Lion's Gate Portal 2026

Whether you believe in this astrology shit or not, you are affected by it.  For me, I believe it gives us access to parts of life and living that the logical, rational side of life tries to tell us doesn’t exist.  But I know it does, there is an intuitive process in my life whereby I come to understand and believe in things that just prior I only sensed.  Feelings, do sometimes, become facts.

There have been so many of these coincidences in my life, so many places where life was zigging and then zagged but I knew it before it happened, I sensed it.

Also, I don’t really think astrology hurts anyone.  I think it is nice to believe there are forces at work around us, through us and with us that are leading us to some higher purpose and path.  If you don’t like it, cool.  If you dig it, cooler!

So the Lion’s Gate Portal opened on July 26th and peaked on August 8th and then will close on August 12th.  Astrologers and numerologists consider the 2026 configuration exceptionally potent due to a rare alignment of cosmic events:

Triple-8 Numerology: August 8 is always an 8/8 day, but 2026 adds a third layer. When you break down the full calendar date (8 + 8 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 6 = 26), the digits further reduce to 8 (2 + 6 = 8). In numerology, the number 8 symbolizes infinite flow, material wealth, and abundance.

Jupiter in Leo: Jupiter, the planet of expansion and good fortune, entered Leo earlier this summer for the first time in twelve years, heavily amplifying the solar energy of the portal.

The August 12 Total Solar Eclipse: Unlike typical years where the energy fades quietly, the 2026 portal closes directly on the day of a metamorphic total solar eclipse in Leo, extending the timeline for major personal breakthroughs.

In short, The Lion’s Gate Portal is always a powerful window for manifestation, abundance, and personal transformation but this year it is amplified.  And I have felt it coming.

As I slogged through last year in a job that I loved but knew was coming to an end, as my dad’s health declined, as my children grew up and away, I could feel the change coming.  It felt almost like I was on a train headed for a canyon where the track is missing, but with the faith that instead of careening to our death, there would be a new, better track that would replace the old one and the journey would carry on.

And here we are.  My father passed, the job vanished, the nest is intermittently empty, and I am different.  The new track is laid and my train has successfully landed and is ready to proceed.

I did an exercise the other day that pulled words for me regarding the changes that would come through this Lion’s Gate:  Productivity, adventure, awakening, creativity, manifestation and connection.  And every one of those words landed for me.

My book is finally coming out this year, after 30 years in the making, rewriting, holding on, I am finally willing to release it.  And this whole writing process has increased my creativity 100 fold.  I feel the power of creativity moving me towards productivity, adventure, further awakening, manifesting connections that are Divine in their creation and purpose.  I can fucking feel it.

I am excited.  I am accepting life on life’s terms while also digging deeper and being willing to settle into this new version of my life.  I know what I want to do and I know what I do not.  I am willing to consider options I was not willing to do before.  I am willing to live this life and all its variations...the life I have felt manifesting for the past year.

I am ready.

I am willing.

I am stoked.

I am riding the tide of powerful, Divine energy.

Again, still...