Syd Barrett's Birth Card: The 8 of Spades

In the record

Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. The birth-card coordinate for January 6 is the 8 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1996 Performers with Pink Floyd induction.

Rock Hall record

• 1996 Performers — inducted member of Pink Floyd

The 8 of Spades coordinate

Syd Barrett's birthday maps to the 8 of Spades (The Powerful Mind). 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 Syd Barrett. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You take the hard lead and you stay with the work after the call is made.

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Syd Barrett in the public record

Until his departure in 1968, he was Pink Floyd's frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia and stream-of-consciousness writing. As a guitarist, he was influential for his free-form playing and for employing effects such as dissonance, distortion, echo and feedback. Barrett was musically active for just over ten years. With Pink Floyd, he recorded the first three singles, their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), part of their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets (1968), and several songs that were not released until later. He departed in April 1968 amid speculation of mental illness and his use of psychedelic drugs. Barrett began a brief solo career the following year with the single "Octopus", followed by albums The Madcap Laughs (1970) and Barrett (1970), recorded with the help of Pink Floyd and the Soft Machine. In 1974, Barrett left the music industry, retired from public life and guarded his privacy until his death. He continued painting and dedicated himself to gardening.

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

Where the record meets the King 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 Syd Barrett, and not a forecast of induction.

Natural authority and command over resources

Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965.

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Also on the record

1. Pink Floyd recorded several tributes and homages, including the 1975 song suite "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and parts of the 1979 rock opera The Wall.
2. In 1988, EMI released an album of unreleased tracks and outtakes, Opel, with Barrett's approval.
3. In 1996, Barrett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd.
4. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2006.

Other inductees with this card

• Alice Cooper — 2011 Performers with Alice Cooper
• John Steel — 1994 Performers with The Animals
• Jon Bon Jovi — 2018 Performers with Bon Jovi
• Lawrence Payton — 1990 Performers with The Four Tops
• Lou Reed — 1996 Performers with The Velvet Underground; 2015 Performers
• Malcolm Young — 2003 Performers with AC/DC
• Method Man — 2026 Performers with Wu-Tang Clan

FAQ

What is Syd Barrett's birth card?

The 8 of Spades. January 6 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 Syd Barrett's dates come from?

Birth date 1946-01-06 is the day-precision date on Syd Barrett'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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