Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Performers · birth-card coordinate
Al Greenwood's Birth Card: The 2 of Clubs
The Collaborative Builder
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction.
In the record
Alan Greenwood (born October 20, 1951) is an American rock musician who was a founding member and keyboardist of the rock band Foreigner from 1976 to 1980. The birth-card coordinate for October 20 is the 2 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2024 Performers with Foreigner induction.
Rock Hall record
- 2024 Performers — inducted member of Foreigner
The 2 of Clubs coordinate
Al Greenwood's birthday maps to the 2 of Clubs (The Collaborative Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame vote and not a verdict on Al Greenwood. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You think with someone else and still leave the conversation with a position of your own.
Al Greenwood in the public record
He performed on the albums Foreigner (1977), Double Vision (1978) and Head Games (1979). In 2024, Greenwood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of Foreigner. In 1981, Greenwood formed the band Spys with former Foreigner bass player Ed Gagliardi, John Blanco, John Digaudio and Billy Milne and recorded the albums Spys (1982) and Behind Enemy Lines (1983). Greenwood played keyboards on former Rainbow (and future Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force and Deep Purple) frontman Joe Lynn Turner's 1985 debut solo album, Rescue You. Greenwood produced and played keyboards on many Arti Tisi recordings ( with Alice Cooper, Megadeth) and Trans-Siberian Orchestra) guitarist Al Pitrelli. 1977: Foreigner (#4 US) 1978: Double Vision (#3 US, #32 UK) 1979: Head Games (#5 US) 1982: Records (#10 US, #58 UK) 1992: The Very Best ... and Beyond (#123 US, #19 UK) 1993: Classic Hits Live/Best Of Live 1994: JukeBox Heroes: The Best Of 1998: The Best of Ballads – I Want to Know What Love Is 1999: The Platinum Collection 2000: Hot Blooded And Other Hits 2000: Jukebox Heroes: The Foreigner Anthology 2002: Complete Greatest Hits (#80 US) 2002: The Definitive (#33 UK) 2004: Hot Blooded And Other Hits 2005: The Essentials 2008: No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner (#132 US) 2009: Can't Slow Down (#29 US) 2014: The Complete Atlantic Studio Albums 1977–1991 1980: Third Wave Civilization 1982: Spys 1983: Behind Enemy Lines 1996: Spys / Behind Enemy Lines 1985: Rescue You (#146 US) 1998: Hurry Up and Wait 1999: Waiting For A Girl Like You (EP) 2016: Street of Dreams – Boston 1985 1987: Heart Over Mind (#118 US, #48 UK) 1998: Garbo Talks As per an interview conducted by Dominic Milano from Contemporary Keyboard (Keyboard since 1980), and appeared in the April 1979 issue, Greenwood stated, "When I first got into Foreigner I had a Hammond L-100 and an EML 101 synthesizer, and I think I had an Orchestron, but that's all been changed. Now I use a cutdown Hammond B-3, an ARP Omni, and a Wurlitzer electric piano. I still use the same EML 101, which I've had for about six years, and I just got an Oberheim OB-1, which is a really nice little programmable synthesizer."
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Al Greenwood (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 2 of Clubs
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 Al Greenwood, and not a forecast of induction.
Cards in Al Greenwood's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 2♣ — Birth Card: The Collaborative Builder
- K♥ — Karma — Environment: The Compassionate King
- A♠ — Karma — Displacement: The Truth Pioneer
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- K♣ — Life Spread — Mercury
- J♦ — Life Spread — Venus
- 4♥ — Life Spread — Mars
- 4♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 2♠ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 8♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 6♣ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 6♠ — Life Spread — Pluto
- Q♥ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- J♠ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Messenger of Truth
- 10♣ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Master Builder
- 7♣ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Analytical Creator
- 8♣ — PRC Life Spread — Mercury: The Ambitious Builder
- 6♦ — PRC Life Spread — Venus: The Generous Provider
- 4♠ — PRC Life Spread — Mars: The Rigid Truth
- 10♥ — PRC Life Spread — Jupiter: The Community Heart
- 10♦ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Wealthy Master
- 8♠ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Powerful Mind
- A♥ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Emotional Pioneer
- A♦ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Wealth Pioneer
- Q♦ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Prosperous Nurturer
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.
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.
1977: Foreigner (#4 US) 1978: Double Vision (#3 US, #32 UK) 1979: Head Games (#5 US) 1982: Records (#10 US, #58 UK) 1992: The Very Best ... and Beyond (#123 US, #19 UK) 1993: Classic Hits Live/Best Of Live 1994: JukeBox Heroes: The Best Of 1998: The Best of Ballads – I Want to Know What Love Is 1999: The Platinum Collection 2000: Hot Blooded And Other Hits 2000: Jukebox Heroes: The Foreigner Anthology 2002: Complete Greatest Hits (#80 US) 2002: The Definitive (#33 UK) 2004: Hot Blooded And Other Hits 2005: The Essentials 2008: No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner (#132 US) 2009: Can't Slow Down (#29 US) 2014: The Complete Atlantic Studio Albums 1977–1991 1980: Third Wave Civilization 1982: Spys 1983: Behind Enemy Lines 1996: Spys / Behind Enemy Lines 1985: Rescue You (#146 US) 1998: Hurry Up and Wait 1999: Waiting For A Girl Like You (EP) 2016: Street of Dreams – Boston 1985 1987: Heart Over Mind (#118 US, #48 UK) 1998: Garbo Talks As per an interview conducted by Dominic Milano from Contemporary Keyboard (Keyboard since 1980), and appeared in the April 1979 issue, Greenwood stated, "When I first got into Foreigner I had a Hammond L-100 and an EML 101 synthesizer, and I think I had an Orchestron, but that's all been changed.
Paired on shared wording: best, talks, think.
Other inductees with this card
- Benny Andersson — 2010 Performers with ABBA
- Billy Gibbons — 2004 Performers with ZZ Top
- Darlene Love — 2011 Performers
- David Coverdale — 2016 Performers with Deep Purple
- Hank Ballard — 1990 Performers; 2012 Performers with The Midnighters
- Joan Jett — 2015 Performers with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
- Kirk Hammett — 2009 Performers with Metallica
- Michael Carabello — 1998 Performers with Santana
- Mick Jagger — 1989 Performers with The Rolling Stones
- Ricky Byrd — 2015 Performers with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
- Roger Taylor — 2001 Performers with Queen
- Tom Morello — 2023 Performers with Rage Against the Machine
- 2 more inductees share this card.
FAQ
- What is Al Greenwood's birth card?
- The 2 of Clubs. October 20 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict a Rock Hall induction?
- 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 Al Greenwood's dates come from?
- Birth date 1951-10-20 is the day-precision date on Al Greenwood's Wikipedia infobox, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Inductee identity comes from the Wikipedia Performers list, which cites RockHall.com. Year-only dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Sources: RockHall.com (induction record) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Performers list, Al Greenwood) + Wikidata CC0 (Q4703923). Birth date 1951-10-20 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).