08/08 Lion’s Gate Portal

The lion's gate portal opens every year on August 8 when the sun in Leo, the star Sirius, Orion's Belt, and the Earth all line up. This creates a powerful portal of energy, which is potent for manifesting.

During the Lion's Gate portal, Sirius separates sufficiently from the sun to come into view. Since Sirius is the brightest star in our night sky, some ancient (and even current) mystics believed it infuses the earth with extra energy and light.

In astrology, 8 stands out most in terms of the houses in your birth chart and signs of the zodiac. The 8th house and 8th sign of the zodiac belong to Scorpio, so astrologically, 8 has connections to power, transformation, energy, passion, and sexuality – all Scorpio themes!

Eight also corresponds to the Strength card in the traditional Tarot deck; this card features a person calmly interacting with a lion, with an infinity symbol above their head. Thus, the number 8 also has special symbolic connections to strength and the lion.

In numerology, eight is known as the powerhouse number, and it acts as a bridge between the material and spiritual realms. It's also the number of power and wealth so the double energy of 8/8 is conducive to success.

Here’s just one idea for a ritual to help you harness the energy of this important astrological phenomenon.

Write down the following:

What you’d like to heal in your life.
What you’d like to continue to develop and nurture.
What you’d like to purge.
What you love and adore about yourself.

Then, consider how you can use your amazing uniqueness to usher this new paradigm of love into the world.

Bring out your inner Leo to play and see how it feels to infuse some ferocity into your world.

May we all roar our way through the gate!