José Ferrer's Birth Card: The 6 of Spades

In the record

José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992) was a Puerto Rican actor and director of stage, film and television. The birth-card coordinate for January 8 is the 6 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1947 Best Actor in a Play (Cyrano de Bergerac); 1952 Best Actor in a Play (The Shrike) win.

Tony Award record (leading acting)

• 1947 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play — Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano De Bergerac
• 1952 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play — The Shrike as Jim Downs

The 6 of Spades coordinate

José Ferrer's birthday maps to the 6 of Spades (The Responsible Mind). 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 José Ferrer. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You use what you have already walked through without requiring anyone else to be in pain for it to count.

Live 6 of Spades meaning page

José Ferrer in the public record

He was one of the most celebrated and esteemed Hispanic American actors during his lifetime and after, with a career spanning nearly 60 years between 1935 and 1992. He achieved prominence for his portrayal of Cyrano de Bergerac in the play of the same name, which earned him the inaugural Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1947. He reprised the role in a 1950 film version and won an Academy Award for Best Actor, making him both the first Hispanic and the first Puerto Rican–born actor to win an Academy Award. His other notable film roles include Charles VII in Joan of Arc (1948), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in Moulin Rouge (1952), defense attorney Barney Greenwald in The Caine Mutiny (1954), Alfred Dreyfus in I Accuse! (1958), which he also directed; the Turkish Bey in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Siegfried Rieber in Ship of Fools (1965), and Emperor Shaddam IV in Dune (1984). Ferrer also maintained a prolific acting and directing career on Broadway, winning a second Best Actor Tony for The Shrike, and Best Director for The Shrike, The Fourposter, and Stalag 17. Additionally, Ferrer appeared numerous times in the works of Shakespeare, notably as Iago in Othello. Ferrer was the father of actor Miguel Ferrer, the brother of Rafael Ferrer, the grandfather of actress Tessa Ferrer, and the uncle of actor George Clooney. His contributions to American theatre were recognized in 1981 when he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

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

Where the record meets the cards

No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 6♠, 2♠, 9♠, 3♥, Q♣, A♥, Q♥, 10♣, 8♦, K♠, A♣, 10♠, 5♣, 3♦, A♠, 7♥, 7♦, 5♠. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast a Tony.

Also on the record

1. In 1985, he received the National Medal of Arts from President Reagan, becoming the first actor so honored.

Other leading Tony winners with this card

• Alec Guinness — 1964 Best Actor in a Play (Dylan)
• Cynthia Erivo — 2016 Best Actress in a Musical (The Color Purple)

FAQ

What is José Ferrer's birth card?

The 6 of Spades. January 8 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 José Ferrer's dates come from?

Birth date 1912-01-08 is the day-precision date on José Ferrer'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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