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Tom Petersson's Birth Card: The 10 of Diamonds
The Wealthy Master
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
Thomas John Peterson (born May 9, 1950), better known as Tom Petersson, is an American musician who is best known as the bass guitar player for the rock band Cheap Trick. The birth-card coordinate for May 9 is the 10 of Diamonds — 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 10 of Diamonds coordinate
Tom Petersson's birthday maps to the 10 of Diamonds (The Wealthy Master). 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 Tom Petersson. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build enough and keep it structured so it actually holds.
Tom Petersson in the public record
Before joining Cheap Trick, Petersson played in a number of bands, including the Bol Weevils, the Grim Reapers, Sick Man of Europe, and Fuse. He started his career playing electric guitar but soon switched to bass. His professional career remained closely entwined with Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen since the Grim Reapers in 1967, and the two co-founded Cheap Trick in 1974. During Cheap Trick's early years, Petersson started playing the 12-string bass guitar, an instrument he conceived and developed in collaboration with luthiers at Hamer Guitars. Petersson left Cheap Trick in August 1980, shortly before the release of the album All Shook Up. He worked with his then-wife Dagmar on material for a solo album, which was eventually released in 1984 as the six-song EP Tom Peterson and Another Language. Petersson also toured with Carmine Appice in 1982. From 1985 to 1987, he joined Pete Comita, who had briefly replaced him in Cheap Trick, in a reformed version of his early band, Sick Man of Europe, which also included songwriter Janna Allen.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Tom Petersson (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 10 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 Tom Petersson, and not a forecast of induction.
Cards in Tom Petersson's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 10♦ — Birth Card: The Wealthy Master
- Q♠ — Karma — Environment: The Wise Guide
- Q♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Nurturing Leader
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 8♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- Q♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 5♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 3♣ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 3♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 9♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 7♣ — 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.
Integrated material mastery and security
His professional career remained closely entwined with Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen since the Grim Reapers in 1967, and the two co-founded Cheap Trick in 1974.
Paired on value and commerce — the domain ♦ governs in this system. Markers in the record: founded.
Also on the record
- Petersson rejoined Cheap Trick in 1987 and has remained with the band ever since.
- Outside of Cheap Trick, Petersson has worked with artists such as Donovan, Willie Nelson, Mick Jagger, Harry Nilsson (unused tracks for the Every Man Has a Woman album), Bill Lloyd, Frank Black, Concrete Blonde, Foster and Lloyd, Edan Everly, Coinship, and members of The Mavericks.
- Petersson also appeared in The Ramones' 1986 music video "Something to Believe In".
- Petersson and his wife, Alison, have two children, son Liam, and daughter Lilah.
Other inductees with this card
- Adam Clayton — 2005 Performers with U2
- Barry Gibb — 1997 Performers with Bee Gees
- Billy Joel — 1999 Performers
- Dave Gahan — 2020 Performers with Depeche Mode
- Dave Prater — 1992 Performers with Sam & Dave
- David Brown — 1998 Performers with Santana
- Gregg Errico — 1993 Performers with Sly and the Family Stone
- James Hetfield — 2009 Performers with Metallica
- Marshall Lytle — 2012 Performers with The Comets
- Mick Avory — 1990 Performers with The Kinks
- Mick Taylor — 1989 Performers with The Rolling Stones
- Nokie Edwards — 2008 Performers with The Ventures
- 7 more inductees share this card.
FAQ
- What is Tom Petersson's birth card?
- The 10 of Diamonds. May 9 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 Tom Petersson's dates come from?
- Birth date 1950-05-09 is the day-precision date on Tom Petersson'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, Tom Petersson) + Wikidata CC0 (Q3992519). Birth date 1950-05-09 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).