In the most modern system of Numerology, the Pythagorean system, 4 means order, stability, practicality, punctuality, hard and steady work. The timing of the number 4 is "right on time." Not too fast, not too slow. Just chugging along. It is the most detail-oriented number.

The 8 is a number of karma, it is also the number of the executive. The 8 is about power and the proper divine use of it. It is about using your personal power for the greater good. People with an 8 Life Path are encouraged to learn how to handle money properly and to learn how to use power for the greater benefit of others. Laid on its side, it is the number of infinity. You can sort of think of it, as "Money in, money out." A never-ending flow. Or upright, the top circle of the 8 symbolizes Heaven, while the bottom half symbolizes Earth. And you have to find that happy medium. How to manage power in the material world for the higher good of all mankind.

You could be encouraged to work diligently, and be practical.... while learning how to claim your own personal power in this life and use it for the greater good.