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Written by Lisa E Zimmerman

We’re in another monumental shift as Neptune re-enters primal Aries on Jan 26 for the next 13 years. You had a preview of the energy from May through late Oct ’25, and now it’s here to stay, activating your individuality to support your new beginning. This should be enlivening, giving you a boost of energy.

 

The lineup of five planets in Aquarius asks you to claim your unique perspective (rather than blending in), it can provoke rebellion against unfair restrictions and is community-minded. The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Pluto are ushering us collectively into the future, while leading you to your next steps.  

 

Jan 23 – Sun conjunct Pluto. You can use the energy of Pluto for your empowerment if you need to get real about where you give your power away, betray or diminish yourself. Whether you shrink or try to control everything, reactive behavior leaks power. Come into your center before making decisions or acting and learn to hold uncertainty with faith for greater stability. You can step into your power by trusting yourself, speaking your truth and being aware of anything that needs to be faced, purged or transformed.

 

With warrior Mars in Aquarius joining the Sun, Mercury and Venus, you are called to think independently and challenge any area of life in which you’ve been programmed to accept the status quo. To be obedient without question. To follow. You take your power back when you align with what feels right for you IF you allow it.

 

The Aquarian frequencies are facilitating awareness focused on innovations, community and the Greater Good, and they call for new rules to better serve the needs of the people in our evolving world. It’s your job to create new rules for your life as well, that serve your evolving Self. This is where your true power lies, as your “rules” are an inside job…

 

Jan 26 – Neptune in Aries. Neptune leaves 14 years of Pisces to cross into 0º Aries. The sacred portal of 29º Pisces – 0º Aries is the beginning of The Beginning, highlighting the end of an era and the birth of a new one. We have been living through the “messy middle” of transformation for some years and now we are being met with a wave of energies that will propel us forward. 

 

Neptune in Aries is the spiritual warrior archetype that will fight for truth, integrity and to protect those with less power. It can connect you to your higher guidance, while providing the impetus to take bold actions that create results. Watch your motivation, what you become interested in and what you’re willing to do after Neptune ingresses into Aries. 

 

Neptune in Aries is also the Maverick or Pioneer, perfect if you are ready to forge a new path, blaze a new trail or pursue a fresh approach to something. You may already be in process or you may not have clarity yet, but you are percolating and generating movement on some level, even unseen. Trust the timing of the Universe and that each step will be revealed and you’ll know when to take action.

 

You could be a radical type who goes rogue and does your own thing, defying convention and traditional rules and regulations. Or you may be more low key, but still do your own thing after years of rule-following (watching systems break down), becoming willing to take a chance on your Self or alternative paths of operating that feel more empowering for you.

 

Jan 27 – Mars conjunct Pluto. This is a dynamic aspect that creates passionate, driven energy that can be a catalyst to transform ideas into significant action. Use it to move the needle and make something productive happen or you can join with others for a mission-driven gathering. Avoid conflict, power struggles and provoking others as Mars-Pluto amplifies dominance and those so inclined will likely make some notable moves today.

 

Jan 29 – Mercury conjunct Venus. This is a lighter, friendly vibe of connection, communication and sharing  ideas from a space of warmth and equality. Thoughts and desires operating in rational Aquarius is perfect for brainstorming (solo or group), expressing your creativity and communing with others who are on the same page. Sweet. Uplifting. Enjoy. 

 

The fire of Neptune in Aries will drive you forward in ways you may not be expecting, but don’t resist what you are drawn to just because you don’t fully understand it. The Aquarius stellium supports the future and you can’t be familiar with new people, places, ideas and things yet. 

 

As always, your inner guidance is your true GPS for yes or no, but keep learning, growing and realigning to stay current and nurture your lifeforce. 

 

I am so grateful for your presence on our journey together. 🌷 

 

“Man can not discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”  ~ Andre Gide

 

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“No genuine longing can remain unfulfilled.” ~ Kahlil Gibran

 

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“I am in between stories. The old one is gone, and the new one is just beginning to take shape.” ~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer

 

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“It takes great learning to understand that all things, events, encounters and circumstances are helpful.” ~ A Course in Miracles

 

© 2026 Lisa E Zimmerman • All Rights Reserved • Soul Level Solutions

 

Lisa E Zimmerman is an Intuitive Astrologer, Transformational Guide and Creator of Awakened Life Retreats, helping seekers discover who they came here to be and how to create an evolving, aligned and meaningful life. It is a joyful, heartfelt journey. www.soullevelsolutions.com ❤️

Written by Lisa E Zimmerman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are crossing a threshold this week, moving from a Capricorn stellium on the New Moon into Aquarius energy at this profound new beginning. With eight planets at the end of their signs connecting with each other, we have an extraordinary convergence, indicating completions, along with a network of cosmic potential.

 

There will be a series of aspects and sign changes layered upon each other, occurring back to back, so what you experience may be a brief interlude before something else appears. A feeling, an event, an opening, an insight, an interaction—whatever it is, make the most of it when life offers you an opportunity. 

 

Jan 17 – Venus kisses Neptune in flowy Pisces goodbye one final time, encoding a dream or Divine vision for you to carry forward. Tap into your Higher Self to receive messages or guidance—and whatever you see, hear or feel, believe it. You may not know its significance yet, and if you do, good. Stay tuned… On a 3D level, choose a spiritual practice, offer love or indulge your senses in a pleasing way. 

 

Next, Venus enters independent Aquarius, where it will focus on equality, groups, networks and friends. Venus is the first personal planet to leave Capricorn and move into Aquarius, but the others will follow one by one this week, bringing a shift in consciousness and frequency as you land in a more objective energy. Venus asks: What do you value now, who is important to you, and do value yourself as a way of life?

 

The Sun plugs into Saturn for stability, then Uranus for stimulation or liberation, as you prepare for the New Moon tomorrow and going forward. Make plans and step out of your old box.

 

Jan 18 – The New Moon at 28º Capricorn @ 11:52am PST. With the Sun, Moon, Mercury and Mars in Capricorn and Venus-Pluto in Aquarius all connected on this new beginning, everybody is at the party. It’s even more exceptional because the New Moon Stellium (personal planets) are harmonizing with Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, transpersonal energy that can shapeshift life in ways you can’t foresee. 

 

Capricorn is the sign of Authority and it’s also your Inner Authority. If you outsource your authority and truth, needing external validation/permission to function, it’s time for that to end. You claim your Authority by being responsible, conscious, in integrity and committed to your Self. To thine own heart be true. Make that an intention if it’s not built in already. 

 

The cosmic alignment for intentions you set now is turbo-charged, with support around structure, innovation, authenticity, communication, connections, plans, strategic moves and intuitive guidance all highlighted. You decide if you’re ready to take a risk and tap into this field of potential with any aligned actions (the alignment is with your dreams, intentions, goals and integrity).

 

Valuing and trusting your Self and are your superpowers, along with access to your Inner Guidance, whether it’s intuitive or a gut feeling (yes-no). Nobody knows what’s right for you better than you do, so get info and run it through YOUR filter when making decisions. Giving your power away (obedience as a way of living) is being a passenger in your own life. Chiron in Aries says: Be your Self and live your truth.

 

Mercury-Mars has something to say and if so, say what you mean and mean what you say, but don’t say it mean. You can be productive, but Mars can pop out of your mouth unexpectedly, being pushy, reactive or judgmental. However, this is in Capricorn so there should be restraint—plus, Saturn is harmonizing and grounding the energy. You may have the courage to set a boundary, speak up or ask for what you want (contract, work, plans). Yes to that!

 

Jan 19 – Dr. Martin Luther King Day. The Sun enters Aquarius, sign of equality. The futuristic air sign is rational, authentic (unique), attuned to sci-fi, tech, friendship, groups, organizations and the Greater Good. This is free spirit energy, thinking outside the box. An innovative problem solver. Get used to this vibe, b/c this is where we’ll be living with Pluto in Aquarius for the next 20 years. 

 

Venus conjunct Pluto. This brings depth in relationships, seeking what’s hidden and buried intentionally or not. This will show up on the global stage with secrets being revealed around relationships, $$ and trust. This should be interesting. In your life, there’s an opportunity to become aware of shadow energy around relationships, $$, trust issues. This is for awareness and correction.

 

There are three more aspects today, all harmonious, offering opportunities to take action, grow, plan and take a risk. Tune within to feel what you are called to do. Trust yourself, rather than always following a map. That’s empowerment.

 

Also, just before a planet enters Aquarius this week, it will encounter flowy Neptune briefly, allowing for a vision, intuitive or creative hit, or you may feel extra emotional. Don’t worry, nothing is wrong. Go with it and use it for your benefit and the benefit of others. 

 

Jan 20-Feb 4. Mercury in Aquarius. You may download inventive solutions or have a new perspective. Smart, objective viewpoints. Rational and great for future ideas, projects and plans.

 

Jan 21 – Sun Cazimi Mercury. Open to Divine Guidance, signs, messages or revelations that inform your vision, future and decisions you need to make. Allow new info, ideas, synchronicity and awareness to align with your wisdom and insight, as what comes through are the seeds of your future. Journal, channel, contemplate or sit in silence to create sacred space to attune to what’s present for you. 

 

Jan 22 – Mercury conjunct Pluto. Secrets, hidden communications, documents revealed. Speaking truth to power. Stay tuned. What to do you say (or not say) to betray or abandon yourself? These are changes you can make that will change your life. Aquarius is not about fitting in. Stand out. Be yourself. 

 

Finally, Mars sextile Neptune. Either Wu Wei (flowing around obstacles), creative activities, spiritual practices or leisure. Wu Wei is powerful in a quiet, aligned way. You don’t have to be high energy to make things happen… 

 

There’s an abundance of planetary activity occurring this week during a major shift in consciousness and frequency as we honor earthy Capricorn and old structures that are dissolving, to enter futuristic Aquarius and a new era where ideas, connections, communities and networks will rule. This is just the beginning of a 

 

Jan 23 – Sun conjunct Pluto. This should be a heavy day as exposure, power plays and irreversible awareness (corruption) may be revealed. Prepare to see a cold, hard truth that changes the playing field. Or you can use it for personal empowerment if you make a change around giving your power away or diminishing yourself.

 

To add to the excitement, the New Moon in Capricorn marks the opening of the Eclipse Wormhole, where we travel a short distance to a vastly new reality. We’ll have a Solar Eclipse on Feb 17 in Aquarius. Stay tuned…

 

Focus on where you’re being called to go, feel your heart’s desires and honor them, trust in Divine Order and know that when you are aligned with your Higher Self, you are on the right path. 

 

Nobody will stay the same. That’s not why we’re here; we’re here to participate in this grand propulsion that is transforming life as we know it. We are here to stabilize frequencies within the change. 

 

Always be open to clues about next steps, the incoming and outgoing, for your awakening. It never ends… 

 

I am so grateful for your presence on our journey together. 🌷 

 

“I don’t know where I am going, but I promise it won’t be boring.” ~ David Bowie

 

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“When you’re with someone and you can feel a pressure in yourself to be a certain way or be something, that is not true, that is not good. You just have to be the Self and let it navigate its way, because there’s more richness in that, there’s more space in it, there’s much more love in it. If you do what’s right by your own heart, it cannot turn out to be wrong for somebody else.” ~ Mooji 

 

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“I’m just beginning, the pen’s in my hand, ending unplanned.” ~ Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield, Danielle Brisebois and Wayne Rodrigues

 

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“The most useful thing we can do now is to cultivate an unwavering inner stability that does not collapse in the face of chaos.” ~ Jolie Wilson

 

© 2026 Lisa E Zimmerman • All Rights Reserved • Soul Level Solutions

Lisa E Zimmerman is an Intuitive Astrologer, Transformational Guide and Creator of Awakened Life Retreats, helping seekers discover who they came here to be and how to create an evolving, aligned and meaningful life. It is a joyful, heartfelt journey. www.soullevelsolutions.com ❤️

Written by Jan Finley

 

 

 

We are deep in Capricorn season and the energy is extra fertile for growth and productivity with a Cardinal Cross this weekend (planets facing off in Cancer, Capricorn, Aries and Libra) that can trigger conflict, but can also activate movement that you can utilize for your benefit. 

 

With Mercury, Mars, the Sun and Venus in Capricorn, it’s time to put things in place that can bring positive returns in the long term with practical actions grounded in reality. This is about having a direction and getting organized to create a framework for moving forward. And yet, a conversation, email, connection or chance meeting may bring a message that illuminates your future (Venus=attraction).

 

The Grand Cardinal Cross will occur on Jan 10 and it consists of Sun-Mars-Venus opposing Jupiter, and all the planets square Chiron and Eris (a dwarf planet) opposite the Libra Moon. I’ll break it down, as this is an intense initiation and whatever arises is here for your awareness and integration, should you be interested.

 

Jan 10 – The Sun-Mars-Venus opposes Jupiter. The highest potential for the Sun-Mars-Venus is unfettered authenticity; you are clearer about what you want, less willing to dilute your truth for harmony, and more sensitive to where you have compromised your desires and identity. Magnetism with potential volatility—love, anger, passion and self-definition are all in the mix—and Jupiter amplifies them like a cosmic magnifying glass. 

 

Jupiter calls for growth as well as optimism. You may feel a conflict between freedom and obligations, confidence and caution, new adventures and old security structures. Jupiter wants to be in truth and high ideals, whereas Capricorn planets need to feel secure, often submitting to rules and regulations created by others (authorities). Jupiter is impulsive, Capricorn seeks predictability. As always, the guidance is to create the best of both worlds working together. Stable growth, breaking out of a rut, steady progress, making moves with a practical plan.

 

The opposition is squared by Chiron (Wounded/Master Healer) and Eris (Goddess of Discord), who are together. Chiron can activate a core wound: rejection, invisibility, punishment for being who you are (too much, not enough). Eris adds righteous anger, refusing to be marginalized or gaslit, willing to speak up, especially in false peace (suppression, being nice).

 

This Eris-Chiron square is a choice point. If you react from an unhealed wound, you can create upset and burn bridges. If you suppress your truth, you experience fragmentation. When you integrate wounds by feeling and transmuting old hurts into wisdom and compassion, you have embodied authority. Easier said than done, but that is healing work that will set you free.

 

You are being asked to be able to love yourself, to honor your desires, to act with compassion, stand in your truth and trust yourself. Speak with clarity, rather than force and watch your projections; anyone who feels like the enemy may be holding a mirror. Not always, but inquiry at this level can offer awakenings.

 

The Libra Moon that completes the Grand Square is only in effect on Jan 10, whereas the rest of the T-Square (Venus, Sun, Mars opposing Jupiter, squaring Chiron-Eris) goes through mid-week. The Libra Moon seeks peace, harmony and balance, and Chiron-Eris in opposition can activate your hurt feelings around security, safety, vulnerability, lovability. Notice what comes up and what calls for attention. Anything that arises has come up to be seen, embraced and integrated, so you don’t have to be a prisoner of old experiences that create distortion for you today. Get help if you need it. 

 

Jan 14 – Mercury opposite Jupiter. This brings positive connections, bright ideas, fruitful conversations and communications, a big vision with a plan, and other ways to expand your world. Brainstorming with like-minded others can be productive, especially on meaningful projects and tasks. A wonderful day for writing, teaching, pitching a project, sales, networking, negotiating contracts and goal-setting. It’s the perfect time to expand your perspective to discover newness and what your tunnel vision has prevented you from seeing. 

 

Jan 14 – Venus sextile Saturn. A nervous system stabilizer, this grounded energy seeks reliability that supports agreements, contracts, vows and commitments. What and who you can count on, monetizing creativity or making it real, bringing it into form. Student-mentor relationships and connections that are enduring. Marriage, engagements, the keepers. 

 

Jan 15 – Venus trine Uranus. This can be shakeup or shift that liberates you from stale energy or an old pattern. Consider this an awakening, if something adds spice to your life, breaks a pattern, or maybe you see new possibilities and take a road less traveled. You may break out of a rut by taking a walk on the wild side. It will be a gift, as you shed that old familiar skin. A change can open new doors or redirect your path.

 

Next weekend Mercury sextiles Neptune for the final time, the Sun sextiles Saturn, Venus moves into free spirit Aquarius and the Sun trines Uranus. That is all in ONE day! (Jan 17)

 

On Jan 18 we have a New Moon in Capricorn @ 11:52am PST with Mercury conjunct Mars and Mercury sextile Saturn. Let’s see where we are by the time this new beginning arrives. 

 

You are being prepared each step of the way for your personal journey and as a member of the global collective. Be prepared and stay open to new info that can drop in for you at any moment. You never know when a message or messenger will arrive that will have a major influence on your direction. 

 

This week continues to be ripe with potential for clues about next steps, the incoming and outgoing. Make the most of the Cancer-Capricorn axis, care with integrity, attunement, awareness and patience. 

 

I am so grateful for your presence on our journey together. 🌷 

 

“You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.” ~ Jerry Gillies 

 

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“It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.” ~ e.e. Cummings

 

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“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.” ~ Deepak Chopra 

 

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“Do not underestimate good, thinking it will not affect you. Dripping water can fill a pitcher, drop by drop; one who is wise is filled with good, even if one accumulates it little by little.” ~ Buddha

 

© 2026 Lisa E Zimmerman • All Rights Reserved • Soul Level Solutions

 

Lisa E Zimmerman is an Intuitive Astrologer, Transformational Guide and Creator of Awakened Life Retreats, helping seekers discover who they came here to be and how to create an evolving, aligned and meaningful life. It is a joyful, heartfelt journey. www.soullevelsolutions.com ❤️

 

© 2026 Lisa E Zimmerman • All Rights Reserved • Soul Level Solutions

 

Lisa E Zimmerman is an Intuitive Astrologer, Transformational Guide and Creator of Awakened Life Retreats, helping seekers discover who they came here to be and how to create an evolving, aligned and meaningful life. It is a joyful, heartfelt journey. www.soullevelsolutions.com ❤️

Written by Lisa E Zimmerman

We enter the new calendar year with the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars all in committed Capricorn, willing to do the work and delay gratification (as long as it’s productive). This is helpful, as we are still in a larger cycle of completions and endings that continues until Saturn-Neptune leaves Pisces (Feb 20) to usher in a new era in Aries.

 

For the next six weeks we will be winding down, a sacred closure to prepare for the future, as the energetic tide washes unnecessary elements away. Consider this a cleansing to create space for new arrivals in the months (and years) ahead.

 

Chiron is Direct in Aries, asking you to be your Self and stop hiding via people-pleasing, withholding or clinging to old patterns of behavior that mask your truth for fear of rejection, abandonment or judgment. If you have to pretend in order to fit in, you are with the wrong people. 

 

When you have the courage to be your Self, you will magnetize the people who resonate with you into your orbit. You can’t have a life that’s aligned with your soul’s purpose if you aren’t being honest with yourself and others. Jupiter square Chiron Direct can give you the confidence to stretch where perhaps you have been protective, playing small or lacking faith in yourself and life to support you. This is the invitation. You are worth it. 

 

Jan 3 – Full SuperMoon in Cancer @ 2:03am PST. A Full Moon is when things come to light or the culmination of what’s already in process. This SuperMoon (extra close to earth, extra emotional) in warm and fuzzy Cancer brings up issues around emotional safety, needs, home, family and your deepest roots. The Sun in Capricorn addresses your need for mastery and your Inner Authority. 

 

Here are some pertinent questions to ponder:

 

* What represents security for you (internal and external)?

 

* Are your personal / emotional needs being met? Do you know what your needs actually are?

 

* Do you stand in your Authority? Do you trust yourself – or are you directed by others?

 

* Do you feel safe in your life? In the world? 

 

* Is your need for achievement or mastery being met in ways that feel honoring or fulfilling for you?

 

* Does your home life nurture you – or do you provide most of the nurturing for others?

 

If your life is out of alignment, a course correction is called for. Be willing to take action to remedy energetic drains or gaps in your personal and professional or public life, and if you can’t pinpoint what they are, get help to find out. Addressing an imbalance can change your experience dramatically. The goal is to restructure your life so that your needs are met and you can create what you desire, while feeling honored, comfortable and whole. 

 

Cancer is mother energy, a natural “giver,” who thrives on emotional connection. Because you may be a giver, this Full Moon invites you to consider if you receive nurturing. This is about receiving care from others who are aware of and responsive to your needs and feelings because they are attuned to you. It can function on a practical level, but the major impact is on a heart level, when you know that your well being truly matters to someone else. Receiving care is the ultimate gift that can heal your heart and feed your soul. 

 

This Cancer Full SuperMoon is opposed by three planets in Capricorn: Venus, Sun, Mars, meaning Venus and Mars are Cazimi, both in the heart of the Sun. Sun-Venus in Capricorn invites you to elevate your Self-worth, boundaries, relationships and finances. Sun-Mars in Capricorn wants to create something real that lasts, a stable energy for initiating a project, plan or path, operating with commitment in integrity. This can be a reset or upgrade re: what you value, what you desire and how you will create or get it. 

 

With this Full SuperMoon in Cancer opposing the stellium in Capricorn, it’s time to renegotiate unhealthy patterns around work and Self-care. Sacrifice as a way of living is not sustainable. Burnout is common among those who neglect or push themselves too far, rather than listen to inner messages that call for rest, care or renegotiating boundaries. If you’re an “over-giver,” or if you’re overly busy (and exhausted) it may be time to reign your helpful busy Self in, if possible. 

 

It’s time to get real about how you’re living your life and what’s out of balance. You can’t correct what you don’t acknowledge, even if you don’t have the solution yet. Decide that you will find a way and do every little thing you can to be more nurturing and loving to yourself now and every day. Find what soothes you. Treat yourself kindly and be curious about possible ways to restructure your life.

 

Jan 6 – Venus Cazimi in Capricorn. This is a day for nourishing your heart, celebrating love and honoring your relationships. Notice what you value, how you value yourself and what brings you pleasure. Your quality of life areas are up for review and if you examine them, you will feel where any course corrections are needed. A powerful expression of Venus Cazimi is to Be Love. Let love be the answer to questions, dilemmas, confusion. Love yourself and others. Celebrate the heart space and watch life transform.

 

Jan 7 – Venus conjunct Mars. Yin/yang, Feminine and Masculine. Sparks can fly in personal interactions, it’s creative, restrained passionate energy that you can utilize for inspiration, negotiations and practical applications. You may create art, fashion, beauty. An important relationship may begin, shift or have significant impact going forward (Capricorn = lasting). See what unfolds for you.

 

This week is ripe with potential for clues about next steps, incoming and outgoing, as the world turns. Make the most of the Cancer-Capricorn axis, care with integrity, attunement and patience. Let the Capricorn planets create secure structures for the Cancer feelings to rest in; appreciate the stability to embrace the tenderness. 

 

I am so grateful for your presence on our journey together. 🌷 

 

“Sometimes, it is easy to be generous outward, to give and give and give and yet remain ungenerous to yourself. You lose the balance of your soul if you do not learn to take care of yourself. You need to be generous to yourself in order to receive the love that surrounds you.” ~ John O’Donohue

 

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“Discipline is the way I care for my future Self.” ~ George P. Kansas

 

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“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.” ~ Albert Schweitzer 

 

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Mystical experience sees the universe as a conspiracy organized for my benefit.” ~ Dr. Andrew Weil

 

© 2026 Lisa E Zimmerman • All Rights Reserved • Soul Level Solutions

 

Lisa E Zimmerman is an Intuitive Astrologer, Transformational Coach and Creator of Awakened Life Retreats, helping seekers discover who they came here to be and how to create an evolving, aligned and meaningful life. It is a joyful, heartfelt journey. www.soullevelsolutions.com ❤️