Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Performers · birth-card coordinate
Ben Shepherd's Birth Card: The 4 of Clubs
The Systematic 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
Hunter Benedict Shepherd (born September 20, 1968) is an American musician best known as the bassist of rock band Soundgarden, with whom he has won two Grammy Awards. The birth-card coordinate for September 20 is the 4 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2025 Performers with Soundgarden induction.
Rock Hall record
- 2025 Performers — inducted member of Soundgarden
The 4 of Clubs coordinate
Ben Shepherd's birthday maps to the 4 of Clubs (The Systematic 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 Ben Shepherd. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You put knowledge into an order other people can actually use.
Ben Shepherd in the public record
Born in Okinawa, Shepherd grew up in Washington and developed an interest in music after watching Johnny Cash on TV. He played in various punk-rock bands and eventually joined Soundgarden as their bassist in 1990. Shepherd contributed to the band's musical evolution and played a significant role in songwriting. In 1993, he formed a side project, Hater, with Matt Cameron and John McBain. Soundgarden broke up in 1997, leading Shepherd to struggle with addiction and personal issues. He played in various bands before Soundgarden reunited in 2010, continuing until Chris Cornell's death in 2017. Shepherd released a solo album, In Deep Owl, in 2013, and has two children. He partially owns an upscale Seattle bar, Hazlewood, and resides on Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Ben Shepherd (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the cards
Cards in Ben Shepherd's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 4♣ — Birth Card: The Systematic Builder
- 6♥ — Karma — Environment: The Devoted Caregiver
- 5♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Dynamic Innovator
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- J♠ — Life Spread — Venus
- 8♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- 6♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 4♠ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 10♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 10♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 8♠ — Life Spread — Pluto
- A♥ — Life Spread — 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 4♣, 6♥, 5♣, 2♦, A♦, 6♣, J♠, 8♣, 6♦, 4♠, 10♥, 10♦, 8♠, A♥. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast induction.
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- Cliff Williams — 2003 Performers with AC/DC
- Colin Greenwood — 2019 Performers with Radiohead
- Donna Jean Godchaux — 1994 Performers with The Grateful Dead
- GZA — 2026 Performers with Wu-Tang Clan
- Garry Shider — 1997 Performers with Parliament-Funkadelic
- Gladys Knight — 1996 Performers with Gladys Knight & the Pips
- John Fogerty — 1993 Performers with Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Johnny Moore — 1988 Performers with The Drifters
- Laura Nyro — 2012 Performers
- Mick Jones — 2003 Performers with The Clash
- 1 more inductees share this card.
FAQ
- What is Ben Shepherd's birth card?
- The 4 of Clubs. September 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 Ben Shepherd's dates come from?
- Birth date 1968-09-20 is the day-precision date on Ben Shepherd'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, Ben Shepherd) + Wikidata CC0 (Q962323). Birth date 1968-09-20 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).