Quincy Jones's Birth Card: The 9 of Diamonds

In the record

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer and composer. The birth-card coordinate for March 14 is the 9 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Quincy Jones's 1991 Album of the Year — Back on the Block.

Album of the Year record

• 1991 Album of the Year — Back on the Block (Quincy Jones)

Quincy Jones is on the 1991 Album of the Year list for Back on the Block, billed as Quincy Jones at ceremony 33 (https://www.grammy.com/awards/categories/album-of-the-year/1991/). Quincy Jones (Q193645, Wikipedia “Quincy Jones”) appears here as primary billed as Quincy Jones. The billed act string on those wins is Quincy Jones. Albums in this pack for Quincy Jones: 1991 Back on the Block. Birth date 1933-03-14 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Quincy Jones, verified against Wikidata P569 1933-03-14 (match). This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Quincy Jones. It only names the calendar coordinate for March 14 and the Album of the Year albums already listed for Quincy Jones.

The 9 of Diamonds coordinate

Quincy Jones was born March 14, 1933 (1933-03-14). Month 3 and day 14 give solar value 35, which is the 9 of Diamonds (The Universal Provider). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1933 is unused, so Quincy Jones's 1933 birth year does not move the card. The 9 of Diamonds does not predict a Grammy Album of the Year and is not a verdict on Quincy Jones. Quoted system copy for the 9 of Diamonds, not a biography of Quincy Jones: You give in a way you can sustain, and you let someone give back. You think about resources in terms of universal good and human need. You want to provide for humanity. Your vision is about abundance for all.

Live 9 of Diamonds meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. was an American record producer and composer. During his seven-decade career, he received dozens of accolades, including 28 Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for seven Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.

Quincy Jones in the public record

During his seven-decade career, he received dozens of accolades, including 28 Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for seven Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. Born in Chicago, Jones moved to Seattle with his family after World War II, where he attended the city's university. He then attended what is now the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before producing pop hit records for Lesley Gore in the early 1960s (including "It's My Party") and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations between Frank Sinatra and the jazz artist Count Basie. Jones produced three of the most successful albums by Michael Jackson: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), and Bad (1987). In 1985, Jones produced and conducted the charity song "We Are the World", which raised funds for victims of famine in Ethiopia. He also composed numerous film scores including for The Pawnbroker (1965), In the Heat of the Night and In Cold Blood (both 1967), The Italian Job (1969), The Wiz (1978), and The Color Purple (1985), three of which earned him four of his nominations to seven Academy Awards. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for the miniseries Roots (1977) and received a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical as a producer for the 2016 revival of The Color Purple.

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

Where the record meets the 4 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 Quincy Jones, and not a forecast of a Grammy.

Building reliable emotional foundations and trust

Born in Chicago, Jones moved to Seattle with his family after World War II, where he attended the city's university.

Paired on relationship and feeling — the domain ♥ governs in this system. Markers in the record: family. This line comes from the Saturn position of the 9♦'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

1. Jones received many honorary awards, including the Grammy Legend Award in 1992, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1995, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the National Medal of the Arts in 2011, the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2014, and the posthumous Academy Honorary Award in 2025.
2. He was also named one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century by Time.
3. Jones died at the age of 91 in November 2024.

Other Album of the Year people with this card

• Bono — 1988 Album of the Year — The Joshua Tree; 2006 Album of the Year — How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
• Herbie Hancock — 2008 Album of the Year — River: The Joni Letters
• Michael Shrieve — 2000 Album of the Year — Supernatural
• Steve Porcaro — 1983 Album of the Year — Toto IV

FAQ

What is Quincy Jones's birth card?

The 9 of Diamonds. March 14 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Quincy Jones'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 Quincy Jones's dates and Album of the Year credits come from?

Birth date 1933-03-14 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Quincy Jones, 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. Quincy Jones is primary billed as Quincy Jones. The Album of the Year line is 1991 Album of the Year — Back on the Block. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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