The Gate Opened on 8/8. Today, We Reclaim.
Four days ago, the Lion’s Gate cracked something open.
I know it did for me.
After our 8/8 ceremony, I was exhausted, emotional, scattered, and confronted by anger and frustration I almost never allow myself to feel. Underneath all of it was one question:
Who am I becoming, and what can no longer come with me?
Whatever surfaced for you over the last few days, pay attention.
Today brings a total solar eclipse and New Moon in Leo.
In astrology, Leo speaks to the heart, creativity, courage, self-expression, and our willingness to be seen.
And because this eclipse falls on the South Node side of the Leo-Aquarius axis, I’m especially interested in what we are ready to stop carrying.
The old role.
The smaller identity.
The version of ourselves built to survive something we no longer live inside.
So today, I want us to do something together.
The Reclamation Declaration
Take out a piece of paper.
At the top, write:
I RECLAIM
Then name what you are taking back.
Your voice.
Your creativity.
Your body.
Your desire.
Your confidence.
Your time.
Your authority.
Your joy.
Your right to be seen.
Your right to create the life that is yours.
Be specific.
Then underneath it, write:
I AM
Now declare who you are because you have reclaimed it.
I RECLAIM my voice.
I AM a woman who speaks.
I RECLAIM my creativity.
I AM a creator.
I RECLAIM my authority.
I AM sovereign.
I RECLAIM the parts of myself I made smaller for other people.
I AM visible.
Not someday.
Not when you feel ready.
Now.
Decorate the page. Paint it. Write all over it. Make it yours.
Then put it somewhere you will see it every day.
And here is the important part:
📝Post a photo of your declaration page below.
Or write your two statements directly in the comments:
I RECLAIM ________.
I AM ________.
I want this entire thread filled with women naming what they are taking back and declaring who they are now.
Because there is power in writing it.
There is power in saying it out loud.
And there is power in being witnessed by other women while you do it.
Mary Magdalene stood at the tomb, witnessed what she saw, and spoke.
She did not wait for permission.
She bore witness.
Maybe that is part of our work too.
What do I want to create, and am I willing to be seen doing it?
The gate opened on 8/8.
Today, we reclaim what we left behind.
And then we walk through.
Drop your I RECLAIM / I AM declaration below. Let’s fill this space with reclamation.
And if you missed our 8/8 Lion’s Gate ceremony, the replay link is below.