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Erin Shetron's avatar

just wanna say I love this newsletter, that’s all 🖤

Erika Kubick's avatar

Read me for filth on this one

Sean Docherty's avatar

There’s something almost cruel about being told to step into the light when you’ve spent years discovering that being seen doesn’t necessarily mean being loved.

Maybe that’s what the eclipse takes first — the little lie that if we become bright enough, beautiful enough, brave enough, someone will finally stay.

And then the sky goes dark anyway.

Auna Aura's avatar

I’ve been saying No to a lot of shit y’all . I’m Leo SUN RISING MERCURY and do I mention my b day is on the 12th 😂😜🔥🔥🔥 it’s okay I’m just gonna vibe it out

Sheilah DS's avatar

Omg my birthday is today the 12 th too! Amen to what you said

/embody Your Divine Nature's avatar

Wow! I've been looking at various interpretations of this and the way you frame it provides a context which I have not seen before and which applies easily rather than being some abstract list of positions of astrological formations which makes my brain glaze over! (I guess there are astrologers and people who are more like consumers) I don't really want to learn it. I just want know what it means! This certainly makes Leo season feel a little bit more digestible and less of a total sh*t show that makes me want to run screaming for the hills!

Sally Jupe's avatar

Thank you Venus. Aquarius AC here - and...this is me! "Your sign’s move under pressure is to go cool and rational and handle it alone. Don’t. Instead, say what you actually want from the person, and let them react."

Oh how I need to say what I actually want from a certain person and yet it's so hard to say. But I know if I don't, we'll simply get nowhere and I'll stay the smaller, albeit he would never admit to that. And after 50 years together, I can't do this for another 20 years, if, we live that long!

Stanley Stewart's avatar

Why is the Lions Gate Portal trademarked in this article?

Venus's avatar

It’s sarcastic :) The Lions gate portal has nothing to do with astrology whatsoever, so I personally see it as a marketing tool loosely based on numerology.

Reneé Davis's avatar

@Yasmin Boland has been banging the drum about this too 👏🏻

Yasmin Boland's avatar

🥁 boom boom 💥 😘

Krista's avatar

Is that why "they" always seem to put them together (Lions gate and astrology) then? Simply for marketing purposes ya think? Because I've been seeing it a lot. What IS the Lions gate portal then if not part of astrology/ astronomy? 🤔

Venus's avatar

I think it mostly generates clicks well. To my knowledge, it’s a bunch of different things smashed together and wrapped in a pretty bow. First, there’s the ancient Egyptian significance of Sirius reappearing in the sky after being invisible for a while, which roughly coincided with the flooding of the Nile. But there’s no specific tie to August 8 at all. The 8/8 part is basically a pretty date with modern numerological associations around the number 8. And finally, the “lion” part comes from the Sun being in Leo at this time according to the tropical zodiac.

The Human Design Poet's avatar

The title brought me here. I love it. It was a full article in and of itself!

Laura Pritchard's avatar

Aries rising. It’s like you’ve been spying on me! 😆

Carola Marashi M.A.'s avatar

Thank you. This truly shed light and rings true!

Quinn's avatar

Excellent, thank you!

Kristine Templeman's avatar

My natal Venus is 19 Leo , in 2nd house … I am very curious as to whether this shall bode well.

Wesley Mira's avatar

Saturn and Mars both in Leo 10th house starving the heck out of each other. Saturn at 25 degrees too. So excited for this one.

Louise Fraser's avatar

I related to this! Im a Leo, rising sag, and i said to my partner this morning that starting to show up online was going to spill into other areas of my life, and the mire i soeak my truth the less agreeable i will be!

Divine Themes's avatar

As a scorpion rising, I did accept a bigger role at work. And I do see myself in this career for a longtime. Aside from that I came back out with my creative work.