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Another interesting Number is 8 ...as we discussed it previously 8 stand for for Humanity / Hermes / Mercury / Dna / quartz ....Fractal 
In the Pythagorian Tarot 8 is:
8 - Victory
In the Pythagorian Tarot 8 is:
8 - Victory
Motto:
Victoria sperata. (Victory hoped for.)
Deities:
Ares, Mars; Nike, Victoria.
Dice:
2+3 = Virtue+Male (Water); 4+2 = Virtue+Second (Fire).
Astragali:
1+6+3 = 1st Ogdoad+Virtue+Male (Victory).
Greek Letter = Theta:
Thrasos = courage, boldness, confidence, audacity, rashness, impudence.
Trigram:
I:: Name: Chen = the Arousing. Image: Thunder. The First Son, associated with initiative, action, incisiveness, vehemence, strength. Southeast in the Earlier Heaven.
Victoria sperata. (Victory hoped for.)
Deities:
Ares, Mars; Nike, Victoria.
Dice:
2+3 = Virtue+Male (Water); 4+2 = Virtue+Second (Fire).
Astragali:
1+6+3 = 1st Ogdoad+Virtue+Male (Victory).
Greek Letter = Theta:
Thrasos = courage, boldness, confidence, audacity, rashness, impudence.
Trigram:
I:: Name: Chen = the Arousing. Image: Thunder. The First Son, associated with initiative, action, incisiveness, vehemence, strength. Southeast in the Earlier Heaven.
Description
A winged Victory, in flowing purple robes and holding a laurel wreath, hovers above a Hero, who drives his chariot directly towards us. He is a young man, strong and determined, with short, curly, red hair and no beard. He is dressed in full armor (bronze breastplate over a short, red tunic, and bronze greaves), and wears a helmet with a tall, horse-hair crest. The charioteer stands, holding a hasta (long spear) upright in his right hand and the reins in his left. A dog or wolf sits in the chariot in front of the charioteer's right leg, and to the his left is an ancile, a large Bronze Age "figure 8" shield. On the shield is a special form of the sign for Mars: an apple surmounted by a spread-winged Victory.
The chariot is pulled by two horses, red roan on its right, blue roan on its left, each pulling toward its own side. Lush green vegetation grows in the foreground in front of the chariot.
The chariot has two reddish-bronze wheels of eight spokes (four thick and four thin), and we can see the ends of the axle connecting them. Four posts, colored red, blue, green and yellow (chariot's front-right, front-left, back-left, back-right, respectively), support a midnight-blue canopy decorated with the seven stars of the Wain (Big Dipper) in silver; the Pointers (Merak and Dubhe) are directed to the front of the chariot. The front of the red chariot box is richly decorated with golden oak leaves, laurel leaves, figs, horses, wolves and woodpeckers. In the center a serpent curls around the rim of a round, bronze shield with the astrological sign for Aries in the center.
A winged Victory, in flowing purple robes and holding a laurel wreath, hovers above a Hero, who drives his chariot directly towards us. He is a young man, strong and determined, with short, curly, red hair and no beard. He is dressed in full armor (bronze breastplate over a short, red tunic, and bronze greaves), and wears a helmet with a tall, horse-hair crest. The charioteer stands, holding a hasta (long spear) upright in his right hand and the reins in his left. A dog or wolf sits in the chariot in front of the charioteer's right leg, and to the his left is an ancile, a large Bronze Age "figure 8" shield. On the shield is a special form of the sign for Mars: an apple surmounted by a spread-winged Victory.
The chariot is pulled by two horses, red roan on its right, blue roan on its left, each pulling toward its own side. Lush green vegetation grows in the foreground in front of the chariot.
The chariot has two reddish-bronze wheels of eight spokes (four thick and four thin), and we can see the ends of the axle connecting them. Four posts, colored red, blue, green and yellow (chariot's front-right, front-left, back-left, back-right, respectively), support a midnight-blue canopy decorated with the seven stars of the Wain (Big Dipper) in silver; the Pointers (Merak and Dubhe) are directed to the front of the chariot. The front of the red chariot box is richly decorated with golden oak leaves, laurel leaves, figs, horses, wolves and woodpeckers. In the center a serpent curls around the rim of a round, bronze shield with the astrological sign for Aries in the center.
Verse
The Hero crowned by Victory drives the car
Of triumph, seeking still to venture far,
Accepting every challenge. He commands,
And masters mighty steeds with skillful hands.
Our vision's dazzled by the Hero's star!
Interpretation
The Chariot is the vehicle of the Hero, both to sally forth on new adventures, and to celebrate his triumphant return. Mobile yet secure, it is the means by which he accomplishes his daring deeds.
The characteristics of the Hero - courage, competitiveness, aggressiveness, strength, will - are potent instruments of good and ill, and he may bring salvation or destruction. But, however great his deeds, he will not be welcomed home with a Triumph nor be celebrated as a Hero unless his victory is more than personal, unless it is a victory for the people. In this he is guided by the seven stars above him, his destiny, which is the Wain (i.e., the Wagon), the way to the center around which the heavens revolve.
It is especially important that the Hero master and control the raw animal energy of his horses - physical and spiritual - which pull in different directions. For this he needs a strong, steady hand on the twin reins of will and intelligence, without which he will not have a steady vehicle from which to wield his spear and slay whatever dragons he encounters.
The wolf reminds us that the Hero may be ruthless, as does the Bronze Age shield. Made from a bronze plate over seven layers of tough oxhide, the shield also warns us that the Hero may shield himself from human compassion, hiding his face behind layers of protection. Though this shield covers the entire person, it is too great a burden, and it is eventually abandoned for the smaller, round shield, balanced in all directions, which must be maneuvered skillfully to parry blows.
On the other hand, the lush vegetation reminds us that the Hero's vitality is the force of life itself, striving to preserve and propagate itself and its kind, for Mars also fortifies and protects domesticated plants and animals. We may call Mars the God of Marches, for each new campaign must begin with a march and each spring season begins in March.
The Hero crowned by Victory drives the car
Of triumph, seeking still to venture far,
Accepting every challenge. He commands,
And masters mighty steeds with skillful hands.
Our vision's dazzled by the Hero's star!
Interpretation
The Chariot is the vehicle of the Hero, both to sally forth on new adventures, and to celebrate his triumphant return. Mobile yet secure, it is the means by which he accomplishes his daring deeds.
The characteristics of the Hero - courage, competitiveness, aggressiveness, strength, will - are potent instruments of good and ill, and he may bring salvation or destruction. But, however great his deeds, he will not be welcomed home with a Triumph nor be celebrated as a Hero unless his victory is more than personal, unless it is a victory for the people. In this he is guided by the seven stars above him, his destiny, which is the Wain (i.e., the Wagon), the way to the center around which the heavens revolve.
It is especially important that the Hero master and control the raw animal energy of his horses - physical and spiritual - which pull in different directions. For this he needs a strong, steady hand on the twin reins of will and intelligence, without which he will not have a steady vehicle from which to wield his spear and slay whatever dragons he encounters.
The wolf reminds us that the Hero may be ruthless, as does the Bronze Age shield. Made from a bronze plate over seven layers of tough oxhide, the shield also warns us that the Hero may shield himself from human compassion, hiding his face behind layers of protection. Though this shield covers the entire person, it is too great a burden, and it is eventually abandoned for the smaller, round shield, balanced in all directions, which must be maneuvered skillfully to parry blows.
On the other hand, the lush vegetation reminds us that the Hero's vitality is the force of life itself, striving to preserve and propagate itself and its kind, for Mars also fortifies and protects domesticated plants and animals. We may call Mars the God of Marches, for each new campaign must begin with a march and each spring season begins in March.
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