Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Performers · birth-card coordinate
Ed O'Brien's Birth Card: The 6 of Diamonds
The Generous 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
Edward John O'Brien (born 15 April 1968) is an English guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the rock band Radiohead. The birth-card coordinate for April 15 is the 6 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2019 Performers with Radiohead induction.
Rock Hall record
- 2019 Performers — inducted member of Radiohead
The 6 of Diamonds coordinate
Ed O'Brien's birthday maps to the 6 of Diamonds (The Generous 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 Ed O'Brien. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move resources toward other people without erasing your own claim.
Ed O'Brien in the public record
O'Brien attended Abingdon School in Oxfordshire, England, where he formed Radiohead with schoolmates. He said his role was to "service the songs" and support the songwriter, Thom Yorke. He creates ambient sounds and textures using effects, sustain units and the EBow, and provides backing vocals. In the 2000s, with musicians including the Radiohead drummer, Philip Selway, O'Brien toured and recorded with the 7 Worlds Collide project. In 2020, he released his first solo album, Earth, under the name EOB. It was inspired by his time living in Brazil and attending Carnival. A solo tour was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. His second album, Blue Morpho, was released in May 2026.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Ed O'Brien (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 6 of Diamonds
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 Ed O'Brien, and not a forecast of induction.
Cards in Ed O'Brien's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 6♦ — Birth Card: The Generous Provider
- 3♠ — Karma — Environment: The Sorrowful Truth
- 9♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Humanitarian Builder
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 4♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 10♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 8♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- A♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- A♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- Q♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 5♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 3♣ — 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.
Generous and supportive nature with resources
Edward John O'Brien (born 15 April 1968) is an English guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the rock band Radiohead.
Paired on value and commerce — the domain ♦ governs in this system. Markers in the record: founder.
Also on the record
- O'Brien has campaigned on topics including climate change and artist rights.
- Rolling Stone named O'Brien among the greatest guitarists of all time in 2010 and 2023.
- He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Radiohead in 2019.
Other inductees with this card
- Anthony Kiedis — 2012 Performers with Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Bobby Rogers — 2012 Performers with The Miracles
- Bon Scott — 2003 Performers with AC/DC
- Brad Wilk — 2023 Performers with Rage Against the Machine
- Bruce Dickinson — 2026 Performers with Iron Maiden
- Chubby Checker — 2025 Performers
- Danny Kirwan — 1998 Performers with Fleetwood Mac
- Eddie Cochran — 1987 Performers
- Freddie Mercury — 2001 Performers with Queen
- Herb Reed — 1990 Performers with The Platters
- Jack White — 2025 Performers with The White Stripes
- Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell — 2009 Performers with Run-DMC
- 13 more inductees share this card.
FAQ
- What is Ed O'Brien's birth card?
- The 6 of Diamonds. April 15 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 Ed O'Brien's dates come from?
- Birth date 1968-04-15 is the day-precision date on Ed O'Brien'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, Ed O'Brien) + Wikidata CC0 (Q842850). Birth date 1968-04-15 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).