Benny Goodman's Birth Card: The 2 of Clubs

In the record

Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". The birth-card coordinate for May 30 is the 2 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Benny Goodman's 1982 Kennedy Center Honors.

Kennedy Center Honors record

• 1982 Kennedy Center Honors — Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman is on the 1982 Kennedy Center Honors roster as Benny Goodman (https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors/). Benny Goodman (Q46755, Wikipedia “Benny Goodman”) appears here as a person-scope honoree. Benny Goodman is listed as a person-scope honoree for each year in this pack. Honors in this pack for Benny Goodman: 1982 Benny Goodman. Benny Goodman's English Wikipedia title is the same string as the harvested name. Birth date 1909-05-30 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Benny Goodman, verified against Wikidata P569 1909-05-30 (match). Kennedy Center artist-bio date status for Benny Goodman is not_published. The harvested card symbol for May 30 is 2♣. A public death date of June 13, 1986 (1986-06-13) is listed on Wikidata P570 for Benny Goodman. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Goodman is the Wikipedia article used for Benny Goodman. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Benny Goodman. It only names the calendar coordinate for May 30 and the Honors years already listed for Benny Goodman.

The 2 of Clubs coordinate

Benny Goodman was born May 30, 1909 (1909-05-30). Month 5 and day 30 give solar value 15, which is the 2 of Clubs (The Collaborative Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1909 is unused, so Benny Goodman's 1909 birth year does not move the card. The 2 of Clubs does not predict a Kennedy Center Honor and is not a verdict on Benny Goodman. Quoted system copy for the 2 of Clubs, not a biography of Benny Goodman: You think best with someone else in the room, and you still leave with a position of your own. You think best with others. Ideas solidify when you talk them through. You're the debater, the collaborator, the one who makes partnerships work through communication. Harvested gifts listed for the 2 of Clubs: Natural partnership and team-building ability; Excellent communication and articulation; Ability to synthesize different perspectives; Talent for collaborative problem-solving. Harvested life-direction line for the 2 of Clubs: Your curriculum is learning that true collaboration requires two distinct thinkers, not one chameleon. You're learning to have your own perspective and keep it.

Live 2 of Clubs meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Benjamin David Goodman was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing".

Benny Goodman in the public record

From 1935 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 1938, is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music." Goodman's bands started the careers of many jazz musicians. During an era of racial segregation, he led one of the first integrated jazz groups, his trio and quartet. He continued performing until the end of his life while pursuing an interest in classical music. Goodman was the ninth of twelve children born to poor Jewish emigrants from the Russian Empire. His father, David Goodman, came to the United States in 1892 from Warsaw in partitioned Poland and became a tailor. His mother, Dora Grisinsky, came from Kaunas. They met in Baltimore, Maryland and moved to Chicago before Goodman's birth.

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

Where the record meets the cards

No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 2♣, K♥, A♠, K♣, 8♠, 2♠, J♦, 4♥, 4♦, 8♥, 6♣, 6♠, Q♥, 10♣. 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. With little income and a large family, they moved to the Maxwell Street neighborhood, an overcrowded slum near railroad yards and factories that was populated by German, Irish, Italian, Polish, Scandinavian, and Jewish immigrants.
2. Goodman grew up in poverty, where money was a constant problem for his family.
3. On Sundays, his father took the children to free band concerts in Douglas Park; this was the first time Goodman experienced live professional performances.
4. Hoping that music would offer his sons an escape from poverty and help keep them out of trouble, David Goodman enrolled ten-year-old Benny and two of his brothers in free music classes at the Kehelah Jacob Synagogue, starting in 1919.

Other honorees with this card

• Eugene Ormandy — 1982 Kennedy Center Honors
• Fayard — 1991 Kennedy Center Honors
• Jason Robards — 1999 Kennedy Center Honors
• Mel Brooks — 2009 Kennedy Center Honors
• Richard Rodgers — 1978 Kennedy Center Honors

FAQ

What is Benny Goodman's birth card?

The 2 of Clubs. May 30 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Benny Goodman'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 Benny Goodman's dates and Honors credits come from?

Birth date 1909-05-30 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Benny Goodman, 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 1982 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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