TWELVE = cosmic, mystical

• also known as duodeca- or dozen (n.b. A "baker's dozen" is actually 13)
• associated with the duodecaagon; a group of twelve things is called a duodecad; a dodecad is a group of twelve gods or holy persons
• the word "twelve" is derived from the Germanic word twalif meaning "two leftover"
• twelve is the smallest number with exactly six divisors (1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12); was once called "the great cosmic number"
• twelve is also the largest number with one syllable
• Roman numeral is XII
• twelve is the atomic number of magnesium
• the twelfth and final sign of the Zodiac is Pisces, the Fish (February 20 - March 20)
• in astrology, 12 is ruled by Jupiter or Neptune
• 12 ball in billiards is striped purple
• "on the 12th [and final] day of Christmas my true love gave to me, twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three french hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree"
• twelfth wedding anniversary gift is silk or linens
• twelve is central to the Western calendar and units of time (12 months, 12 hours). The basic units of time (60 seconds, 60 minutes, 24 hours) can all perfectly divide by twelve.
• the human body has twelve cranial nerves, and usually holds 12 pints of blood
• the duodenum (from Latin duodecim, "twelve") is the first part of the small intestine and is approximately twelve inches long
• there are normally twelve pairs of ribs in the human body.
• most keyboards have 12 function keys (F1 through F12)
• most standard digital telephones have 12 buttons (1 through 9, 0, * and #)
• twelve was significant in the television series Battlestar Galactica; the characters came from the Twelve Colonies of Kobol and worship the twelve lords of Kobol. In the newest series, there were also twelve models of the humanoid version of Cylons.
• Twelfth Night is a comedy by William Shakespeare (The Twelfth Night is a festival celebrated in some branches of Christianity marking the eve of the Epiphany and concludes the Twelve Days of Christmas.)
• standard vinyl records are 12" in diameter
• there are twelve basic hues in the color wheel; 3 primary colors (red, yellow, blue), 3 secondary colors (orange, green & purple) and 6 tertiary colors
• twelve people have walked on Earth's moon
• there are twelve inches in a foot
• there are twelve face cards in a deck of cards
• Alcoholics Anonymous has 12 steps
• the Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters: a, e, h, i, k, l, m, n, o, p, u, w
• checkers/chess has 12 pieces/men per player
• one trillion has 12 zeros (1,000,000,000,000)
• a pica has 12 points (a typographic measure)
• "dime a dozen" means something is very common, readily available
• Medieval Christians held that twelve represented faith (the trinity) diffused to the four corners of the earth (4 x 3 = 12)

COMMON TWELVES:

• Apostles (Christianity): Peter, Andrew, James the Greater, James the Lesser, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, Thaddeus, Simon, Judas, and Iscariot
• Apostles (Mormonism): Nephi, Timothy, Jonas, Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon, Jonas, Zedekiah, and Isaiah
• Chinese zodiacs: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig
• Western astrology signs: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces
• Months in western calendar: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December

ELEVEN = transgression, incompleteness. synchronicity, auspiciousness

• also known as undeca- (from Latin) hendeca-/hendeka- (from Greek)
• associated with the hendecagon or undecagon
• the word "eleven" is derived from the Germanic word ainlif meaning "one left"
• Roman numeral is XI
• in astrology, the eleventh sign of the Zodiac is Aquarius, the Water-Bearer (January 21 - February 19)
• in astrology, 11 is ruled by Uranus or Saturn
• 11 is the atomic number of sodium
• astrologers interpreted a undecile (two planets at a 33 degree angle / one-eleventh of a circle) as a foreteller of psychic gifts
• 11 ball in billiards is striped red
• "on the 11th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three french hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree"
• eleventh wedding anniversary gift is steel
• Apollo 11 was the first manned spacecraft to land on the Moon
• a bassoon has 11 keys (not counting the whisper key)
• November 11 (11/11) is Canadian Remembrance Day, a day to honour the members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty since WWI
• the maple leaf on the Canadian flag has eleven points
• The Canadian one-dollar coin is a hendecagon (an eleven-sided polygon)
• clocks depicted on Canadian currency (ie. the fifty-dollar bill) show the time to be 11:00
• eleven denominations of Canadian currency are produced in large quantities
• Ocean's Eleven is the name of two American films (1960 and 2001)
• numerologists believe that events linked to the time 11:11 appear more often than can be explained by chance or coincidence; this belief is related to the concept of synchronicity
• in the Book of Matthew, "at the eleven hour" meant "just in time"
• eleven is sacred to the believers of the Agama Tirtha faith, primarily in Bali
• Rogers and Hammerstein has 11 musicals
• 11 ounces is the average weight of a human heart
• only three films have even won eleven Academy Awards: Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

TEN = existence, perfection, wholeness, completion

• also known as deci- (from Latin) deca-/deka- (from Greek)
• associated with a decagon
• the word "ten" is derived from the Indo-European word dekm which means "two hands"
• ten is the first two-digit number in the decimal system, and the base of the decimal numeral system
• ten is the sum of the first four numbers (1+2+3+4), and the first three prime numbers (2+3+5)
• ten is the atomic number of neon
• Roman numeral is X, which looks like two stacked Vs (Roman numeral for 5)
• in astrology, the tenth sign of the Zodiac is Capricorn, the Goat (December 22 - January 20)
• in astrology, 10 is ruled by Saturn
• astrologers interpreted a decile (two planets at a 36 degree angle / one-tenth of a circle) as a foreteller of special gifts, exceptional mental ability, great technical insight, or success in one's career
• 10 ball in billiards is striped blue
• "on the 10th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, ten lords a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three french hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree"
• tenth wedding anniversary gift is tin/aluminum
• The Ten Commandments of Exodus and Deuteronomy are considered a cornerstone of Judaism and Christianity
• Ten Plagues were inflicted on Egypt in Exodus
• the Bible records 10 generations between Adam and Noah, and 10 generations between Noah and Abraham
• there are ten cents in a U.S. or Canadian dime, itself and 10 dimes in a dollar
• Ludwig van Beethoven composed ten violin sonatas
• in blackjack and many card games, the Ten, Jack, Queen and King are all worth 10 points
• in ten-pin bowling, 10 pins are arranged in a triangular pattern, and there are 10 frames per game
• a collection of ten items (most commonly ten years) is called a decade
• something that scores perfectly is said to be "a perfect ten"
• "hang ten" is surfing slang for ten toes gripping a surfboard
• counting from one to ten before speaking is often done in order to cool one's temper
• there are ten official inkblots in the Rorschach inkblot test
• the traditional Snellen eyechart uses 10 different letters (C, D, E, F, L, N, O, P, T, Z)
• there are 10 provinces in Canada
• ten is the point value of letters Q and Z in Scrabble

NINE = peak experience, cells, structure, limits, end, horizon, variance, achievement, finality, highest level of change, infinite, opportunity, perfection, magic

• also known as nona- (from Latin) ennea- (from Greek)
• associated with nonagon/enneagon, enneagram
• 9 is the third square number (1²=1, 2²=4, 3²=9)
• nine is the highest single-digit number in the decimal system
• "Nine is figuratively and literally the highest, the ultimate, the last, the nth degree." - Maggie Macnab
• the indo-European word for 9 sometimes means "new" (novem, novus, neun, neu, neuf)
• nine is the atomic number of flourine
• nine is a term used to indicate purity of metals or chemicals
• on a computer keyboard, Shift+9 gives you an open bracket (
• on telephone keypads, the "9" key is associated with the letters W, X, Y and Z
• the Greeks saw nine as combining order (four) with crisis (five), thus representing opportunity
• Roman numeral is IX
• in astrology, the ninth sign of the Zodiac is Sagittarius, the Archer/Centaur (November 22 - December 21)
• also in astrology, a novile is when two planets are at a 40 degree angle (one-ninth of a circle). This signifies a transcendental force leading to an increase in positive energy (karma) and is often linked to important ceremonies and rights of passage.
• nonuplets are nine offspring in the same pregnancy (extremely rare)
• a human pregnancy normally lasts 9 months
• cilia and flagella (in cells) involve a structure of 9+2 microtubules
• in astrology, 9 is ruled by Uranus
• 9 ball in billiards is striped yellow
• "on the 9th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three french hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree"
• ninth wedding anniversary gift is pottery
• there are nine innings in a baseball game; also the number of players on a baseball team
• cats are said to have nine lives
• "K-9" (pronounced canine) is used in many U.S. police departments to denote the police dog unit
• "Cloud nine" is an English expression meaning "euphoria" or "bliss"
• "the whole nine yards" is an English expression means to leave nothing overlooked
• Nine West is a clothing brand
• being dressed "to the nines" is to be dressed impeccably
• District 9 is a 2009 film directed by Neill Blomkamp
• Nine is considered a good number in Chinese culture because it sounds the same as the word "longlasting"; The Japanese consider 9 to be unlucky because it sounds similar to the Japanese word for "pain" or "distress".
• Nine is associated with the Chinese dragon, a symbol of magic and power. There are nine forms of the dragon, it is described in terms of nine attributes, and it has nine children It has 117 scales; 81 yang (masculine, heavenly) and 36 yin (feminine, earthly). All three of these numbers are multiples of 9 (9x13=117, 9x9=81, 9x4=36), as well adding up individually to 9 (1+1+7=9, 8+1=9, 3+6=9).
• In Middle-earth, there are nine rings of power given to men
• there are nine circles of Hell in Dante's Divine Comedy
• "the curse of the ninth" is the superstition that a musical composer who writes a ninth symphony will die soon (Beethoven died when he started his tenth)
• Nine, as the highest single-digit number, symbolizes completeness in Hinduism and in the Bahá'í Faith (the Bahá'í Faith sumbol is a 9-pointed star)
• the Mayan temples in Mexico are built on 9 stepped stories/tiers; they believe the cosmos is made of Nine Underworlds
• the menorah is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah (Judaism)
• Confucious listed nine things a Great Man must be mindful of: to see when he looks, to hear when he listens, to have a facial expression for gentleness, to have an attitude of humility, to be loyal in speech, to be respectful in service, to inquire when in doubt, to think of the difficulties when angry, and to think of justice when he sees an advantage
• a Soduko puzzle has 9 squares
• the standard multiplication table uses digits 1-9
• the magic square uses digits 1-9
• Zsa Zsa Gabor had nine husbands
• there are nine muses in Greek mythology: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (erotic poetry), Euterpe (lyric poetry), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (song), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy)
• the Enneagram is a 2500 year old guide to personality types and the correlations between them. They are: Reformer, Helper, Motivator, Romantic, Thinker, Skeptic, Enthusiast, Leader, and Peacemaker

And, a nursery rhyme!
Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old;
Some like it hot, some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot, nine days old.

EIGHT = infinity captured, wholeness, completion, building, destruction, sum of possibilities, harmony, renewal, justice, power, sacrifice, wisdom

• also known as octo- (from Latin) octa- (from Greek)
• associated with octagons (also: a cube has 8 corners/vertices, octahedron has 8 faces)
• 8 is the first cubic number following 1 (1x1x1=1, 2x2x2=8)
• 8 on its side is the symbol for infinity (∞)
• eight is the atomic number of oxygen
• on a computer keyboard, Shift+8 gives you an asterisk (*)
• on telephone keypads, the "8" key is associated with the letters T, U and V
• Roman numeral is VIII
• ancient Greeks associated eight with Rhea, the mother of the universe, and saw eight as a symbol of wisdom
• in astrology, the eighth sign of the Zodiac is Scorpio, the Scorpion (October 23 - November 21)
• octuplets are eight offspring in the same pregnancy; the most infamous mother is Nadya Suleman, who gave birth to 8 children in 2009
• in astrology, 8 is ruled by Saturn
• 8 ball in billiards is solid black, and is the most important ball
• "on the 8th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three french hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree"
• eighth wedding anniversary gift is bronze
• an octave is the interval between 8 notes, with the 8th note completing the scale and ending on the same note, different pitch
• there are eight musicians in a double quartet or an octet
• the moon has 8 phases every 29.5 days
• an atom is encircled by 8 electrons
• 8 is prominent in Buddhism; Vishnu, the Hindu god who maintains the universe, is often depicted with 8 arms; there are 8 spokes in the Dharmacakra (the Buddhist Dharma Wheel)
• spiders and most arachnids have 8 legs
• octopuses have 8 arms/tentacles
• a "figure-eight" is the common name of a geometric infinity shape often used in the context of sports, such as figure-skating
• 8 is considered to be a lucky number in Chinese and other Asian cultures; in Chinese, eight sounds like the word meaning to generate wealth (n.b.: The opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Beijing started at 8 seconds and 8 minutes past 8 pm (local time) on 8 August 2008.)
• Hanukkah is a Jewish festival holiday that lasts eight days and eight nights
• Jewish baby boys are usually circumcised on their eighth day of life
• an 8-track is an obsolete musical recording format
• in computers, a byte is 8 bits
• "Eight is the number of computing"
• a chessboard is 8x8 squares; there are also 8 pawns in chess
• 8 mm are types of photo or video film
• there are 8 drams in an ounce, 8 ounces in a cup, eight pints in a gallon, eight tablespoons in a gill
• there are 8 furlongs in a mile
• V8 is a canned beverage containing 8 vegetables: tomatoes, beets, celery, carrots, lettuce, parsley, watercress, and spinach
• After Eight mint chocolate bars are to be enjoyed after 8:00pm (mint said to aid in digestion)
• in slang, 8 is often a substitute for the letters "ate" (ie. hate = H8
• Crazy Eights is a card game
• Elizabeth Taylor had 8 husbands between 1950 and 1996
• the G8 refers to the 8 most industrialized nations: USA, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia

COMMON EIGHTs:

• 8 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) - sorry, no Pluto anymore :(
• 8 reindeer (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen)
• 8 parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions, interjections)

SEVEN = thought, consciousness, probability, luck/unlucky, chance, wisdom, consequence, understanding, attainment, mysticism, wonder, spiritual perfection, virginity, untouchable, unknowable, indivisible, indefinable, mysterious

• also known as hep-/hepta-/heptad (from Greek) septua-/septet (from Latin)
• associated with labyrinths and heptagons, the only shape that cannot be completed with complete accuracy with geometer's tools (ie. 360 degrees are not divisible by 7)
• seven is the atomic number of nitrogen
• on a computer keyboard, Shift+7 gives you an ampersand (&)
• on telephone keypads, the "7" key is associated with the letters P, Q, R and S
• Roman numeral is VII
• in Greek mythology, seven represented Apollo, and the Pleiades were the seven daughters of Atlas (Alcyone, Celaeno, Electra, Maia, Merope, Sterope, Taygete)
• the Greek alphabet has seven vowels: alpha, epsilon, eta, iota, omicron, upsilon, omega
• since antiquity, seven has been regarded as holy
• Rome has many connections to 7:
  • seven emperors of Rome were Julius Caesar, Augustus, Galba, Hadrian, Nerva, Sallust, Vespasian
  • seven hills of Rome are Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal, Viminal (there are 51 cities that claim to be build on 7 hills - full list here)
  • In the 5th century AD, Martianus Capella defined the seven Liberal Arts as: grammar, dialectic, rhetoric, geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, and music
  • Pythagoras viewed seven as "perfect" because it was 3+4, a triangle + a square; a triangle placed upon a square is common in Greek architecture (square representing reality and triangle being an arrow to the heavens)
• in type design, 7 sometimes has a horizontal dash through the centre to distinguish it from 1
• in astrology, the seventh sign of the Zodiac is Libra, the Scales (September 23 - October 23)
• septuplets are seven offspring in the same pregnancy
• in astrology, 7 is ruled by Neptune
• 7 ball in billiards is solid maroon
• "on the 7th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three french hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree"
• seventh wedding anniversary gift is wool or copper
• 7-Eleven is a chain of convenience stores, famous for the Big Gulp. The company was founded on 07/11/1927, and was originally open from 7am to 11pm.
• 7-Up is a lemon-lime flavoured soft drink, created in 1920
• James Bond's secret agent number is 007
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a 1954 movie musical directed by Stanley Donen (seven brides = Milly, Dorcas, Alice, Sarah, Liza, Ruth, Martha; seven brothers = Adam, Benjamin, Caleb, Daniel, Ephraim, Frankincense, Gideon)
• Se7en is a 1995 movie directed by David Fincher
• The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 movie (remake of The Seven Samurai) directed by John Sturges (O'Reilly, Chris, Chico, Britt, Harry Luck, Vin, Lee)
• Seven Year Itch is a 1955 movie directed by Tom Ewell, starring Marilyn Monroe. "Seven year itch" refers to the urge to have an extra-martial affair after seven years of marriage
• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is a book by Stephen Covey
  • Be Proactive
  • Begin with the End in Mind
  • Put First Things First
  • Think Win-Win
  • Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
  • Synergize
  • Sharpen the Saw
• in Harry Potter series, seven is said to be the most powerfully magical number. There are a number of references to seven in Harry Potter:
  • there are a total of seven books in the series;
  • Ginny Weasley is the seventh child and only daughter of the Weasley family;
  • Harry Potter was born in July, the seventh month of the year;
  • wizarding students must complete seven years of school at Hogwarts;
  • there are seven secret passages in Hogwarts;
  • seven is the number on the back of Harry Potter's Quidditch robes;
  • each Quidditch team consists of seven players;
  • Chapter Four of The Deathly Hallows is titled "The Seven Potters";
  • Lord Voldemort succeeded in splitting his soul into seven parts

• seven is also prominent in Judeo-Christianity - read more here
• in Judeo-Christian concept of the creation narrative, God created the world in 7 days:
  • Day 1 - created light/dark
  • Day 2 - created sky (firmament)
  • Day 3 - created dry land, seas, flora/plants
  • Day 4 - created sun, moon & stars + seasons/years
  • Day 5 - created fish and birds
  • Day 6 - created land animals and man
  • Day 7 - rested
• "sail the Seven Seas" can refer either to a particular set of seven seas (which vary from culture to culture), or to a great expanse of water in general
• there are seven archangels (many versions in different eras/faiths)
• In Buddhism, Buddha walked 7 steps at his birth, and at each step a lotus flower bloomed; also, Buddhists believe there are seven days between death and rebirth
• In some European folklores, the seventh son of a seventh son will be a child with special powers of healing and clairvoyant seeing, and in other cultures that seventh son of a seventh son would be a vampire.
• there are seven stars in the Big Dipper constellation, as well as Orion
• almost all mammals have 7 cervical vertebrae
• each moon phase (first, new, third and full) has 7 days
• Masonic lodges require seven members
• companies/corporations will invoke seven to create brand products that feel new, inspired, or have uncorrupted values
• the American flags has seven red stripes
• many card games have a 7-card hand (ie. poker, go-fish, rummy, etc.)
• in Scrabble, you play with 7 letter tiles
• seven is the sum of opposite digits on a six-sided dice (1+6, 2+5, 3+4)
• "seventh heaven" is a state of great happiness/satisfaction/bliss
• breaking a mirror is said to cause seven years of bad luck

COMMON SEVENs:

• Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria (other Wonders of the Modern World lists here)
• Group of Seven (painters): Charmichael, Harris, Jackson, Johnston, Lismer, MacDonald, Varley
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey
• colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet
• seven objects in the solar system visible to the naked eye from Earth – the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn
• seven days of the week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
• seven continents: Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Antarctica and Australia
• seven chakras: crown, third eye, throat, heart, solar plexus, sacral, base/root
• seven musical notes: do, re, me, fa, so, la, ti
• seven vices / deadly sins: pride, envy, sloth, wrath, gluttony, lust and avarice (the root of all evil…)
• seven virtues (Christian): humility, prudence, temperance, fortitude, justice, awe, mercy
• seven ages of Man (from Shakespeare's As You Like It): Infant, Schoolboy, Lover, Soldier, Justice, Pantaloon, Second childishness

And, a seven riddle:

As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives,

Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats,

Each cat had seven kits: kits, cats, sacks and wives,

How many were going to St. Ives?

(Answer: 1!)

SIX = structure as form, purpose, order, tradition, stable growth, extreme efficiency, dependability, consistency, reliability, precision, stability, connectivity, transference, diffusion, sex/union, harmony, perfection, creation, value, movement, reaction/flux, responsibility, organic, cooperation of time+form+energy, seamlessness of parts working together as a whole

• also known as hexa-/hex- (from Greek) sexa-/sex- (from Latin)
• associated with hexagons, stars
• hexagons represent maximum stability, and are found in

-honeycombs

-snowflakes

-reef corals

-diamonds

-and also used in nuts/bolts, faucets, gun bullet chambers

• six and bees - bees have six legs (as do all insects), six-sided homes and six-sided skin (epidermis) cells
• also, honey (glucose) has a six-sided molecular structure, and is the only natural food that will not spoil
• first perfect number as both sum and production of 1, 2, 3 (1+2+3=6, 1x2x3=6). Other perfect numbers include 28, 496 and 8128.
• capable of being divided in multiple ways, it is a number of choice, change and chance
• six is the number of sides on a cube or a dice
• six is the atomic number of carbon; carbon is found in all organic life, and has the ability to bond with millions of compounds
• guitars have 6 strings, and most woodwind instruments have six holes/keys (clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, et al.)
• "six degrees of separation" describes human social networking and suggests that we are all connected within 6 degrees/connections - based on the Broadway play (1990) and subsequent movie (Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is an offshoot game that can be played connecting the names of actors and actresses)
• 6 is a lucky number in Chinese culture
• in Tarot, six is the principal of harmony because it is composed of separation (two) and joining (three) - conquering and uniting the two
• six vs. sex - six is the product of feminine (two) and masculine (three)
• on a computer keyboard, Shift+6 gives you a circumflex glyph (^)
• on telephone keypads, the "6" key is associated with the letters M, N and O
• Braille characters are a combination of dots based in six cells
• Roman numeral is VI
• in type design, 6 is often rotated 180 degrees to create a 9
• in astrology, the sixth sign of the Zodiac is Virgo, the Maiden/Virgin (August 24 - September 22)
• The Star of David, a six-sided star composed of two overlapping equilateral triangles, is the symbol of Jewish identity and Judaism
• 666 is associated with evil / the Anti-Christ
• sextuplets are six offspring in the same pregnancy
• sextet is a group of six musicians/singers
• in astrology, 6 is ruled by Venus
• 6 ball in billiards is solid green
• "on the 6th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, six geese a-laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three french hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree"
• sixth wedding anniversary gift is iron
• Six was the name of a character on Blossom
• a six-pack can be a set of soda cans or beer cans, or it can refer to toned abdominal muscles
• "six feet under" means that a person (or thing, or concept) is dead/deceased, and is based on the number of feet that a coffin is buried underground - also a TV show created by Alan Ball
• "sixth sense" refers to ESP (Extra-sensory perception) - also a movie by M. Night Shyamalan
• Six Flags is a chain of American amusement parks and theme parks
• there are 6 different Nobel Prizes (Chemistry, Economics, Literature, Medicine/Physiology, Physics, Nobel Peace Prize)
• the average human body has 6 quarts of blood
• Henry VIII had six wives