2/28/2023 0 Comments Magic number 9![]() (A simpler form of this configuration can be found in the logo for NINE Acupuncture & Wellness Center!) The studs are usually arranged in nine rows of nine each, totalling eighty-one. A noticeable example is the number of studs on palace gates. For this reason, the number "nine" (or its multiples) is often employed in palace structures and designs. The number "nine" is considered “utmost yang” and was taken to symbolize the supreme sovereignty of the emperor. The Greeks called “nine” the horizon, where the Ennead, or the nothing/void lay beyond.Įxpressions such as “a cat has nine lives,” a “cat-o’-nine-tails,” “the whole nine yards,” “cloud nine,” “dressed to the nines,” “a stitch in time saves nine,” and “possession is nine point (or nine-tenths) of the law” are all variations of the concept of the ninth level being the nth degree, the highest level, or the maximum possibility. As such, it becomes a limit, a bound, or the ultimate attainment. Nine is considered to be the ‘final’ number in the base 10 system, where all numbers are represented by ten distinct forms (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9). ![]() ![]() It was also my "lucky number" for years prior to studying Chinese medicine. Patients are always asking me why I named my business “NINE Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine.” In simplest terms, the number nine was chosen because it is a very interesting number, mathematically, philosophically and spiritually. ![]()
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