Grammy Album of the Year · billed with Blood, Sweat & Tears · birth-card coordinate
Bobby Colomby's Birth Card: The Jack of Hearts
The Romantic Messenger
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict a Grammy Album of the Year.
In the record
Robert Wayne Colomby (born December 20, 1944) is a jazz-fusion drummer, record producer and television presenter. The birth-card coordinate for December 20 is the Jack of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of Bobby Colomby's 1970 Album of the Year — Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Album of the Year record
- 1970 Album of the Year — Blood, Sweat & Tears (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
Bobby Colomby is on the 1970 Album of the Year list for Blood, Sweat & Tears, billed as Blood, Sweat & Tears at ceremony 12 (https://www.grammy.com/awards/categories/album-of-the-year/1970/). Bobby Colomby (Q429879, Wikipedia “Bobby Colomby”) appears here as billed with Blood, Sweat & Tears. The billed act string on those wins is Blood, Sweat & Tears. Albums in this pack for Bobby Colomby: 1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears. Birth date 1944-12-20 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Bobby Colomby, verified against Wikidata P569 1944-12-20 (match). This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Bobby Colomby. It only names the calendar coordinate for December 20 and the Album of the Year albums already listed for Bobby Colomby.
The Jack of Hearts coordinate
Bobby Colomby was born December 20, 1944 (1944-12-20). Month 12 and day 20 give solar value 11, which is the Jack of Hearts (The Romantic Messenger). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1944 is unused, so Bobby Colomby's 1944 birth year does not move the card. The Jack of Hearts does not predict a Grammy Album of the Year and is not a verdict on Bobby Colomby. Quoted system copy for the Jack of Hearts, not a biography of Bobby Colomby: You bring a fresh read on love without leaving the room when it gets ordinary. You bring fresh perspective, inspiration, and youthful possibility to love. You see what a relationship could become and carry the spark that reawakens feeling. At your best, you innovate connection with genuine authenticity.
Wikipedia summary used as source_text
Robert Wayne Colomby is a jazz-fusion drummer, record producer and television presenter. He is best known as an original member of the group Blood, Sweat & Tears, which he co-founded in 1967. He has also played with many other musical artists.
Bobby Colomby in the public record
He is best known as an original member of the group Blood, Sweat & Tears, which he co-founded in 1967. He has also played with many other musical artists. Colomby was born in Manhattan, New York City. He graduated from City College of New York with a degree in psychology. He is a self-taught musician. His elder brother, Harry Colomby, was the manager of jazz musician Thelonious Monk. Early in his career Colomby played drums with folk musicians such as Odetta and Eric Andersen. Colomby then connected with Steve Katz and Al Kooper, former members of The Blues Project, soon after the breakup of that group.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Bobby Colomby (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 10 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 Bobby Colomby, and not a forecast of a Grammy.
Cards in Bobby Colomby's fixed path
Birth card and karma
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 9♣ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Mars
- K♦ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 6♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 4♣ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 2♦ — Life Spread — Pluto
- J♠ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- K♥ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Compassionate King
- 9♠ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Idealistic Mind
- 2♣ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Collaborative Builder
- 8♣ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Ambitious Builder
- 6♦ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Generous Provider
- 4♠ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Rigid Truth
- 10♥ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Community Heart
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.
You make room for a lot of people and still keep a self inside the room. Your heart works at scale—you create belonging for families, groups, and communities, not just individuals. You're the one who makes everyone feel included, the emotional center of gravity in a room. Love, for you, is something you build collectively.
In 2002 Colomby began producing a series of albums for trumpeter Chris Botti, including, December, When I Fall in Love, To Love Again, Italia and Impressions and the DVDs Chris Botti Live with Special Guests and Chris Botti in Boston.
Paired on shared wording: including, love. This line comes from the Result / Cosmic Reward position of the K♥'s Life Spread.
Also on the record
- This led directly to the formation of Blood, Sweat & Tears in September 1967.
- Colomby played on the first Blood, Sweat & Tears album, Child Is Father to the Man, which was released in 1968 and reached #47 on the US Billboard Pop Albums chart.
- The group's self-titled second album was an even bigger critical and commercial hit.
- It reached #1 on the same chart and featured 3 hit singles, And When I Die, You've Made Me So Very Happy and Spinning Wheel.
Other Album of the Year people with this card
- No other person in this set shares the Jack of Hearts.
FAQ
- What is Bobby Colomby's birth card?
- The Jack of Hearts. December 20 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Bobby Colomby's year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict a Grammy Album of the Year?
- 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, albums, character, or fate.
- Where do Bobby Colomby's dates and Album of the Year credits come from?
- Birth date 1944-12-20 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Bobby Colomby, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Winner identity comes from the Wikipedia Album of the Year list, which cites Grammy.com / Recording Academy pages. Bobby Colomby is billed with Blood, Sweat & Tears. The Album of the Year line is 1970 Album of the Year — Blood, Sweat & Tears. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Sources: Grammy.com (Album of the Year category record, grammy.com) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Album of the Year list, Bobby Colomby) + Wikidata CC0 (Q429879). Birth date 1944-12-20 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).