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

1987 Performers

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 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction.

In the record

Riley B. The birth-card coordinate for September 16 is the 8 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1987 Performers induction.

Rock Hall record

The 8 of Clubs coordinate

B. B. King's birthday maps to the 8 of Clubs (The Ambitious 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 B. B. King. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You run a knowledge system other people can follow, and you stand behind the call.

Live 8 of Clubs meaning page

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 induction.

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. 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 B. B. King's dates come from?
Birth date 1925-09-16 is the day-precision date on B. B. King'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, B. B. King) + Wikidata CC0 (Q188969). Birth date 1925-09-16 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).