Wondering why this post is about "The Lucky Number 7"?
Let me clarify.
Lately, on my bike racing world of results, I've been placinf in 7th many many many times. In fact, just this past weekend I placed 7th twice: Saturday at Watsonville Crit and then again on Sunday at the Albany Crit.
While for some these are good top 10 placing for me this means not good enough: they are neither top 6 placing nor wins.
However, I heard this past Sunday, probably the 7th time, that 7 is a lucky number. So, today, with this crazy heat outside, I decided to seat back and do some research about this mysterious Lucky Number 7.
Here's what I found:
1. Number seven, is a very cabalistic and used number thru history. It is considered lucky among other reasons for being the number of perfection.
God, the Bible says, created the Universe in 7 days. Thus 6 is the imperfect number, this is why 666 is the number of Satan or the Beast.
On dices, where seven is a winning number, to get a 7 you need one dice on 6 and a 1 on the opposite side on the other dice. All opposite side numbers adds to 7.
2. Seven more sevens:
• Pythagoreans called it the perfect number, 3 and 4, the triangle and the square, the perfect figures
• 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. Seven visible planets and luminaries (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn).
• Books ...The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T E Lawrence, Enid Blyton's Secret Seven series ... Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People ... Reiki and the Seven Chakras ...
• Seven Deadly Sins
• The Trumpton fire brigade (Pugh, Pugh, Barney, Magrew, Cuthburt, Dibble and Grub)
• Seven Seas
• In Chinese culture, the seventh day of the first moon of the lunar year is known as Human's Day to be celebrated as the universal birthday of all human beings
3. Those who carry the Lucky 7 with them may experience:
• A dramatic turnaround of events in their favor
• Increased Lucky Streaks
• A noticeable reduction of bad luck, depression, lack of confidence
• A knack for being in the right place at the right time
4. If you believe numbers play an important role in your life, the number 7 may have special meaning for you.
Throughout the ages the number 7 has defied the law of averages, the science of mathematics. For many of the powerful and wealthy, the number 7 is a symbol of luck, of good fortune.
THINGS I LEARNED FROM ECH FIND:
1. Perfection! Voila! I don't really need to place in 7th to know that. Ask my parents, my husband, and my friends...I am perfectionist.
2. The
Pythagoreans "were an Hellenic organization of astronomers, musicians, mathematicians, and philosophers who believed that all things are, essentially, numeric. The group strove to keep the discovery of irrational numbers a secret, and legends tell of a member being drowned for breaching this secrecy (see Hippasus)".
3. These events do not necessary apply to bike racing (read them again and see for yourself: if the race is in your favor, your luck to streak is greater, you have confidence, and you are in the right place in the right time, then, you should be winning the race and for that, be number 1 (UM - UNO), which when you read the next item it all does make sense.
4. I am an average racer who is fortunate to be part of such an amazing group of women called The Bellas! And this is why I keep placing in 7th.
