Donald Fagen's Birth Card: The 4 of Spades

In the record

Donald Jay Fagen (, FAY-gən; born January 10, 1948) is an American retired singer-songwriter and musician who was the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker. The birth-card coordinate for January 10 is the 4 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Donald Fagen's 2001 Album of the Year — Two Against Nature.

Album of the Year record

• 2001 Album of the Year — Two Against Nature (Steely Dan)

Donald Fagen is on the 2001 Album of the Year list for Two Against Nature, billed as Steely Dan at ceremony 43 (https://www.grammy.com/awards/categories/album-of-the-year/2001/). Donald Fagen (Q506554, Wikipedia “Donald Fagen”) appears here as billed with Steely Dan. The billed act string on those wins is Steely Dan. Albums in this pack for Donald Fagen: 2001 Two Against Nature. Birth date 1948-01-10 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Donald Fagen, verified against Wikidata P569 1948-01-10 (match). This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Donald Fagen. It only names the calendar coordinate for January 10 and the Album of the Year albums already listed for Donald Fagen.

The 4 of Spades coordinate

Donald Fagen was born January 10, 1948 (1948-01-10). Month 1 and day 10 give solar value 43, which is the 4 of Spades (The Rigid Truth). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1948 is unused, so Donald Fagen's 1948 birth year does not move the card. The 4 of Spades does not predict a Grammy Album of the Year and is not a verdict on Donald Fagen. Quoted system copy for the 4 of Spades, not a biography of Donald Fagen: You build enough container that change can happen without the floor disappearing. You build frameworks for understanding truth. You're organized in your thinking, structured in your beliefs. Your mind thinks in terms of principles and rules.

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Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Donald Jay Fagen is an American retired singer-songwriter and musician who was the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker. In addition to his contributions to Steely Dan, Fagen has released four solo albums, beginning with The Nightfly in 1982, which was nominated for seven Grammys.

Donald Fagen in the public record

In addition to his contributions to Steely Dan, Fagen has released four solo albums, beginning with The Nightfly in 1982, which was nominated for seven Grammys. In 2001, Fagen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Steely Dan. Following Becker's death in 2017, Fagen continued to tour using the band name until 2024. Fagen was born in Passaic, New Jersey, on January 10, 1948 to Jewish parents, descendants of immigrants from Russia, Latvia and Austria who had arrived in the USA in the early years of the 20th century. His father was Joseph "Jerry" Fagen, an accountant, and his mother, Elinor (née Rosenberg), a homemaker who had been a swing singer in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains from childhood through her teens. His family moved to Fair Lawn, New Jersey, a small suburb near Passaic. When he was ten years old, he moved with his parents and younger sister to Kendall Park, a newly constructed suburban section of South Brunswick, New Jersey. The transition upset him, and he detested living in the suburbs.

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

Where the record meets the Ace of Diamonds

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 Donald Fagen, and not a forecast of a Grammy.

Natural resource building and accumulation

Donald Jay Fagen (, FAY-gən; born January 10, 1948) is an American retired singer-songwriter and musician who was the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker.

Paired on value and commerce — the domain ♦ governs in this system. Markers in the record: founder.

Also on the record

1. He later recalled that it "was like a prison.
2. I think I lost faith in [my parents'] judgment...
3. It was probably the first time I realized I had my own view of life." His life in Kendall Park, including his teenage love of late-night radio, would inspire his 1982 album The Nightfly.
4. Fagen became interested in rock and rhythm and blues in the late 1950s.

Other Album of the Year people with this card

• No other person in this set shares the 4 of Spades.

FAQ

What is Donald Fagen's birth card?

The 4 of Spades. January 10 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Donald Fagen'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 Donald Fagen's dates and Album of the Year credits come from?

Birth date 1948-01-10 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Donald Fagen, 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. Donald Fagen is billed with Steely Dan. The Album of the Year line is 2001 Album of the Year — Two Against Nature. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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