Lucky You! Tying the Knot on the Most Popular Date This Year (7/7/07)
Surrounding this auspicious date are plenty of favorable factors. For one, it's the closest weekend to July 4, which in itself drew plenty of brides. Other couples have a personal connection to the number seven, and still others value its mystical and even religious connotations.
The result? Couples across the country are working a hat tip to lucky seven into their receptions, whether it be lottery ticket favors in New Jersey or an actual tying-of-the-knot in Vegas itself. And no one fails to notice a fringe benefit: it's hard for any man to forget an anniversary like this.
Save the Date ... a Year in Advance, That Is
"But starting around February, it got crazy." In fact, since that time she's gotten 42 requests for the date. "Before February, the vendors weren't booked around here. But now you can't get anything for July 7 in this area. Don't even try. It's not going to happen."
We asked, was there a heightened sense of excitement? Buzz on the mystical connotations of the date? In the case of her couples, she explained, the attraction was more religious. "Around here," she says, "especially with older couples, seven has a spiritual significance. It's seen as the number of completion: going full circle, finding your life partner, alpha and omega."
The Meanings Behind That Mystical Seven-Oh-Seven
What better way to investigate the deeper meanings behind 7-7-07 than consult a professional numerologist? We asked Jakob Steele, longtime number-cruncher and psychic entertainer, to give us his insight into what the language of numbers says about this date.
If you add 7 + 7 for the month and date, and then 2 + 7 for the year, he says, you get 23, which reduces to 5.
Five, he says, is an interesting number to be married by. "As numbers go, five is very fun, exciting, enthusiastic — it comes with a lot of energy and enthusiasm."
In fact, he says, the number five is even erotic and a little wild (so be sure to book an extra night or two for that honeymoon).
"Travel's often associated with five," says Steele. And on the whole, this is a very adventurous and playful kind of marriage, where the couple has a high chance of remaining youthful.
He also says that certain colors, flowers and scents are closely tied to the number five. "The primary color of five is blue. It also has two secondary colors: violet, and a shade of brown that might be bronze, or lean more toward a chocolate brown.
The flower of number five is roses, and the same with perfumes: "Rose, jasmine and sandalwood all go with this date."
The Birth of a Marriage: Three Nine-Year Cycles
In numerology, explains Steele, dates like these break down into three nine-year cycles that speak to the long-term future. To find them, you just split your date into three parts and reduce each part to one number. For this date, those numbers are 7, 7 and 9 (because 2007 adds up to nine).But with the five," he adds, "you have a relationship that's a lot freer. It's probably different from their grandparents'. And other people might not understand the way their relationship works, because it might be pretty unique to them."
"But with the five," he adds, "you have a relationship that's a lot freer. It's probably different from their grandparents'. And other people might not understand the way their relationship works, because it might be pretty unique to them."
He anticipates a lot of people in their mid-to-late 20s and early 30s having this date, he adds. "I don't see a lot of very early marriages with this configuration."
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The Second Cycle
With number seven ruling the second cycle, Steele sees faith playing a big role in the marriage. "It'll be important to find a spiritual outlet for the marriage as a union," he emphasizes, "not just as individuals."But with all the upsides, he also sees two minor risks with this date. "First, this couple's going to be so self-sufficient as a couple, they might have a tendency to be a little aloof from other people.
"Second, they can sometimes develop the habit of nitpicking each other apart."
The Third and Final Cycle
Nine is the number of the last cycle, which lasts for the remainder of the marriage, says Steele.
"It's also tied to the rebirth of romance — romance with a spiritual foundation, that really brings out the best of the marriage ideal. This number is very tolerant."
Given these factors, he says, he'd expect the divorce rate for couples marrying on this date to be a little under the national average. "As a date, it's tremendously spiritual, open and communicative."
He adds, "I wish everyone who gets married on that date well, I truly do."
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Having a 7/7/07 wedding? Tell us all about it below!
My wife and I were married 7/7/07 at 7:D7 drinking 7 and 7. We met at a bar and were married at that bar. We didn’t make it till our 1 year anniversary. I miss her but life goes on, it just wasn’t that lucky of a day for me.
hi ALL! Congrats to 7-7-7- brides.im having a small wedding at our home we have no friends or family, so just a preacher and his two witnesses.we are getting married at one minute after midnight on 7-7-7.that way we get a head start on everyone ..we cant afford a honey moon because we are both disabled .so we are just going to enjoy our day,relax and take it easy and start our journey together!
We are getting marries 7/7/07 because we met 6 years ago on that day at a friend’s wedding. Their son will be our ring bearer.
WELL I’M GETTING ALL READY FOR MY BIG DAY IN VEGAS MY FIANCE AND I WILL TIE THE KNOT ON 7-7-07 IN A SMALL QUIET CHAPEL, THEN STAY UNTIL THE 13TH TO SEE AND ENJOY ALL THE THINGS VEGAS HAS TO OFFER. THE REASON THIS DAY IS SO SPECIAL TO ME IS BECAUSE 7 REPRESENTS COMPLETION. GOD MADE THIS HEAVENLY PLACE WE LIVE IN IN 7 DAYS, AND I KNOW THAT WE COMPLETE EACH OTHER AS WELL AS THE MANY OTHER COUPLES THAT HAVE CHOSEN THIS DAY. CONGRATS TO ALL AND MAY GOD BLESS EVERYONE’S DAY!!!!!!
I picked the date 7-7-7 because we needed to get married soon, my dad is 73, and getting sicker, i didnt even know it was a saturday! 77 or 7 has always been my favorite # and i was born in ‘77
i would need alot of coffee for 707 am and i thought about pm but we choose 3pm in the middle.
God Bless all and may we all have a great day.
Kat
I am gettting married also on 7/07/07. We are have a luau wedding… And we both work at a casino
I’m also getting married on 07-07-07. My fiance proposed to me on Memorial Day and we are busy getting everything together. It is coming along great. We are having a small wedding on the beach at 7:07am with a big reception to spend with more family and friends that evening. My colors are royal blue and silver. I’m very excited and can’t wait!
Quentin and I are getting married on 07/07/07 in Las Vegas.
Good Luck, Congratulations, & GOD BLESS YOU ALL
Hey, another 7-7-7 bride here. I will be having a sunset beach ceremony at 7:07 pm, and my colors are deep merlot red and Ivory with gold accents. Getting so excited! The number 7 has allways been significant to me. I was born on the 7th of March, and 7 has allways been my lucky number. Me and my finace have been together for almost 12 years (broke up a few times in between), but we allways knew that we would end up together. We started talking about getting married on that date around the end of March, and it went from a idea to reality! Wow I still can’t believe that I am actually getting Married!
I have been having a few problems finding vendors. Really just a cake because the ceremony is on a beach, and we are renting a villa nearby for the small reception (only 40 people tops). Now I have to find a caterer, which might be a problem…..but I am sure it will work out Its 7-7-7 after all. 
any good leads on a caterer on Fl treasure coast anyone? Love and luck to all my fellow 7-7-07 gals out there!
Hi i am a July 7th bride and the church where we are getting married has 4 weddings on that day from 9am to 4.00pm we are have ing the ceremony at 11.30 i cant wait and wish everyone the very beat of luck. My colour theme is ivory gold and orange with the gents in brown suits
OK…The count down is on!Got our rings yesterday.No dress yet!Hope to have a nice sunny day for a garden wedding in Down East Maine.Talk about STRESS????May all your memories of your special day live on forever! 7-7-07:?
Hi Missy, have you seen these personalized paddle fans?
http://www.favorideas.com/shopping/prod/CARZBN7828WFP.htm
Hi, I am helping my cousin plan her 7-7-07 wedding that will take place outside and we would like to have hand held fans made with the wedding date and names on them. Does anyone know where I could get these done at? Please let me know at missyevans@alltel.net, Thanks
Erica I guess you didn’t see my posting below on April 3. I had dice custom made for my 7 7 7 wedding. Email me and I will send you pics and the info. LLLearJet@aol.com
Surprisingly I got engaged on 4/12/07 and am having a 07/07/07 wedding!!!!!!!! My fionce is in the military and we want to get married before he goes to iraq. It was actually surprisingly easy to get everything for that date so it must have been meant to be. Granted getting a church wasnt that easy but its all coming together. Best wishes to everyone on the 7th!!!!
Has anyone found dice with 7 on theml. Im another bride of 7 7 07.
I am also having a 7*7*07 wedding. My colors are navy-blue and silver. My dress is navy and white and so is my flower girl. I even found glasses that have the sevens theme. We are giving them as favors to ou guests. I was lucky to find everything that I needed for my big day as everybody in New York is getting married on that day. So, to anyone lucky enough to be getting married on this most special of days, Peace and God Bless and I hope you have a long and happy married life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey ya’ll I am getting married on 7-7-7 also it started as a joke but after checking with family it just worked out better. we are also going to be married at a bar(my bar) by candle light we are going with black and white we are also using the “lucky seven card also if you have any other ideas please help:?
Well, I can see I am the only guy to post. I planned my 7/7/7 wedding in February. I am very excited and we are doing it in Vegas. I got “lucky” as I got one of the last chapel times for the day. The ceremony will be 15 min. and Elvis will sing 3 songs. It is the 2nd wedding for us, and we wanted something off the wall and fun. Good luck to everyone and I hope your magical day will be as good as mine. My fiance’s initials will change to MMM and I think that is just delicious. I am a lucky guy.
i am also a 7-7-7 bride…i cant wait =) when i got engaged as everyone was looking at my ring and congratulating for my engagement they were asking me what was the wedding date, me playing around said “i will get marry on July 7, 2007″ and started laughing everyone looked at me and said thats a beautiful date..I turned to my now fiance and told him if it falls on a saturday we will get marry………and here we are planning away w/ only 2 months to go. As it gets closer, and closer i have come to realize that everything around my wedding just happened to be w/ 7ths, it will be 7 years me and my fiance are together, we have 7 couples and we are getting marry at 7pm how crazy is that??? lol..
7-7-7 Has a great Spiritual meaning and just like the numbers We are all “Lucky in love”…Congratulations ladies!!!.
Yep, another 7-7-07 Bride. For those of you who will be having a scripture reading at your wedding, I came up with a really cool Bible passage I would like to share, check it out. The 7th Book of the New Testament (1st Corinthians), Seventh Chapter and reading from 1-7. To sum it up; 1st Corinthians 7 vs 1-7. I will be reading verses 2-9 (still seven versus). This passage is ideal for weddings.
Please let me know what you think @ hambar.wedding@gmail.com
Good Luck wit your wedding planning.
Another 7-7-07 bride here. I absolutely love all your stories. I find it very funny that almost all of us did not even realize that the date was 7/7/07 until after we had set the date. I knew I wanted the wedding around the 4th of July since my hometown has a huge celebration and everybody comes home for it. (small town) I originally set the date for June 30, 2007. Later found out that a couple of my bridemaids had a good friend getting married that day already so I pushed it back a week and it just happened to be 7-7-07. I think it is the coolest thing ever. I would love to incorporate the “Lucky Seven” theme into my party favors. Does anybody have any good ideas? Email tara_marie03@hotmail.com I wish everybody the best of luck!
I am also getting married on 7/7/7 at 7:07 p.m. It is both of our 2nd marriages and I am in the process of looking for invitations. I thought that it would be neat to have an invitation in the shape of a 7 or maybe even trifold so when it opened it was 7/7/7. Has anyone seen an invitation that would be a 7? I asked at a local printer and they said that the die cut would be pretty expensive.
We are having a 7-7-07 weddng…just a date we were both free from the chaos of life and work…Plus I figured my sweetie would be able to remember it. We haven’t had a single bit of trouble finding vendors and have our choice of reception sites and caterers. Good luck to all!
I am a 7-7-07 bride….. this is the 2nd wedding for both me and the groom…. so trying to keep it small(yeah right…. I’m finding it to be bigger than i thought and expected it to be) we are lucky because my future husband works at a private resort and marina here in ohio… so the venue for the wedding and reception were pretty much a given…. what i think is awsome is that the resorts july 4th celebration is on the 7th… there will be a live band and fireworks… so the music for the reception is also taken care of. I can’t wait…. most of my things ( boquets…. favors… etc) are homemade… by me, my maide of honor and the others in the bridal party…. as it approaches i get more nervous that i won’t be able to pull it all together… but its gonna be ok …i mean it is on 7-7-07.
This message is to Becca -
I am a 7.07.07 bride getting married at The City Club of Washington at Columbia Square (near the MCI Center). We would love to help you with your story, we have had so much fun planning this wedding, I cannot believe it is almost here! You can email me at ETier79@aol.com.
I, too, am a July 7th Bride! This is a very special day for me as not only will it be my wedding day, but it is my natural birthday! I was born on Saturday, July 7, 1973, during the 7th hour! So, quite naturally when my fiance proposed in July of 2006, July 7th, 2007 was the only natural choice for my wedding! Most importantly, the number 7 is God’s perfect number!!!
My color are champagne, ivory, and shades of chocolate with a splash of mango/coral peach. I absolutely love my bridesmaid’s dresses. They are a Bill Levkoff ruched ball gown.
Currently, I am looking for unique favors for my “heavenly theme”.
Blessings to all of the July 7th Brides and Grooms. May you experience all of God’s “perfect” gifts for you.
I live near lAS VEGAS all the chapels at the casinos are booked tight they have been this way for over a year now sorry:((
I’m thinking of planning a trip to Vegas to get married on 7-7-07. Has any one else tried to book hotels and flights for that weekend? Are you running into any problems? I just figure there’s no better place to tie the knot on 7-7-07 than Vegas.
Are any of you 7-7-07 ladies in DC? I work at the ABC station and we’re looking for couples getting married on the lucky day!
Another 7 7 7 bride here. For our party favors we had dice made. Where the one dot is suppose to be, instead it reads Kevin & Linda on the next line 7 7 7 with a heart between the sevens, last line reads Lucky in Love. Email me if you want me to send you a picture and if you want any info. LLLearJet@aol.com
We are also planning a 7-7-07 wedding. We met on 5-5-05 and already have a vacation planned on 8-8-08. We both have children from a previous marriage and that was a weekend we have all of the kids, and we decided we needed a little luck go our way. Our colors are royal blue and orange, and we want a very bright and fun day. Any, ideas let us know.
Good luck to all of the couples.
I found a great favor for my wedding on 7/7/07. We are in NY, and we are giving a 3 inch round Mickey Mantle patch, number 7, to all out guests. E-mail me for info. mslisa24@yahoo.com
Lisa
:?I am also getting married on 7-7-7 but until I was planning the wedding I never really noticed the dates. I have been to occupied with getting everything set up I just chose that weekend because I wanted to honor my deceased mother and her birthday was July 6. But I have a question anyone have any good ideas besides the normal bubbles or bells as favors. My colors are Red Black and Ivory.
I met my fiance last year on 7-7-06. It was love at first sight. He proposed on 8-3-06. What better day to marry than one year from the day we met, which just happens to be 7-7-07! Good luck to all July Brides, and God Bless!
I am another lucky 7-7-7 bride. My fiance proposed in a fortune cookie, so it just seemed appropriate. Best of luck to all my fellow brides! I’ve had no problem finding vendors as I live in FL and it is so hot in July I think everyone thinks I’m crazy to get married then! LOL
I, too, am planning a 7/7/07 wedding! My colors are ivory, mauve and pale pink. ALOT of things in my life have been governed by the number 7. Naturally I could think of no other date when I became engaged. I love Victorian styles; however, I am toying with using the “lucky” theme of the day to incorporate into the wedding as well. Best of luck to you all!
Although I won’t be getting married on 07/07/07, it will mark the 9th month since my boyfriend and I “officially” started dating. Nine is completion, fulfillment, earthly paradise. Seven is the number of the Universe, awareness of manifestation, etc. We’ll be mutually engaged this May, but July 7th will still be a special day for us.
Best wishes to all those getting married that day!
I got engaged 12/22/06 and we always knew we would get married the 1st weekend in July because my Fiance’ is off work during this time. I love to gamble and didn’t know until I started looking for a place that the date we planned to get married was 7-7-7. Everything has been falling into place. Our colors are Tiffany Blue Box and Plantinum. Wonder if i will have time to run into a casino that morning - hahahah i wish huh.
Hi, I am also getting married on 07-07-07. We got engaged on May 1st of 2006, I wanted to get married in September of 07 but the place I wanted to get married was booked all of 2007 already except for 07-07-07 and one Saturday in October. It didn’t occur to me until after we booked the date that it was all 7s. My colors are red white and blue also. I was going with sort of a 4th of July theme but now am considering the lucky side of it all since I am having trouble trying to figure out some of my wedding details. I have all my vendors and everything reserved, that part seemed like the easy part for me. I’ve heard many cannot find services for that day. Good luck.
I am also getting married on 7-7-07. We came up with the date because it was the only one that worked with both of our crazy schedules. I did not realize it was 7-7-07 until I sent him a text asking if that date worked! It is only right, we met on Saint Patrick’s Day. I guess luck has been behind us the entire time.
Danielle….my sister had a Hawaiian themed wedding (in Ohio of all places) and it turned out awesome! She really wanted to save as much money on the wedding and did a very good job of making it look great at probably half the cost. Her wedding took place outside. She had everyone dress in “hawaiian theme” clothing and gave everyone lei’s as they came in. She had her program printed on hand held fans just in case it was a hot day. My family made the food for the reception and they had made a pineapple sauce for the meat and they used the remaining shell of the pineapple as the centerpiece, more like a vase adding exotic flowers to it. It turned out to be a very laid-back, very colorful wedding! Hopefully these are a couple of ideas for you to get started with. I am also in the process of planning a wedding for next year, so Good Luck!
i’m getting married on 07/07/07 and i am doing all this by myself. i am trying to find things for a hawiian wedding…
We are also planning a 7-07-07 wedding!! And everything has been falling into place for us!!! WE are having a red and black wedding (very formal and elegant) Very spiritual date for us! (God gave me this date before I even knew who I was going to marry!!) Best of luck to you ALL!
We are having a 7/7/07 wedding. We have been planning it sence 05 and are still having problems finding vendors in our area. Very popular date.
We are going ultra formal for the ceremony and then kicking back for the reception with a 4th of July type party.
Colors are Red White and Blue.
I went with a dress by Bonny. It is White and Navy blue and my girls will wear Red and the little girls in navy.