8-wolankhula gudumu

Tsiku lochitika : cha m’ma 2000 BC
Kumene anagwiritsidwa ntchito : Egypt, Middle East, Asia.
mtengo : Gudumu ndi chizindikiro cha dzuwa, chizindikiro cha mphamvu zakuthambo. Pafupifupi m’mipambo yonse yachikunja, gudumulo linali chikhumbo cha milungu ya dzuŵa, linkaimira kuzungulira kwa moyo, kubadwanso kosalekeza ndi kukonzanso.
Mu Chihindu chamakono, gudumu limatanthauza kutsirizitsa kwangwiro kopanda malire. Mu Buddhism, gudumu likuyimira njira zisanu ndi zitatu za chipulumutso, mlengalenga, gudumu la samsara, symmetry ndi ungwiro wa dharma, kusintha kwamtendere, nthawi ndi tsogolo.
Palinso lingaliro la "gudumu lamwayi", lomwe limatanthawuza mndandanda wa zokwera ndi zotsika, zosayembekezereka zamtsogolo. Ku Germany ku Middle Ages, gudumu lolankhula 8 linagwirizanitsidwa ndi Achtven, matsenga amatsenga. Pa nthawi ya Dante, Wheel of Fortune adawonetsedwa ndi mawu a 8 a mbali zosiyana za moyo waumunthu, nthawi ndi nthawi kubwereza: umphawi-chuma, nkhondo-mtendere, mdima-ulemerero, chipiriro-chilakolako. Wheel of Fortune imalowa mu Major Arcana ya Tarot, nthawi zambiri pamodzi ndi ziwerengero zokwera ndi zotsika, monga gudumu lofotokozedwa ndi Boethius. Khadi la Wheel of Fortune Tarot likupitilizabe kuwonetsa ziwerengerozi.