The Lion’s Gate

I usually do not post this many times in one day.

However, the Lion’s Gate is part of the Sirius Rising window, which moves from July 28 through August 12. Since this window is closing, I felt called to share the ceremony I was guided to do this morning.

I want to begin with a brief understanding of the Lion’s Gate. It is honored each year on August 8 and comes within what is often called Sirius Rising. In the ancient Egyptian cycle, Sirius rising in the sky was connected with the flooding of the Nile, bringing the waters needed for the land and crops to flourish. For me, this speaks not only of abundance, but also of the number eight: as above, so below.

The Lion’s Gate also connects, for me, with the White Lions of Lyra and Sirius. When their homes in Lyra were destroyed, the Beings within the Sirius system welcomed them. They brought with them the wisdom, courage, and purity of Being that had been forged through great loss and remembrance.

The Lion’s Gate has come to symbolize the completion of the old and the beginning of the new: a time of release, renewal, and conscious creation. It also reminds me of the 999: completion, transition, and the opening of a new cycle.

Today I felt guided to take a crystal and sit quietly with it in my hands.

You can do this without a crystal. I simply like to place my intention within one so it may become part of what I am desiring to create.

As I sat with the crystal, I began to breathe.

First, I heard to ask myself:

What am I ready to leave behind?

For me, the answers were:

My anger at authority.

My need to protect and serve others at the expense of myself.

My feelings of abandonment and unworthiness.

Then I paused, taking a few clearing breaths and releasing.

Next, I heard that instead of only asking for what I want, I should ask:

Who must I become to meet the life I am asking for?

For me, this meant:

Greater trust and allowing.

Moving with the flow so I may act instead of react.

Listening with the Grace of Compassion while remaining within my truth.

Knowing that my own love, care, and well-being are as important as that of others, and setting boundaries so I have the energy to create.

Spending more time in quiet stillness and alignment.

I then chose one intention to place within my crystal. It is better to begin with one clear intention than to scatter my energy in too many directions.

If you are not using a crystal, simply state your one intention.

See it.

Feel it.

Experience it as though it has already begun.

Then I heard to state:

“I give my energy to what I choose to create.

I welcome the highest expression of this intention, for my benefit and for the greater good of all.”

I paused for a few breaths to feel this within me.

Then I asked:

What action can I take today to bring this into focus?

This is the balance of the Feminine flow of compassion and receptivity with the Masculine action of direction and intent.

So be it, and it is so.

I keep a crystal into which I have placed an intention on my altar as a reminder and amplifier. I use it in meditation and in relationship to the actions I feel guided to take.

This window is closing, but what was opened within us does not disappear. It becom