The Number 7

The Number Seven This number is the symbol of motion, transformation and wholeness. All numerologists call it the magical number. There are:

• seven days in a week

• seven levels of development

• seven mystery schools

• seven possible crystalline configurations

• seven notes in the diatonic (musical) scale

• seven chakras

• seven colors of the rainbow

• seven seas

• seven continents

• seven wonders of the world

• seventh heaven

• seven sacraments

• seven angels in the hierarchy

• seven stars in the Pleiades constellation *

• seven stars of the big dipper asterism

• in our solar system there are 7 planets that have influence over humanity

• each phase of the moon lasts for 7 days **

• along with seven deadly sins there are seven virtues: humility, chastity, kindness, patience, abstinence, diligence and liberality

• Maya (Mother of Buddah) died 7 days after giving birth

• the Lotus flower on Buddha's pedestal has 7 petals

• It took "God" 7 days to complete the earth - He rested on the 7th day.

• number 7 occurs more than 700 times throughout the Bible

• number 7 appears 77 times in the OldTestament

• the word “created” is used 7 times in the Book Of Genesis in reference to the making of the world

• scientists found out many years ago that changes in human beings biologically occurs every 7 years

*The Pleiades, in the Taurus constellation, has 7 stars and is one of the brightest star clusters in the sky. It actually contains some 3,000 stars and lies about 444 light-years from Earth. Pleiades is believed to be our actual point of origin. Also, the seventh star, named Maia, burns longer than the first six stars.

**In the Egyptian religion, number 7 symbolized the eternal life. It points to the whole cycle, a dynamic perfection. Each phase of the Moon lasts for seven days and after four such phases the lunar cycle is complete (7 x 4=28). The sum of first seven numbers (1+2+3+4+5+6+7=28) is the very number of the complete lunar cycle, 28.