State coordinate
West Virginia's Admission Birth Card: The 10 of Clubs
Calendar coordinate only — month and day map to this card. Year is unused. Not a fortune-telling reading.
How the card is assigned
West Virginia (WV) entered the Table 1 record on June 20, 1863. Card Blueprints uses June 20 — month and day only — and the public D1 birth-card rule (December 31 is the Joker). The year 1863 is unused.
Coordinate: the 10 of Clubs. Live card page (Next.js origin): /birth-card/10-of-clubs.
West Virginia's place in the admission record
CRS R47747 Table 1 lists West Virginia at number 35 of 50. 2 years after Kansas (number 34, 1861). Nevada follows at number 36, in 1864. 1863 carries only this one date in Table 1.
- Order in Table 1
- 35 of 50
- Date kind
- Admission — admission became effective on this date
- Date used
- June 20, 1863
- Month and day used
- June 20 (the year 1863 is unused)
- Solar value
- 55 − (2 × 6 + 20) = 23
- Coordinate
- 10 of Clubs — Calendar coordinate only — month and day map to this card. Year is unused. Not a fortune-telling reading.
- States sharing June 20
- none
- Wikidata inception (P571)
- 1863-06-20
West Virginia on the record
West Virginia is a mountainous, landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland to the northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with 1,778,373 residents. The capital and most populous city is Charleston, with 49,055 residents. West Virginia was admitted into the Union on June 20, 1863, as a slave state, and was a key border state during the American Civil War. It separated from Virginia and was one of two states (along with Nevada) admitted to the Union during the Civil War. Some of its residents held slaves, but most were propertied farmers, and the delegates provided for the gradual abolition of slavery in the new state constitution. The state legislature abolished slavery in the state, and at the same time ratified the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery nationally on February 3, 1865. West Virginia's northern panhandle extends adjacent to Pennsylvania and Ohio to form a tri-state area, with Wheeling, Weirton, and Morgantown just across the border from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Huntington in the southwest is close to Ohio and Kentucky, while Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry in the eastern panhandle region are considered part of the Washington metropolitan area, between Maryland and Virginia. West Virginia is often included in several U.S. geographical regions, including the Mid-Atlantic, the Upland South, and the Southeastern United States. It is the only state entirely within the area served by the Appalachian Regional Commission; the area is commonly defined as "Appalachia". The state is noted for its mountains and rolling hills, its historically significant coal mining and logging industries, and its political and labor history. It is also known for its tourism and a wide range of outdoor recreational opportunities, including skiing, whitewater rafting, fishing, hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, rock climbing, and hunting.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article West Virginia (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 June 20
No other state shares this month and day on the CRS table.
Other states on the 10 of Clubs
No other state maps to this card.
FAQ
- What date does West Virginia use?
- June 20, 1863 — the CRS R47747 Table 1 admission date. Month and day assign the card; the year is unused.
- What is West Virginia's admission birth card?
- The 10 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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Sources: CRS R47747 Table 1 (congress.gov, PDF R47747.16) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union). Optional Wikidata P571 cross-check via REST wbgetentities (no SPARQL).