8 Feb 2026
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Lysanne Sizoo – journalist, author and psychotherapist UKCP accred.

Lysanne Sizoo has over 25 years experience in working as an international counsellor and personal development coach. She specialises in cross-cultural issues, as well as fertility, bereavement, parenting, anxiety and stress management. She is also the creator of the Star Psychology approach that integrates the best of astrology and human design with personal development techniques. Alongside […]

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Inner sovereignty and equilibrium

The need to maintain balance when the world is convulsing There is a particular kind of anxiety that arises when the world you thought was moving forward appears to be sliding backwards. It shows up as unease, outrage, numbness, or a restless urge to do something, anything, to regain a sense of control. Watching rising inequality […]

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Star Psychology

The Sensitive – feeling into all the layers of being

From 28th January – 1st February The Sensitive travels the many layers of existence. Their sixth sense connects them to the world in a way that sets them aside from others. They are people-whisperers, animal-whisperers, and even tree-whisperers, attuned to all realms of nature. When they feel misunderstood or ridiculed, they cut themselves off from […]

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Star Psychology

The Original Visionary – learning which visions to act upon and when

From 22nd to 28th January The Original Visionary dreams of the future, inspiring others to believe in them. They perceive future trends, carrying an initiating energy that brings new ideas or experiences into form. Visionary children may well have been told off because they were deeply engaged with the abundant world of their own ideas, […]

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Star Psychology

The Magical Realist – transcending structures when the time is right

From 17th to 22nd January The Magical Realist lives at the meeting point between expansion and restraint. Structure and limitation are essential, yet they know that limitations can become stepping stones to transcendence. Yet the Magical Realist can become trapped in the structures they were born to transform, mistaking self-imposed limits for immutable truths. As […]

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Star Psychology

The Inspired Questioner – holding the mystery of truth lightly

From 11th to 17th January. The Inspired Questioner is attuned to truth as a felt sense rather than a conclusion, receiving insight in moments of stillness and inner clarity. Their gift lies in recognizing authenticity and inviting others toward quiet revelation and expanded understanding. When unbalanced, this curiosity can become restless or obsessive, driven by […]

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Star Psychology

The Ambitious Alchemist — Transforming Desire into Spiritual Ascent

From 5th to 11th January The Ambitious Alchemist embodies the drive to rise, refine, and achieve in service of a greater good. At their highest expression, ambition becomes a spiritual path, where outer success reflects inner growth and uplifts the community. When distorted by insecurity, this drive can turn into comparison, greed, or attachment to […]

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The Star Psychology adventure is like therapy with a roadmap

The Star Psychology approach combines twenty-five years of therapeutic experience with the wealth of personality typing offered by traditions such as human design, gene keys and evolutionary astrology. Having studied these traditions for the past fifteen years. I have become expert at distilling those aspects that are the most helpful to my clients on their […]

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Up the waterspout again

Why New Year’s resolutions miss the point, but your inner compass doesn’t In the children’s nursery rhyme, Incy Wincy Spider repeatedly climbs up the waterspout, only to be flushed out again and again by the rain. Then, when the sun comes out and “dries up all the rain”, Incy Wincy Spider climbs up the spout […]

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A slow, steady climb back to the light – Dealing with sorrow at a time of feasting

This is the season of light, feasting, and enforced joy – and for many, it arrives right in the middle of grief. We all move through periods of light and dark in our lives. The light expands us; the dark tends to shrink us down. Nowhere do I feel this more strongly than here in […]

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