4.1.2 Lucky Numbers
Lucky numbers are simple numbers, believed to affect someone's luck. The believe in lucky or unlucky numbers is usually based on the basic believe in the first ten basic numbers. (one to ten)
Often seen as a symbol of god, the first number often symbolizes the primal being or creation. It is often associated to humankind (reflecting our upright stance.) In modern western culture to be "number one" is often to be the best.
On the one hand, the saying “Good luck comes often in pairs” makes number two to one of the luckiest numbers in the Chinese culture. It is very common to repeat characters in product brand names. On the other hand, in the western culture Pythagoras believed, that the number two signified diversity, …show more content…
Five elements (Water, Fire, Earth, Wood, and Metal) are always associated to number five, and was historically associated with the Emperor of China. For example, the Tiananmen Gate, being the main thoroughfare to the Forbidden City, has five arches. In the west, the meaning behind the number five is often related to "Man", whose head and four limbs form the five-pointed pentagram as well as having five fingers and five senses. Pythagoras believed the number five symbolized marriage and union since it is two plus three.
The meaning behind the number six is common with the six-pointed star in that six can symbolize harmony and perfect balance. In China, the number six is associated with heaven. For Christians, the number six is ambivalent. Six can represent completeness because God created the world in six days. However, in the apocalypse, six appears as the number of evil - 666 is the number of the "beast". In modern western culture six symbolizes luck, being the highest throw of a …show more content…
It is also recognized as the luckiest number in the west, and is one of the rare numbers that is great in both Chinese and many western cultures. The number seven symbolizes wholeness, completion and fullness in many cultures because it unites divinity and sky (three) with the material earth (four). The number seven has also been regarded as holy because of the four phases of the moon each lasting seven days.
The number eight is considered to be the luckiest number in eastern cultures. In China, the number eight is lucky because it sounds like the word for "wealth". The idea of wealth includes ideas about infinity which is the same symbol as an eight, only sideways. In Christianity, eight is a symbol of the resurrection of Christ and the hope for the resurrection of mankind and therefore a lucky
Lucky numbers are simple numbers, believed to affect someone's luck. The believe in lucky or unlucky numbers is usually based on the basic believe in the first ten basic numbers. (one to ten)
Often seen as a symbol of god, the first number often symbolizes the primal being or creation. It is often associated to humankind (reflecting our upright stance.) In modern western culture to be "number one" is often to be the best.
On the one hand, the saying “Good luck comes often in pairs” makes number two to one of the luckiest numbers in the Chinese culture. It is very common to repeat characters in product brand names. On the other hand, in the western culture Pythagoras believed, that the number two signified diversity, …show more content…
Five elements (Water, Fire, Earth, Wood, and Metal) are always associated to number five, and was historically associated with the Emperor of China. For example, the Tiananmen Gate, being the main thoroughfare to the Forbidden City, has five arches. In the west, the meaning behind the number five is often related to "Man", whose head and four limbs form the five-pointed pentagram as well as having five fingers and five senses. Pythagoras believed the number five symbolized marriage and union since it is two plus three.
The meaning behind the number six is common with the six-pointed star in that six can symbolize harmony and perfect balance. In China, the number six is associated with heaven. For Christians, the number six is ambivalent. Six can represent completeness because God created the world in six days. However, in the apocalypse, six appears as the number of evil - 666 is the number of the "beast". In modern western culture six symbolizes luck, being the highest throw of a …show more content…
It is also recognized as the luckiest number in the west, and is one of the rare numbers that is great in both Chinese and many western cultures. The number seven symbolizes wholeness, completion and fullness in many cultures because it unites divinity and sky (three) with the material earth (four). The number seven has also been regarded as holy because of the four phases of the moon each lasting seven days.
The number eight is considered to be the luckiest number in eastern cultures. In China, the number eight is lucky because it sounds like the word for "wealth". The idea of wealth includes ideas about infinity which is the same symbol as an eight, only sideways. In Christianity, eight is a symbol of the resurrection of Christ and the hope for the resurrection of mankind and therefore a lucky