With the number SEVEN we have a great difference in cultural interpretation. The number SEVEN has long been a lucky number in the West, often used in gambling and other games of chance. In Feng Shui it’s a Yang number and the Fire element (creativity and energy) but it is associated with death festivals and rituals. There is also a festival in China on the seventh day of the seventh month that tells of the seventh daughter of the king of heaven. On this one day she is allowed to be with her lover and the rest of the time she is separated from him. This is somewhat similar to the story of the seven weeping sisters of the constellation, Pleiades, who, in one version of the story, killed themselves out of depression when Atlas was turned into a mountain. The number SEVEN is also associated with the seven days of the week and the seven planets; Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, which all can be seen without a telescope. Universally this number represents spirituality, magical powers, dreams, fantasy, beliefs, and a love of ideas.
The number SEVEN is draw in several ways. The simplest is the short stroke on top continuing downward to the base. Sometimes we see a small hook at the beginning of the short stroke. And of course there is the SEVEN drawn with the cross in the center. The SEVEN is related to the ONE except for the top which seems to be caught in the wind, indicating that thoughts and ideas rule and create new beliefs. And because it stands on just one leg, usually at an angle, the focus is less on the practical and more on the ideal. When the hook is added we see a desire to grab and hold on to ideas. And when the horizontal stroke cuts the SEVEN in half we see a division between heaven and earth, between the mind and the body. Too much of the SEVEN energy can lead to moodiness, confusion and a contempt for the practical.
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Author and entrepreneur Donna Stellhorn has successfully combined a variety of metaphysical tools and practical skills in the course of building her successful career. She is a dynamic speaker, a thoughtful and supportive personal coach, a practical business consultant, and a creative adviser with more than 20 years of experience. In addition to building three successful businesses of her own and logging more than 12,000 hours of consultations with clients so far, she lectures, teaches a variety of classes, offers apprenticeship programs, leads workshops, and continues to write on a variety of topics. She believes in encouraging others to achieve success in their careers and in their personal lives. Donna has written eight books. One of them, Feng Shui Form, is a collection of many of her best and most popular concepts to help her readers create a supportive and comfortable living and working environment. Her best-selling booklet of more than 10 years, Sage and Smudge: Clearing Your Personal Space shares the concept of how to cleanse and clear space, objects, or environments. Her first Feng Shui book was published in Europe in 1996, where she introduced the concepts of Form Feng Shui to thousands of eager readers.
A welcome guest on radio shows across the country (and on the internet), Donna has been seen on NECN's New England Dream House, and was invited to speak at the prestigious Build Boston Architectural Conference three years in a row. Donna is a Red Ribbon Professional and the former Director of the International Feng Shui Guild's Boston Chapter. She is a board member of NCGR, ASA, and the Professional Astrologers' Group. When she takes a moment to relax, she enjoys her home in Laguna Niguel, California, spending time with her friends, her pets, and a good book on any subject.
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