9/12 What are some lucky numbers for Persians? Chinese->8, Western->7,
what about Persians?
\_ Zoroastrianism says 7 is lucky; Islam tends to agree.
\_ 13 is unlucky in Persian/Iranian culture.
\_ 18 is lucky for the Jews. gifts it has become common to give in multi\
ples of 18: the gematria, or numerical equivalence of the Hebrew word for "life"\
, ("chai") is the number 18.
\_ Chinese->8 only in a sense that it sounds like "becoming rich".
Other than that, it's not a lucky number in senses like "passing a
test" or "avoiding accidents", etc. |