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B.B. King's Birth Card: The 8 of Clubs

1995 Kennedy Center Honors

Born September 16, 1925

Died May 14, 2015

The Ambitious Builder

A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict a Kennedy Center Honor.

In the record

Riley B. The birth-card coordinate for September 16 is the 8 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of B.B. King's 1995 Kennedy Center Honors.

Kennedy Center Honors record

B.B. King is on the 1995 Kennedy Center Honors roster as B.B. King (https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors/). B.B. King (Q188969, Wikipedia “B. B. King”) appears here as a person-scope honoree. B.B. King is listed as a person-scope honoree for each year in this pack. Honors in this pack for B.B. King: 1995 B.B. King. B.B. King's English Wikipedia title is “B. B. King”, which is the sitelink used for the REST summary. Birth date 1925-09-16 is the Wikipedia infobox day for B.B. King, verified against Wikidata P569 1925-09-16 (match). Kennedy Center artist-bio date status for B.B. King is not_published. The harvested card symbol for September 16 is 8♣. A public death date of May 14, 2015 (2015-05-14) is listed on Wikidata P570 for B.B. King. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._B._King is the Wikipedia article used for B.B. King. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for B.B. King. It only names the calendar coordinate for September 16 and the Honors years already listed for B.B. King.

The 8 of Clubs coordinate

B.B. King was born September 16, 1925 (1925-09-16). Month 9 and day 16 give solar value 21, which is the 8 of Clubs (The Ambitious Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1925 is unused, so B.B. King's 1925 birth year does not move the card. The 8 of Clubs does not predict a Kennedy Center Honor and is not a verdict on B.B. King. Quoted system copy for the 8 of Clubs, not a biography of B.B. King: You run a knowledge system other people can follow, and you stand behind the call. Your mind calculates power, influence, and success. You're ambitious and know how to leverage ideas into position. You think like a chess player. Harvested gifts listed for the 8 of Clubs: Strategic thinking and long-term planning; Ability to coordinate complex intellectual projects; Ambitious drive and determination; Talent for building intellectual authority. Harvested life-direction line for the 8 of Clubs: Your curriculum is learning that intelligence includes wisdom about people, not just ideas. You're learning to use your mind for connection, not just conquest.

Live 8 of Clubs meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Riley B. King, known professionally as B. B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato, and staccato picking that influenced many later electric guitar blues players. AllMusic recognized King as "the single most important electric guitarist of the last half of the 20th century".

B.B. King in the public record

King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B. B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato, and staccato picking that influenced many later electric guitar blues players. AllMusic recognized King as "the single most important electric guitarist of the last half of the 20th century". King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and is one of the most influential blues musicians in history, earning the nickname "The King of the Blues", and is referred to as one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and Freddie King, none of whom are related). King performed tirelessly throughout his musical career, appearing on average at more than 200 concerts a year into his 70s. In 1956 alone, he appeared at 342 shows.

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

Where the record meets the cards

Cards in B.B. King'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 8♣, 6♦, 3♠, 9♣, 4♠, 10♥, 10♦, 8♠, A♥, A♦, Q♦, 5♥, 3♣. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast an honor.

Also on the record

  1. Born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, King was attracted to music and taught himself to play guitar, beginning his career in juke joints and on local radio.
  2. King later lived and performed in Memphis and Chicago.
  3. As his fame grew, he toured the world extensively.

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FAQ

What is B.B. King's birth card?
The 8 of Clubs. September 16 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. B.B. King's year of birth is not used.
Does a birth card predict a Kennedy Center Honor?
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 B.B. King's dates and Honors credits come from?
Birth date 1925-09-16 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for B.B. King, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Honoree identity comes from the Wikipedia Kennedy Center Honors roster, which cites Kennedy Center pages. The Honors line is 1995 Kennedy Center Honors. Kennedy Center artist-bio date status is not_published. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Sources: Kennedy Center (honors record, kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Honors roster, B. B. King) + Wikidata CC0 (Q188969). Birth date 1925-09-16 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).