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Theory of 9 NINE

There is both, negativity and positivity in this mysterious nine! The Hindu festival Navratri lasts nine days. The Numbers from 1 to 9 are assigned to one Graha in the Navagraha family In Hindu mythology, the 9 major celestial bodies are personified as the Navagraha, Nine moods or ‘navarasa' :came to be associated with artistic expression in ancient Indian dance, music, drama, sculpture, painting and any mode of expression in art these nine rasa like: rati (love), hasya (laughter), shoka (sorrow), krodha (anger), utsaha (exuberance), bhaya (scare), jugupsa (disgust) and vismaya (wonder). And if the English saying that a cat has nine lives is to be believed, well the West is not far behind! In Islam too, the significance of number nine is underlined which is almost akin to ancient Indian thought (Sanatana Dharma) speaking of nine openings for man as also the nine months gestation period for the birth which is of course common to all human beings! The magic cube [ square] has nine squares on each side of it.