Since ancient times, people have included a dose of curiosity in their lives as part of a magical perception. Thus, in tune with the dictates of their respective minds, many have beliefs regarding supernatural entities, others blindly trust in science, and there are also those who only guide their steps through lived experiences, both by themselves and by close family and friends.

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Whatever the reason that illuminates us, the various generations that have existed long before us, put on the board some algorithms that became unassailable mysteries and later, components of the most spectacular magic.

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Thus, the church, always attached to the most representative factors of doctrine and different civilizations - so as not to be left behind as it feared and fears - baptized the movements of society as Sacraments and, out of empathy with the events that occurred around it, , granted them a number. From there came “The 7 Sacraments”.

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Once the effectiveness obtained by this designation had been verified in the communities of the faithful and the rest of society, he decided to continue with the number and, this time addressing the wanderings through people's lives and the mistakes made daily by everyone, without exception, decided to call them “The 7 Deadly Sins”, resorting again to the well-worn number 7.

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Later, while the year 1582 BC was running. and the scientists of the time explored the possibility of creating a system that would determine with the greatest precision the dates that humanity lived, the church, thirsty for publicity as usual, once again got hooked on the wagon of history through Pope Gregory XIII ―which coincidentally, analyzed the ellipse of the earth on its route around the sun―, and considered it appropriate to design a calendar that would include the 365 days that the translational movement lasts ―including leap days―, wisely dividing them into 52 weeks of 7 days each. So the 7 was present again.

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Continuing with this fascinating topic that covers the importance in history that the number 7 has had, it is worth highlighting, for example, that since medieval times the concept of the Seven Seas had its influence in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. , although some historians set the date much further back, around the year 2,300 BC. However, researchers of Roman mythology allude that we owe the number of seas to Neptune, who was the god who supported the planet, since the ocean surrounded the Earth and it was evident that he, Neptune, from the seas, supported His weight. A similar theory was put forward by the Greeks about their sea god, Poseidon.

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And we continue with this interesting topic that I am convinced will help many to understand the natural meaning of the passage of human beings through life. And then, we come to say that it was the Benedictine monk Guido of Arezzo who was in charge of naming each of the sounds and classifying them by their pitch and duration, from which the current musical notes emerge.

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However, it was the genius Greek mathematician and philosopher, Pythagoras, who first developed a theory of music, realizing that there are 7 arithmetic intervals that produce a sense of consonant or harmonic notes. It was not a coincidence that the 7 musical notes, but a deep analysis of sounds by a famous man dedicated to numbers. Who would have told the brilliant German composer and musician Ludwig Van Beethoven when centuries later, beginning to become deaf, he composed the Fifth Symphony to the delight of his time and those to come.

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Traveling along this path we arrive at the colors of the rainbow, which are also 7, according to the Persian astronomer Nader El-Bizri, who gave a fairly precise explanation of the rainbow phenomenon, indicating that the refraction of sunlight divides the light beam into different wavelengths, which correspond to different colors with a specific spectrum.

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There are plenty of non-scientific supernatural explanations, but it is enough for us to know that they are not supported by any credible or verifiable evidence, so it would be absurd to take a wrong path in the opposite direction to the prodigies that occur with relative precision in the life of the planet and its surroundings. climate changes. Oh... and don't look, because you won't find any fortune at the end of the rainbow, other than the enjoyment of its color.

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Thus, in this journey through the magic of the number 7, we arrive at the Wonders of the World. A creation of the Alexandrian librarian Callimachus of Cyrene (4th century BC), who listed them and wrote a book on the subject with all kinds of wonders gathered by areas, countries and places. After its brilliant creation, variants have emerged designed to exalt that first intention, so opinion surveys were carried out among experts and others among the general public. In this way, we have the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, those of the Modern World and others that brighten the lives of many people.

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And in this procession of my walks through the magic of the number 7 I could not leave aside the famous philologists and scholars of German folklore, I am referring to the Brothers Grimm: Jacob and Wilhelm, who let the wings of imagination fly and took as the central character of his comic the German princess María Sofía Margarita Cataln Von Erthol, creating the famous story: “Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs”.

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A unique note is that the dwarfs represent Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Light, Shadow and Magic. The number 7 was in fashion then, so, without delay, another genius of magical comics, Walt Disney, took the idea and brought it to celluloid on December 21, 1937, something novel that soon became the first full-color animated feature film of the time.

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And we arrive at the casinos. Do you know who came up with the idea of ​​setting the number 7 as the lucky number in casinos? Well, the opposite sides of the game dice add up to 7, no matter how you roll them. Take a die in your hands and check it. Then you will understand why casino owners have dedicated most of their advertising to rewarding the number 7, so that triple 7 means a triple prize.

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A curious note contained in the pages of ancient history is the one that indicates that in the Middle Ages the number 7 was assigned to the beauty and intelligence of people.

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And another detail no less curious than the previous one is that the time I have invested in researching, writing and editing each meaning of the number 7 in history, I have spent... be amazed! 7 hours.

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Perhaps I don't have to add that it is very likely that you, who have read this article, have spent an average of 7 minutes reading it. What do you think?