7
is a magical number…
Seven kings of Rome
Seven emperors in the antique times (Julius Caesar, Augustus,
Galba, Hadrian, Nerva, Sallust, Vespasian)
Seven hills of Rome
Seven wise Masters, a cycle of medieval stories
Seven wonders of the ancient world
(… I’m not done yet…)
7 – the number of books in the Harry Potter series
7 – the number of notes in the traditional Western diatonic scale
7 – the original diameter in inches of the 45rpm format gramophone record.
(…it covers all kind of topics…)
Seven days of Creation (Genesis 1) e.g., God rested on and sanctified
the seventh day (Sabbath)
Seven years of plenty and seven years of famine in Pharaoh’s dream
(Genesis 41)
Seven pillars of the House of Wisdom (Proverbs 9:1)
(… all over the world…)
In Buddhism, Buddha walked 7 steps at his birth.
In Galician folklore, a seventh son will be a werewolf and in other cultures
the seventh son of a seventh son would be a vampire.
In Wiccan spirituality the number seven is said to hold a lot of divinity.
…Wow. That’s a lot of sevens… is there more? Yes, there is more!
7 – the minor symbol number of yang from the Taoist yin-yang.
7 – the number of chakras
7 – of particular significance within Cherokee cosmology.
7 – the number of daughters of Atlas in the Pleiades (Maia, Electra, Alcyone,
Taygeta, Asterope, Celaeno and Merope, also called the “Seven Sisters”)
7 – the number of stellar objects in the solar system visible to the naked eye
(the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn.)
7 – colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet)
7 – days of the week
(… personal, I think the next is a nice one…)
The 7th glyph of the Maya Calendar is Blue Hand, it represents the days
in creation and is associated with creative perfection.
So, what’s with all these sevens?
Do the math…
7 x 7 = 49
That’s me, today.
Happy birthday to me!
Je bent jarig vandaag!! VAN HARTE MARIT!
Maak er iets moois van …
Happy birthday to you! 🙂
Gefeliciteerd, Marit!
Van harte gefeliciteerd meid! Maak er een geweldige dag van!
LG – Irma
Very clever post 🙂 Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, and seven is the hubby’s and my favorite number!
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY Birthday beautiful lady!!!!!!!!
~~~~ you are the seventh to comment on this post Julie! How fun!!! Marit ~~~
Ook hier….GEFELICITEERD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy birthday x
Happy Birthday Marit!!!
Happy Birthday! Fantastic numeric celebration!
Hope you have a wonderful birthday!!
Happy, happy Birthday, Libra Soul Sister !!! I hope the celebrations are thrilling and that you feel like the queen that you are !
Much love !
Oh, zo jong dus nog en je noemde jezelf toch ergens oud!!!
Mooie leeftijd dus je 50ste levensjaar is begonnen
Groetjes Carla
Happy Birthday!!! 🙂
Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag!
Happy Happy Birthday Dear Marit…
May it shimmer glimmer flare
May the warmest birthday wishes fill the birthday air…
Enjoy your birth week, month and year you spring chicken you!
oxo
Ehhh, heb ik wat gemist??? Oh ja, je bent jarig!!! LOL. Van harte en weet dat ik van je hou!!!! Kussssss, mede namens Yvonne
Happy birthday!!!
Happy birthday Marit!!!
Oei een dag te laat maar niet minder gemeend. Alsnog van harte gefeliciteerd mert je verjaardag. Oh jee volgend jaar hoor je ook te de club :o)