|  In almost every system of antiquity there are frequent references to the number seven.
There were for instance seven ancient planets. The sun was the greatest planet of the ancient seven and next to the sun, the moon, changing in all its splendor every seventh day. The Pythagoreans called it the perfect number, 3 and 4, the triangle and the square, the perfect figures combined. The Arabians had seven Holy Temples. In Persian mysteries there were seven spacious caverns through which the aspirants had to pass. The Goths had seven deities, as did the Romans, from whose names are derived our days of the week. In Chinese culture, the number 7 also features rather prominently in some aspects of life. For example, the seventh day of the first moon of the lunar year is known as Human's Day. That day is considered the birthday of all human beings universally. That is why a Chinese is deemed to be a year older on that day, regardless of what the actual date of birth is. But this is not to say that a Chinese does not celebrate a birthday on the actual day of birth.
The "shichi-fukujin," translated either as the "Seven Gods of Happiness" or "Seven Gods of Luck" are personifications of earthly happiness in Japanese folk religion. Ancient Hindus believed that there were seven rishis who, through prayer, penance and meditation, attained divinity and after their death, they went to dwell in the sky as seven stars. There are the 7 liberal arts, 7 colors of the spectrum, the 7 continents and the 7 wonders of the world. It is said, in the Bible, that God created the world in 7 days. The Catholic Church mentions the Seven Graces used for sanctimonious purposes. The Lord's Prayer consists of seven Parts. Even the ancient Indians, the Aztecs, the Incas and the Sumerians and the Mayans held the number seven in awe and reverence.
In fairy tales, too it was a magic number — Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Sleeping Beauty who fell asleep for seven years.
My name is Bridgit, I have 7 letters in my name. Both of my brothers have 7 letters in their names, too.
7 is one of my lucky numbers. I'm definitely not alone.
3 is my other lucky number, although is consider by many an 'unlucky number'.
In the First World War it was considered very unlucky. Nobody would take a third light from a match for a cigarette.
It was because they thought the third man would get the bullet.
1. The sniper would see them
2. He would aim
3. He would fire his rifle.
Result one dead or wounded soldier.
What's your lucky number(s)?
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