My name is Jennifer Mark, and I am the creator of the original personal and leadership coaching framework called, The Elimination Code.

The Lion's Gate Oracle Deck and Guidebook-A Sacred Journey through the Portal is my newest offering and original creation.

Ten years ago, I created my first GoFundMe to help make a journey to Africa and the ancestral lands of the White Lions possible. So many people joined me in that YES, contributing more than $6,000 and helping me cross a threshold that would change the direction of my life and work.

In the decade since, my relationship with the White Lions has continued through listening, writing, study, and years of working with the wisdom of the Lion’s Gate Portal, which takes place each year from July 26 to August 12. A period of 17 and a half days.

The Lion’s Gate is associated with the Sun moving through Leo and the rising of Sirius, traditionally understood as a time of heightened spiritual energy, illumination, and connection. The Gate opens slowly, beginning on July 26, as its intensity gradually builds. It is fully open on August 8, which is considered the most powerful day of the Gate. Then, it closes quickly by August 12.

This creates 17 and a half days of gradually increasing intensity and illumination. A concentrated period for receiving insight, recognizing what is ready to change, and becoming more aware of what is asking to emerge. After the Gate closes, we have almost a full year to work with what we experienced and learned during that time.

Over time, I made a conscious decision to treat the Lion’s Gate as sacred time. A period to reset, reflect, listen, and enter more deliberately into relationship with myself through the wisdom illuminated by the Lion's Gate Portal

I began inviting others to join me, creating space to connect more deeply with the Gate, with one another, and with ourselves.

Through those gatherings, I began to understand just how profound the Gate could be.

But I also realized that the time between Gates was just as important.

Through my study and teaching, I came to see the Gate as a period of illumination. It revealed what needed attention: where life was out of balance, what was asking to change, what was ready to be released, and what wanted to emerge more fully.

The months between Gates became the place where that awareness could be lived and put into practice.

The time between gates is where I could work with what had been revealed, make changes, restore balance, and put the teachings into practice rather than simply experience them during one powerful window each year.

The Lion’s Gate became more than an annual event for me. It became a living practice that continued throughout the year. From that deeper relationship came the creation of the Lion’s Gate Oracle Deck and, ultimately, the guidebook that grew around it.

What began as sacred time for listening and reflection became a body of wisdom I wanted to give form to. Something that could support myself and others not only during the Gate itself, but throughout the year, when the deeper work of integration, change, and embodiment takes place.

My journey to Africa also led to the creation of The Elimination Code, an original coaching framework built around interconnected intelligences that help us clear what interferes, restore our center, and move forward with greater clarity and alignment.

At the heart and as the anchoring intelligence of both The Elimination Code and the Lion’s Gate Oracle are the Fourfold Wisdoms: Clarity, Focus, Purpose, and Aligned Action.

Within The Elimination Code, they provide a pathway for recognizing what is present, releasing what no longer serves, and reconnecting with the deeper intelligence available within us.

Within the Lion’s Gate Oracle and Guidebook, those same Wisdoms become a pathway for reflection, insight, and relationship with the wisdom of the Lion’s Gate itself.

Sirius, the brightest star in our night sky and traditionally known as the Dog Star has long held profound symbolic importance. Within some spiritual traditions surrounding Lion’s Gate, the Gate is understood as a time when the wisdom and energy of Sirius become more available, and the White Lions themselves are believed to carry a deep connection with that star.

Is that literally true? I cannot prove that it is. I choose to believe there is truth within it.

But you do not have to believe in portals, astrology, or any particular spiritual cosmology to work with what the Gate represents.

For me, the Gate carries an archetypal truth: there are times when what has been hidden becomes illuminated. We see more clearly what is out of balance, what needs attention, what is ready to be released, and what is asking to emerge.

The teachings of Lion’s Gate, and the cards that grew from them, are rooted in that understanding. They can be approached spiritually, symbolically, or very practically.

At their core, they offer a system for creating greater balance, listening more deeply, recognizing what needs to change, and taking meaningful action in your life.

Ten years later, my study of and connection with the Lions and the White Lion Trust continues through both personal experience and my ongoing participation in their Leadership Academy.

The Lion’s Gate Oracle Deck & Guidebook are the first tangible expression of this decade-long journey and my continuing relationship with the Lions. Something born from years of listening, writing, study, practice, and teaching that can now be held in another person’s hands.

I have created a 64-card oracle deck, written the full companion guidebook, and am now creating a card-sized Quick Guide to accompany the deck.

I am raising funds to support the first full printing and launch of the Lion’s Gate Oracle, including production of the cards, packaging, and Quick Guide, as well as the continued writing and development of the Lion’s Gate teachings.

Support will also help provide the dedicated time and resources needed to develop Lion’s Gate workshops, readings, and the first six-month Lion’s Gate Mystery School in 2027, culminating on July 25—the Day Out of Time

In many ways, this campaign is another invitation into a collective YES!

Ten years ago, your support helped me meet the White Lions.

Now I am asking for support to help bring forward what grew from saying yes to that journey.

The Lion's Gate Oracle Deck and Guidebook-A Sacred Journey through the Portal.

How the Funds Will Be Used

Funds raised through this campaign will be used specifically to support the creation, production, launch, and continued development of the Lion’s Gate body of work.

First Printing of the Lion’s Gate Oracle Deck

A significant portion of the funds will go toward the first full production run of the 64-card Lion’s Gate Oracle Deck, including professional printing, card stock, finishing, and production costs.

Packaging & Quick Guide

Funding will support the creation and printing of the custom packaging and the card-sized, Quick Guide that will accompany the deck and provide an accessible way to begin working with the cards.

The Full Companion Guidebook

Support will also help with the continued editing, publishing, and development of the full Lion’s Gate Oracle Deck and Guidebook, which offers a deeper exploration of the cards, teachings, practices, and wisdom behind the deck.

Proofing, Freight & Launch Costs

Funds will help cover final proofs, shipping and freight from the printer, packaging and fulfillment materials, and the practical costs involved in bringing the finished deck into the world.

Continued Lion’s Gate Writing & Teaching Development

The campaign will support dedicated time for writing, research, and development of the teachings that surround the deck and guidebook, including the Fourfold Wisdoms, Lion Guardians, Wisdom Keepers, Pride Energy, and the larger body of Lion’s Gate work.

Workshops, Readings & Teaching Experiences

Funding will help develop workshops, oracle readings, teaching materials, and other experiences that allow people to engage more deeply with the Lion’s Gate wisdom beyond the cards themselves.

The 2027 Lion’s Gate Mystery School

Support will also help with the writing, curriculum development, and infrastructure for the first six-month-Lion’s Gate Mystery School, culminating on July 25, 2027 which is called The Day Out of Time

The purpose of this campaign is not simply to print an oracle deck.

It is to help establish and sustain a complete Lion’s Gate body of work—from the physical deck and books to the teachings and experiences that will allow the wisdom within them to continue unfolding and reaching others.

Fundraising Goal

$10,888

The amount $10,888 carries both practical and symbolic meaning for this campaign.

October marks ten years since the journey to Africa that began this chapter of my work.

The 888 reflects the 8/8 Lion’s Gate, a central point within the yearly Gate and within the teachings and practices that have continued to unfold through my relationship with the Lions.

Practically, this goal allows for a meaningful bulk printing of the Lion’s Gate Oracle Deck, packaging, and Quick Guide, while leaving room to support the continued writing, teaching development, workshops, and creation needed to help this work grow and become sustainable beyond the first launch.

It is a goal designed not only to bring the first printing into being, but to give the Lion’s Gate work a strong foundation for what comes next.

Examples of some of the Cards:

The Great Lioness

Breathe

Hold the Vision

The Call

The Sentinel

Ways to Support

There are two ways to contribute to this campaign.

You may make a one-time contribution to help fund the first printing and launch of the Lion’s Gate Oracle Deck, Quick Guide, companion writing, and the development of the teachings that surround them.

Or, if you feel called to support the work as it continues to unfold, you may choose ongoing monthly support.

Monthly contributions help provide continuity as I continue writing, developing workshops and teachings, and creating the 2027 Lion’s Gate Mystery School.

Whether your contribution is one-time or ongoing, every offering helps move this work from an idea and a body of writing into something that can be shared, taught, experienced, and sustained.

And if contributing financially is not possible, sharing this campaign is also a meaningful way to help bring the work forward.

Want to refresh your memory or see where this journey began?

You can visit my original 2016 GoFundMe, “Be Part of My YES,” and read the story of the campaign that helped make my journey to Africa and the White Lions possible.

READ THE ORIGINAL CAMPAIGN

Ten years ago, we answered the call to YES together. Look at what grew from that one decision. Now another threshold is here. What might this next YES make possible?

Thank you for being part of this next YES...