Today’s date being September 17, which brings down to Number 8 (1+7 = 8), in today’s column we will talk about the positive and negative qualities of people who are associated with Number 8. People who are born on 8th, 17th and 26th of any month have a major influence of Number 8 on their lives. The number 8 is ruled by the planet Saturn which is called Shani in Hindu astronomy.