Stephen Hopkins's Birth Card: The 3 of Spades

In the record

Stephen Hopkins (March 7, 1707 – July 13, 1785) was a Founding Father of the United States. The birth-card coordinate for March 7 is the 3 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast.

The 3 of Spades coordinate

Stephen Hopkins's birthday maps to the 3 of Spades (The Sorrowful Truth). 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 the Declaration and not a verdict on Stephen Hopkins. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You stay with the hard feeling long enough to learn it, then you let the day continue.

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Stephen Hopkins in the public record

He served as governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and was a signer of both the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence. Hopkins was from a prominent Rhode Island family. His grandfather, William Hopkins, was an influential colonial politician, while his great-grandfather Thomas Hopkins was among the original settlers of Providence Plantations. Thomas sailed from England in 1635 alongside his cousin, Benedict Arnold, who later became the first governor of the Rhode Island colony under the Royal Charter of 1663. As a child, Hopkins was a voracious reader, becoming a serious student of the sciences, mathematics, and literature. He became a surveyor and astronomer and was involved in taking measurements during the 1769 transit of Venus across the Sun. He began his public service at age 23 as a justice of the peace in the newly established town of Scituate, Rhode Island. He soon became a justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, while also serving at times as the speaker of the House of Deputies and president of the Scituate Town Council.

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

Where the record meets the 8 of Hearts

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 Stephen Hopkins, and not a forecast of the Revolution.

Commanding emotional situations with strength and clarity

Stephen Hopkins (March 7, 1707 – July 13, 1785) was a Founding Father of the United States.

Paired on relationship and feeling — the domain ♥ governs in this system. Markers in the record: father.

Also on the record

1. While active in civic affairs, he also was part owner of an iron foundry and was a successful merchant who was portrayed in John Greenwood's 1750s satirical painting Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam.
2. In May 1747, Hopkins was appointed as a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, serving until May 1749.
3. He became the third chief justice of this body in May 1751, serving until May 1755.
4. In 1755, he was elected to his first term as governor of the colony, and he served in this capacity for 9 out of the next 15 years.

Other verified signers with this card

• No other verified signer in this set shares the 3 of Spades.

FAQ

What is Stephen Hopkins's birth card?

The 3 of Spades. March 7 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a signer or a revolution?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast character, politics, or fate.

Where do Stephen Hopkins's dates come from?

Birth date 1707-03-07 is the NARA Signers Factsheet day. Wikipedia's infobox records 1707-03-07. The month and day match Wikipedia. Bioguide is a corroborating congressional biography. Wikidata P569 is a precision=11 QA check only — it is not the public date.

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