Many cultures and religions have sacred numbers.

Is this because the number is something ACTUALLY unique, or that it IN REALITY causes anything? No.

It's because it is symbolically associated with things dear to their beliefs. Take, as he said, how an association might be made with the number 7 as a Christian. God made the earth in 7 days (Or six and a chiller).



Or 108 "The number 108 is considered sacred in many Eastern religions and traditions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and connected yoga and dharma based practices. The individual numbers 1, 0, and 8 represent one thing, nothing, and everything (infinity). 108 represents the ultimate reality of the universe as being (seemingly paradoxically) simultaneously One, emptiness, and infinite <...> For example, Hindu deities have 108 names, whilst in Gaudiya Vaishnavism, there are 108 gopis of Vrindavan."

etc.

So, in these religions, you might note that people almost LOOK FOR the presence of said numbers and then sit around in awe. So, perhaps, in the Whiysdan religion, things can work the same way, except in a more Theran sense (where things can be more radically associated with the number .

So maybe this number, when seen, means that good things are going to come about. Or that your god is present. Or that it's a lucky thing.

Maybe two people are asking you to rank, and you do whois X and whois Y. Ends up Y is rank 13 - aha! This can't be a coincidence, it's meant that you head off with Y, as something good will come of it!


Maybe 13 stars flickered upon your birth, and you were born on Friday the 13th(IRL number superstition, dawg), etc.

I think it's a fun idea, as it lets people who may have difficulty just coming up with random flat out obsessions to attach themselves, as a branch, to the obsession of the number. Adds some fun, lets people be creative, and it's great to have some seemingly superstitious people controlled by such a mundane thing(a number).



Anyway, I could be way off, but here are some links I hope help you feel more comfortable with supernatural number association:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_%28number%29#Christianity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskaidekaphobia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraskevidekatriaphobia
At Jesus Christ's last supper, there were thirteen people around the table, counting Christ and the twelve apostles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_%28number%29#Lucky_13
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_%28number%29#In_religion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast

etc.