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Tony McCarroll's Birth Card: The King of Diamonds

2026 Performers with Oasis

Born June 4, 1971

The Wealthy King

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

Anthony McCarroll (born 4 June 1971) is an English drummer and one of the founding members of the English rock band Oasis, as their drummer from 1991 until his dismissal in April 1995. The birth-card coordinate for June 4 is the King of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2026 Performers with Oasis induction.

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The King of Diamonds coordinate

Tony McCarroll's birthday maps to the King of Diamonds (The Wealthy King). 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 Tony McCarroll. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You run the system and you can show your work.

Live King of Diamonds meaning page

Tony McCarroll in the public record

He played the drums on their debut studio album, Definitely Maybe, in addition to performing on the singles "Whatever" and "Some Might Say", the latter of which was Oasis's first number-one single from the album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. In 2026, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Oasis. McCarroll had met Paul McGuigan while playing for the local football team at a young age. Together with McGuigan's friend Paul Arthurs, they formed a band called the Rain and hired Chris Hutton as their singer, but he was sacked and replaced not long afterwards by Liam Gallagher, whom McCarroll had also known in childhood. Liam decided to change the name of the band to Oasis, inspired by a poster for Inspiral Carpets that was hanging in his room. Soon afterwards Liam's brother Noel joined the band. McCarroll has stated in his book that he was closely involved in the creation of several of Oasis's songs, including "Supersonic", even though Noel Gallagher was given sole credit as songwriter. McCaroll was dismissed from Oasis in April 1995 and was replaced by Alan White.

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

Where the record meets the 8 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 Tony McCarroll, and not a forecast of induction.

Cards in Tony McCarroll'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.

Strategic thinking and long-term planning

8♣ — Life Spread — Saturn, fixed to the K♦, from the published 8 of Clubs meaning

Noel Gallagher said, "I like Tony as a geezer, but he wouldn't have been able to drum the new songs." Oasis producer Owen Morris said of McCarroll, "Tony was quiet and always polite to me, but seemed out of his depth … so I think Tony did well to survive as long as he did in Oasis".

Paired on shared wording: long, think. This line comes from the Saturn position of the K♦'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

  1. Noel Gallagher said, "I like Tony as a geezer, but he wouldn't have been able to drum the new songs." Oasis producer Owen Morris said of McCarroll, "Tony was quiet and always polite to me, but seemed out of his depth … so I think Tony did well to survive as long as he did in Oasis".
  2. Morris described McCarroll's drumming style as "extremely basic", but with timing and tempo that were "almost autistically perfect".
  3. In 1999 McCarroll hired solicitor Jens Hills—who had won Pete Best £2 million from the Beatles in 1995—to sue Oasis for £18 million.
  4. Arguing that McCarroll was owed his part of the band's five-album deal with Creation, the case hoped to set a legal precedent, as McCarroll would have claimed compensation for two LPs on which he had not played.

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FAQ

What is Tony McCarroll's birth card?
The King of Diamonds. June 4 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 Tony McCarroll's dates come from?
Birth date 1971-06-04 is the day-precision date on Tony McCarroll'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, Tony McCarroll) + Wikidata CC0 (Q2455570). Birth date 1971-06-04 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).