Power and Mаstery Symbol, silicone mold, 50mm

Octagrams formed from overlapping squares often emphasize duality: yin and yang, male and female, spiritual and material. Together, they can mean both positive and negative aspects of the four elements, for example, and balancing them.
In Judeo-Christian, the number eight frequently represents beginnings, resurrection, salvation, and super-abundance.
In Hinduism, Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, has eight emanations. These emanations represent eight forms of wealth: monetary, ability to transport, endless prosperity, victory, patience, health and nourishment, knowledge, and family.
Buddhists use an eight-spoked wheel to represent the Eightfold Path taught by the Buddha as a means to escape suffering through the breaking of attachments.
Old Kingdom Egyptians recognized a group of eight deities, four male and four female, with the female bearing feminine forms of the male.
In Babylonian symbolism, the goddess Ishtar is represented by an eight-pointed starburst, and she is associated with the planet of Venus. Today, some people equate the Greek Aphrodite, whom the Romans equated with their Venus, with Ishtar. Ishtar also represents fertility.
The Native American Indians referred to the Hope symbol as Star Knowledge.