John Wood's Birth Card: The 10 of Diamonds

In the record

John Lamin Wood (5 July 1930 – 6 August 2011) was an English actor known for his Shakespearean performances and his lasting association with Tom Stoppard. The birth-card coordinate for July 5 is the 10 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1976 Best Actor in a Play (Travesties) win.

Tony Award record (leading acting)

• 1976 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play — Travesties as Henry Carr

The 10 of Diamonds coordinate

John Wood's birthday maps to the 10 of Diamonds (The Wealthy Master). 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 John Wood. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build enough and keep it structured so it actually holds.

Live 10 of Diamonds meaning page

John Wood in the public record

In 1976, he received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Stoppard's Travesties. He was nominated for further Tony Awards for his roles in Sherlock Holmes (1975) and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1968). His films included WarGames (1983), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Ladyhawke (1985), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Orlando (1992), Shadowlands (1993), The Madness of King George (1994), Richard III (1995), Sabrina (1995), and Chocolat (2000). In 2007, Wood was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's New Year Honours List. John Lamin Wood was born to Reginald and Norah (née Lamin) Wood on 5 July 1930 in Harpenden, Hertfordshire; he spent his early years there and in Derby. He was educated at Bedford School. He did his national service as a lieutenant with the Royal Artillery. During his time of service, he was invalided out after being accidentally shot in the back.

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

Where the record meets the 5 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 John Wood, and not a forecast of a Tony.

You let love change shape without using motion as a way out of being seen. You're wired for change, movement, and experience—love, for you, is a journey rather than a destination. You bring adaptability and freshness to connection, and you understand that people and feelings transform over time.

He then joined George Devine's English Stage Company, which at the time was about to change the course of new British drama at the Royal Court.

Paired on shared wording: change, time. This line comes from the Saturn position of the 10♦'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

1. Later during his service, he was almost killed during a Jeep accident.
2. Wood studied law at Jesus College, Oxford, where he was president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society.
3. He had seen John Gielgud as Angelo in Peter Brook's (1950) and Stratford-Upon-Avon production of Measure for Measure.
4. After seeing the productions, Wood stated "suddenly knew what I wanted to do".

Other leading Tony winners with this card

• Bill Irwin — 2005 Best Actor in a Play (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
• Dolores Gray — 1954 Best Actress in a Musical (Carnival in Flanders)
• Glenda Jackson — 2018 Best Actress in a Play (Three Tall Women)
• James Earl Jones — 1969 Best Actor in a Play (The Great White Hope); 1987 Best Actor in a Play (Fences)
• Jessica Tandy — 1948 Best Actress in a Play (A Streetcar Named Desire); 1978 Best Actress in a Play (The Gin Game); 1983 Best Actress in a Play (Foxfire)
• Lily Tomlin — 1986 Best Actress in a Play (The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe)

FAQ

What is John Wood's birth card?

The 10 of Diamonds. July 5 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 John Wood's dates come from?

Birth date 1930-07-05 is the day-precision date on John Wood'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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