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Smokey Robinson's Birth Card: The 6 of Diamonds
The Generous Provider
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
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer. The birth-card coordinate for February 19 is the 6 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1987 Performers; 2012 Performers with The Miracles induction.
Rock Hall record
- 1987 Performers — Smokey Robinson
- 2012 Performers — inducted member of The Miracles
The 6 of Diamonds coordinate
Smokey Robinson's birthday maps to the 6 of Diamonds (The Generous Provider). 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 Smokey Robinson. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move resources toward other people without erasing your own claim.
Smokey Robinson in the public record
He was the founder and frontman of the pioneering Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer. He led the group from its 1955 origins, when they were called the Five Chimes, until 1972, when he retired from the group to focus on his role as Motown Records vice president. Robinson returned to the music industry as a solo artist the following year. He left Motown in 1999. Robinson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and awarded the 2016 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for his lifetime contributions to popular music. He is a double Hollywood Walk of Fame Inductee, as a solo artist (1983) and as a member of the Miracles (2009). In 2022, he was inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Smokey Robinson (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 6 of Diamonds
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 Smokey Robinson, and not a forecast of induction.
Cards in Smokey Robinson's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 6♦ — Birth Card: The Generous Provider
- 3♠ — Karma — Environment: The Sorrowful Truth
- 9♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Humanitarian Builder
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 4♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 10♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 10♦ — Life Spread — Mars
- 8♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- Q♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 5♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 3♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- A♦ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Wealth Pioneer
- A♥ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Emotional Pioneer
- 2♦ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Financial Partner
- 9♥ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Compassionate Idealist
- 7♣ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Analytical Creator
- 5♦ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Dynamic Entrepreneur
- Q♠ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Wise Guide
- J♣ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Creative Messenger
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.
Generous and supportive nature with resources
He was the founder and frontman of the pioneering Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer.
Paired on value and commerce — the domain ♦ governs in this system. Markers in the record: founder.
Other inductees with this card
- Anthony Kiedis — 2012 Performers with Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Bobby Rogers — 2012 Performers with The Miracles
- Bon Scott — 2003 Performers with AC/DC
- Brad Wilk — 2023 Performers with Rage Against the Machine
- Bruce Dickinson — 2026 Performers with Iron Maiden
- Chubby Checker — 2025 Performers
- Danny Kirwan — 1998 Performers with Fleetwood Mac
- Ed O'Brien — 2019 Performers with Radiohead
- Eddie Cochran — 1987 Performers
- Freddie Mercury — 2001 Performers with Queen
- Herb Reed — 1990 Performers with The Platters
- Jack White — 2025 Performers with The White Stripes
- 13 more inductees share this card.
FAQ
- What is Smokey Robinson's birth card?
- The 6 of Diamonds. February 19 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 Smokey Robinson's dates come from?
- Birth date 1940-02-19 is the day-precision date on Smokey Robinson'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, Smokey Robinson) + Wikidata CC0 (Q310332). Birth date 1940-02-19 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).