Sun:......His
life-forces; the spiritual
being within.
Moon:.....His
psychic being; the
vegetable kingdom.
Mercury:..His
intellect; the realm of
Mind.
Venus:....His
divine, immortal self; the
benevolent nature.
Mars:.....His
bestial nature; the animal
nature.
Jupiter:..His
higher physical nature;
the quality of optimism.
Saturn:...His
physical being; the
mineral kingdom.
The
seven deadly sins of the
ancient theologians were
said to have been of
astrological origin:
Pride, Jupiter;
covetousness, Saturn;
lust, Venus; wrath, Mars;
gluttony, Mercury; envy,
Moon; indolence, Sun.
Also
the seven virtues:
Chastity, Moon; love,
Venus; courage, Mars;
faith, Jupiter; hope, Sun;
wisdom, Mercury; and
prudence, Saturn.
There
were also seven wise men
of Greece; the seven-fold
Amen; the Seven Wonders of
the World; the Book of the
Seven Seals (Rev.
5,5), and the seven
angels (Rev. 5,8).
The
Seven against Thebes were
the seven heroes who
undertook an expedition to
aid Polynices against his
brother Eteoclus. The
oracle promised success to
whichever brother Oedipus
favored; but he cursed
both, and the brothers
slew each other.
Seven
has been explained as
compounded of "The
Ternary of God and the
Quarternary of the
world," as
representing
"three-fold and
four-fold happiness,"
making 3 + 4 = 7 a sacred
number: a reference to the
4 quadruplicities and the
3 triplicities. Any
multiple of seven became a
"great number":
a jubilee year of
restitution.
Since
every seventh year from
time immemorial was
believed to form some
material alteration, it
has been observed in some
professions as a
sabbatical year of rest,
comparable to the seventh
day on which the Creator
rested from his labors -
as recounted in the Book
of Genesis. For the Seven
Ages of Man, v.
Planetary, Ages of Man.
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