8

H, Q and Z are the consonants Taylor in 1926 assigned to 8, and all three go directly into this sum. Elena Berg gets there through L and N making 8, B, R and G making 18 and reducing to 9, and 8 plus 9 making 17, then 8.

Cheasley in 1916 lists direction, control and organization, which an onlooker can see at work. Walton in 1914 speaks of self-assertiveness, and Balliett in 1905 says people of this number always make themselves powerful in their community. That last line is her own flat claim.

Modern popular books read a Personality of 8 as an authoritative, capable first impression. Westcott in 1911 records a Greek proverb that all things are eight, and Sepharial in the same year gives it protection and justice, so the older associations stretch well beyond business.