The time has come, my fellow manifestation mavens! The Lion’s Gate Portal is now open and as any mystic worth their Himalayan Salt knows, it’s an extremely potent and powerful time! I know, I know. Mercury Retrograde is here wreaking havoc on our lives, but this period should give you some sweet reprieve.
If you’re somewhat of a manifestation newbie and need guidance on how to get your spells off the ground, I’ve got ya covered with five easy-as methods.
Now, let’s delve into what the Lion’s Gate Portal means in astrology and how you can tap into its energy to manifest whatever you want in life!
The Lion’s Gate Portal 2025
The Lion’s Gate portal aptly falls in Leo Season.
When does the Lion’s Gate Portal open?
Every year on August 8, the Lion’s Gate Portal reaches its peak. During Leo Season, funnily enough. Those lions do be wilding!
With that said, its energy can be felt in the week prior to this sacred day, so start manifesting now!
What is the Lion’s Gate Portal?
When the sun in Leo aligns with the star Sirius, Orion’s Belt and the Earth, a powerful portal of energy is opened known as the Lion’s Gate Portal.
For this one day, there are endless manifestation possibilities.
This belief dates back to Egyptian times as the ancient Egyptians worshipped Sirius and the goddess Sopdet and celebrated her return in the morning sky as the start of a new year.
For this reason, mystic peeps use this time to harness potent manifesting energy and summon their dreams to reality.
Today is the eighth day of the eighth month and in both numerology and astrology, eight is a very significant number.
The eighth house and eighth sign of the zodiac belong to Scorpio, which means today’s energy is all about power and transformation, AKA accessing the portal’s mystic vibes to make bountiful changes in our lives.
This energetic gateway is clearing old karma, unlocking major blessings, and shifting you into a timeline of abundance, alignment, and soul-level growth. If you’ve been noticing 88, feeling the urge to rise higher, or sensing something huge on the horizon — you’re right. This week holds a different frequency.
The 8/8 Portal is ushering in good fortune, financial gains, personal breakthroughs, and deep joy.
What should I do?
As you may have gleaned from my repetition of the word ‘manifest, the Lion’s Gate Portal is a great time for manifestation magic. So what are you waiting for? Get manifesting!
Make a vision board (here’s a handy how-to guide for ya), clutch your crystals, write down your goals, hopes and dreams for the future.
Manifesting isn’t a one size fits all sitch and everyone has their own methods of manifestation.
The most important element in manifesting is to first identify what it is you want, then spend time visualising it coming to fruition.
You might want to carve out some time today to sit down and write your aspirations into your journal, as simply writing it down is a powerful form of manifestation.
Gather your coven and cast some spells! (Credit: Charmed)
Or you could get full witchy with it and sit in a circle of candles and crystals and meditate while focusing on what you want. Might sound super woo-woo but trust me, it works!
While meditating, you may receive an epiphany that’ll help you transform a dream into reality.
Or you can go all artsy with it and craft yourself a vision board featuring images of all your desires. When I knock off this arvo, I plan on rifling through the stack of magazines that’s been taking up real estate in my wardrobe and finding pics that represent my goals. Then I’ll take a bunch of push pins and populate a cork board with all those glorious images to help manifest my goals.
And most of all, be sure to think positive thoughts while the Lion’s Gate Portal is open because as we know from basic manifestation laws, our thoughts have a serious impact on not just our mindset, but also our reality.
If we think negatively, negative outcomes will happen.
If we think positively, positive outcomes will happen.
Ya catch my drift?
Happy manifesting, my friends!
In the meantime, to suss what you’re in for over the next month, peep your August 2025 horoscopes.
Matt Galea is PTV’s Deputy Editor and resident astrologer. He recently released his first book titled How To Spot The (Star) Signs. You can find him on Instagram.
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