Grammy Album of the Year · billed with Arcade Fire · birth-card coordinate

William Butler's Birth Card: The 3 of Diamonds

2011 Album of the Year — The Suburbs

Born October 6, 1982

The Success Communicator

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

William Pierce Butler (born October 6, 1982) is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. The birth-card coordinate for October 6 is the 3 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of William Butler's 2011 Album of the Year — The Suburbs.

Album of the Year record

William Butler is on the 2011 Album of the Year list for The Suburbs, billed as Arcade Fire at ceremony 53 (https://www.grammy.com/awards/categories/album-of-the-year/2011/). William Butler (Q3097555, Wikipedia “Will Butler”) appears here as billed with Arcade Fire. The billed act string on those wins is Arcade Fire. Albums in this pack for William Butler: 2011 The Suburbs. Birth date 1982-10-06 is the Wikipedia infobox day for William Butler, verified against Wikidata P569 1982-10-06 (match). This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for William Butler. It only names the calendar coordinate for October 6 and the Album of the Year albums already listed for William Butler.

The 3 of Diamonds coordinate

William Butler was born October 6, 1982 (1982-10-06). Month 10 and day 6 give solar value 29, which is the 3 of Diamonds (The Success Communicator). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1982 is unused, so William Butler's 1982 birth year does not move the card. The 3 of Diamonds does not predict a Grammy Album of the Year and is not a verdict on William Butler. Quoted system copy for the 3 of Diamonds, not a biography of William Butler: You can make value visible without overselling the thing underneath. You're good at selling—ideas, products, yourself. You understand marketing and the psychology of desire. Your gift is making things feel valuable through how you present them.

Live 3 of Diamonds meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

William Pierce Butler is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He is best known as a former member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire, with whom he recorded six studio albums. Butler was a member of the band for eighteen years, between 2003 and 2021, and played synthesizer, bass, guitar and percussion. He is known for his spontaneity, energy and antics during live performances and is the younger brother of Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler. In 2010, he won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year as part of Arcade Fire.

William Butler in the public record

He is best known as a former member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire, with whom he recorded six studio albums. Butler was a member of the band for eighteen years, between 2003 and 2021, and played synthesizer, bass, guitar and percussion. He is known for his spontaneity, energy and antics during live performances and is the younger brother of Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler. In 2010, he won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year as part of Arcade Fire. In 2014, Butler was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the original score of the 2013 film Her. In 2024, Butler was nominated for two Tony Awards for his orchestrations & score of the play Stereophonic, which itself was nominated for and won Best Play. Butler has released three solo studio albums – Policy (2015), Generations (2020), and Will Butler + Sister Squares (2023) – on Merge Records.

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

Where the record meets the cards

Cards in William Butler's fixed path

Birth card and karma

Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)

Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread

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 3♦, Q♦, 6♥, 7♥, A♠, 8♥, 7♦, 5♠, J♥, 9♣, 9♠, 2♥, K♥, K♦. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast a Grammy.

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FAQ

What is William Butler's birth card?
The 3 of Diamonds. October 6 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. William Butler'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 William Butler's dates and Album of the Year credits come from?
Birth date 1982-10-06 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for William Butler, 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. William Butler is billed with Arcade Fire. The Album of the Year line is 2011 Album of the Year — The Suburbs. 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, Will Butler) + Wikidata CC0 (Q3097555). Birth date 1982-10-06 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).