Mississippi's Admission Birth Card: The 8 of Clubs

How the card is assigned

Mississippi (MS) entered the Table 1 record on December 10, 1817. Card Blueprints uses December 10 — month and day only — and the public D1 birth-card rule (December 31 is the Joker). The year 1817 is unused.

Coordinate: the 8 of Clubs. Live card page (Next.js origin): /birth-card/8-of-clubs.

Mississippi's place in the admission record

CRS R47747 Table 1 lists Mississippi at number 20 of 50. 1 year after Indiana (number 19, 1816). Illinois follows at number 21, in 1818. 1817 carries only this one date in Table 1.

Order in Table 1

20 of 50

Date kind

Admission — admission became effective on this date

Date used

December 10, 1817

Month and day used

December 10 (the year 1817 is unused)

Solar value

55 − (2 × 12 + 10) = 21

Coordinate

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

States sharing December 10

none

Wikidata inception (P571)

1817-12-10

Mississippi on the record

Mississippi ( MISS-iss-IP-ee) is a state in the Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the southwest, and Arkansas to the northwest. Mississippi's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River, or its historical course. Mississippi is the 32nd largest by area and 35th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states and has the lowest per-capita income. Jackson is both the state's capital and largest city. Greater Jackson is the state's most populous metropolitan area, with a population of 619,968 in 2020. Other major cities include Gulfport, Southaven, Hattiesburg, Biloxi, Olive Branch, Tupelo, Meridian, and Greenville. On December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the 20th state admitted to the Union. By 1860, Mississippi was the nation's top cotton-producing state and slaves accounted for 55% of the state population. Mississippi declared its secession from the Union on January 9, 1861, and was one of the seven original Confederate States, which constituted the largest slaveholding states in the nation. Following the Civil War, it was restored to the Union on February 23, 1870. From the Reconstruction era to the 1960s, Mississippi was dominated by socially conservative and segregationist Southern Democrats dedicated to upholding white supremacy. Mississippi ranks among the highest of U.S. states in religiosity and among the lowest in measures of health, education, development, and income. Mississippi's major industries include agriculture and forestry.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Mississippi (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.

States that share December 10

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

Other states on the 8 of Clubs

No other state maps to this card.

FAQ

What date does Mississippi use?

December 10, 1817 — the CRS R47747 Table 1 admission date. Month and day assign the card; the year is unused.

What is Mississippi's admission birth card?

The 8 of Clubs. 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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