Yesterday, on one of the crystal skull forums I read that the 13th Gate will open on the 20th of February, here in Europe today already. If you know nothing about the 13th Gate, than you’ll have a lot of reading to do. You could start with the site which is selling innitiations into the Gates: ascendedmasters.org and if you plan buying these better be quick 
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Here is copy of what is on the Ascendedmasters.org site (link given above) for you to read right away:
Opening 13th Gate 20-02-08 /Sananda: The 13th Gate.
Petra Margolis
I greet all of you as I bring you the news of the opening of the 13th Gate.
Not much is known about this Gate at this time, since it has been sealed for more then 25.000 years.Some people know about the 12 Gates of Jerusalem and the 12 tribes
of Israel, they are connected in a spiritual way because the group overseeing this process is also the group overseeing the process of the Gates. We will explain more about them and the connection later.
These 12 Gates have a physical place on Planet Earth, and an etheric place on Planet Earth.These Places are what we call the initiation spots of the 12 Gates. You can go there etherically or physically and we will tell you more about where those physical places are, but for now this is more important. At this point only the etheric spots have been activated, and now even the 13th Gate is open though not yet activated.
The Gate was opened by a very special friend of mine, Isis.She was the one that closed the 13th Gate so long ago because of the misuse and she sealed it with her own seal.
Now the time has come where she was able to reopen it and she will
be activating it very soon, as many of you might understand this is depending upon certain timing and frequencies that have to be available on the planet.
The 12 Gates have been used by many people, they were usually High Initiates as you call them and it would take lifetimes to complete one of them. At this time more and more people are able to go through them since time is speeding up and the frequencies of the Planet Earth are getting higher because of all the work you have done.
The 12 Gates has never been common knowledge and even at this time it is mostly known by High Initiates, although these initiates have been working on helping to get more and more people to go through them in a much faster way than was ever possible.
One thing I would like to mention is that the Skulls, you all know about the Crystal Skulls and many people are still confused about their meaning and how they work. These Skulls are connected to the 12 Gates and sometimes will be there to help you adjust your energies to the Gate.
The 13th Gate is also connected to your 13th chakra, Christ Consciousness and I Am presence. Going through this Gate will also bring you more into the Galactic Consciousness. This is now within reach for each and every one of you.
To explain it a little bit more, when you go through the 12th Gate there will be a path or connection leading you to the 13th Gate. This is different then going from Gate to Gate because the 13th Gate is of a much higher vibration than your Planet Earth at this time.
But it can be done in this life time.
And believe me if I say this is only the beginning.
Actually we expect that many of you will be able to go through the 13th Gate at a very vast pace and you will be able to reconnect with your Christed Self and I Am presence fully.
The 13th Gate for your Planet Earth has been opened as well and will be activated next year. We expect many people will be ready at that time to go through the 13th Gate so we will keep you informed about this.
Why is the 13th Gate so important at this time?
It is a big step for Planet Earth and the people upon it. These energies have not been available in a long time. You have all been working very hard to bring so much more light to the planet and at this point there is enough to actually have the Gate open again and
offer it to you for further initiation and growth. This Gate allows you to grow spiritually so much faster and will bring the ascension of your physical body so much closer in an easier way.
That is what it is all about at this time, we all know how much you are looking forward to 2012 and to be honest some of us think it might be even sooner then this.
2012 or the ascension means many things to us and one of them is your physical body will have become a Diamond Body of Light. It also means that many people will be able to stay on Planet Earth in this Diamond Body of Light and help the many that have not yet
understood the importance of ascension for your planet
and the rest of the universe your Planet Earth is in right now.
For now we tell you that you can ask at anytime to be taken to the appropriate Gate for you at this time and there will be many beings standing by to teach and help you go through them.
I leave you with Love in my heart for all of you and until we meet again very soon.
Sananda
Love and Light
Petra
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I am very curious what will happen during the Total Lunar Eclipse and if the 13th gate will open, and when so, what will happen here with and around the skulls that I am taking care of.
Most probably on 4:26AM when the Lunar Eclipse will happen there will be low visibility due to clouds and fog here, and if I am unable to take any clear shots of the Lunar Eclipse happening, than I will not be able to take another one until the 21st of December 2010. But Hope is always the last to die, so we will see. I’ll make sure to let you know if anything unusual happens with and around the skulls here, and am closing this post with another capture of the Russian clear quartz skull with within it carved another one. And I am calling him Within
Enjoy the Total Lunar Eclipse, and think about the opening of the 13th Gate and what it would mean for us here on Earth from now on.
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