Jimi Hendrix's Birth Card: The 6 of Hearts

In the record

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. The birth-card coordinate for November 27 is the 6 of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1992 Performers with The Jimi Hendrix Experience induction.

Rock Hall record

• 1992 Performers — inducted member of The Jimi Hendrix Experience

The 6 of Hearts coordinate

Jimi Hendrix's birthday maps to the 6 of Hearts (The Devoted Caregiver). 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 Jimi Hendrix. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You care for people without disappearing. Help comes from a full plate, not an empty one.

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Jimi Hendrix in the public record

He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a part of his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience; the institution describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music". Hendrix began playing guitar at age 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army, but was discharged the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, then Nashville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the Chitlin' Circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires. Hendrix moved to England in late 1966, after bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals became his manager. Within months, he formed the Jimi Hendrix Experience (with its rhythm section consisting of bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell) and achieved three UK top-ten hits: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary".

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

Where the record meets the Jack of Spades

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 Jimi Hendrix, and not a forecast of induction.

Courage to speak difficult truths

In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army, but was discharged the following year.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: army. This line comes from the Mars position of the 6♥'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

1. He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.
2. His third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland (1968), became his most successful release and his only number-one album on the US Billboard 200 chart.
3. The world's highest-paid rock musician, Hendrix headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970.
4. He died in London from barbiturate-related asphyxia in September 1970, at the age of 27.

Other inductees with this card

• Al Jackson Jr. — 1992 Performers with Booker T. & the M.G.'s
• Annie Lennox — 2022 Performers with Eurythmics
• Denny Laine — 2018 Performers with The Moody Blues
• James Williamson — 2010 Performers with The Stooges
• John Edwards — 2023 Performers with The Spinners
• Noel Redding — 1992 Performers with The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• O'Kelly Isley Jr. — 1992 Performers with The Isley Brothers
• Peter Green — 1998 Performers with Fleetwood Mac
• Roger O'Donnell — 2019 Performers with The Cure

FAQ

What is Jimi Hendrix's birth card?

The 6 of Hearts. November 27 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 Jimi Hendrix's dates come from?

Birth date 1942-11-27 is the day-precision date on Jimi Hendrix'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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