Astrology and Life Navigation Classes – their Essence
In my astrology classes you will learn about both Astrology and Life. You will gain knowledge and skills in astrology as well as a deeper and richer understanding of life, psychology and what may be magnetising or infusing you in your current life situation.
I have a unique, creative and lively teaching style, conveying information in an imaginative way. There’s enjoyment, pleasure and sparky inspiration in my classes. And delicious homemade organic flapjacks with tea.
Classes take place in my lovely magical straw-bale hut, in the garden of my home in Buckfastleigh (unless we have arranged a workshop or series at another venue).
Each class is open to a maximum of six participants. This allows a rich depth and a personal feeling to it, alongside contained focus.
It is also possible to book a workshop or a series for groups elsewhere, to fit their particular focus or if perhaps they are already a friendship group.
Workshops for Teenagers: click here.
Astrology and Life navigation classes – in brief
These classes are held roughly every four to six weeks (see details of each course duration further down):
Weaving Earth and Cosmos – a year-round course about the eight core points or fire festivals of the year (solstices, equinoxes and cross-quarters);
Decoding the Birth Chart – Astrology in action and usefulness, the fundamentals of birth charts and your chart in particular;
Navigating Midlife – for people between their late thirties and early fifties.
Stand-alone classes
Classes of two hours duration (details further down):
Navigating Midlife – for those in their mid thirties to early 50’s who wish to gain understanding, context and navigational tools for their Midlife journeying;
Understanding and Navigating the Cycle of Moon Phases – attuning to the lunar cycle and its inherent timing;
The Saturn Return life-phase – about the crunchy issues arising around the ages of 29, 58 and 86 years, and how best to work with them – good for people at those ages.
What happens in these classes?
I focus on inspiring fascination, joy and deepening curiosity. Each class is held around a central altar that embodies and expresses the class content, being a visual and textural feast which speaks both to the eye and the imagination.
On arrival, I encourage you to pause and absorb this symbolic imagery as an entry into the current theme of exploration… it sets the scene as well as having its own way of speaking.
You will be welcomed into my beautiful straw bale studio with tea and flapjacks… and the world of creative astrological exploration begins!
I speak on the theme of the session (some say it’s like a lyrical and prosaic enchantment!), organically opening up the space for questions and discussions…weaving and co-creating something both dynamic and unique.
My intent is to enthuse you to gather a toolkit of life-navigation skills, useful in everyday life. This helps you understand yourself and your work and relationships. It’s an evolving and continuing journey of joy and curiosity.
More details about each of these classes below. First, the class series and, lower down, stand-alone classes.
Astrology and Life navigation series – the details
I am currently holding seven ongoing astrological workshop series, with classes once every four to six weeks.
Weaving Earth and Cosmos
I have facilitated this series over six cycles. It is always greatly enjoyed and experienced as being of great benefit in connecting us within natural cycles and seasons. I am now taking bookings for the 2024-25 series of Weaving Earth and Cosmos which will begin on Wednesday 11th.December (on Tuesdays from then on!), with a choice of a morning and evening classes. I advise early contact for booking as courses book quickly!
I also have a series of podcasts, beginning with an introduction to the whole Wheel of the Year, followed by eight more which delve into and honour each of the eight festivals. Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing these.
In Weaving Earth & Cosmos, we explore the festivals and phases of the wheel of the year, including the solstices, equinoxes and cross-quarter fire festivals, sequentially throughout the year.
This enables a deepening understanding and sense of interconnection with cycles of time and our own place within them.
Each festival is part of a natural energetic life-flow, pulsing and humming throughout the year. These festivals may be seen as eight portals or gateways opening into a new seasonal phase, each with its own essence, focus and potential.
It’s a wise and practical move to know more about these eight parts of the whole!
This series will help you to understand how this natural yearly cycle operates in your everyday life. You’ll gain valuable insights into working with the available potential of any given time throughout the year. For instance, knowing when to focus on cultivating plans and ideas, when to act and move forward, when to await your moment, or when to review or reflect… all very helpful and useful stuff!
Alongside gaining a life-enhancing understanding of these seasonal cycles, we will consider and share our own personal life-experiences within the current seasonal phase, always referring to the context and background of the ancient wheel of the year.
In so doing, we are consciously ‘re-membering’ this ancient wisdom… and bringing it into the core and context of our modern everyday experience. This is an act of honouring and forging true co-operation between Earth and Cosmos.
Each class is held around a beautiful central altar which visually expresses one of these eight transitional or festival points, with their very own unique nature within the yearly cycle.
Held every six weeks, during school/college term-times, there are nine Weaving Earth and Cosmos class sessions throughout the year. There is an option to attend on a Tuesday morning or evening. Each session costs £18, then £20 in 2025.
The next Weaving Earth and Cosmos series begins on Wednesday 11th. December 2024, Tuesdays thereafter. Please contact me for any further info or to book your place.
Decoding the Birth Chart
The next Decoding the Birth chart series begins in 2025, with a Tuesday morning or evening course.
If you are interested in attending the new 2025 Decoding the Birthchart series, please email me. For distance learners, there are a series of MP3 recordings available – contact me.)
I am currently holding four ongoing series of Decoding the Birth chart; three cohorts beginning annually over the last three years, and another which is now in a continuing Masterclass phase due to wonderfully keen participants who began studying with me in January 2018!
In the new Decoding the Birth Chart course you will begin to get a grip on the mechanics of a birth chart and how to use it, with plenty of guided practice. This series is open and accessible to anyone who knows little or nothing about astrology. It’s a good starting-place if astrology interests you.
Decoding the Birth Chart is a series born out of my passion for astrology as an amazingly useful toolkit for life, which I have been digging and delving into, studying and using over the last three decades.
It is a comprehensive pulling-together of all the threads necessary to begin getting to grips with the exciting and fascinating adventure of using the birth chart as a life-tool and skill – it will stay with you for the rest of your life. This yields incredibly useful information and guidance in understanding yourself and those around you – friends, partners, parents, children and workmates.
Workshops are held approximately every month during school termtime, over a period of 18 months. You may attend on a Wednesday morning or evening. Each session costs £18, then £20 in 2025.
My approach is to create enjoyable sessions, emphasising exploring, doing things and trying it out as you learn… and, don’t forget, having FUN!
We will look at a the mechanics of the birth chart, familiarising ourselves with astrological terminology as a baseline for our explorations… and most importantly, to begin to understand what your chart actually means and how it may be useful!
During the course we will explore the elements, zodiac signs, astrological houses, planets and their interrelationships (aspects), patterns and primary orientations within a birth chart.
We’ll also look at planetary transits and biographical phases of life, and major life-focus areas – both gifts and challenges.
We will see how our attitude and engagement makes a big difference, and how to pull it all together, use and apply it all.
It is essential that you have your own birth chart (in the Huber style – check with me about this). If you don’t have one, you can order one when you book your place. I hand-draw charts on parchment, in a thick plastic wallet, at the cost of £20 – a beautiful soul-map to keep for life (it’s a bit like a passport for your soul).
Please e-mail me if you are interested in attending a new De-coding the Birth Chart course beginning in 2025
Navigating Mid-life
The next Navigating Midlife series will begin on Tuesday 26th.November 2024 with a choice of a Tuesday morning class at 10-12 noon, or an evening class at 7.30-9.30pm. These introductory classes will lead into an ongoing series of nine monthly classes. Please contact me if you are interested in this workshop and would like to book a place, or if you are interested in creating a Navigating Midlife Introductory class, or series in your own area.
The Introductory session is a stand alone class, which begins a series of nine monthly classes focusing upon the kind of questions we meet and need to address during this crucial life phase between the ages of 36 and 51 years.
Each class gives useful understanding, orientation and life-navigational tools.
This is for people nearing or in the transformational phase of mid-life or Middlessence. Mid-life is increasingly recognised as an important turning-point period.
It’s the time when most of us are meeting deeper aspects of ourselves which are seeking integration and expression. How we traverse the mid-life passage greatly affects the way we live our lives from then on.
These years are full of waves of change, signified by planetary transits and biographical power-points. You are likely to experience times of turbulence, together with awakenings to previously dormant, hidden or even apparently new aspects of yourself… definitely a good time to seek out some supportive guidance!
Each session is devoted to understanding the timing and nature of one of the specific mid-life transformational shift-points. You’ll discover the particular life area that you’re being stimulated to focus on and develop at any given time. You will gain jewels of insight and guidance for yourself and others.
My unique facilitation style draws upon astrological and psychological wisdom and insights, together with my experience of watching the process at work. My approach provides a strong, caring container within which you’ll feel well supported on your ongoing maturational journey.
The classes focus upon exploring each midlife phase in detail, with a lens upon the themes which are especially topical for each participant – so each person receives gems which are unique to them.
This all unfolds around a beautiful central altar to the mid-life phase being explored… a feast for the eye and the imagination, capturing the essence and ambience of the theme.
During mid-life, we each experience a marked increase in our potential to integrate ‘who I am meant to be’… the unfolding magnificence of your unique nature! Jungian psychology deems us able to embark upon this journey at this point in life, due to the development of a strong enough selfhood-container. May we use this life phase well, and grow toward becoming worthy wise elders later on!
Please e-mail me if you are interested in the forthcoming Navigating Mid-life series beginning on Tuesday 26th.November 2024
Held once a month during school/college term-times, there are nine Navigating Midlife classes in the series. Each session costs £18, then £20 in 2025.
The 12 signs of the Zodiac –
understanding ourselves and others
The next cycle of The 12 signs of the Zodiac begins in January 2025, with a choice of attending a Tuesday morning or evening session.
This year long course is created for anyone who is curious about the characteristics and meaning of each of the twelve zodiac signs! It is an inspiring and stimulating journey through the yearly round of the twelve signs of the zodiac wheel.
You will take away jewels of useful wisdom regarding the nature, essence, strengths, challenges, likes and dislikes of each zodiac sign.
These insights can be applied to yourself as well as facilitating a deeper understanding of others. They will support creative and workable relating, being with friends and loved ones, together with any other members of the human race.
This class evokes understanding, acceptance, ‘Aha’ moments, creative support and compassion.
This year long course begins with four introductory classes…two sessions of Exploration into the Four Elements (Fire, Earth, Air and Water) followed by two sessions of an Introductory journey around all the twelve Zodiac signs. This introduction then moves on into monthly in depth explorations, devoted to discover the characteristics of each individual sign nature (see below).
Each session costs £20
Please e-mail me if you are interested in attending the 12 Signs of the Zodiac series beginning in January 2025
Stand-alone Classes
These intermittent stand-alone classes focus on specific and useful astrological, life-navigation or life-phase themes.
Introduction to the Four Elements and the
12 Zodiac signs –
understanding ourselves and others (four workshops)
For anyone who is curious about the characteristics and meaning of each of the four elements and the twelve zodiac signs in our human nature.
This is an inspiring and stimulating journey through the core building blocks of astrology, in four monthly workshops beginning in January 2025
You will take away jewels of useful wisdom regarding the nature of each element and the essence, strengths, challenges, likes and dislikes of each zodiac sign.
These insights can be applied to yourself as well as facilitating a deeper understanding of others. They will support creative and workable relating, being with friends and loved ones, together with any other members of the human race.
Each session costs £20
The next Introduction to the Four Elements and the 12 Zodiac signs (4 sessions), will begin in January 2025 with three classes to follow…. please contact me to register interest or book a place
I also offer a whole year’s journey through the 12 Signs of the Zodiac Wheel, beginning with the above four introductory classes of Exploration into the four Elements twelve Zodiac signs- see course info above. The series is a follow-up option to this Introduction, for people whose curiosity is inspired and who seek in-depth understanding of each individual Zodiac sign.
Know your Family – understanding the dynamics at play
A creative and informative workshop on understanding your family members and their dynamics, through discovering the unique medley of Elements and Zodiac signs which make up and define core characteristics of your clan.
This workshop is a specifically applied version of “Understanding the 12 signs of the Zodiac” class (see details above).
The focus is specifically upon the family group dynamics and interplay between your family members, together with wise insights on creative working with ‘what we’ve got’! Really useful stuff in the thick of family life!
Next workshops – The next ‘Know your Family’ class will be held in January 2025, with a choice of morning (10-12noon) or evening (7.30-9.30pm) session.
Each session costs £20
Please email me if you are interested in this workshop…or let me know if you would like to host this in your own area, and we can discuss.
Navigating Mid-life
In this stand alone class you will gain an understanding of the profoundly important Midlife phase, taking away supportive and usable insights. This class opens into a series of nine monthly sessions, for anyone wishing to deepen their understanding and navigational skills for this crucial life phase between the ages of 36 and 51 years.
This class is for people nearing or in the transformational phase of mid-life or Middlessence. Mid-life is increasingly recognised as an important turning-point period.
It’s the time when most of us need to make good progress with what we came here to do. How we traverse the mid-life passage greatly affects the way we live our lives from then on.
These years are full of waves of change, signified by planetary transits and biographical power-points. You are likely to experience times of turbulence, together with awakenings to previously dormant, hidden or even apparently new aspects of yourself… definitely a good time to seek out some supportive guidance!
We will look at the timing and nature of each of the specific mid-life transformational shift-points….this creates a map of the psychological territory which we will each meet during this phase. This enables us to engage with awareness and insight. Useful stuff!
My unique facilitation style draws upon astrological and psychological wisdom and insights, together with my experience of watching the process at work.
This all unfolds around a beautiful central altar of the mid-life phases… a feast for the eye and the imagination, capturing the essence and ambience of the theme.
During mid-life, we each experience a marked increase in our potential to integrate ‘who I am meant to be’… the unfolding magnificence of your unique nature! Jungian psychology deems us able to embark upon this journey at this point in life, due to the development of a strong enough selfhood-container. May we use this life phase well, and grow toward becoming worthy wise elders later on!
Please e-mail me if you’re interested in the forthcoming Navigating Mid-life Introductory class. The next Introductory class will be held on Tuesday 26th.November 2024, with a choice of morning (10-12noon) or evening (7.30-9.30pm). Cost: £18, For anyone wishing to continue and deepen their Midlife navigational skills, you can sign up for the Navigating Midlife course of eight further monthly classes during school/college term times. Each session costs £18, then £20 in 2025.
Understanding and Navigating
the Cycle of Moon Phases
A fascinating and useful class, enabling a greater understanding and increased engagement with each of the lunar phases.
We all navigate our lives against the shifting and evolving backdrop of the twenty-nine day lunar cycle… whether we know it or not!
Through gaining an understanding of the particular potential within each phase, we can maximise the wisdom of appropriate timing – that is, when to plan, act, push, reflect, re-assess, wait and adapt.
In this class we look at the unique qualities and inherent gifts within each moon phase; how we may connect with the appropriate focus or intent of each phase; and how we may best attune to this in our daily lives.
This understanding enables us to work creatively and in cooperation with these phases in our everyday lives… for ourselves, in our life-focus and direction, in our relationships, our work, and in our home and family life. This practical wisdom offers a highly effective navigational tool for use in both business and personal life.
The next Understanding Moon Phases class will be held in Autumn 2024. There is a choice of attending a morning class at 10am – 12noon, or the evening session held at 7.30-9.30pm Please email me if you are interested in either of these workshops.
Each session costs £20
Navigating your Saturn Return
A workshop for anyone who is around the ages of 28-29, 58-59 and 86ish years, focusing on understanding and getting a grasp of how to work with this decisive life-phase.
The next Saturn return class will be on a Saturday morning, in Winter 2024 (date tbc)
During the Saturn Return, our inner compass gravitates powerfully towards our personal core, our lodestone.
We often get uncomfortable stirrings of ‘what we are NOT’, as a precursor to clarifying ‘what we truly ARE’. It’s a time of profound choice.
We find we are called towards previously untapped riches within ourselves. Our personal values are at an accelerated point of development and clarification on the way to hatching our very own version of personal authority and self-actualisation.
This workshop offers you support within this important maturational phase, by giving an understanding of what this phase is really about, together with the themes and needs at hand. There’s plenty of creative and doable wisdom in this workshop, together with navigational guidance to take away with you and apply to your life.
It supports your journey towards deepening the integration of your self. It encourages you to walk forward from this point onwards, with your feet more firmly on the ground, creatively following your very own direction – what you came here to do.
The next Saturn Return class will be in Spring 2025 (date yet to be confirmed), at my astrology studio in Buckfastleigh. Cost for the 3hour session is £30, including herb tea and organic chocolate flapjacks.
Please let me know if you would like to book a place, or create a bespoke group of friends who are in this life phase.
Workshops for Teenagers
Teenagers’ Astrology and All-about-Life Exploration workshops – stand-alone and ongoing monthly evenings, 7-9pm, cost is £15. I have been facilitating these groups since 2003. Each group has begun as a year long groups, and each one has expanded into two or three years by group request. It’s been a real privelege to be alongside these young people as they navigate this important phase of their lives.
I am open to beginning another group during 2025. For more details, see the Teenagers’ page.
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