New Classes! We Are Stardust – An Introduction to Astrology

Featured by marlowpurvesnet, posted in Astrology, Astrology Classes, Astrology Classes ONLINE, Spiritual Astrology

Astrology is ‘trending’. Podcasts and blogs are a blur of mysterious astrological terms promising a shape and order to life. We tune in to hear the latest predictions, for comfort, reassurance or at the very least a sense that ‘SOMEBODY’ has a handle on the breathtaking changes in our lives at the moment.

After we close the web page, or finish the podcast… then what? How does astrology apply to me? What difference do the incomprehensible signs make in my world? Do I need to wait for the next installment for further insight? What if you could read the map yourself, YOUR map and understand how your experience is reflected in the stars?

Join me for a six-part on line series and begin to ‘demystify’ astrology for yourself. We Are Stardust is an introduction to the language of astrology and a key to understanding your chart in the context of the greater world. Acquaint yourself with the meanings and movement of the planets through the signs and houses, and gain greater insight into yourself and your place in the world at this time.The course includes your personal horoscope and takes place in real time in a seminar format.

Start date: January 26, 2023 and for five weeks thereafter at 7pm (UK)

Contact info@marlowpurves.net for further information and booking.

It’s all about change

Featured by marlowpurvesnet, posted in Astrology, Astrology Classes, Astrology Classes ONLINE, Cambridge, Spiritual Astrology, Workshops

How to adjust and cope with change? It’s always been an intrinsic part of life but in recent years, the circumstances of life have become a BOLD challenge to the most resilient of us. Astrology is an ancient system of tracking cycles of evolution for us as individuals, as well as society and the systems that we rely upon to give us a sense of order and grounding. Learning the language of the stars enables us to understand and align ourselves more fully with the universal nudges, enabling us to ride the tides and make the most of the possibilities.


We Are Stardust, an Introduction to Astrology, is an online course. This six week series focuses on the building blocks of astrology leading to a basic understanding of how this ancient system accurately reflects how we express ourselves as individuals in our relationships, work and life. The planets move in a measured rhythm, lending coherence to our unfolding story, the study of astrology enables us to find our place in the story.

Each week we will cover the elements of astrology including the planets, signs, houses and aspects.

Each class is 2.5 hours and follows on from the previous one, building your knowledge step by step. The course includes a copy of your birth chart as well as notes and recordings of the sessions. £175

There is an early bird offer of £150 until October 4, 2021.

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Marlow Purves, BA LCH MARH: Healer, Homoeopath & Astrologer

Featured by marlowpurvesnet, posted in Homeopathy

I have been studying and practicing Homoeopathy and Astrology for over 30 years, during which time I’ve incorporated many different tools into my practice; counselling, vibrational essences, guided meditation and healing journeys.
I gained a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and English Literature (1985), a Licentiate of College of Homoeopathy (1990), and am a Member of the Alliance of Registered Homoeopaths and the Guild of Homoeopaths (2001). In addition to private practice, I offer workshops in Homoeopathy and in Astrology. My personal experience as a patient of Martin Miles in the 1980’s not only changed my life but inspired me to undertake study and consequently practice myself. During that time, I also had the good fortune to meet Margaret Koolman, a wise and insightful Astrologer, who likewise inspired me to venture further…
In the last 30 years I have traveled and lived between Canada and the UK where I have raised my family (now grown), practiced and taught both Homoeopathy and Astrology. Presenting seminars in homoeopathy for Midwives, Hospice Workers and lay people, I have endeavoured to encourage and equip people to manage their acute health concerns safely and effectively. In 2017, I began to explore Family Constellations and have been enjoying collaborating with Family Constellations Practitioner, Elaine Harris, to offer workshops combining the healing power of homoeopathy within the system of Family constellations. Passionate about my work with people, I am endlessly inspired by their journeys and courage in the face of life’s challenges. It is my privilege to share this work.

I am currently practicing in Cambridge, UK and available for consultation in person or by Skype/Zoom Telephone: 07528-188901

Un-sticking the Stuckness

by marlowpurvesnet, posted in Family Constellations, Family Constellations and Homoeopathy, Sunshine Coast, Vancouver/Fraser Valley, West Coast - Canada, Workshops

Do you ever feel stuck? Either painfully so, or perhaps just annoyingly… and then you try to move away from the discomfort, the sense that something isn’t right and regardless of how you try to manoeuvre around it, It. Just. Won’t. Unstick. Over and over again, you circle the familiar territory, trying in vain to create a different outcome. It becomes a pattern and it can feel pretty discouraging.

I’ve discovered something that works for me. When I am feeling stuck, anxious about a relationship, fearful of meeting an experience or re-visiting old wounds (yup, we all have’em) I have found that I can turn to the practice of constellations to help me find my way through my endless mental dead-ends and make sense of what feels insurmountable. When I can acknowledge that there *may* be another dynamic at play, my curiosity is awakened and I can look again and see things I hadn’t previously.

Family or Systemic Constellations provide an opportunity to visit these tender places from a different perspective. Rather than zeroing-in on the problem, constellations expand the field to offer a different view, to place it in the wider family, societal, or historic context. From this wider field, it’s possible to understand that we aren’t an isolated entity but that we exist in a whole system and are sometimes unwittingly entangled in a pattern or dynamic that isn’t our own. This ‘field’ is a quantum entity. When we become aware and bring our consciousness to bear on the patterns that we experience, they change. And when we change something, we, by definition, become unstuck. There is something too, about the unsticking, that invites more life, more flow and more ease into the whole system. When life begins to flow then everyone else in the system will experience a shift too.

My friend and colleague, Elaine Harris and I are going to be taking ourselves ‘on the road’ for the next few weeks and will be offering weekend workshops in Family Constellations on the west coast of BC. One in the Fraser Valley February 10/11 and the other, on the Sunshine Coast February 17/18.

If you are feeling ‘stuck’ with something, come and join us and explore what it is to re-orient and UN-stick yourself in the context of a larger field.

If you’d like to know more or register to join us, follow the links below!

https://www.erhconstellations.com/events/canada-west-coast-not-just-any-constellation-weekend-workshop

https://www.erhconstellations.com/events/canada-sunshine-coast-not-just-any-constellation-weekend-workshop

Elaine Harris has been working as a consultant and Constellations Facilitator for 13 years and has a background in Reiki, Body Talk and other healing modalities over the past 20+ years.

Stardust – Applications in Astrology

by marlowpurvesnet, posted in Astrology, Astrology Classes, Astrology Classes ONLINE, Guided Meditation, Spiritual Astrology

The new year is trickling in , and gently, oh so gently, I am aware of the slight lengthening of days. This opens my awareness to two things, one, that we are definitely on the ‘other side’ of the longest night, a time in the west of beginning again and also I am minded of the inexorable passage of time, seasons and life.

Capricorn, the Fish Goat, is associated with the passage of time, the gaining of experience and the development, step-by-step to maturity and mastery. To that end, it seems a fitting moment to engage with the element of TIME in astrology and Stardust – Applications in Astrology does just *that*.

In the seven-part series, we will be exploring the animation of the astrology chart, aiming to take things forward by exploring more nuanced interpretations of charts a well as looking at progressed and transiting charts and the relationships of the planets to the Chakra… enter the element of TIME. We will also be looking at Relationships through the lens of astrology, using composite and chart comparisons to lead us into understanding of ourselves and our loved ones, what our challenges, connections and strengths are…

Each class will also include a meditation based on a specific planet to help us attune to the subtle nature of its energy.

There will be time for practice and sharing as the course progresses.

Mark your diary for 7:30pm (UK), Monday, February 26 and six Mondays thereafter.

NOTE: This class is only suitable for those who have a grounding in the basic principles of astrology. If you have any questions, please contact info@marlowpurves.net


Notes and recordings of the sessions are included. £225

A Whole New Year- Constellations and Beyond!

by marlowpurvesnet, posted in Astrology, Family Constellations, Family Constellations and Homoeopathy, Holistic Healing, Homeopathy, West Coast - Canada, Workshops

And it will feel like it. Often I have felt as though, once all the furore of New Year’s Eve and extended holiday season has dissipated that I am left with a sense of Oh… NOW what?

This year has a markedly different flavour to it as we move from one calendar year to the next. There are some palpable shifts in energy, from an astrological perspective, that will play out in our felt experience. Today, January 2 marks the transition from Mercury retrograde to direct… what does that mean? It means that after a period (of about three weeks) we are able to communicate more clearly and more directly, to think things through in a forward facing fashion, anticipate and strategise more effectively. We are retracing our previous passage through Sagittarius which will have us dreaming and scheming in a positive, expansive and hopeful way. The thoughts that arise will be flavoured with ‘what’s possible?’  And just to add belt and braces to the cosmic impulse to ‘get things done’, Mars will be making it’s way into the sign of Capricorn this week as well! When Mars changes sign, we can be assured of a strong push with a new flavour… This flavour is all about work, effort, goals and ACHIEVEMENT.

This also closely coincides with Jupiter, the ruler of Sagittarius, moving forward once again in the sign of Taurus. Capricorn and Taurus are both earth signs, and that relates to tangible resources. This is not just about dreaming and hoping, there is energy in the system to manifest.

By the 21st of the month we will be taking a giant step forward, as Pluto, the Transformer and the Sun (our Heart) make a combined foray into Aquarius, which is about The People, technology, groups and community built on individual’s collective endeavours. This is a move that brings us forward into a new era, it’s not just a blip.

At the risk of loading the theme, towards the end of the month, Uranus, the great Awakener is set to change course and move us forward as well… completing the picture of ALL planetary energies moving direct. So, in short? Rocket fuel to change, awakening and action of consequence! Buckle up? or Unbuckle, we’re on the evolutionary ride of our lives. This year will be a portal of sorts, and there is no going back!

And now… for a COMPLETELY different Constellation. We know the energy of the year is about practical implementation and moving forward. To that end, I am delighted to announce that my colleague, Elaine Harris and I will be ‘on the road’ and taking the transformational work of Family Constellations, as informed by the wisdom of astrology and homoeopathy, to the west coast of Canada!

We will be offering two, two-day workshops in February, one in the Fraser Valley (9/10) and the other on the Sunshine Coast (17/18). We are excited to bring the unique combination of our skills and experience to share.

More about the process of constellations and details about dates and booking.

https://www.erhconstellations.com/events/canada-west-coast-not-just-any-constellation-weekend-workshop

If you’re in the Pacific Northwest in February and keen to take a step forward into the fulness of life, come and join us!! Earlybird discount available until January 15.

Happy New Year!

Levelling Up as we Approach Equinox

by marlowpurvesnet, posted in Homeopathy

Calling All Homoeopaths!!

Autumn Equinox, here in the northern hemisphere, we are beginning to contemplate the coming shift into the dark half of the year, the time of reflection, retreat and reconsideration. Now we are gathering, the experiences, the wins and losses of the past season and consolidating our resources as we move into the colder months.

It is Libra Season, the sign of the Scales, the balance point where our accounts are measured against the dreams, promise, work and fruits of the year.

This time of year also corresponds with the beginning of school, the academic year, when we are less distracted by the delights of warm weather and the great outdoors. Because of the withdrawal indoors, our energy enables us to move into a different form of attention.

Astrology is one of the subjects that reflects not only the natural rhythms of life, but also informs us as to how to make the most of each season. Libra, an air sign engages us mentally, inviting us to think outside of our experience to weigh up the alternatives…

In keeping with the change of season, I will once again be offering WE ARE STARDUST An Introduction to Astrology for Homoeopaths

Commencing Wednesday, October 18 and for five weeks thereafter, online.

Session One: The Planets and their relationship to the Chakra

Session Two: The Signs and their relationships to the body/Planetary cycles

Session Three: The Houses and Aspects

Session Four: The Tissue Salts and Astrological Signs

Session Five: The Nodes of the Moon – indications of the Soul’s Promise

Each session will be approximately 2hrs – 2.5hrs and follows on from the previous one, building your knowledge step by step.

Each participant will be provided with a copy of their own chart for reference (and practice!) This is an interactive class where we will use the charts of the participants to illustrate and reveal the wisdom of astrology. No previous experience is required.

Contact me at: info@marlowpurves.net to secure your place