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Leslie Odom Jr.'s Birth Card: The 7 of Diamonds
The Skeptical Investor
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
Leslie Lloyd Odom Jr. (born August 6, 1981) is an American actor, singer and songwriter. The birth-card coordinate for August 6 is the 7 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2016 Best Actor in a Musical (Hamilton) win.
Tony Award record (leading acting)
- 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical — Hamilton as Aaron Burr
The 7 of Diamonds coordinate
Leslie Odom Jr.'s birthday maps to the 7 of Diamonds (The Skeptical Investor). 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 Leslie Odom Jr.. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You look at worth without reducing it to the account balance.
Leslie Odom Jr. in the public record
He made his acting debut on Broadway in 1998 and first gained recognition for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in the musical Hamilton, which earned him a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in the same year. His performance was captured in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in a Limited Series or Movie nomination. Odom is also known for his roles in the television series Smash (2012–2013) and Person of Interest (2013–2014) as well as the films Red Tails (2012), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Harriet (2019), The Many Saints of Newark (2021), Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), and The Exorcist: Believer (2023). For his portrayal of singer Sam Cooke in the semi-historical drama One Night in Miami... (2020) he earned nominations for the Academy Award, Actor Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was also nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Original Song for writing the film's song "Speak Now". Odom voiced the character of Owen Tillerman in the Apple TV+ animated musical-comedy series Central Park, for which he was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award in 2020. Odom has released five albums: Leslie Odom Jr. (2014), Simply Christmas (2016), Mr. (2019), The Christmas Album (2020), and When a Crooner Dies (2023). He released his autobiography, Failing Up, in 2018.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Leslie Odom Jr. (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the cards
Cards in Leslie Odom Jr.'s fixed path
Birth card and karma
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 5♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- J♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 9♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- 9♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- K♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- K♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 6♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 4♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
The planetary ruling card for this birthday is the birth card itself, 7♦, so it adds no further cards to the path.
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 7♦, 9♥, 5♠, J♥, 9♣, 9♠, 2♥, K♥, K♦, 6♥, 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
- Odom returned to Broadway in 2023, playing the title role in Purlie Victorious for which he earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination.
Other leading Tony winners with this card
- Faith Prince — 1992 Best Actress in a Musical (Guys and Dolls)
FAQ
- What is Leslie Odom Jr.'s birth card?
- The 7 of Diamonds. August 6 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 Leslie Odom Jr.'s dates come from?
- Birth date 1981-08-06 is the day-precision date on Leslie Odom Jr.'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 (Q18089198) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Leslie Odom Jr.). Birth date 1981-08-06 is the Wikipedia person-page day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).