History of Numerology

the_kaur · April 18, 2012, 12:57pm

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Friday, the 13th is christian concept, i think it is the date and day of Jesus christ's crucification. I don't know of any such number in Hinduism/Sikhism

muqawwee123 · April 18, 2012, 6:37pm

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You are right that the myth relates to Jesus Christ, but it was even prevalent before Jesus.

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"The number 13 has a number of very old references that tend to be associated with groups of 13 people," explained author and psychology professor Stuart Vyse.

"At the Last Supper in Christian theology, there were 13 dinner guests, so that number is unlucky because Christ was betrayed. ... And in Norse mythology, 12 benevolent gods were gathering in a hall and the evil god Loki attacked the group. Loki was the 13th guest, and the god Balder was killed in the melee."

Vyse noted that President Franklin D. Roosevelt was quite fearful of the number 13, and he took great pains to avoid hosting a meal for a group of that size. "If he had a cancellation and it looked as if there might be 13 people to lunch, he invited his secretary to join them so there wouldn't be 13," he said.

The fear of the number 13 is so pervasive that it even has a phobia named after it: triskaidekaphobia. Based on this phobia, airlines typically do not have a 13th row, and most tall buildings do not have a 13th floor.

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LP · April 19, 2012, 1:39am

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No 13th floor ?So they skip to the 14th:smack:

the_kaur · April 19, 2012, 5:22am

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This is holocaust of number 13

muqawwee123 · April 19, 2012, 6:21am

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LP · April 19, 2012, 7:23am

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Hans kyon rahe hain:emmy:?

muqawwee123 · April 19, 2012, 7:58am

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holocaust of number 13

LP · April 19, 2012, 11:29am

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And mere sur k uper se guzar gaya:bummer:

muqawwee123 · April 19, 2012, 11:37am

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Don't you know about holocaust.. Its also used in the meaning of massacre. the kaur meant to say that these traditions for poor number '13' are like massacre of '13' :D

LP · April 19, 2012, 1:32pm

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Joke ka sattyanas kr diya maine:bummer:

muqawwee123 · April 19, 2012, 1:58pm

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No problem :) How do see Arab people's tendency in believing some numbers lucky or unlucky?

LP · April 19, 2012, 3:06pm

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Personally I haven't come across such arabs.But once my sister & cousin sisters were discussing this and from that I deduced that a number of arabs do believe in Stars & lucky/unlucky numbers.

the_kaur · April 19, 2012, 4:23pm

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For popularity of 786, Amitabh Bacchan should be credited, BILLA NUMBER 786, in Deewar:D, sometimes bollywood popularize things exponentially:)

muqawwee123 · April 19, 2012, 4:50pm

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Yes his Allah Rakha from Collie was also memorable in this regard. :)

muqawwee123 · April 19, 2012, 5:18pm

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**The myths related to Lucky number 7

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Unless you’ve been on another planet, which I apparently have been, you will know that Saturday, July 7th, 2007 is or was Lucky Seven Saturday. That depends on whether you are reading this before or after that date. Everyone was talking about 7/7/07, and it took me awhile to link it all together. Really, I am college educated! I then realized that everyone was so excited about this date because we consider the number seven to be lucky. Be it part of our superstitions or something else, almost all of us are believers in numbers and their luck - or lack of.**
So I ventured on a research project to find out where the reasoning behind seven being a lucky number started. Almost all of us know that it is a number that is mentioned many times in the Bible. The number seven had its roots in ancient Jewish history, or B.C. times. Solomon knew of the Jewish view on the number seven, so he took seven years to build the temple in Jerusalem. The Torah mentions that the Sabbatical , or holy year, occurred every seven years. Even the Israelites were told to march around the walls of Jericho seven times, and their enemies would be defeated.
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**This view of the number seven continued in the New Testament. A disciple asked Jesus, " How many times should we forgive our brethren? " Jesus replied, " 70 times 7". Even in the last book of the Bible, the number seven is mentioned on more than one occasion. Revelations 1:16 states," He had in his right hand seven stars." Also in Revelations, the number of seals is seven.
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But beyond the Bible, we find the number seven in other religions and societies. The ancient Greeks considered the number seven to be lucky. They believed it to be the perfect number. The Arabs carried on this belief and built seven holy temples.The Goths made sure they worshiped the seven deities.The Japanese also had seven gods. Even the Scottish Masons made sure the number seven had relevance in their rites, and their aprons were made with seven tassels on them.

The number seven even shows up in our country. Has anyone stopped to think why our country declared our independence from Britain during the seventh month? There are seven articles to the constitution. And the city of Washington D.C. was built on the 77[SUP]th[/SUP] longitude. Well, I suppose that last one is a coincidence. I doubt our forefathers had maps with latitudes and longitudes figured into them.

Whatever our views on numbers and their luck, the superstitions will be around for a long time. After all, how many days do we consider lucky, all because of the date.

Lucky Seven? History of the Superstitions of the Number Seven - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com

:hmmm: 10 Dunya 70 Aakhirat.

LP · April 19, 2012, 5:42pm

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No...tht so n so no is my lucky no n the same for unlucky no.

muqawwee123 · April 19, 2012, 5:45pm

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Kindly decipher the statement