Why – different person, same relationship dynamics!
How – can I recognise, create and maintain, mutually loving relationships?
When – will the stars align for us to meet?
Relationships, including with partners, family, friends, colleagues, and our community, can be our greatest source of immense joy and huge stress.
Join us for this unique opportunity to enjoy a supportive, in-depth, fun and creative weekend in a stunning location.
Using the incisive tools of Relationship Astrology, we will help you explore your most common relationship patterns. We’ll also look at the timing of relationships, the meaning of compatibility and how all relationships are an integral and valuable part of our learning and growth...
Bring your charts and the charts of loved ones (with their permission), to begin our relationship adventure under blue skies and sunshine!
Our approach is inclusive of all genders and sexualities.
For confidentiality reasons, the workshop will not be recorded, but you will receive a course handbook containing worksheets to complete in your own time, before or during the weekend. They will help you engage more deeply with your own chart, and enrich your experience of the workshop.
The teachers
CAROLE TAYLOR
Carole has been an astrological consultant and tutor for 25 years. She was Director of Studies at the Faculty of Astrological Studies for 15 years, overseeing its programme of study. She now co-manages Asteria Teaching and the Centre for Astrology, Myth & Symbol, is a tutor at Astrology University and guest tutor at Relationships & Astrology.
MARGARET GRAY
MSW, B.A. Counselling and Psychotherapy, Diploma Psychological Astrology (CPA)
Margaret has been a consulting and teaching astrologer for over 30 years. She is passionate about the Astrology of Relationships and is the co-founder of ‘Relationships and Astrology', which offers certificate courses and webinars in the Astrology of Relationships. Margaret is a practicing psychotherapist and works extensively with couples.
ALEXANDRE GONÇALVES
Graduated in Psychology from FCHS and in Karmic, Humanistic, Transpersonal and Psychological Astrology. He has dedicated himself entirely to teaching and astrological consultancy since 2008 and is co-founder of the STARLIGHT training center, in Albufeira [Algarve], where he has been teaching and practicing Astrology and Healing since 2010, through consultations, courses, lectures and workshops, counting on hundreds of customers and students.
The location
The event will take place at Albufeira - Algarve, at STARLIGHT - school of astrology.
The exact location is here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5bJjStsmNhUCHdnM9
We are sorry that our venue is not wheelchair friendly, (the school is situated on the 3rd floor and there are no lifts)
Our school is situated just 40 minutes away from Faro international airport and you'll have a great selection of hotels nearby where you can stay comfortably (walking distance from the event). Just some suggestions:
Hotel Brisa Sol - 4*
https://www.hotelbrisasol.com/
Hotel Vila Galé Cerro Alagoa - 4*
https://www.vilagale.com/pt/hoteis/algarve/vila-gale-cerro-alagoa
Hotel Spa Real Bellavista - 4*
https://www.realbellavista.realhotelsgroup.com/
Hotel Sol e Mar - 4*
https://www.baratahotels.com/solemar//
-»This one is right in front of the "pescadores beach" but 20 minutes walking from our school
There are many more choices around the area - such as beautiful apartments, guesthouses, hostels and other hotels.
The program
THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
4.00-6.30pm: SYNASTRY and COMPOSITE TECHNIQUES – REVISING THE BASICS
An optional pre-workshop session, revising the basics of relationship astrology techniques
before the weekend.
6.30-8pm: WELCOME TEA & CAKE
for everyone attending the weekend workshop
WEEKEND WORKSHOP
FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER: THE ‘WHY’ OF RELATIONSHIPS
9.00-9.30am: Opening and introductions
9.30-11.00am: Relationship patterns in the chart
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Exploring your birth chart from a relational perspective
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Focusing on your relationship needs, complexes and repeating relational patterns.
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What do you want from relationships – and what do you have to offer?
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How to change unhelpful relationship patterns
11.30am-1.00pm:The Family Legacy
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The role of the unconscious - excavating family patterns and dynamics in the birth chart
2.30-4.00pm: Attachment, Intimacy and Communication
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Attachment styles & needs – natal Moon and aspects to it
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Communication styles – natal Mercury and aspects to it
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Obsessive patterns in relationships – moving beyond them…
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Brief preview of the ‘How’
SATURDAY 28 SEPTEMBER: THE ‘HOW’ OF RELATIONSHIPS
9.00-9.30am: Grounding Meditation
9.30-11.00am: The complex issue of ‘compatibility’
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Why am I in a relationship with this person?
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Why am I dealing with this particular issue in my relationship?
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Exploring connections and cross aspects between charts
11.30am-1.00pm: Chart comparison: compatibility and soul mates
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Diving into ‘compatibility’
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Exploring the concept of ‘soul mates’, in the context of the interaction between two charts – and of our soul’s development and progress.
2.30-4.00pm: The Composite Chart
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As a standalone chart representing the nature of the relationship itself
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You and the Relationship. Exploring the synastry between the individual and composite chart
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Brief preview of the ‘When’
SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER: THE ‘WHEN’ OF RELATIONSHIPS
9.00-9.30am: Grounding meditation
9.30-11.00am: Timing in relationships
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Transits, progressions and planetary cycles
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Relationship endings – a developmental perspective
11.30am-1.00pm: Timing in relationships II
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The progressed Lunar cycle
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Transits to the Composite chart
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The Life cycle of relationships
1.00-4.00pm: Beach Picnic and Discussion of the impact of larger planetary cycles on relationships – particularly Pluto moving into Aquarius
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A relaxing and fun afternoon exploring how cultural and social movements, and collective themes and beliefs about relationships, impact us as individuals. We’ll also look at how our approach to relationships might change as Pluto travels through Aquarius – whatmight intimacy mean in the age of super-technology and artificial intelligence?