![]() If you see the image of Saturn I am sure you will agree that Saturn is indeed unique. Well until that lucky date life is all knots like what you see in 8.įor those who have not known it before, I like to inform you that number 8 is associated with Saturn the unique planet in our solar system. Once you start trekking on the spiritual mountain you will get this fantastic but real view of life. Life appears complicated like the knot you see in number 8 but on a closer look, you get to know that it is just 2 bubbles. It reminds us that we come back from where we all started the journey. Hence 8 is the only number that ends upwards when you finish writing a single digit number.ĭo not miss the wonderful opportunity to learn the basics of Vedic Astrology from E.K.Dhilip Kumar If you write all the numbers from 1 to 9 one by one the stroke of the pen always end downwards as you finish writing the numbers. If you cut it horizontally you get two identical halves but this time they are 2 zero’s.Ĩ is the symbol of infinity that is familiar to mathematicians if you rotate it 90 degrees. Such things never happen with other numbers from 1 to 9.ĭraw a line vertically to split the number and you get 2 identical halves, a 3 and a laterally reversed 3. When you write this number you will come back to where you started. Invert the number or see it in the mirror you still get an 8. ![]() Feared by many, preferred by a few, this number continues to be the most controversial single digit number in the world of Astrology and Numerology. On a related note, if you’re looking for a nice quick read this weekend, check out The Thing About Luck, a story about the 12-year-old Summer whose parents get called away to care for relatives in Japan.8 is the most fascinating and enigmatic single digit number. Gifts are given in threes and fives instead. You should never give someone four or nine of something. Japanese people tend to be quite superstitious and this is why lucky and unlucky numbers are important. Called suehirogari (末広がり), it’s lucky because it widens at the bottom which reminds one of prosperity and growth. Lucky eight?Īlthough slightly less well-known, eight is also a lucky number. The number seven also makes many appearances in pachinko parlors and scratch tickets. Tanabata (七夕 – Evening of the Seventh) is an important summertime holiday that’s celebrated on July 7th (7/7). In Japanese folklore there are the Shichifukuin (七福神 – the Seven Gods of Luck). Japanese Buddhists celebrate a baby’s seventh day and mourn the seventh day after a person dies when the soul is said to cross over. ![]() Seven is an important number in Buddhism. This is not imported, but steeped in the country’s religious traditions. Like many countries throughout the world, Japan considers the number seven lucky. You have to get creative when you have a number that sounds like death. That’s quite a bit of death and a car with this plate is one you don’t want to cut off on the highway. Some of the Yakuza’s scarier members use their license plates to express their contempt for their own mortality by choosing 4444. Maternity wards may not have a Room 43 because it sounds like shisan (死産 – stillbirth).Ĭertain license plate numbers are not used such as 42, which sounds like shini (死に – to death) 49, which sounds like shiku (敷く – to run over) 42-19, which sounds like shini iku (死に行く – to go and die) 42-56, which sounds like shini-goro (死に頃 – time to die) and 24, which can be nishi (二死 – two deaths or two out if you’re a baseball fan). Some buildings such as hospitals don’t have fourth or ninth floors, although I’ve never personally encountered one. Similarly to four, there are two readings for nine – ku and kyu. The same is true of the ku (九 – nine), which sounds like ku (苦 – suffering, agony or torture). Whenever possible, people try to avoid using the deathy one. This is why there are two readings for the number four, shi and yon. Four is an unlucky number in Japan because it sounds like shi (死 – death). Death, agony and sufferingįirst, let’s get the bad ones out of the way. It’s really important to know these numbers because if you don’t, you could be accidentally telling someone you’d like them to suffer a slow agonizing death when you’re giving them omiyage (お土産, souvenirs) from your trip to Kyoto. ![]() In Japan, certain numbers are lucky and unlucky.
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