Evolutionary Astrology is a term most popularized by the writings of Jeffrey Wolf Green. * It embraces a paradigm, or body of knowledge that can be understood through observation and correlation, which measures the growth of a Soul from life to life. The principle of reincarnation underlies Evolutionary Astrology. Human consciousness evolves as it exhausts the separating desire nature and expands in conscious ways to include, share and give back as the Soul reconnects with Universal energy. This process is no less than the discovery of the Soul – past and present life as well as future potential. It is less a technical approach and more a philosophical outlook based in natural law and the expansion of human consciousness. The School of Evolutionary Astrology and our online astrology correspondence course helps guide the student through this process. Evolutionary Astrology includes a specific methodology that involves the planet Pluto and the Moon’s Nodes as representative of the Soul in any given birth chart.
Jeffrey Wolf Green received the Pluto Formula methodology in dreams. The writings of Carl Jung, Dane Rudhyar and Paramhansa Yogananda were integral in his teachings. The Evolutionary Astrology Network shares the following quotes by these great philosophers.
“Astrology, like the collective unconscious with which psychology is concerned, consists of symbolic configurations: the planets are the gods, symbols of the power of the unconscious. “ - Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung
Likewise, Jung’s four function types - intuition, sensation, thinking, and feeling - are roughly paralleled in astrology by the four elements - fire, earth, air, and water. Dane Rudhyar, a French astrologer who migrated to the United States, was widely considered the father of humanistic astrology. He further synergized the work of Jung into the astrological community. Both Jungian psychology and Dane Rudhyar’s concept of the cycle of phases and aspects are found in Evolutionary Astrology studies.
“The essential purpose of astrology is not so much to tell us what we will meet on our road, as it is to suggest how to meet it – and the basic reason for the meeting. Which quality in us, which type of strength is needed to go through any specific phase of our total unfoldment as an individual person. “ -Dane Rudhyar
Evolutionary Astrology is steeped in Eastern mystical and philosophical traditions. Paramhansa Yogananda’s teachings on meditation and spiritual living were revered and endorsed by Jeffrey Wolf Green.
“Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God; that you do not have to pray that it come to you; that God’s omnipresence is your omnipresence; and that all that you need to do is improve your knowing” -Paramhansa Yogananda
Observation and correlation within natural law is the basis of Evolutionary Astrology. Jeff Green reminded all of us to honor indigenous peoples who lived more in tune with natural cycles prior to this modern era. One famous Lakota medicine man received his vision not far from the home base of the Evolutionary Astrology Network in the Black Hills of South Dakota. He said:
“The power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is like a ball, and so are the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls; birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. The sun and moon, both round, come forth and go down again in a circle. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a person is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves.” -Black Elk
The language of astrology is as vast and multi-faceted as human consciousness itself. Evolutionary Astrology provides a map for understanding the Soul and its potential for evolution. The Evolutionary Astrology Network intends to share the teachings of Jeffrey Wolf Green and the next generation of Evolutionary Astrologers with humanity to honor the sacredness of all life and evolve all consciousness.
*EAN recommends the books “Pluto, The Evolutionary Journey of the Soul, Volume 1″ and “Pluto, The Soul’s Evolution Through Relationships, Volume 2″ and “Uranus, Freedom From the Known,” all by Jeffrey Wolf Green.
