The symbology of 7 goes well beyond “the seven days of creation” or “the seven deadly sins” (countered, of course, with the seven virtues) or even “seven days a week.” Most religions are loaded with statements about seven this or seven that. Classic novels and motion pictures have been created drawing on the symbology of 7, such as the American Western motion picture The Magnificent Seven, or the earlier Japanese predecessor The Seven Samurai. There is a long standing tradition of knowledge which lays out seven energy centers along the body’s spinal column, referred to as “chakras” and there are seven visible colors of the rainbow. There are seven “stellar objects” within our solar system visible to the naked eye (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn). Uranus, Neptune and Pluto represent the numbers 8, 9, 0, and bridge the finite with infinity. For, indeed, once one reaches nine, and with the place holder resource, there are no limits.
Seven is considered to be a “lucky” number in many cultures, whereas other numbers may have mystical, magical, esoteric, occult or taboo meanings…. It has been said that “the gods speak with numbers while men speak with letters.” Each of the single digit numbers, including the “place holder” zero, has, so to speak, its own spirit. Unlike language and words, numbers are universal across all cultures and ages. The sound and symbols used to represent “seven” may be different throughout the world, but the numerical concept of “7” is “7” everywhere.
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