Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Performers · birth-card coordinate
Ray Davies's Birth Card: The 9 of Clubs
The Humanitarian Builder
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
Sir Raymond Douglas Davies (born 21 June 1944) is an English musician. The birth-card coordinate for June 21 is the 9 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1990 Performers with The Kinks induction.
Rock Hall record
- 1990 Performers — inducted member of The Kinks
The 9 of Clubs coordinate
Ray Davies's birthday maps to the 9 of Clubs (The Humanitarian Builder). 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 Ray Davies. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You let a used-up framework go and keep the part that still works.
Ray Davies in the public record
He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter for the rock band the Kinks, with his younger brother Dave providing lead guitar and backing vocals; the Davies brothers were the band's only consistent members. He has also acted in, directed and produced shows for theatre and television. Known for focusing his lyrics on rock bands, English culture, nostalgia and social satire, he is often referred to as the "Godfather of Britpop", though he disputes this title. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Kinks in 1990. After the dissolution of the Kinks in 1996, he embarked on a solo career. Raymond Douglas Davies was born at 6 Denmark Terrace in the Fortis Green area of London on 21 June 1944. He is the seventh of eight children born to working-class parents, including six elder sisters and younger brother Dave Davies. His father, Frederick George Davies, was a slaughterhouse worker.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Ray Davies (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the Queen of Hearts
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 Ray Davies, and not a forecast of induction.
Cards in Ray Davies's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 9♣ — Birth Card: The Humanitarian Builder
- 6♦ — Karma — Environment: The Generous Provider
- Q♥ — Karma — Displacement: The Devoted Nurturer
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- K♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 6♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 4♣ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 2♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- J♠ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 8♣ — 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.
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Paired on shared wording: offered, take.
Also on the record
- Frederick liked to hang out in pubs and was considered a ladies' man.
- He was born in Islington and his registered birth name was Frederick George Kelly.
- Frederick's father, Henry Kelly, was a greengrocer who married Amy Elizabeth Smith at St Luke's Church in Kentish Town in 1887, and they had two children, Charles Henry and Frederick George.
- However, the marriage failed and Amy moved in with Harry Davies, bringing her two small children and her mother.
Other inductees with this card
- Albert King — 2013 Performers
- Allen Collins — 2006 Performers with Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Belinda Carlisle — 2021 Performers with The Go-Go's
- Bernie Leadon — 1998 Performers with Eagles
- Björn Ulvaeus — 2010 Performers with ABBA
- Brian May — 2001 Performers with Queen
- Dennis Dunaway — 2011 Performers with Alice Cooper
- Graham Simpson — 2019 Performers with Roxy Music
- Jason Cooper — 2019 Performers with The Cure
- Joey Kramer — 2001 Performers with Aerosmith
- John Lydon — 2006 Performers with Sex Pistols
- Keith Godchaux — 1994 Performers with The Grateful Dead
- 11 more inductees share this card.
FAQ
- What is Ray Davies's birth card?
- The 9 of Clubs. June 21 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 Ray Davies's dates come from?
- Birth date 1944-06-21 is the day-precision date on Ray Davies'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, Ray Davies) + Wikidata CC0 (Q357455). Birth date 1944-06-21 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).