#8 is material abundance, good fortune, beautiful balance, unity of material, spiritual experiences. Goal-drive, service-orientation, focus, can-do attitude, ambition. Great sense of judgment, practical leadership, humble power, harmony, resolute justice, resilience, personal purpose, empowerment, achievement, courage, honesty.
#888 = 3 times prosperity, ‘wealth‘, in China. Opening ceremony of Summer Olympics began on 8/8/08 at 8 seconds, 8 minutes, past 8 pm! 8th March is ‘International Women’s Day‘. World Red Cross, Red Crescent Day is 8th May. EU flag born on 8th December. Austria borders 8 different counties.
Pythagoreans, Japanese consider 8 (や ya) a holy number. Goddess of prosperity, Lakshmi is #8 in Hinduism. Hanukkah is a 8 day Jewish holiday. In Islam, 8 angels, 8 gates of heaven. #8 was bad luck in ancient Greece. In Buddhism, 8-fold Path is called ‘The Middle Way‘. Buddha’s birthday is celebrated on 8th December. In Taoism, 8 ‘Drunken Immortals‘ were eternal.
8 people on Noah’s Ark in Christianity. #8 is resurrection, regeneration. #8 in Bible means new beginning, ‘a new order, creation, man’s true ‘born again’ resurrected from dead into eternal life’. 8 original reindeers of Santa. 8th December is ‘Feast of Immaculate Conception‘ in Roman Catholic faith. Birth of Virgin Mary is celebrated on 8th September.
In nuclear physics, #8 is a magic number. Atomic number of oxygen is 8. A byte is 8 bits in technology. Mathematical symbol for infinity is 8 on it’s side.
A note played for 1/8 the duration of a whole note is an 8th note or quaver. 8 notes in octatonic scale. Spiders have 8 legs, Octopus has 8 arms. In Babylonia, Goddess Ishtar was ‘Queen of Earth, Heaven‘, #8. A star!
I love Nestle’s ‘After 8‘!