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Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui and other Woo. My name is Laura Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady! Today I’m talking about the intense and pivotal August Astrology.
Think The Matrix meets Disclosure vibes! It’s a wild sky. I believe we are all feeling it. I actually had an astrology expert lined up for today and when they had to cancel at the last minute, I took it as a sign to speak on Astrology with my Feng Shui Lens. Because here’s the thing My work with Feng Shui is closely aligned with Astrology. Specific rituals, activations and energy work are dictated by the lunar cycles so I am very attuned with what’s happening Astrologically. This is such a big month energetically that I couldn’t escape talking about the Astrology of it all.
We are currently in what is called The Lions Gate Portal and it peaks on Saturday August 8th and completes on the 12th. This episode drops on Friday August 7 just in time for Lions Gate.
The Lion’s Gate Portal is a modern spiritual concept that happens every year on August 8 (8/8). Many people who follow astrology, numerology, and energy work believe it’s a particularly powerful time for setting intentions, reflecting, and focusing on personal transformation.
So Saturday 8/8/26 which is actually a triple 8 because 26 reduces to the number 8. Is The Day After this Podcast Drops! I felt called to speak on this and share some insights and Feng Shui tools for navigating this powerful time.
Lions Gate is based on a blend of ideas:
* Leo season: The Sun is in Leo, a sign associated with confidence, creativity, courage, and the heart.
* The star Sirius: Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, has long held symbolic importance, especially in ancient Egypt, where its annual reappearance coincided with the flooding of the Nile and was seen as a sign of renewal.
* The number 8: In numerology, 8 symbolizes abundance, personal power, achievement, and the infinity symbol (∞). Because the portal peaks on 8/8, many view it as amplifying those themes.
Here’s are some ways you can work with these energies and apply Feng Shui to cultivate your hopes and dreams. I would start by downloading my Free Feng Shui Basics course that comes with a free Bagua Map Download and an explanation on how to apply it. You can use this energy map to find the areas and themes of your home that activate your goals whether it’s Love, Money, to Health, or Career etc.
Pick one or a few areas to focus on and find them in your home with the Bagua Map and:
* Declutter any area connected to a goal you’re cultivating.
* Refresh your wealth or career area if you’re focused on abundance.
* Open windows, bring in fresh flowers, or light a candle to symbolize inviting new energy.
* Write one clear intention and place it somewhere you’ll see it daily.
These are simple activities that would be aligned with Saturdays 8/8 Portal. Even on Sunday the energy should still be in your favor.
Leo Season Is Roaring with even more Astrological highlights.
We have 2 Eclipses this month!
A New Moon Solar Eclipse on 8/12/26 in Leo & a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Pisces on 8/28/26
The caveat here is that Eclipse’s are not the time to try to Manifest anything specific or force your will.
The paradox of Lions Gate as an initiation portal this month versus eclipse season which is more of a hand of god and divine intervention moment rather than manifesting one….
Once we move past Lions Gate and into the eclipses you’ll want to see what the universe delivers and respond to things rather than initiating them. The signs will present themselves often as non negotiable changes that happen to us and ultimately for us even if they weren’t by choice.
I can share personal examples to give life and context to how Lions Gate and the eclipses can work in your own life.
During last year’s Lions gate I called in love with specific Feng Shui adjustments to my Love Gua. I actually met and started dating a soulmate after 2 years of celibacy on Lions Gate! It was intense and I was happy with my new lover for the first time in ages perhaps ever. We were pretty hot and heavy.
Then a few weeks later the Eclipses happened my brother got very sick. My mother had passed away in February of last year and my father had been in steep decline ever since. Fortunately my brother lived with my father and was taking care of him but now he was facing a quadruple heart bypass and Kidney cancer simultaneously. I s**t you not! Even though I had just started a relationship and redecorated and Feng Shui’d my home, I was put in a position where I had to move to be close to my family. I feared the worst. That my brother would pass and I would need to step in and take care of my father. They needed me and it was time to move.
I did not want to move. But I had to trust and believe that there was a blessing on the other side of that transition. My relationship got me through the transition and was a blessing but ultimately ended due to the distance. While the transition and move had its challenges and weren’t something I would have “chosen,” it all worked in my favor.
The life I am building now is so much more fulfilling and expansive than my life in LA. All the things I had wanted in a home for years suddenly materialized like a pool and jaccuzi. An in unit Washer and Dryer. A large walk in closet. A balcony with a beautiful view. Living 15 minutes from the beach. A dedicated space for my home office. Really good and aligned Feng Shui that includes having my bedroom in the Love Gua of my home. All of it was such a huge upgrade! Don’t even get me started on how much more relaxing life is in Orange County! There’s no traffic here and parking everywhere! If you live in LA you understand the sheer torture of driving and parking there. There’s no potholes here or homeless encampments! I had no idea how much of a toll it actually took on me to constantly be exposed to that whenever I left my house in LA.
My nervous system is different now. I’m not as much of a recluse. I actually Network on a regular basis here and gleefully leave my house!
I Iook back at my life in LA and wince because the last few years the city took a dark turn. The pandemic hit us hard and so many amazing businesses vanished and were replaced with homeless encampments. It became impossible to ignore. I have a hard time going back there now because the energy of the city feels heavy to me.
I now marvel at my good fortune. Yet I still remember how much initial resistance I had around leaving LA. All this to say don’t judge the changes that may come your way until the dust has settled!
I have also made new friends and a growing community here and I feel so blessed. It was divinely guided by the post Lions Gate Eclipse Season of 2025. A year filled with the highest highs and lowest lows. It was dramatic and life changing and uncomfortable but for my highest good.
I hope my story gives you some context around what is possible under the influence of the Lions Gate Portal and Eclipses. Don’t be scared. Get excited and lean in!
I used Feng Shui all along the way to navigate these energies and maximize on the energetic potential of my former home and my new and much improved one. I will be testing out a brand new Manifesting Ritual on Lions Gate that my mentor recently handed down to me. After that I plan to sit back and see what the Universe has in mind for me!
In case you were wondering, my brother survived both the quadruple heart bypass and the removal of his Cancerous Kidney. He is now thriving and taking care of my Dad. I’m close to him and my father and appreciate the importance of family and coming home. Home is my medicine and it can be yours too!
I hope you will feel called to download my Free Feng Shui Basics course and use some of the tips and techniques I share in that mini-course to navigate this month and beyond. It’s my Lions Gate Gift to you!
I will have a link to the course in the show notes along with my Link-tree with all my offerings and all the ways I can be of service. I want to wish everyone a blessed Leo season of change and transformation. Also remember that what can appear daunting and undesirable can ultimately turn out to be your greatest blessing especially when it’s delivered through the divine intervention of Eclipses. Please remember to subscribe, like and share to spread the love. Wishing you all many blessings and Ciao for now.
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