Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Performers · birth-card coordinate
Rick Nielsen's Birth Card: The 9 of Hearts
The Compassionate Idealist
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
Richard Alan Nielsen (born December 22, 1948) is an American musician who is the lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and leader of the rock band Cheap Trick. The birth-card coordinate for December 22 is the 9 of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2016 Performers with Cheap Trick induction.
Rock Hall record
- 2016 Performers — inducted member of Cheap Trick
The 9 of Hearts coordinate
Rick Nielsen's birthday maps to the 9 of Hearts (The Compassionate Idealist). 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 Rick Nielsen. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You stay kind without picking up what is not yours.
Rick Nielsen in the public record
He is well-known for his numerous custom-made guitars from Hamer Guitars, including his famous five-neck guitar. Nielsen was born into a musical family, with both parents being opera singers. His father, Ralph Nielsen, also directed symphonies, choirs and recorded over forty solo albums. During Rick's teens, the family owned a music store in Rockford, Illinois, and he learned to play a number of instruments. After playing drums for six years, Rick changed direction, learning how to play guitar and keyboards. His first school band was The Phaetons, which mutated into The Grim Reapers (which later included Tom Petersson in its line up). The Grim Reapers became Fuse which released one poorly received studio album before disbanding in 1970. Nielsen joined Nazz for a short time (replacing Todd Rundgren) before forming the short-lived Sick Man of Europe in Philadelphia in 1972 with Tom Petersson, and drummer Bun E.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Rick Nielsen (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 9 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 Rick Nielsen, and not a forecast of induction.
Cards in Rick Nielsen's fixed path
Birth card and karma
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 7♣ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 5♦ — Life Spread — Venus
- Q♠ — Life Spread — Mars
- 7♠ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 2♣ — Life Spread — Neptune
- K♣ — Life Spread — Pluto
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- J♣ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Creative Messenger
- 9♦ — Planetary Ruling Card (second ruler): The Universal Provider
- 10♥ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Community Heart
- J♦ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Successful Messenger
- 4♥ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Emotional Foundation Builder
- 4♦ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Financial Foundation Builder
- 2♠ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Skeptical Partner
- 8♥ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Emotional Powerhouse
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.
Integrating compassion with hard-won wisdom
Nielsen was born into a musical family, with both parents being opera singers.
Paired on relationship and feeling — the domain ♥ governs in this system. Markers in the record: family.
Also on the record
- Carlos joining soon after.
- In 1973, Nielsen, together with Carlos, formed Cheap Trick.
- Petersson joined later that year, and Robin Zander joined in the fall of 1974.
- Nielsen wrote almost all of the songs for Cheap Trick's first few albums.
Other inductees with this card
- Ben E. King — 1988 Performers with The Drifters
- Bob Burns — 2006 Performers with Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Bootsy Collins — 1997 Performers with Parliament-Funkadelic
- Clem Burke — 2006 Performers with Blondie
- Donald "Duck" Dunn — 1992 Performers with Booker T. & the M.G.'s
- John Phillips — 1998 Performers with The Mamas & the Papas
- Maurice Gibb — 1997 Performers with Bee Gees
- Robin Gibb — 1997 Performers with Bee Gees
FAQ
- What is Rick Nielsen's birth card?
- The 9 of Hearts. December 22 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 Rick Nielsen's dates come from?
- Birth date 1948-12-22 is the day-precision date on Rick Nielsen'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, Rick Nielsen) + Wikidata CC0 (Q1170417). Birth date 1948-12-22 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).