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Robert Lamm's Birth Card: The 9 of Clubs

2016 Performers with Chicago

Born October 13, 1944

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

Robert William Lamm (born October 13, 1944) is an American musician and a founding member of the rock band Chicago. The birth-card coordinate for October 13 is the 9 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2016 Performers with Chicago induction.

Rock Hall record

The 9 of Clubs coordinate

Robert Lamm'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 Robert Lamm. 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.

Live 9 of Clubs meaning page

Robert Lamm in the public record

He is best known for his songwriting, vocals, and keyboard melodies, most significantly on the band's debut studio album, Chicago Transit Authority (1969). Lamm wrote many of the band's biggest hits, including "Questions 67 & 68", "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?", "Beginnings", "25 or 6 to 4", "Saturday in the Park", "Dialogue (Part I & II)" and "Harry Truman". Lamm was born on October 13, 1944 in Brooklyn, one of the five New York City boroughs. His parents had a collection of jazz records, which were an early influence on him. As a youth, he performed in the boys' and men's choir at Grace Episcopal Church in Brooklyn Heights. Also in the choir was Harry Chapin. In a 2003 interview, Lamm said, "My first musical training came as a member of that choir. It exposed me to some of the great sacred music from the Middle Ages, right up through Bach and into the 20th century composers." His mother eventually remarried, resulting in Lamm moving to Chicago, Illinois, when he was 15 years old, Robert joined a group on the south side of Chicago, along with Roland Gomez (drums) and several other guys calling themselves "The Trondells".

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

Where the record meets the 9 of Clubs

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 Robert Lamm, and not a forecast of induction.

Cards in Robert Lamm's fixed path

Birth card and karma

Life Spread (Mercury → 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.

Visionary thinking and big-picture perspective

9♣ — Birth Card, from the published 9 of Clubs meaning

Lamm wrote many of the band's biggest hits, including "Questions 67 & 68", "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?", "Beginnings", "25 or 6 to 4", "Saturday in the Park", "Dialogue (Part I & II)" and "Harry Truman".

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: wrote.

Also on the record

  1. He studied art in high school, particularly drawing and painting, but changed direction in college by enrolling in the music program at Roosevelt University in Chicago.
  2. In 1967, Lamm was one of the seven founding members of a "rock band with horns"—soon to be known as Chicago.
  3. After recording six overwhelmingly successful albums, in 1974, Lamm released Skinny Boy, the only solo album from a member of Chicago before the 1980s.
  4. Lamm seemingly drifted into a period of both personal and professional frustration including a bout with drug addiction.

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FAQ

What is Robert Lamm's birth card?
The 9 of Clubs. October 13 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 Robert Lamm's dates come from?
Birth date 1944-10-13 is the day-precision date on Robert Lamm'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, Robert Lamm) + Wikidata CC0 (Q5932993). Birth date 1944-10-13 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).