Henry Fonda's Birth Card: The 3 of Diamonds

In the record

Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor whose career spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. The birth-card coordinate for May 16 is the 3 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1948 Best Actor in a Play (Mister Roberts) win.

Tony Award record (leading acting)

• 1948 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play — Mister Roberts as Lt. Roberts

The 3 of Diamonds coordinate

Henry Fonda'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 a Tony Award and not a verdict on Henry Fonda. 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.

Live 3 of Diamonds meaning page

Henry Fonda in the public record

Known for his work on screen and stage, he often portrayed characters who embodied an everyman image. Born and raised in Nebraska, Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor and made his Hollywood film debut in 1935. He rose to film stardom with performances in films such as Jezebel (1938), Jesse James (1939) and Young Mr. Lincoln (1939). He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940). In 1941, Fonda starred opposite Barbara Stanwyck in the screwball comedy classic The Lady Eve. After his service in World War II, he starred in two highly regarded Westerns: The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) and My Darling Clementine (1946), the latter directed by John Ford. He also starred in Ford's Western Fort Apache (1948).

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Henry Fonda (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 Henry Fonda, and not a forecast of a Tony.

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.

In 1957, Fonda starred as Juror 8, the hold-out juror, in 12 Angry Men, a film he co-produced and that earned him a BAFTA award for Best Foreign Actor.

Paired on shared wording: best, hold. This line comes from the Result / Cosmic Reward position of the 3♦'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

1. During a seven-year break from films, Fonda focused on stage productions, returning to star in the war-boat ensemble movie Mister Roberts in 1955, a role he championed on Broadway.
2. In 1956, at the age of 51, Fonda played the title role of 38-year-old Manny Balestrero in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Wrong Man.
3. In 1957, Fonda starred as Juror 8, the hold-out juror, in 12 Angry Men, a film he co-produced and that earned him a BAFTA award for Best Foreign Actor.
4. Later in his career, Fonda played a range of characters, including a villain in the epic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and the lead in the romantic comedy Yours, Mine and Ours with Lucille Ball.

Other leading Tony winners with this card

• Hal Linden — 1971 Best Actor in a Musical (The Rothschilds)
• Julie Harris — 1952 Best Actress in a Play (I Am a Camera); 1956 Best Actress in a Play (The Lark); 1969 Best Actress in a Play (Forty Carats); 1973 Best Actress in a Play (The Last of Mrs. Lincoln); 1977 Best Actress in a Play (The Belle of Amherst)
• Lea Salonga — 1991 Best Actress in a Musical (Miss Saigon)
• Martin Balsam — 1968 Best Actor in a Play (You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running)

FAQ

What is Henry Fonda's birth card?

The 3 of Diamonds. May 16 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 Henry Fonda's dates come from?

Birth date 1905-05-16 is the day-precision date on Henry Fonda'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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