This is my 299th post on BizCatalyst 360° (enjoy my entire published archives here). Number 299 is an angel number. This number claims that it is a guiding guides me to spiritual growth.
If so, should I stop writing for BizCatalyst to keep the angels’ guidance to me?
I recall my father hating the number 717 such as the 17th of July because on the same day almost every year, he experienced a bad experience. He avoided going outdoors on that particular day for fear something bad would happen to him.
Amazing is that the number 17 is hated by Italians. In Italian culture, 17 is considered unlucky because when written in Roman numerals (XVII) it can be rearranged to spell “VIXI,” which means “I have lived,” implying death.
How about people who have their birthday on the 17th of a month? It is unfortunate for them if they believe in such unproven beliefs.
We all know of hotels escaping the number 13 for the 13th floor. People fear this number for reasons I do not know.
If you are interested in some explanations then I suggest the video below to understand more on why people in general hate this number.
666 is considered the ‘Seal of the Devil‘ itself. In Christian theology, it is associated with the devil and evil.
A famous song in Arabic the singer mourns the arrival of his birthday because of severe life experiences.
Do we tend to blame our misfortunes on numbers? It seems that when people run short of explanations they offer trivial ones.
One of my favorable numbers is 707. This is not because of James Bond, but because on July 7th I obtained my PhD in chemistry. The memories of that day are still fresh in my heart.
Are there numbers you hate or love? Is there a story behind hating or loving those numbers?
Intriguing topic!!
The Italian culture is full of ancient popular beliefs, sometimes absurd, that the most “sensitive” and suggestible blindly rely on: never walk under a ladder, breaking a mirror brings seven years of bad luck and never cross the road if a black cat has just walked there, to name only the most popular ones.
As for the number 17, in addition to your quotes it is said that, according to the Old Testament, the universal flood began on the 17th of the second month as reported in Genesis.
According to other theories, the 17th is associated with the battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, one of the greatest defeats of the Roman Empire, when three legions were destroyed, including the XVII.
Friday the 17th is also a day doubly loaded with bad luck because it brings together two extremely negative elements in one fell swoop: first of all the number 17, which is considered in Italy and in countries of Greco-Latin origin the unlucky day par excellence being the day of the week linked to the death of Jesus (which occurred, in fact, on Good Friday).
The 17th is associated with bad luck in the Neapolitan smorfia.
It is curious that in Hebrew the 17th indicates good luck due to the combination of the Hebrew letters tet (9), waw (6), beth (2) which read together give tov, good.
I, despite being Neapolitan, a city where superstition is the protagonist of thought, ways of doing and acting in the Neapolitan reality, am not superstitious. In fact, on Friday the 17th I graduated in Law.