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Significant Number Seven?

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Along with eighty-something other writers, I am participating in the Write Tribe Seven Day Blogging event beginning today, September 1. 
The twist of this event is that I signed up without knowing the writing prompt. 
Seven days before the first post was due, I learned the prompt was the number seven. 
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Hmmmm. There are no rules or guidelines for this challenge, other than for seven days in a row, write something associated with the number seven. I like rules. I prefer rules. Give me seven rules, and I’ll nail them. No rules is an intimidating proposition.

For seven days I’ve been thinking of dropping out, my typical safe reaction. Born in the seventh month under the astrological sign of Cancer, I prefer to hide in my shell, retreat to home base. That’s what we Cancers do.

Yet I forge ahead. Reluctantly. I hope you’ll follow along with me. I’ll try to keep it interesting.

For Post One, I thought I’d start with the number itself. Seven is often considered the most significant of all numbers, full of magic and mystery and superstition, the number most often repeated in the natural world. In the Bible, seven is the number of wholeness, completion, perfection.

Things that come in groups of seven…

Colors in the Rainbow
Notes on the Musical Scale
Sages of Greece
Dwarfs of Snow White
Wonders of the World
Sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church
Days of Creation
Chakras
Horcruxes
Last Plagues
Years of Bad Luck (broken mirror)
Seas
Virtues
Deadly Sins
Beatitudes
Food Groups

the signifcance of the number seven; rainbow

What can you add to this list?

talya
Grace Grits and Gardening

P.S.  I added food groups to see if you were really paying attention. Traditionally there are only five food groups in the food pyramid, but several years ago I added wine and chocolate.

Stay tuned for Post Two, unless I crawl back into my shell.

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Comments

  1. Vidya Sury says

    Talya, that’s co cool. It is so hard not to think of the rainbow. I prefer your food group to the standard one 🙂 I mean, imagine life without chocolate!

    So nice to read your post, thanks to Corinne!

    Looking forward to connecting over the next few days!

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  4. Writercat59 says

    If you’ve got chocolate, I’m there! Loved your thoughtful post dedicated to the amazing number seven. Look at that long list of things that come in sevens. It really is a lucky number.

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  10. Jimmie Kepler says

    I just love your writing and the way you tell a story. I brainstormed seven and came up with “Working from seven to eleven every night, It really makes life a drag, I don’t think that’s right.” from Led Zeppelin’s song and John Paul Jones, James Patrick, and Robert Plant’s lyrics to “Since I’ve Been Loving You”. I guess that really dates me since that is what I thought of.

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  17. Gayle Glass says

    Talya, I just joined Write Tribe, mostly because of your blog! However, I’m sitting this one out…I get more interested in what others are doing than in doing the thing myself. Hey, writers need READERS, too, don’t they! Loved your list – some things on it I hadn’t even thought about ( except for wine and chocolate…I’m ALWAYS thinking of those things).

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      Yes we definitely need readers! Glad you joined Write Tribe. It’s a very supportive group and a great way to expand your audience into India. I’ve learned alot about the Indian culture reading their posts.

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  19. Gary Henderson says

    Seven Voyages of Sinbad.

    Seven castaways on Gilligan’s Island (Gilligan, Skipper, Mr. & Mrs. Howell, Ginger, the Professor, Mary Ann)

    Seventh son of a seventh son was often considered extremely special.

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