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Leo and the Lion's Gate

This has been an extraordinary month. I’ve been following impulses that have led me to discover amazing things. And in the energy of August’s astrological sign of Leo—my Moon and Rising Sign—I’ve been inspired to reclaim parts of myself that I’d suppressed.

Early in the month, I began to notice lion energy all around me. One day, I spontaneously tuned into a podcast featuring an interview with Linda Tucker, founder of the Global White Lion Protection Trust, which opened something deep inside me. And, when I’d decided to change the browsers on all my devices to Brave, which helps monitor and discourage the out-of-control search logarithms that have become so invasive. I discovered that Brave’s logo is a lion, and its AI app is named Leo. And also at that time, many of the online communities I tap into began focusing on the then approaching Lion’s Gate Portal.

The Lion's Gate portal is an annual spiritual, astrological, and numerological event described as a dimensional opening when fixed star Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, rises in close proximity to the Sun forming a sacred Earth, Sun, Sirius alignment. This time was celebrated by the ancient Egyptians, who associated the reappearance of Sirius above the horizon with the flooding of the Nile and the celebration of new beginnings and the Egyptian New Year.

In our time, the Lion’s Gate would open a window of heightened potential from July 28 to August 12, with the peak occurring on August 8 (8/8), a "gateway" of high-frequency energy between the physical and spiritual realms. This gateway can facilitate heightened intuition, emotional healing, letting go of the old, and powerful manifestation opportunities; a time of personal and global transformation. And the date 8/8 is considered significant in numerology symbolizing abundance and infinite possibility. There was also the added power this year in the fact that numerologically, 8/8/2026 reduces to 888, increasing the infinite potential of the portal. And, in addition, there was the very rare fact that the Lion’s Gate closing on August 12 aligned directly with the total solar eclipse.

Zihra and Mandla Taking In The Sun

The Global White Lion Protection Trust

As these events began to unfold, I followed my impulses to explore more of what was calling to me. I signed up to join what I knew would be a large global gathering (thousands) for one of the many Lion’s Gate events, this one a channeled transmission, activation, and healing on 8/8 offered by Kelly Kolodney, channel for Archangel Raphael, who would speak for the White Lions. And, moved by Linda Tucker’s story, I was led to explore the Global White Lion Protection Trust website, which is where I met and fell in love with the StarLions of Timbavati.

From the website:

In the midst of a global lion crisis that treats Africa’s most sacred animals as a killing commodity in cross-border trade, Linda Tucker has dedicated her life to the solution. She has been campaigning against this diabolical industrialising of lions since the early ‘90s, and famously rescued a White Lion born in one of these death camps. Marah, whose mother was forcibly removed from her endemic ecosystem, was reintroduced with her cubs to the wilderness land of her origins where her lineage survives to this day.

 

Born by natural occurrence in only this one region on earth—one of the world’s last surviving lion ranges, the White Lions play a critical ecological and cultural role in the greater system. Ecologically, the White Lions restore trophic balance throughout all species in this sensitive biodiversity hotspot. Culturally, as the “King of Kings” and a living symbol of good governance, the White Lions restore all “kingdoms” and are revered by Wisdom Keepers as the holiest animals on the African continent.

 

In the ‘90s, Linda Tucker’s ground-breaking research first revealed geographic and geodetic links to Ancient Egypt, published and shared with the world in her book, Mystery of the White Lions. She identified that the birthplace of the White Lions in Tsau—the heart of today’s UNESCO Kruger-to-Canyons Biosphere—aligns exactly with Giza (Egypt), resting place of the Sphinx, thus uncovering a profound mystery that links White Lions with humankind’s greatest lion riddle.

 

According to Credo Mutwa, South African healer and prophet, known during his lifetime as “The Living Library of Africa,” the original meaning of the word “Timba-vati” refers to The Place where the StarLions came down.

It was painful to read the more detailed story of what these Magnificent Beings were/are forced to endure by the dregs of humanity, but I felt my heart opening while perusing the photos of the StarLions who were given a refuge and respect and protection to live free and in recognition of who they are. They, like humanity, however, are clothed in physical form, and although they are Wisdom Keepers, they, too, can fall into forgetting. But the StarLions are their ancestors, and like humanity, the White Lions, too, are beginning to remember. I now keep an image of Mandla and Zihra on my computer desktop. These beautiful, regal images of the Matriarch and Patriarch of the first Royal Pride born at Timbavati taking in the morning sun, for reasons I don’t completely understand, brings tears of both love and longing every time I see it.

And when I discovered that Mandla, named after Nelson Mandela, had died naturally of old age in 2015, I felt deep grief. Mandla’s real name was As-lan, which means StarLion, but had to be changed in order to protect him from the trophy hunters, and so he was given the name Mandla in honor of Nelson Mandela. As was written in Mandla’s tribute: It is fitting that his timing coincided with the departure of the other great LionHearted King, Nelson Mandela, who passed away on 5th December exactly two years ago.

You can read the entire Tribute to Mandla HERE. 

StarLions

Over the weeks, as these emotions continued to arise within me, I was led to do more exploring.

There isn't much about StarLions outside of what can be called the Consciousness Community. Here are some of the things I found that I’m feeling into for myself.

Star Lions, often identified as Sirian White Lions or linked to Regulus, the Heart Star of the Leo constellation are understood as high-frequency spiritual beings that act as guardians of truth, sovereignty, and divine law. They are not merely physical animals, but cosmic archetypes and star races that transmit Leo frequencies onto Earth to activate human DNA, courage, spiritual balance, and creative leadership. The White Lions are seen as integral to shifting mass consciousness toward 5D awareness, helping humanity dissolve the ego and reconnect with Source or Great Central Sun through courageous action and inner alchemy.

 

Beyond cognitive expansion, the Leo frequency specifically affects the heart chakra and solar plexus, instilling courage, leadership, and a sense of ultimate sovereignty, helping humans shed victimhood and step into their role as co-creators.

The White Lions from Sirian lineages are specifically cited as sacred beings that transmit protection and truth during the Lions Gate. Sirius, being my galactic home, something else I don’t completely understand, may be why I feel so drawn to these Stellar Beings, and how their Leonine energy is reminding me of my own Leo attributes, inspiring me to move beyond old fears, and make courageous choices.

 

Lion's Gate Global Event

I’m not sure how to even begin to share what I felt during this event. It was unlike anything I had ever experienced—an expansive transmission, activation, and healing; a deeply emotional and personal interaction. I felt both drowned in and lifted by tears that began the moment the White Lion collective came through.

After meditation and breathing, Archangel Raphael explained that he would begin to speak for the Council of the White Lion energy.

I am the white lion. I am winged, like an angel. I come from beyond the star Sirius. I can feel the presence of your energy. For it is not only you, but others around your globe gathering in settings like this, honoring this time of the Lion’s Gate… Our hearts are filled with love because we love you so so very much. You may wonder why it is that we love you. We know that you are in human form, that you are clothed in matter, and in a body, but your essence is one that has walked with us. You are our brothers and sisters…

They went on.

We would look to you, from your perspective, if you could see us, like a lion. We have a mane, and our eyes are blue like the White Lions (on earth). Our energy is similar, and yet our body is different. We have a shimmering light that moves through us, and we are made of stardust. We have always lived and dwelled in the dimension we are in, and we can dissolve into orbs of light geometries and patterns, for we are not always in this form, but we can appear this way if we are wanting to…

We are connected with the Sirian Beings because we come from the same system. They are our brothers and sisters. You know of them, as they are the great healers, and we are healers, too. We come because we love you, and we want to bring you gifts this evening. We want to bring you healing. We want to remind you that all that we carry within our being, you carry within yourself. We have opened a pathway, a path of light and energy, of plasmic energy that has and is descending through your Milky Way.

They explained that even though they are a collective, they can appear in a singular form and that they are standing right in front of each of us. They invited us to feel their presence, to open our hearts and let go of expectations. They explained that they can stand before each one of us, that they can multiply themselves and can appear in different places simultaneously. They continued.

And so all of you listening, wherever you are in the world, I stand before you. Put your hands up, and as you do so, feel my hands touch yours. You might sense my paws, the softness, the tenderness, the velvetness of my fingertips, the fur and the energy that is pulsating. Sense it. Begin to see if you can sense my energy. Can you see my presence, hear the vibration of my frequency? I am looking now directly at you and only you and into your eyes. My eyes right now are closed, as are yours. Keep yours closed, but mine will begin to open. They are a blue crystal color, like the rivers of light coming from the stars, and as they are opened, the energy pierces through them into yours. And I take my hands now and they begin to pulsate against yours and you feel something tingling in the center of your palms, and here I am placing an orb of light, and the light that is moving into your palms is an energy for healing.

The feeling of being “seen” and “remembered” through the crystal blue eyes of this StarLion Being was overwhelming. And the energy that pulsed through my palms and whole body, was palpable and intense. The transmission and activation that continued lasted over an hour offering healing energy from my crown chakra down through every cell of my body. The feeling was indescribable.

We love you so so very much in ways you do not know, they said. Tears fall from our eyes in recognition that you are remembering us… And as we have echoed out and received the call from the [white] lions, they are also roaring from Timbavati, roaring into the field of this space, and into your hearts and through your body and through your cells and filling and awakening memories…

It took days for me to sit with what I was feeling. I don’t think I’ve ever had so much intense energy move through me in such a short time, or more accurately, non-time. Tears of sadness and joy, of deep knowing and not knowing filled my days and nights. And my thoughts carried me to some far and not so far places.

Michou

Michou as Star Being

All of this reminded me of something I have thought often over the last many years. I have felt that the only Being I hoped would be waiting for me when it came my time to cross the veil was my beloved cat Michou. This is rather sad, I know, but it is often how I have felt. At times, I have sensed his presence moving toward me as I sit on the couch. I have felt his soft fur next to me.

Michou and I did not always have an easy relationship. I have done things I wish I could have done better, and it has grieved me. And there were aspects of Michou that I wished could have been different, but I know I chose him, and I believe he chose me. As I wrote in my memoir Rare Atmosphere: An Extraordinary Inter-dimensional Affair of the Heart: 

…When I went to see the Ragdoll kittens, they were barely five weeks old, little balls of creamy fluff, some with the early bicolor or seal point markings, all with beautiful blue eyes. The majority of the kittens seemed shy and reticent. But one was fearless, the one I had already fallen in love with, the one the breeder had named Marco, as in Marco Polo, because he explored everything… He was irresistible—passionate and full of life.

While I was attempting to understand the synchronicities and feelings that were coming up for me in these past weeks, I found myself wondering if Michou could have been a Star Being. He definitely had a lion soul. I called him King of Everything, seventeen pounds of handsome, fearless, blue-eyed feline fire. Everyone who met him loved him. Was it possible for Michou’s soul to be more than a cat? Again, I went exploring.

In part I found that according to esoteric and metaphysical interpretations, cats are viewed as carriers of muli-dimensional or "star" consciousness. Some traditions suggest that feline souls are linked to higher-dimensional beings, such as Sirian entities, serving as earthly anchors to facilitate multi-dimensional travel and transmit coded spiritual knowledge to humanity. 

As I wondered about Ragdoll cats specifically, I was surprised to find an abundance of esoteric information.

Ragdoll cats have been considered to possess an exceptionally high vibrational frequency associated with unconditional love, divine feminine energy, and deep receptivity. These traits align closely with the characteristics attributed to Sirian or Pleiadian star beings, who often incarnate in forms capable of transmitting high-frequency healing energy. The Ragdoll’s signature trait—going limp and relaxed when held—is interpreted metaphysically as a state of total surrender to the divine flow, making them ideal anchors for multidimensional consciousnesses that operate beyond fear and resistance.

 

And a defining physical characteristic of the Ragdoll is its deep blue eyes, which in animals (and humans) are frequently cited as a marker of Sirian, Pleiadian, or Arcturian origin. These eyes are believed to be windows to higher dimensions, allowing the star being within to project coded light and facilitate telepathic communication more effectively than other breeds.

 

The breed’s founder, Ann Baker, famously asserted that the original Ragdolls were not merely domestic cats, but were the "last link between aliens and humans," possessing a unique genetic makeup that rendered them fearless and pain-free. It has been suggested that the Ragdoll lineage was specifically designed or chosen to house star soul energy. 

In some mysterious way, this all made sense to me. I often sat watching Michou perched high on his cat tree—his calm power, his lion strength and demeanor, and those blue blue eyes often focusing on the unseen.

I feel like I’ve been on a very long journey to a very far place in a very short time. I have so many experiences, emotions, revelations, connections to consider and feel into. There seemed to be intersecting threads running through this vast tapestry—StarLions, Sirian Star Family, Leo attributes, Ancient Egypt, White Lions of Timbavati, Lion’s Gate, White Lion Council, StarCats. And while there is much I’m discovering about my true self through all this inner travel, there’s much I’m unable to make sense of right now, which is fine. I have yet again come to the conclusion that an aspect of this unprecedented time is getting comfortable living in the I don’t know.