Michael Sternbach
Can I be both? Being strong and being balanced is a big challenge for someone with bipolar so I think both play a huge part as my life lesson. (I am an 8 not an 11)
I start thinking that there might in fact be something to both perspectives.
There seems to be some kind of resonance going on between the numbers 8 and 11, backed up by number theory and reflected in Tarot. I will say more about this when ready.
Kabbalistically, the three-dimensional tree presented by Robert C. Stein in The Mystery of the Letters and the Tree of Life might offer a clue.
Observations regarding birth cards seem to support the view of there being an "ambiguity" at work.
I might start another poll regarding VIII and XI, respectively, as annual cards.