Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Performers · birth-card coordinate
Otis Redding's Birth Card: The 2 of Diamonds
The Financial Partner
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
Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. The birth-card coordinate for September 9 is the 2 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1989 Performers induction.
Rock Hall record
- 1989 Performers — Otis Redding
The 2 of Diamonds coordinate
Otis Redding'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 Otis Redding. 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.
Otis Redding in the public record
He is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Nicknamed the "King of Soul", Redding's style of singing drew inspiration from the gospel music that preceded the genre. His vocal style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s. Redding was born in Dawson, Georgia, and his family soon moved to Macon. He dropped out of high school at age 15 to support his family, working with Little Richard's backing band, the Upsetters, and performing in talent shows at Macon's historic Douglass Theatre. In 1958, Redding joined Johnny Jenkins's band, the Pinetoppers, with whom he toured the Southern states as a singer and driver. An unscheduled appearance at a Stax Records recording session led to a contract and Redding's first hit single, "These Arms of Mine", in 1962. Stax released Redding's debut album, Pain in My Heart, two years later.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Otis Redding (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the cards
Cards in Otis Redding's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 2♦ — Birth Card: The Financial Partner
- A♦ — Karma — Environment: The Wealth Pioneer
- 6♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Nurturing Creator
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 8♣ — Life Spread — Venus
- 6♦ — Life Spread — Mars
- 4♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 10♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 10♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 8♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- A♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
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 2♦, A♦, 6♣, J♠, 10♣, 7♣, 8♣, 6♦, 4♠, 10♥, 10♦, 8♠, A♥, Q♦. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast induction.
Also on the record
- Initially popular mainly with African Americans, Redding later reached a wider American pop music audience.
- Along with his group, he first played small shows in the American South.
- Redding later performed at the popular Los Angeles night club Whisky a Go Go and toured Europe, performing in London, Paris and other major cities.
- In June 1967, he performed at the Monterey Pop Festival.
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
- Dave Stewart — 2022 Performers with Eurythmics
- Etta James — 1993 Performers
- 15 more inductees share this card.
FAQ
- What is Otis Redding'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 Otis Redding's dates come from?
- Birth date 1941-09-09 is the day-precision date on Otis Redding'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, Otis Redding) + Wikidata CC0 (Q217839). Birth date 1941-09-09 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).