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Stevie Ray Vaughan'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
Stephen Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), also known abbreviated as SRV, was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. The birth-card coordinate for October 3 is the 6 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2015 Performers with Stevie Ray Vaughan induction.
Rock Hall record
- 2015 Performers — inducted member of Stevie Ray Vaughan
The 6 of Diamonds coordinate
Stevie Ray Vaughan'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 Stevie Ray Vaughan. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move resources toward other people without erasing your own claim.
Stevie Ray Vaughan in the public record
Although his mainstream career spanned only seven years, he is considered one of the most influential musicians in the history of blues music, and one of the greatest guitarists of all time. He was the younger brother of guitarist Jimmie Vaughan. Born and raised in Dallas, Vaughan began playing guitar at age seven, initially inspired by his brother Jimmie. In 1972, he dropped out of high school and moved to Austin, where he began to gain a following after playing gigs on the local club circuit. Vaughan joined forces with Tommy Shannon on bass and Chris Layton on drums as Double Trouble in 1978. The band established itself in the Austin music scene and soon became one of the most popular acts in Texas. They performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 1982, where David Bowie saw Vaughan play. Bowie contacted him for a studio gig in December where he played blues guitar on the album Let's Dance (1983).
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Stevie Ray Vaughan (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the cards
Cards in Stevie Ray Vaughan'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 — Mars
- 8♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- A♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- A♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- Q♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 5♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 3♣ — 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.
No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 6♦, 3♠, 9♣, 10♥, 5♠, J♣, 4♠, 10♦, 8♠, A♥, A♦, Q♦, 5♥, 3♣, 9♥. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast induction.
Also on the record
- John Hammond heard a demo album that Vaughan and Double Trouble had recorded and interested major label Epic Records in signing them to a record deal in March 1983.
- Within months, they achieved mainstream success for the critically acclaimed debut album Texas Flood.
- With a series of successful network television appearances and extensive concert tours, Vaughan became the leading figure in the blues revival of the 1980s.
- Vaughan struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction for most of his life.
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 Stevie Ray Vaughan's birth card?
- The 6 of Diamonds. October 3 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 Stevie Ray Vaughan's dates come from?
- Birth date 1954-10-03 is the day-precision date on Stevie Ray Vaughan'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, Stevie Ray Vaughan) + Wikidata CC0 (Q202937). Birth date 1954-10-03 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).