The Lion’s Gate Portal is an annual event that occurs during Leo season, when the Earth, Sirius, and Orion align in the zodiac of Leo, unlocking the Lion’s Gate portal. The portal is open between July 28th and August 12, 2023, with the stars in the closest alignment on August 8th. During Leo season, there is a special focus on self-expression and authenticity. You’re being called to take on all the qualities of the fierce and ferocious King of the Jungle – and step into your power. You’re honoring all the past versions of yourself and acknowledging how every failure and heartbreak has led you to where you are today.
On August 8, the Lion’s Gate Portal reached its full power and bringing the stars together in a cosmic alignment ripe with magic and manifestation.
The Lion’s Gate Portal was at its peak 8-8-23. This year’s annual portal opening was very special because it occurred during a dramatic Venus retrograde, making it an extra powerful time for vision setting, intentions and manifestation. During the Lion’s Gate Portal, you’re being asked to look beyond your current reality. Whatever you’re looking for doesn’t exist on this plane of existence but that doesn’t mean it’s unreachable. This is your chance to harness the transformative energy of the stars.
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That’s a little background about the Lion’s Gate Portal – which I honor. This year it hit me like a TON of bricks. At first I didn’t know which way was up, and which way was down. Until I began to truly process and manifest. This changed everything.
This Portal had a profound effect on me. I felt its energy. I felt a tremendous shift, not only in the small world around me, but in my soul. I was being called and pulled to do something major with my life on that day; August 8, 2023. I felt a near ‘roar’ so to speak coming from deep within me saying ‘Now is the time, YOU know it.’ And I did.
I went to work on August 9, 2023 and had a morning of ‘I can do whatever I want’ feeling. I felt powerful. I was alone in the office, and I felt the need or desire, really, to have a glass of wine from a bottle that was open from a previous event. Did I mention it was 9:30 in the morning? Half way through that glass of wine I looked at it and said ‘What am I doing?’ because that power I felt the day before was real. And I knew it, I knew what it meant and I knew the calling it was leading me to. So August 9, 2023 was my last drink. I didn’t have a sip of anything else, and haven’t since then.
I was beginning a transformation. A transformation on the outside, allowing it to connect to my soul to make me a better person on the inside. I suspected that would catch a LOT of people by surprise, and some of these outside transformations were most likely one of my BPD “symptoms” (co-morbid) but I was ready… and I was really excited.
Alcoholics Anonymous has been a wonder! When you hear them say “Keep coming back – it works if you work it” IT’S THE TRUTH. I have an amazing sponsor that keeps me in check and I don’t think I would be able to be here doing what I’m doing without her. I’m a very competitive person and being able to be competitive with myself is one of the things that is positive for me in this instance. I challenge myself every day to stay sober. I challenge myself every day not to take those pills or get in those states of numbness. Because I will say this: the pain sometimes has been unbearable. It’s not always easy, it’s not. And if you’re struggling, I can’t say it’s always going to be sunshine and rainbows. It will be in the beginning, but then you are going to start feeling. Feeling things that you most likely have not ever felt before, because for most of us, we drank or did drugs to numb those feelings. For the first time, ever, I felt things. I had to quote un quote suffer through feelings and deal with them like a normal person. It was really hard. Not only as a sober person, but as a sober person with a mental disorder *pause for reaction.
Now, I say this a bit lightly because I am still here and I am still trudging the road to happy destiny. And I truly never thought I would be able to do that. Never. But here I am by my spirituality and the universe’s grace, I am here. And it makes me want to ROAR!
I am extremely grateful for my spirituality, the awareness I have to the universe and the Lion’s Gate Portal. It brought me clarity and brought me to where I am right now. I felt the pull. I felt the power. And it was time for me to make a change within myself and therefore make a change to others, in time.
So I’m here, taking one day at a time, making no promises for tomorrow or the next day. But I am making the most of today. Taking the best care of myself that I can today. That’s what inspired me to do this. To really look inward, change outward and help myself and others. It’s my passion. I don’t think I should still be here, but I am. So what can I do to make a change in myself and in others in a positive way?
What can you do?
The goal of these blogs is to set intentions and to manifest a beautiful and purposeful life! To find beauty in the ugliest of places and to find light in the darkest.
Come with me on this journey as we discover a pathway to healing, health, purpose and joy!
And remember: Don’t take life too seriously, no one gets out alive!
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