by flizzera on September 1st, 2004
We have a heptagon as one of our winning logo images because seven is the lucky winning number in some traditional games of chance. We like the septilateral shape and, just for fun, have gone heptamerous in our design. Win one of our main prizes and you will be in seventh heaven!
Why is seven lucky? We are not entirely certain - but we did find many special sevens : from the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ... to seven days of the week.
Seven more sevens:
Pythagoreans called it the perfect number, 3 and 4, the triangle and the square, the perfect figures.
Seven ancient planets - the sun was the greatest planet of the ancient seven and next to the sun, the moon, changing in all its splendour every seventh day. Seven visible planets and luminaries (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn).
Books ...The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T E Lawrence, Enid Blyton's Secret Seven series ... Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People ... Reiki and the Seven Chakras ...
Seven Deadly Sins.
The Trumpton fire brigade. (Pugh, Pugh, Barney, Magrew, Cuthburt, Dibble and Grub)
Seven Seas
In Chinese culture, the seventh day of the first moon of the lunar year is known as Human's Day to be celebrated as the universal birthday of all human beings.
by Astaroth on September 2nd, 2004
Number seven, a very cabalistic and used number thru history, is considered lucky among other reasons for being the number of perfection.
God, the Bible says, created the Universe in 7 days. Thus 6 is the imperfect number, this is why 666 is the number of Satan or the Beast.
On dices, where seven is a winning number, to get a 7 you need one dice on 6 and a 1 on the opposite side on the other dice. All opposite side numbers adds to 7.
This is only an additional contribution to the answer by Flizzera, which nicely answered this question.
by Jake Lemah on January 3rd, 2005
It's because there were seven days to create the world as according to the bible
by not in love on September 3rd, 2004
it includes the combination of three and four.
We can go on and on about three. In all the manifestations of 3 we find the condition of dynamic balance. The configuration of three always suggests movement from one aspect to the other, while remaining fixed. This phenomena can be seen, and often is described as the essense of life itself or soul.
The number four is linked in several cultures, in the maps we create and the way we parcel land in the western world, to the 4 directions, or 'Winds'. North, South, East, and West. The directions contain an elemental life beyond their identity on a compass. While the understanding or interpretation of the qualities associated with each direction change slightly from one culture or place to another fundemental pattern exists.
The directions contain qualities of :
>youth/spring/beginning/daylight/East
>maiden/young man/summer/fertility/warmth/South
>adult/mature/fall/setting sun/hibernation/introspection/West
>elder/wisdom/winter/perseverence/strength/clarity/North
animals, gods and godesses, stories, songs...all the things of culture travel on the wheel in which the four directions turn.
The combination of 3 and 4 to make seven is so very lucky because it combines all that fills our soul with all we find in life. This is what I finally decided one day. For me, it works.
by TheAnswerer on November 15th, 2007
by Anonymous on December 8th, 2006
There are seven numbers in a local phone number.
by Anonymous on December 8th, 2006
There are seven colors in a rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple.
by Anonymous on December 8th, 2006
In music, the diatonic scale is made up of 7 pitches. There are five whole-tone and two half-tone steps in the scale.
by Alatea on March 2nd, 2006
The number 7 is sacred amongst Islamic, Christian and Jewish religions. According to Jewish and Christian mythologies it took six days to create the world with the seventh day being the holiest day - a day of rest. The Bible, Zohar and other religious texts also recommend that fields were to be left fallow every seventh year as means of allowing the earth to regenerate itself. Some Christians believe the number 7 represents the seven levels of hell.
It is Hebrew tradition to mourn, or sit Shivah, for a period of 7 days.
Deities associated with the number 7 include Frigga; Minerva, the Roman Goddess of Intelligence and Wisdom and Mithras the Sun God in Zoroastrian lore. The number 7 is associated with the colors violet, purple and plum. 7's gemstone is amethyst.
Flowers associated with 7 are irises and deep purple roses.
Some common superstitions about the number 7 are: If your date of birth can be reduced to a single number that can be divided by seven then you will have a particularly lucky life.
Shattering a mirror brings 7 years of bad luck.
If you sing before 7 am then you will cry before 11 am.
Wrapping her husband's belt 7 times around a tree causes a woman to become fertile.
The seventh child of a seventh child is said to have psychic powers.
If you wash your hair on the 7th day of the month you will have trouble with the law.
It is unlucky to get married April 7th or December 7th.
If you dream about the number 7, you will soon meet a soul mate.
On dices, where seven is a winning number, to get a 7 you need one dice on 6 and a 1 on the opposite side on the other dice. All opposite side numbers adds to 7.
Pythagoreans called it the perfect number, 3 and 4, the triangle and the square, the perfect figures.
Seven ancient planets - the sun was the greatest planet of the ancient seven and next to the sun, the moon, changing in all its splendour every seventh day. Seven visible planets and luminaries (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn). (Thanks to Superstitions)...
http://www.newagenotebook.com/Numerology/holy-and-unholy-numbers/
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/History_and_Myths/Question199582.html
by PharmTek on December 16th, 2005
by xspinkick on June 15th, 2009
Superstition. 7 seas, 7 wonders, 7 days in a week, I guess it's because it's common. Fun fact about my full name though, all three names count 7.
by dr james on August 30th, 2008
its the perfect number
by Chosun One on March 14th, 2007
Because it is a Godly number, the 7th day, the Sabbath, etc..
by Omer Colak on July 14th, 2008
There are seven level of the sky. These are: atmospher, exosphere, lonosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere.
There are seven levels of the Haven. But most of religions are calling these level differently. Most commonly these levels are; Rafi, Qaydum, Marum, Arfalun, Hay'oun, Arous, Ajma.
There are also seven levels of Hell.
There are seven major parts of Human Being.
by Anonymous on August 30th, 2008
It is God's number in all his plans
All prefection all whole and pure!!.
by dr james on July 15th, 2008
because it comes after sex and before you ate
by rayhugh on June 15th, 2009
I did not believe in this lucky or not lucky thing because 13th is also a very unlucky but so many Americans flourish their business with this number!
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