8
Our 8 is the infinity sign (lemniscate, from the Latin lēmniscātus, or “decorated with ribbons”) flipped on its side. As we find in witchcraft and qigong practices, it’s beneficial and magick to work with continuous flow of energy from Above to Below and back again. 8 symbolizes that intimate, interactive relationship.
The number 8 is generally considered to be an auspicious number by numerologists. The square of any odd number, less one, is always a multiple of 8 (for example, 9 − 1 = 8, 25 − 1 = 8 × 3, 49 − 1 = 8 × 6), a fact that can be proved mathematically. In Babylonian myth there were seven spheres plus an eighth realm, the fixed stars, where the gods lived. As a result, 8 is often associated with paradise. Muslims believe that there are seven hells but eight paradises, signifying God’s mercy. In Buddhism 8 is a lucky number, possibly because of the eight petals of the lotus, a plant associated with luck in India and a favorite Buddhist symbol. — Brittanica
Today, Spirit Self offers us 8 as a channel that unites and feeds energies throughout our material and etheric systems.
Visualize the energy as liquid light, or perhaps you will feel its movement as it courses or even hear its sound and rhythm.
Do each of the following exercises separately or in sequence, as needed or desired. Five minutes can be a good duration for each, but go ahead and make these energy runs as long or as short as you’d prefer. In a pinch, one mindful, vivid, twisting loop-around might do the trick.
Grounding 8: Stand or sit or imagine your feet firmly planted on the ground. Bring your attention to the soles of your feet and feel energies moving from within your feet to the ground below and back again. Keep up this super-sensory experience (5 minutes recommended). If you can find a time to do even just this one practice in the out-of-doors, that would be marvelous!
Rooted 8: Now bring your awareness to your Root chakra (base of your spine). Again, feel energies moving from that center in an 8-shaped pattern to the ground beneath your feet and up and around again.
Cauldron 8: Move on to the Sacral (or Belly) chakra below your navel. Run the energy from that energy down into the ground and up again. Then run energy from the Sacral chakra to the Root chakra. You can do each of these figure 8s separately, in sequence. Or you may combine the 8s, taking time to do the Root-to-Sacral figure 8 each time you descend or ascend for the larger 8 over the duration of this practice.
Solar 8: Above the navel, you’ll find the Solar Plexus chakra just below your ribs. Follow the pattern you used for the Cauldron 8, moving energies from Ground to the Solar Plexus and, if you will, taking time to make continuous 8s between the Solar Plexus chakra and the Sacral chakra and between the Solar Plexus chakra and the Root chakra.
Heartfelt 8: I’m sure you get the picture by now. Move energy from the Heart chakra to Ground and back again. Now, the Heart chakra is significant as the liminal gateway between the “lower” chakras (energies of our earthly, bodily existence) and the “higher” chakras and their more etheric energies. You might choose to linger longer at this center and really indulge yourself in a luscious flow and exchange of energies. You won’t regret it!
Full-Throated 8: Keep going. Your Throat chakra needs the power, courage, creativity, and love of the energy centers below for it to function confidently and brilliantly. And you won’t want to skip looping through any of the chakras between Ground and Heart. If any of this movement seems complicated and confusing, just remember: wherever you are in the chakric system you find yourself, just keep tracing 8s, those flipped-up infinity signs. You won’t go wrong.
Third Eye 8: Same thing here. Third Eye (Brow) chakra to Ground and any points in between!
Crowning 8: And again. Go for it!
Bear in mind, the traditional seven-chakra system is a baseline. We also have energy centers associated with many other regions of the physical body—for example, our palms, individual fingers, ears, and eyes—as well as beyond, and well beyond, our physical structure.
At any point, as the need arises, you may choose to focus on one or more of these additional energy centers, connecting any one of them to another and to Ground. For example, healers who use their hands for transmission of energy will find it energizing, effective, and restorative to run an 8 loop of energy between the centers of their palms or the tips of their fingers to earth, sky, Sun, Moon, and other features of nature and cosmos.
Give any or all of this a try, and please share your experiences and insights with us here! Thanks for reading and sharing!
Resources:
“Symbolism & Significance of the Number 8 Across the World (1/4),” by B, Medium, (August 8, 2025)
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