Some things to think about on Nine Day:
1. Nine brings completion
2. It is the "finishing post"
3. It is the "ennead," the final step before ten, the "decad."
4. It is the last of the Pythagorean numbers (3 to 9)
5. Dressed to the Nines = completely dressed. Reference to nine yards of fabric needed to make a complete suit.
6. The whole Nine Yards
7. On Cloud Nine
8. A stitch in time saves Nine. A stitch now saves it from having to be completed again.
9. Bottom of the Ninth inning - last chance
10. Greek = horizon
11. "Amen" transforms from the Hebrew into the Greek to "so be it" which equals "99" the highest extend human prayer can ascend before the infinite mystery of diety
12. Abraham was 99 when God spoke to him
13. Jesus died at the Ninth hour
14. (Islam) the 99 names of deity
15. Nine boundaries between mundane and the transcendental infinite
16. Nine in Chinese is a homophone for "gift". Giving nine gifts is considered very respectful.
17. Nine in Japanese is a homophone for "death". Japanese business men will avoid hotel rooms with the number nine in it.
18. Nine in mythology represents the ultimate journey
19. Odin ruled Nine worlds
20. Nine muses represent the full range of arts and sciences in mankind
21. Nine Supreme Court justices in the USA
22. Mayan & Aztec - there are Nine cosmic levels - four above the earth and four below
23. Nine represents celestial power in China. Nine animals on roof edge signifies the emperor's residences
24. Shakespeare's MacBeth - the three witches chant their spell Nine times
25. November is the Ninth month. (Two months were added later to the calendar)
26. Nine months in pregnancy
27. Magic Squares
28. Feng Shui
29. Casting out Nines leads to
30. Digital Roots and
31. Vedic Squares and their patterns.
32. The simple labyrinth starts with St. Andrew's Cross, made with Nine Dots
33. Nine players on a baseball team.
34. Three trinities is extra sacred.
Feel free to share more ideas.
Most of the above ideas came from "The Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe."
Six of the Nine on our way back from trying to feed ducks.
Nine dinosaurs if you don't count the flying ones.
Nine flowers (one is hiding in a fold)
The ninth member of our group.
Calendar with September 9, 2009.
We also took nine bottle tops and made shapes. A square,
a triangle
and a circle.
We did nine non-competitive races including balancing a bottle top on the head, twirling one way, twirling the other way, skipping, skipping backwards, etc. until we had nine.
Below is a video of the kids running and touching three trees three times - nine times touching trees. One got distracted at the last tree before the finish. Above is what distracted him - a caterpillar.
We met at Bisset Park at 9:09 am, today, September(the ninth month) 9, 2009 with a plate of nine pancakes and one more in the shape of a "9".
We started with three children and two adults. Another adult and child arrived shortly thereafter, bringing our total to seven. About halfway through another adult and a baby joined us bringing our total to NINE - Nine can mean "completion" so it was rather poetic to actually end up with nine people.
We discussed several of the meanings and ideas surrounding nine and ennead. See previous posts. After talking we decided we needed to do something. The kids were sent out to find nine of something. Above we have nine sticks.
