8 is a sacred number from ancient Egypt and the corpus hermeticum babalon had 8 gates there is 8 festivals in the wicca calander the 8 fold path from buddism 8 immortals taoist philosophy Leviticus 12:3: “And on the eighth day the flesh on his foreskin shall be circumcised.” Hanukah lasts 8 days symbol of Ishtar is an 8 pointed star 8 is a lucky number in china a spanish silver coin was known as a pieces of 8 there where 8 people on noahs arc there is 8 planets(there is 9 planets we are still waiting to discover far out, a large planet on the far edge of our solar system) 8 on its side is infinity