South Carolina's Admission Birth Card: The 9 of Clubs

How the card is assigned

South Carolina (SC) entered the Table 1 record on May 23, 1788. Card Blueprints uses May 23 — month and day only — and the public D1 birth-card rule (December 31 is the Joker). The year 1788 is unused.

Coordinate: the 9 of Clubs. Live card page (Next.js origin): /birth-card/9-of-clubs.

South Carolina's place in the admission record

CRS R47747 Table 1 lists South Carolina at number 8 of 50. Maryland entered the same year, at number 7. New Hampshire follows at number 9, in 1788. Georgia and Connecticut and Massachusetts and Maryland 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

8 of 50

Date kind

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

Date used

May 23, 1788

Month and day used

May 23 (the year 1788 is unused)

Solar value

55 − (2 × 5 + 23) = 22

Coordinate

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

States sharing May 23

none

Wikidata inception (P571)

1788-05-23

South Carolina on the record

South Carolina ( KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a state in the Southeastern, South Atlantic and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia to the west and south across the Savannah River. Along with North Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast. South Carolina is the 11th-smallest and 23rd-most populous U.S. state, with an estimated population of 5.5 million as of 2025, South Carolina is composed of 46 counties. Its capital is Columbia, while its most populous city is Charleston. Other urban areas include the Upstate, the state's largest metropolitan area which includes Greenville and Spartanburg, as well as Myrtle Beach. South Carolina was named in honor of King Charles I of England, who first formed the English colony, with Carolus being Latin for "Charles". In 1712 the Province of South Carolina was formed. One of the original Thirteen Colonies, South Carolina became a royal colony in 1719. During the American Revolutionary War, South Carolina was the site of major activity among the American colonies, with more than 200 battles and skirmishes fought within the state. South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on May 23, 1788. A slave state, South Carolina was the first state to vote in favor of secession from the United States in 1860; after being part of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, the state was readmitted to the Union in 1868. During the early to mid-20th century, the state started to see economic progress as many textile mills and factories were built across the state.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article South Carolina (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

South Carolina is one of the original 13. CRS R47747 Table 1 records the date this state ratified the Constitution (May 23, 1788), not an admission act.

States that share May 23

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

Other states on the 9 of Clubs

• New Hampshire — 9 of Clubs
• Washington — 9 of Clubs

FAQ

What date does South Carolina use?

May 23, 1788 — the CRS R47747 Table 1 ratification date. Month and day assign the card; the year is unused.

What is South Carolina's admission birth card?

The 9 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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