Eight is
twice four, which means that it carries
twice four's
stability and
worldliness. Eight follows seven, which is the number of
life in this world, so 8 is often seen as the number of
life after death.
Eight has four's
capacity for
dazzling defeat, but it also has a capacity for
big big success (because it's twice as big as four). Therefore eight is big in
Christianity, where after death we have the possibility of either massive
failure (hell) or big-time
success (heaven). Eight's ties to the
afterlife are also the reason that the
infinity symbol is an 8 on its side.
Eight people are
worldly and
solid. They may
fail miserably or
succeed wildly, and of course the
numerologists will tell you that this
depends on the
rest of your numbers. Now, if you have a
nine in there....