Martin Balsam's Birth Card: The 3 of Diamonds

In the record

Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American actor. The birth-card coordinate for November 4 is the 3 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1968 Best Actor in a Play (You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running) win.

Tony Award record (leading acting)

• 1968 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play — You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running as Various Characters

The 3 of Diamonds coordinate

Martin Balsam'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 Martin Balsam. 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

Martin Balsam in the public record

He had a prolific career in character roles in film, in theatre, and on television. An early member of the Actors Studio, he began his career on the New York stage, winning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Robert Anderson's You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running (1968). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Thousand Clowns (1965). His other notable film roles include Juror #1 in 12 Angry Men (1957), private detective Milton Arbogast in Psycho (1960), Hollywood agent O.J. Berman in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Bernard B. Norman in The Carpetbaggers (1964), the ship doctor Lieutenant Commander Chester Potter in The Bedford Incident (1965), Colonel Cathcart in Catch-22 (1970), Admiral Husband E. Kimmel in Tora! Tora!

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Martin Balsam (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 Martin Balsam, 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.

An early member of the Actors Studio, he began his career on the New York stage, winning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Robert Anderson's You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running (1968).

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

Also on the record

1. Tora! (1970), Mr.
2. Green in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Signor Bianchi in Murder on the Orient Express (1974), and Howard Simons in All the President's Men (1976).
3. He had recurring television roles as Dr.
4. Milton Orloff on the medical drama Dr.

Other leading Tony winners with this card

• Hal Linden — 1971 Best Actor in a Musical (The Rothschilds)
• Henry Fonda — 1948 Best Actor in a Play (Mister Roberts)
• 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)

FAQ

What is Martin Balsam's birth card?

The 3 of Diamonds. November 4 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 Martin Balsam's dates come from?

Birth date 1919-11-04 is the day-precision date on Martin Balsam'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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