The Lion's Gate Portal is a powerful cosmic event that occurs once every year during summer in the Northern Hemisphere. It occurs when the sun is in the sign of Leo (the Lion) and the brightest star in our sky, Sirius, rises on the eastern horizon to align with Orion's Belt. These three stars in the Orion constellation match up with the three pyramids in Giza, Egypt during this 8/8 portal.

The Lion's Gate Portal can be thought of like a gate swinging open through both time and space. It allows us even greater access to ancient wisdom, our inner self, and our spirit guides and ancestors. There are also practical aspects of the Lion’s Gate including increased productivity, creative energy, greater abundance, and amplified healing.

The Lion’s Gate Portal occurs on August 8 - 8/8 - and the number eight symbolically represents timelessness, perfection, and infinite capacity. This date offers us a potent ebb and flow: an opportunity to work directly with both the expansion and contraction that is necessary for all new beginnings.

This year, on 8/8, I will conduct a Lion’s Gate Portal Elder Futhark Rune Reading on behalf of the collective.

Using a full set of Elder Futhark Runes, I will cast the runes, intuitively divine their meanings, and write down their messages. I will then joyfully share this ritual process in the form of an illustrated email missive with anyone craving a deeper connection to ancestral wisdom and the Old Ways in this New World on this auspicious day. This rune reading will be especially potent given that the August Full Moon occurs just one day after the Lion’s Gate Portal, creating a window of opportunity for manifestation and energy clearing that is unsurpassed the rest of the year.

This Lion’s Gate Rune Reading will be similar in both form and feeling to my Lunar Rune Readings. You will receive:

• Resources to learn about the Elder Futhark Runes and their history

• Key points to work with in the span of time between the 8/8 Portal and the August Full Moon

• And a detailed overview of the Runes’ wisdom + guidance for helping us create and collaborate, so we are at our personal best and most powerful in the remaining flow of the year

I am offering this Lion’s Gate Portal Rune Reading in exchange for a donation, to honor both my time and my work with the old ways in this new world. Your donation will grant you access to the reading as soon as it is emailed out on Friday, 08 August 2025.

Donation Details:

• Any Dollar Amount: Lion’s Gate Portal Rune Reading. You can enter any dollar amount, even just $1, in the OTHER donation box to receive this rune reading (digital delivery).

• $11 or more — Lion's Gate Portal Rune Reading + Lion’s Gate Numerology Report. In addition to the rune reading, you will also receive my numerology report for this Lion’s Gate, which reviews how the numbers of this auspicious date break down and can be interpreted for maximum manifestation. I cover the numerology of both 2025 and 2026 through the next Lion’s Gate Portal, how to work with the specific manifestation pathway for this Lion’s Gate, as well as the benefits and cautions to enhance your awareness (digital delivery).

• $22 or more - Lion’s Gate Portal Rune Reading, Numerology Report & Manifestation Oil. In addition to the rune reading and the numerology report, I will personally craft and ship to you an Essential Oil Roll-On featuring my proprietary Manifestation essential oil blend. Each roll-on features Labradorite crystals, a stone prized for manifestation and connecting with the higher realms, with oils including Bergamot, Clary Sage, Jasmine, Ylang Ylang and other flowers and herbs. The crystals will charge under the full moonlight of the Lion’s Gate Portal and the next day’s full moon so you receive maximum energetic enhancement for your manifestation work. (Please note: a valid USA shipping address is required for this donation level. Canada / International shipping may be available, click this link to discuss rates: kittie@shieldmaidenssanctum.com)

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