Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Performers · birth-card coordinate
David Ruffin's Birth Card: The 9 of Diamonds
The Universal Provider
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
David Eli Ruffin (born Davis Eli Ruffin; January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations (1964–1968) during the group's "Classic Five" period as it was later known. The birth-card coordinate for January 18 is the 9 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1989 Performers with The Temptations induction.
Rock Hall record
- 1989 Performers — inducted member of The Temptations
The 9 of Diamonds coordinate
David Ruffin's birthday maps to the 9 of Diamonds (The Universal Provider). 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 David Ruffin. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You give in a way you can sustain, and you let someone give back.
David Ruffin in the public record
Ruffin was the lead voice on such famous songs as "My Girl" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg". He later scored two top 10 singles as a solo artist, "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)" and "Walk Away from Love". Known for his unique raspy and anguished tenor vocals, Ruffin was ranked as one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2008 and again in 2023. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 for his work with the Temptations. Fellow Motown recording artist Marvin Gaye once said admiringly of Ruffin that, "I heard [in his voice] a strength my own voice lacked."
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article David Ruffin (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the cards
Cards in David Ruffin's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 9♦ — Birth Card: The Universal Provider
- 5♦ — Karma — Environment: The Dynamic Entrepreneur
- Q♦ — Karma — Displacement: The Prosperous Nurturer
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 7♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 2♣ — Life Spread — Venus
- K♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- J♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 4♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 2♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 8♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 6♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 4♥ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Emotional Foundation Builder
- 10♠ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Completed Mind
- 4♠ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Rigid Truth
- 6♠ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Responsible Mind
- Q♥ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Devoted Nurturer
- 10♣ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Master Builder
- 8♦ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Businessman
- K♠ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Master of Thought
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 9♦, 5♦, Q♦, 4♥, 10♠, 4♠, 7♠, 2♣, K♣, J♦, 4♦, 2♠, 8♥, 6♣, 6♠, Q♥, 10♣, 8♦, K♠. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast induction.
Other inductees with this card
- Andy Taylor — 2022 Performers with Duran Duran
- Bill Haley — 1987 Performers; 2012 Performers with The Comets
- Bono — 2005 Performers with U2
- Dave Mason — 2004 Performers with Traffic
- Donovan — 2012 Performers
- Fuzzy Haskins — 1997 Performers with Parliament-Funkadelic
- Henry Fambrough — 2023 Performers with The Spinners
- Inspectah Deck — 2026 Performers with Wu-Tang Clan
- Lois Reeves — 1995 Performers with Martha and the Vandellas
- Michael Shrieve — 1998 Performers with Santana
- Nick Rhodes — 2022 Performers with Duran Duran
- Pete Willis — 2019 Performers with Def Leppard
- 5 more inductees share this card.
FAQ
- What is David Ruffin's birth card?
- The 9 of Diamonds. January 18 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 David Ruffin's dates come from?
- Birth date 1941-01-18 is the day-precision date on David Ruffin'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, David Ruffin) + Wikidata CC0 (Q1176417). Birth date 1941-01-18 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).