Eight   •   8

Huit - Ocho - Sekiz - Ossam - Οκτώ

In the spiritual world, eight is the goal for the initiates, that went through the seven heavens, to regain paradise. Full of grace by the eigth day the man was created. After seven days of fasting and abstinence, the eighth became the day of abundance and renewal. The octagon is the beginning of the transformation of the square into the circle and vice versa. The eight is the double four and the second power of two,

Ancient greece

Material world, justice, Cronos

Bible

According to the Genesis, eight people survived the deluge (Noah and his family), from which the new humankind emerged. The eighth day is the day of circumcision. On the eighth day after the menstruation, the married jewish woman is pure again.

Babylon

The number of Istar-Venus which is illustrated by an 8-beam symbol.

Buddhist

The whole thing, all the possibilities in the manifestation of luck. The Ba Gua is the scheme that describes the eight trigrams and unlike pairs, usually shown in a circle, which symbolize time and space.

Yoruba religion

Both Obatalá, the smartest and most creative Orisha, Lord of the thoughts and dreams, as well as Obba, the Orisha of the marriage.