The Number Seven
Copyright Eliza Yetter (written 2003 / revised 2007)

The number seven is linked to the moon, the moon having four phases that it goes through, each phase lasting roughly seven days. The original lunar month was 4 weeks or 28 days. Menstruation normally occurs within the 28 day span (4 x 7), with the heaviest bleeding lasting 3.5 days (half of 7).

Adding up all the numbers from 1 to 7, the answer is 28.

The number seven can be seen everywhere in Sumerian mythology where their gods were often grouped in numbers of seven. For example, there were seven gods of destiny as well as seven gods in the underworld.

In the mythology of ancient Ireland, the goddess Medb had seven sons who were called The Seven Maines. These sons brought space and time together, and became the seven days of the week. [4]

In Greek mythology, there are seven strings on Apollo's lyre, one for each of the seven musical notes. There are also seven vowels in the Greek alphabet.

In Altaic shamanism, initiates had to astrally climb a ladder (known as Klimax) with seven rungs: first represented lead and Saturn, second represented tin and Venus, third represented bronze and Jupiter, fourth represented iron and Mercury, fifth represented "monetary allow" and Mars, sixth represented silver and Moon, and the seventh represented gold and Sun. [3]

On some of the Polynesian islands, people recognized seven directions: north, south, east, west, here, up, and down.

The Cosmis Tree was originally said to have seven branches. In later times, this number sometimes changed to nine.

For further contemplation, there are seven colors in the rainbow and spectrum, there are the Seven Seas, Seven Wonders, and seven chakras.

Select Bibliography:
1. The Sirius Mystery: New Scientific Evidence for Alien Contact 5,000 Years Ago by Robert K. G. Temple. Destiny Books. 1998.
2. Man, Myth and Magic, Volume 18. Editor Richard Cavendish. 1970.
3. Shamanism by Mircea Eliade. Princeton Univ Pr. 1972.
4. Mythic Ireland by Michael Dames. Thames & Hudson. 1992.
5. Dawn Behind the Dawn: A Search for the Earthly Paradise by Geoffrey Ashe. Henry Holt & Company, Inc. 1992.