Massachusetts's Admission Birth Card: The 6 of Spades

How the card is assigned

Massachusetts (MA) entered the Table 1 record on February 6, 1788. Card Blueprints uses February 6 — month and day only — and the public D1 birth-card rule (December 31 is the Joker). The year 1788 is unused.

Coordinate: the 6 of Spades. Live card page (Next.js origin): /birth-card/6-of-spades.

Massachusetts's place in the admission record

CRS R47747 Table 1 lists Massachusetts at number 6 of 50. Connecticut entered the same year, at number 5. Maryland follows at number 7, in 1788. Georgia and Connecticut and Maryland and South Carolina and New Hampshire and Virginia and New York also enter the table in 1788, so 1788 carries 8 of the 50 dates.

Order in Table 1

6 of 50

Date kind

Ratification — an original state, dated by its ratification of the Constitution

Date used

February 6, 1788

Month and day used

February 6 (the year 1788 is unused)

Solar value

55 − (2 × 2 + 6) = 45

Coordinate

6 of Spades — Calendar coordinate only — month and day map to this card. Year is unused. Not a fortune-telling reading.

States sharing February 6

none

Wikidata inception (P571)

1788-02-06

Massachusetts on the record

Massachusetts ( MASS-ə-CHOO-sits, -⁠zits; Massachusett: Muhsachuweesut [məhswatʃəwiːsət]), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to its south, New Hampshire and Vermont to its north, and New York to its west. Massachusetts is the seventh-smallest state by land area. With an estimated population of over 7.1 million, it is the most populous state in New England (with nearly half of all New Englanders residing in Massachusetts), the 16th-most-populous in the United States, and the third-most densely populated U.S. state after New Jersey and Rhode Island. Massachusetts was a site of early English colonization. The Plymouth Colony was founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims of Mayflower. In 1630, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, taking its name from the Indigenous Massachusett people, also established settlements in Boston and Salem. In 1692, the town of Salem and surrounding areas experienced one of America's most infamous cases of mass hysteria, the Salem witch trials. The American Revolution originated in Massachusetts, with Boston becoming known as the "Cradle of Liberty" for its political agitation. In 1786, Shays' Rebellion, a populist revolt, influenced the United States Constitutional Convention. Originally dependent on agriculture, fishing, and trade, Massachusetts transformed into a manufacturing hub during the Industrial Revolution. Before the American Civil War, the state was a center for the abolitionist, temperance, and transcendentalist movements. During the 20th century, the state's economy shifted from manufacturing to services; in the 21st century, Massachusetts has become the global leader in biotechnology, and also excels in artificial intelligence, engineering, higher education, finance, and maritime trade. Boston is Massachusetts' capital and most populous city, as well as its cultural and financial center; other major cities are Worcester, Springfield, and Cambridge.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Massachusetts (CC BY-SA 4.0). Nothing here was written for this page beyond that article; the admission date itself comes from CRS R47747, not Wikipedia.

Constitution ratification date

Massachusetts is one of the original 13. CRS R47747 Table 1 records the date this state ratified the Constitution (February 6, 1788), not an admission act.

States that share February 6

No other state shares this month and day on the CRS table.

Other states on the 6 of Spades

• Vermont — 6 of Spades

FAQ

What date does Massachusetts use?

February 6, 1788 — the CRS R47747 Table 1 ratification date. Month and day assign the card; the year is unused.

What is Massachusetts's admission birth card?

The 6 of Spades. That is a coordinate on the Card Blueprints calendar, not a fortune-telling claim about the state.

Where do the dates come from?

Primary: CRS R47747 Table 1. Secondary: Wikipedia’s list of U.S. states by date of admission. Optional Wikidata P571 matched the CRS day for every state QID used here.

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