Dave Stewart's Birth Card: The 2 of Diamonds

In the record

David Allan Stewart (born 9 September 1952) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for Eurythmics, his successful professional partnership with Annie Lennox. The birth-card coordinate for September 9 is the 2 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2022 Performers with Eurythmics induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2022 Performers — inducted member of Eurythmics

The 2 of Diamonds coordinate

Dave Stewart's birthday maps to the 2 of Diamonds (The Financial Partner). 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 Dave Stewart. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You name the exchange out loud and keep it fair for both sides.

Live 2 of Diamonds meaning page

Dave Stewart in the public record

He won Best British Producer at the 1986, 1987 and 1990 Brit Awards. Stewart (along with Lennox) was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020 and the duo were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. Outside of Eurythmics, Stewart has written and produced songs for artists such as Ringo Starr, Stevie Nicks, Mick Jagger and Tom Petty. Stewart was born in 1952 in Sunderland, England, son of John ("Jack") and Sadie Stewart. Distantly related both to the Dukes of Northumberland and to pirates, Stewart was from a middle-class, "well-off" family, with accountant parents; he "always wanted to play with the working-class kids, but they'd always call [him] 'richie' and whack [him] on the head with cricket bats and things." His father was a "keen harmonica player" with a "dedication to music of all types", having "invested in the latest hi-tech stereo system and wired it up to every room in the house." He attended Barnes Infants and Junior School and Bede Grammar School for Boys. Stewart began "dropping acid" by the age of 15 and carried on taking it up to three times a week during his teenage years. He later told The Guardian that "everything changed at that moment. It's a speeded-up version of sitting on a mountain for 60 years and meditating. 'Ah, now I get it.' The trouble is, it doesn't last".

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

Where the record meets the 8 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 Dave Stewart, and not a forecast of induction.

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.

Distantly related both to the Dukes of Northumberland and to pirates, Stewart was from a middle-class, "well-off" family, with accountant parents; he "always wanted to play with the working-class kids, but they'd always call [him] 'richie' and whack [him] on the head with cricket bats and things." His father was a "keen harmonica player" with a "dedication to music of all types", having "invested in the latest hi-tech stereo system and wired it up to every room in the house." He attended Barnes Infants and Junior School and Bede Grammar School for Boys.

Paired on shared wording: call, play, system. This line comes from the Venus position of the 2♦'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

1. Whilst still in his teens, Stewart secured a record deal as part of folk-rock band Longdancer.
2. Despite being signed to Elton John's record label, The Rocket Record Company, they did not achieve commercial success.
3. He also collaborated with Brian Harrison to produce an EP on the Sunderland Multicord label (label number MULT-SH-1, producer Ken McKenzie), recording two songs ("Girl" and "Green She Said") from a school musical production written by English teacher Dick Bradshaw, one traditional number ("A Blacksmith Courted Me") and a song written by Dave and Brian ("Deep December").
4. After leaving Wearside, Stewart spent several years living in squats in London.

Other inductees with this card

• Al Rex — 2012 Performers with The Comets
• Alan Price — 1994 Performers with The Animals
• Ali Shaheed Muhammad — 2024 Performers with A Tribe Called Quest
• Andy Bell — 2026 Performers with Oasis
• Art Garfunkel — 1990 Performers with Simon & Garfunkel
• Bernie Worrell — 1997 Performers with Parliament-Funkadelic
• Bill Bruford — 2017 Performers with Yes
• Brad Whitford — 2001 Performers with Aerosmith
• Bruce Palmer — 1997 Performers with Buffalo Springfield
• Chris Vrenna — 2020 Performers with Nine Inch Nails
• Etta James — 1993 Performers
• Ice Cube — 2016 Performers with N.W.A
• 15 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Dave Stewart's birth card?

The 2 of Diamonds. September 9 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 Dave Stewart's dates come from?

Birth date 1952-09-09 is the day-precision date on Dave Stewart'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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