Seven or 7
Seven is the number that follows Six and is before Eight on a number line.
There are now Seven Days of a Week.
There were Seven wonders of the ancient world.
At one time mankind considered there to be Seven Planets.
There are Seven Hermetic Principles.
There are Seven Liberal Arts.
Seven is a prime number.
Rolling a Seven on the first roll of a pair of dice in a craps game is a win for the person who is rolling the dice at the time.
Seven is the only one of our single digit numbers that does not divide evenly into the 360 degrees of a circle.
Seven is about 1/4 of a lunar month.
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The Mystical Number Seven
Perhaps the numeral seven is considered the
most mystical of all numbers because it is the one number which cannot be
divided evenly into the circle. This is always a dividend as the following chart
illustrates:
|
CIRCLE |
DIVISOR |
DIVIDEND |
|
360 |
1 |
360 |
|
360 |
2 |
180 |
|
360 |
3 |
120 |
|
360 |
4 |
90 |
|
360 |
5 |
72 |
|
360 |
6 |
60 |
|
360 |
7 |
51.428571 |
|
360 |
8 |
45 |
|
360 |
9 |
40 |
Further references to the numeral seven:
The dividend from the division of the circle by the number seven is intriguingly
close to the outer angle of the Great Pyramid: 51 degrees and 51 minutes.
The mystical nature of Pi: The number 22 is considered symbolic of a complete
circle, or the circle, because this is reflected by the twenty-two letters in
the Hebrew alphabet, the twenty-two keys in the
Major Arcana of the
Tarot (Keys
1 - 21, plus
The
Fool) and indicating the full circle of experience. The
function 22/7, one cycle of human experience divided by the spiritual Seven or
Divinity within. This function is the value of Pi; or, the closet to it as can
be expressed in whole digits. The discovery of Pi was a significant breakthrough
in mathematics because its value is the relationship between the circumference
of a circle and its radius and diameter; Pi presented humankind with a formula
by which these things might be easily measured. A.G.H.
Source:
Bunker, Dusty, Numerology, Astrology and Dreams, West Chester, PA,
Whitford Press, 1987.