Sep 29 2008
Seventy Facts About The Number Seven
I love doing research.
When my husband proposed two years ago,
we chose 7-7-07 as our wedding day.
I, of course, wanted to research the number seven
and share it with our family and friends.
That began the discovery of some very cool facts!
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1)
Since ancient times, the number seven has been revered and considered lucky by most all societies and in fields such as: Religion, Ethics, Mathmatics, Spiritualism, Numerology, Geography, Astrology and Philosophy.
2)
The most common reference is to the seven days of creation and that God blessed and rested on the 7th day.
3)
4)
The figurative number of seas~
Arctic
Antarctic
North Pacific
South Pacific
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Indian Ocean
5)
The seven stars~
There are seven stellar objects in the solar system visible to the naked eye:
the Sun
the Moon
6)
There are seven stars in the constellation of The Big Dipper.
7)
There are seven levels of the sky:
1. atmosphere
2. exosphere
3. lonosphere
4. thermosphere
5. mesosphere
6. stratosphere
7. troposphere.
Seventh heaven is the farthest of the concentric spheres containing the stars in the Moslem and cabalist systems.
9)
Seven is the maximum number of eclipses of the Sun and Moon that can occur in any one year.
Check out this picture,
do you see the seven in the clouds?
10)
Life operates in a cycle of SEVENS.
11)
There are Seven Senses According to ancient teachings. The soul of man, or his “inward holy body” is compounded of seven properties which are under the influence of the seven planets:
Fire animates
Earth gives the sense of feeling
Water gives speech
Air gives taste
Mist gives sight
Flowers give hearing
The south Wind gives smell
Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Evans, 1989)
12)
Every seven years every single cell within our physical body is replaced and renewed.
13)
There are SEVEN bones in the neck.
With very few exceptions, all mammals‘ necks have seven bones.
14)
There are SEVEN bones in the face.
15)
There are SEVEN bones in the ankle.
16)
There are SEVEN holes in the head.
17)
There are SEVEN types of joints.
18)
In Humans, there are SEVEN Endocrine glands.
19)
There are SEVEN chakras.
20)
Most births are multiples of SEVEN.
21)
A hen sits three weeks (21 days);
A pigeon two weeks (14 days);
after having laid eggs for two weeks.
Of 129 species of Mammalia (sic) the majority have a period from conception to birth of an exact number of weeks, all multiples of SEVEN.
22)
There are SEVEN spots on a common ladybug.
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23)
were originally named as the seven
colors of the rainbow, though blue and
indigo are considered by some to be the
same color.
24)
There are SEVEN notes in the musical scale. All other pitches are only variations of these. When the musician uses the eighth note he goes back to “do” and starts over.
25)
The SEVEN directions:
North
South
East
West
Up
Down
Center
26)
The number Seven (7) has a hallowed place in riddles, rhymes, scripture, and lore:
Snow White and the SEVEN Dwarfs
Saint Ives Riddle:
As I was going to Saint Ives,
I crossed the path of seven wives.
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat had seven kittens,
Kittens, cats, sacks, wives,
How many were going to Saint Ives?
27)
The Seven Virtues:
Chastity
Temperance
Charity
Diligence
Kindness
Patience
Humility
28)
The Seven deadly sins:
Lust
Gluttony
Greed
Sloth
Wrath
Envy
Pride
29)
There were SEVEN Wonders of the Ancient World,
though only the Great Pyramid of Egypt still stands today.
These are the SEVEN Natural Wonders of the World:
The Harbor at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
30)
The ultimate jackpot in gambling is 777.
On dice, where SEVEN is a winning number, to get a SEVEN you need one dice on 6 and 1 on the opposite side on the other dice.
All opposite side numbers adds to SEVEN.
I played & Won!!
(It was the penny slots, I think I won a dollar!)
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31)
SEVEN is a Prime Number.
32)
There are SEVEN numbers in a local
phone number.
34)
Mahatma Gandhi’s Seven Deadly Sins:
Mohandas Karamachand Gandhi, one of the most influential figures in modern social and political activism, considered these traits to be the most spiritually perilous to humanity.
Wealth without Work
Pleasure without Conscience
Science without Humanity
Knowledge without Character
Politics without Principle
Commerce without Morality
Worship without Sacrifice
*Notice the seat number…
at work on the sundeck, aboard S.S. Rajputana. September 1931
35)
When man began to analyze and combine numbers, he developed other interesting symbols.
He took the perfect world number FOUR and added to it the perfect divine number, THREE, and got SEVEN,
the most sacred number to the Hebrews.
So we have SEVEN expressing COMPLETENESS through union of earth with heaven.
36)
The number SEVEN is used more than all other numbers in the Word of God, save the number ONE.
37)
In the New Testament,
the Gospel of Matthew 18:21, Jesus says to Peter to forgive seventy times seven times.[3]
Forgiving 70 times 7: infinite forgiveness.
38)
In the genealogy in the Gospel of Luke,
Jesus is 77th in a direct line.
39)
The Seven Sacraments in the Catholic faith(though some traditions assign a different number).
40)
The Seven churches of Asia to which the “Book of Revelation” is addressed.
41)
The Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary, of Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other traditions.
42)
The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, of Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other traditions.
43)
The Seven Corporal Acts of Mercy of Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other traditions.
44)
The Seven Spiritual Acts of Mercy of Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other traditions.
45)
The SEVEN terraces of Mount Purgatory (one per deadly sin).
46)
The number of heads of the three beasts (7 \times; 10 \times; 7 + 7 × 10 × 10 + 7 × 10 = 1260) of the Book of Revelation, and of some other monsters, like the hydra and the number of seals.
47)
Solomon was SEVEN years in building the Temple and kept the Feast for SEVEN days.
48)
Job had SEVEN sons. When his friends came to visit him they sat SEVEN days and SEVEN nights in silence, and afterward they were required to offer a Burnt Offering of SEVEN bullocks and SEVEN rams.
49)
Naaaman washed SEVEN times in the Jordan.
50)
The Saviour spoke SEVEN words from the Cross.
51)
SEVEN men of honest report were chosen to administer the alms of the church in Acts 6:1-7.
52)
There were SEVEN years of plenty and SEVEN years of famine in Egypt during the days of Joseph.
53 )
SEVEN times in the Book of Revelation blessing of the Lord are promised to His people. These are called the “BEATITUDES” of Revelation. These are found in Chapters 1:3; 14:13; 16:15; 19:9; 20:6; 22:7, 14.
54)
In the Book of Revelation the number SEVEN is used throughout:
There are SEVEN churches
SEVEN Spirits
SEVEN stars
SEVEN seals
SEVEN trumpets
SEVEN vials
SEVEN personages
SEVEN dooms
SEVEN new things
SEVEN symbolizes Spiritual Perfection. All of life revolves around this number.
55)
SEVEN is used over 700 times in the Bible.
It is used 54 times in the Book of Revelation.
56)
The Seven last words (or seven last
sayings) of Jesus on the cross.
“My God, why hast thou forsaken
me?”
recorded in Mark 15:34, and Matt. 27:46.
57)
In Buddhism, Buddha walked SEVEN steps at his birth.
58)
Name given by Greek tradition to seven men
of practical wisdom, statesmen, law-givers,
and philosophers–of the seventh and sixth
centuries BC.
The list of sages is variously given in
different authorities, but generally it
comprises:
Solon of Athens
Thales of Miletus
Pittacus of Mitylene
Cleobulus of Rhodes
Chilon of Sparta
Bias of Priene
Periander of Corinth.
The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (Howatson, 1989)
59)
Seven Lucky Gods exist in Japanese mythology.
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The last ten cool trivia facts are my own, things that I’ve observed in my own life…
60)
My birthday is the 29th, 9 - 2 = 7
61)
I wear size SEVEN shoes.
62)
My husband was born in the seventh month.
63)
My husband is 14 years older than me, 7 + 7 = 14.
64)
The anniversary of our first date is 3/31, 3 + 3 + 1 = 7.
65)
I was married in the Virgin Islands, and since their discovery, the islands have been governed by SEVEN different nations: Spain, England, Holland, France, Knights of Malta, Denmark and the United States.
Those SEVEN flags still fly over government house - symbolizing the rich diversity and culture of the islands.
66)
The plane we flew to the Virgin Islands was a 717 and it landed and departed from gate # 7.
67)
For my “something old” in my wedding, I carried my grandfathers gold pocket watch. It had been packed away for years, when I picked it up, the hands had stopped on seven o’clock!
68)
52 people attended my wedding, 5 + 2 = 7.
69)
I was married on 7-7-07 @ 7 p.m.
70)
The sun set at 7 p.m. on 7-7-07!
