2023 Best Actor in a Musical (Some Like It Hot)
- Jessica Lange — 2016 Best Actress in a Play (Long Day's Journey into Night)
- Laurie Metcalf — 2017 Best Actress in a Play (A Doll's House, Part 2)
- Michael Cerveris — 2015 Best Actor in a Musical (Fun Home)
- Patina Miller — 2013 Best Actress in a Musical (Pippin)
- Paul Rogers — 1967 Best Actor in a Play (The Homecoming)
- Richard Easton — 2001 Best Actor in a Play (The Invention of Love)
- Robert Morse — 1962 Best Actor in a Musical (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying); 1990 Best Actor in a Play (Tru)
FAQ
- What is Barry Bostwick's birth card?
- The Ace of Diamonds. February 24 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 Barry Bostwick's dates come from?
- Birth date 1945-02-24 is the day-precision date on Barry Bostwick'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 (Q809019) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Barry Bostwick). Birth date 1945-02-24 is the Wikipedia person-page day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).