Seven

The Seven wears a halo—in mythology as well.

The week has Seven davs. four times Seven is the month of the moon. There are Seven deadlv sins and Seven virtues. Seven is the symbol for Neptune. Seven-people long for adventure—from pure lust and traveling and discovery, to cultivated, intellectual pleasures. They love company, but deep down they are loners with curious interests (mysticism, philosophy, religion, and art). ‘They have a strong intuitive sense and great imagination, which often appears reserved or introverted.

The mind rules over matter, and the soul fascinates them just as much. Their strong sensibilities often lead them to become mystics—or daydreamers.

Generally speaking, the Seven often hides inner or universal vibrations. Human development is divided into Seven stages (childhood, adolescence, puberty, etc.). Chinese medicine speaks of Seven energy centers.

The Seven is also connected to colors and notes.

See Neptune.

Seven-people have birthdays on the 7th, 16th, or 25th day of the month.

After all the work in the external world that brought you to the concept of partnership, you are now prepared for a more elevated experience of human expression. Seven is the number of spirituality and higher thought, which are only possible after the basic human needs are met. You are now free to contemplate your existence in a more esoteric manner. Meditation and any consideration of the interior landscape of our humanity is governed by the number seven. This includes thought, contemplation, mysticism, prayer, faith, psychology, and any endeavor that seeks to understand life from a higher perspective. This is a number we are all familiar with as significant: seven days of the week, seven deadly sins, seven notes in the diatonic scale, etc.

The shadow challenge associated with this vibration is to get lost in the ethers and lose contact with life on the ground.

This is the number of mental perfection, healing, completion, music and the attainment of high spirituality. Seven is a sacred number for many peoples, being the number of the rhythm of life (the world was created in seven days) and the passing of time (seven days in a week). Life is also said to run in seven-year cycles in the West; adulthood is traditionally celebrated on the twenty-first birthday and in Judaism a boy adopts adult responsibilities at the age of fourteen. Numerologists believe that seven is a number that possesses cosmic energy because it was once believed that there were seven planets in the cosmos. In dreams, the number seven could also suggest the possibility of the seven-year itch, the urge to be unfaithful or make a hasty decision. As the number of the Chariot in Tarot, seven can symbolize drive that is controlled and directed.