Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Performers · birth-card coordinate
Raekwon's Birth Card: The 2 of Spades
The Skeptical 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
Corey Woods (born January 12, 1970), better known by his stage name Raekwon ( ray-KWON), is an American rapper. The birth-card coordinate for January 12 is the 2 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2026 Performers with Wu-Tang Clan induction.
Rock Hall record
- 2026 Performers — inducted member of Wu-Tang Clan
The 2 of Spades coordinate
Raekwon's birthday maps to the 2 of Spades (The Skeptical 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 Raekwon. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You hold two pressures at once and still make a call that can live in the world.
Raekwon in the public record
He rose to prominence as a founding member of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, which achieved mainstream success following the release of their debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), in 1993. Raekwon would subsequently pursue a solo career, releasing his first solo album, entitled Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., in 1995. The album received critical acclaim, and is regarded by many critics as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, as well as a staple of 1990s rap. Whereas his next two albums, Immobilarity in 1999 and then The Lex Diamond Story in 2003, drew mixed reviews, his fourth album, long delayed, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II, released in September 2009, was likened to The Godfather 2. Recognized for his "street epics" that are "straightforward yet linguistically rich," Raekwon is ranked among leading rappers. Meanwhile, he founded the record label ICE H20 Records.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Raekwon (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the cards
Cards in Raekwon's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 2♠ — Birth Card: The Skeptical Partner
- K♣ — Karma — Environment: The Master Leader
- 6♠ — Karma — Displacement: The Responsible Mind
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 8♥ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 6♣ — Life Spread — Venus
- Q♥ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 8♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- K♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 3♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- A♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 10♣ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Master Builder
- 4♠ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Rigid Truth
- J♠ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Messenger of Truth
- Q♣ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Nurturing Leader
- 10♠ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Completed Mind
- 5♣ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Dynamic Innovator
- 3♦ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Success Communicator
- A♠ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Truth Pioneer
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♠, K♣, 6♠, 10♣, 4♠, J♠, 8♥, 6♣, Q♥, 8♦, K♠, 3♥, A♣, Q♣, 10♠, 5♣, 3♦, A♠. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast induction.
Other inductees with this card
- Charlie Watts — 1989 Performers with The Rolling Stones
- Cliff Burton — 2009 Performers with Metallica
- Cynthia Robinson — 1993 Performers with Sly and the Family Stone
- Don Wilson — 2008 Performers with The Ventures
- Jackie Jackson — 1997 Performers with The Jackson 5
- Jimmy Merchant — 1993 Performers with Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
- Johnny Carter — 2001 Performers with The Flamingos; 2004 Performers with The Dells
- Mike Dirnt — 2015 Performers with Green Day
- Randy Meisner — 1998 Performers with Eagles
- Ruth Brown — 1993 Performers
- Zack de la Rocha — 2023 Performers with Rage Against the Machine
FAQ
- What is Raekwon's birth card?
- The 2 of Spades. January 12 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 Raekwon's dates come from?
- Birth date 1970-01-12 is the day-precision date on Raekwon'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, Raekwon) + Wikidata CC0 (Q320167). Birth date 1970-01-12 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).