The 7 It is considered a magic number because it is made up of sacred number 3 and the earthly number 4. So, in this way, establishes a bridge between heaven and earth.
They ensure that for Pythagoras the 7 it was “the perfect number”; Dante Alighieri he used it in his works; and the Bible he mentions it frequently.
“The number 7 – said Hippocrates – due to its hidden virtues, it tends to do everything; she is the giver of life and the source of all changes, as the Moon also changes phase every seven days: this number affects all sublime beings ”.
What does the number 7 mean?
If you associate the Number 4 to earth (with its four elements and its four cardinal points) with the sacred number 3which symbolizes the perfectionwe arrived at number 7, represents the entire universe in motion.
Their symbology It was certainly obtained from the sky, where the seven classical planets form a whole, the “septenary”, formed by the Sun, the Moon and the visible planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn).
The vast majority of symbols seven elements in the world everything derives from this celestial model of the seven spheres.
There is also a very good concordance between the number 7 and 12: since 3 and 4 added together give 7, three times 4 make 12, which are the planets and signs derived from the same root and participate with the 3 for the divinity and with the 4 for the nature of the inferior.
Number 7: What it symbolizes and why it is present in everything
We will find so many relationships and applications of septenary (the name given to the seven classical planets in astrology and, by extension, anything that is made up of seven elements) that it would be difficult to list them all.
Let’s look at some of them: the number 7 is present in week consisting of seven days and in Moon phases which last seven days each and, through which, the month arises.
TO symbology of 7 belong, of course, groups of 7 elements such as the seven seas of the world, the seven-league boots and the seven dwarfs.
In the Middle Ages they were known seven art forms and, since the beginning of mankind, we have known the seven miracles of the world.
The seven columns on which Rome was built They belong to the same type of symbology as the seven columns on which Solomon’s Temple of Wisdom was built: in God’s house on earth, the divine 3 is united with the earthly 4.
Like the Hermes principle, “As below, so above, as above, so below to perpetuate the miracle of unity”so it is with 7 light bluewhich has its correspondence in the 7 earthy and in the 7 metals which – in turn – constitute the 7 stages of the alchemical process.
The lyre, the sacred instrument of Apollo, is composed of seven strings who originated the tones of the seven planets, who lifted up the spirit of man. The seven colors of the rainbow they also show us the septenary as a regulator of vibrations.
The deadly sins (or vices) they can also be associated with the septenary – the pride of the Sun; greed towards Saturn; lust in Venus; rage on Mars; gluttony to Jupiter, envy to Mercury, laziness to the Moon. On the other hand, the same thing happens with the seven cardinal virtues.
The 7 Angels who assist God
According to Cornelius Agrippa (German writer, philosopher, alchemist and physician who died in the 16th century) the seven angels who stand before God are:
-Sol: the angel of Light, Miguel.
-Luna: the angel of aspirations and dreams, Gabriel.
-Mercury: the civilizing angel, Raphael.
-Venus: the angel of love, Anael.
-Mars: the exterminating angel, Samahel.
-Jupiter: the ruling angel, Zadkiel.
The duality of this figure is reflected in the biblical expression “seven lean years and seven fat years.” Even the 7 It is used frequently in the Bible: in the seven-branched lampstand, the seven spirits resting on Joseph’s rod, the seven heavens where the angelic orders dwell, and Solomon building the temple in seven years.
The number 7 in astrology
For the Astrologyit is known that the cycle of seven It is usually a critical cycle for two reasons: either because hostile angle that the Moon forms with the Sun every seven days (called critical days) or since Saturn cycle he makes a hostile appearance with his starting position every seven years.
The 7 It is the number, as has been underlined, of the completion of a cycle and its renewal. On the seventh day the Creator ceased to operate and rested and made it a holy day: Saturday is therefore not his external rest but his crowning, his fulfillment in perfection, and not only the seventh day, but also the seventh year. he is resting
The number 7for the transformation that it inaugurates, it possesses in itself a power: it’s a magic number.
By Patricia Kesselman, astrologer and professor of astrology and tarot. On Instagram: @oroskopo.
Source: Clarin
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