What is the Lion’s Gate portal? It is a time when we are releasing the last vestiges of the Old and fully activating the Soul Embodiment process which is the primary aim of the Ascension process. As this completes you become embodied light, embodied Spirit, fearlessly living out the path of Creative Love that is your destiny when you choose to incarnate in physical form. It marks the time that the star Sirius — the brightest blue star in the sky, which is known as the “Spiritual Sun” and has a long history of astronomical significance among groups including ancient Egyptians and the Dogon tribe of Africa — rises and becomes visible in the sky. This time of year is also when the sun is in its home in Leo, the sign of the lion. — 8/8 — is a transformative and powerful number in numerology, one that brings change; 88 also represents infinity. The eighth house and eighth sign of the zodiac belong to Scorpio, so astrologically, eight has connections to power, transformation, energy, passion, and sexuality—all Scorpio themes. Eight also corresponds to the Strength card in the traditional tarot deck; this card features a woman calmly interacting with a lion, with an infinity symbol above her head. Thus, the number eight also has esoteric symbolic connections to strength and to the lion. 8 is connected with achievement, goals, and the intersection of the spiritual and physical dimensions, signified by the interlocking circles of "8," or the infinity symbol. Those born under life path number eight are thought to be here to master the integration of spirit into matter, adding that similar to its tarot meaning, eight represents strength in numerology.