EVOLUTIONARY ASTROLOGY
by Katharina Wehrli
“As counselors, or just as friends, we will do our best if we can simply
identify reality as it exists for those with whom we interact, and to
give them what they need according to their own reality - not ours....
So as we attempt to answer the questions “Why am I here?” and “What are my lessons?” we must attempt to understand the “reality” implied in the
birth chart.” Jeffrey Wolf Green, founder of Evolutionary Astrology.
Over the years I saw that despite much therapeutic counseling and
healing work many people didn’t seem to be able to get to the root of
what ailed their mental, emotional and spiritual balance nor their
physical well being. Hence I was looking for a direction to help my
clients understand why they experience these ailments, and why they are
put together in the way they are. Eventually I found Jeffrey Wolf
Green’s work on Evolutionary Astrology. When I became his client and
later on also one of his students, my own life began to change in a
fundamental way. This was due to the fact that Evolutionary Astrology is
based on Natural Laws. Now I incorporate this approach into my
astrological counseling sessions and healing work. it has turned out to
be very rewarding for my clients. People have given me the feedback that
for them one session contained as much and different insight as years of
therapeutic work they had previously done. because my own experience has
been quite similar, I could see how this was possible. Although
evolutionary astrology is exceptionally useful, it is by no means a
‘quick fix’. It is left up to the individual to take responsibility for
his/her situation, and to apply conscious effort and willpower to affect
the necessary changes. If a person sincerely desires to become
increasingly more aware, to heal and grow the application of this system
has incredibly deep and invaluably beneficial effects. What follows here
is my description of Evolutionary Astrology.
Within the psycho-spiritual orientation of Evolutionary Astrology the
power of astrological symbols is used to chart the evolution of an
individual’s Soul over many lifetimes. The Soul is the immutable
component of a person, and can not be destroyed. It is not the body,
mind, spirit or emotional content, but rather the consciousness that
gives rise to all of them. The Soul is an energetic entity that merely
changes form. In order to grow beyond the limits of the past the
paradigm of evolution is applied to the Soul’s journey. As the Soul
progresses over a series of many, many life times it gradually becomes
more aware and conscious of its own nature and purpose, as well as the
experience of its actual reality. Through the paradigms of the Souls’
incarnation over many lifetimes, and the Soul’s evolution another one is
born: the disposition of the Soul’s longings or desires. On its
evolutionary path the Soul follows its yearnings in a dual motion
pattern of separation from and returning to the Source, the Creator, God/dess. As long as there are desires other than the longing to unite
with the Source, those aspirations create more karma and attachments,
resulting in even more desires that need to be gratified. Through
satisfying them, experiences are generated, skill and wisdom is gained,
and evolution can proceed. At this point it becomes important to
understand that suppressing separating desires is not possible. Within
the parameters of right action and respectful attitude these desires
require to be fulfilled. Whatever desires, wants, aspirations or
longings an individual suppresses will end up distorted. They will then
find their outlet and expression through imbalance, complexes,compulsive behavior, addiction, rage, secret obsession, etc.
Understanding one’s life experience, past and present, from the
standpoint of the Soul’s aspirations and longings grants a deeper
perspective. It also demands from us a different kind of responsibility.
And this is that we are all accountable for the realities we create and
experience. Only when all separating desires have been met and
obliterated can the Soul reunite with the Source. When merged with the
Source there is no experience of separation and no necessity for a
manifest existence in an individual life form. This is the completion of
the Soul’s evolutionary journey.
The memories of the past including innumerable past lives are held in
the long term memory bank of a person’s subconscious mind. Present
circumstances and life situations including psychological make up and
emotional constitution do not emerge randomly, but are rooted in the
essential dynamics of the past. Longings, security issues, compulsive
behaviors, deeper callings, irrational fears, inherent resources,
talents, gifts, etc. are the result of past experiences and
accomplishments. With Evolutionary Astrology a person’s inner and outer
life circumstances are referenced, described and put into perspective by
episodes and situations that took place not only during the forming
years of childhood, but especially also in prior lives. These past life
scenarios are reflected in the individual’s specific early environment.
They are relevant to the current life, because we all can only continue
where we left off. Therefore, in order to fully comprehend the present
situation, it is necessary to understand what preceded it. The Soul
carries its specific dynamics forward from life to life until the individual has a desire to become aware of them, to make them tangible,
and to resolve or evolve them through conscious effort. Once aware and
with sustained effort to complete these dynamics, the capacity for
growing beyond them increases. Otherwise they will be repeated again
next time around. In this context it is easy to see how evolutionary
necessity will prompt certain fated conditions/events to occur. Rather
than taking the initiative to act from a self empowered standpoint, a
common reaction is to feel victimized by what is happening. Without a
deeper perspective a person is likely to experience these times or
situations as nothing more than stressful, uneasy or traumatic, while
trying to dismiss, or deny them, or simply be bewildered or lost in
them. All this because the proper meaning and viewpoint to understand,
value and integrate their transformational aspect was missing. When one knows how the events in life fit into the broader context of unfolding
evolution it becomes easier to cooperate, and consciously flow with
life. With this acquired outlook of graceful surrender and self
reliant/empowered initiative new opportunities, and more relevant
experiences will manifest magnetically for the individual. He/she is
free to begin relating to self and subsequently also to others in a new
way. Now the ability arises to draw with increasing ease more
appropriate conditions and healthier relationships to him/herself.
When a person is ready for the application of this system, Evolutionary
Astrology benefits the acceleration of personal growth beyond any
comparable measure. It is invaluably helpful when determining the
necessary next step to be taken for evolution to proceed. In the case of
karmic patterns it is possible to realize the consequences, to adjust
one’s attitude and to take the correct action. Once the sincerity and
tenacity of the effort has been demonstrated sufficiently, the person at
some point will be liberated from his/her karmic condition. In some
cases it is possible to determine astrologically what the time frame of
this resolution would be. With the realization that the present
circumstances are a consequence resulting from previous actions and
choices, a person now takes responsibility for his/her actuality while
simultaneously adjusting the attitude. The sense of being the victim of
unremitting defeat, continuous lack of power, or perpetual frustration
is removed. Evolutionary Astrology is also very helpful when unresolved
past life trauma dictates an individual’s behavior despite all
psychotherapeutic intervention. Every experience of the Soul in a body
is recorded on a cellular level as cellular memory. The previous
evolution of consciousness is inseparable from the body mind continuum.
This means that past events with unresolved traumatic content continue
to negatively influence a person’s experience of his/her reality for
lifetimes after the trauma occurred. Once the trauma is described by the
astrologer the person can become aware of its influences and effects. Employing specific methods the content of a particular trauma may be
accessed, remembered, then expressed and released. This will clear the
effects and its undesired influences in the person’s life from the
subconscious mind and from the cellular memory in the body.
Evolutionary Astrology is based on Natural Law which cultivates an
inclusive view of life, accepting all of its aspects and expressions as equally valid. This is how our ancestors lived for a couple of hundred
thousand millenia before the shift to the patriarchy occurred a mere
eight thousand years ago. They cultivated an acceptance of life and its
expression that was based on Natural Laws, the manifestation of life
through the senses. Human beings as well as animals were perceived as
originating from and returning to Mother Earth. A deep respect for all
life and its natural cycles abided. It was accompanied by equality and a
tendency to share and give. When the patriarchy took over, this was
replaced with the self righteous action of taking, exploitation and
greed. This historical fact is well documented by the research findings
of archeologists and evolutionary biologists. Apart from people living
in isolated indigenous cultures, human consciousness at this point in
time is conditioned and dictated by patriarchal structures and concepts,
ideas and notions. They resulted in an unnatural division and judgment
of mental/spiritual versus physical/emotional/sexual human desires and
expressions. The latter being bad or in need of suppression, and the
former being fostered as superior. The result is distortion of natural
instincts and desires. This unnatural divergence has lead to much
imbalance and disease on a personal as well as a collective level. The
superiority is justified by judging any one person or culture that does
not fit this norm as inferior. At the same time this attitude encourages
the exclusion of others with different values. It furthermore promotes
seeing nature as impure, in need of improvement, and above all else here
to serve humanity.
Due to the patriarchal concept of superiority of mind and spirit, and
the suppression of the emotional and physical facets of life judged and
seen as inferior, this philosophy produces unnatural guilt. It is the
self-operating result of involuntarily and constantly falling short of
acting or being flawless as dictated by a concept opposing natural life
in progress. This type of guilt is different from the phenomenon of a
healthy conscience intrinsic to human consciousness. Intuitive guilt
functions as a barometer of discernment between cause and effect in
actual reality, directing a person toward naturally right action or
behavior. Unnatural guilt on the other hand is acted out subconsciously
through atonement or punishment. It is a very difficult and intangible
dysfunction subliminally permeating people in modern society in an array
of abnormal ways throughout all aspects of daily life and interpersonal
relationships. With Evolutionary Astrology it is now conceivable to
trace the resulting effects of unnatural guilt and its specific
manifestation in an individual’s life. Through the application of
specific methods a reversal of its effects is possible.
Although reinstating pre-patriarchal circumstances is far from probable,
a return to Natural Laws in some form is urgently called for. On an
individual level this means that patterns which dictated behavior over
many lifetimes need to be reevaluated and released. This is another
reason why this outstanding new approach, Evolutionary Astrology, is
priceless. When the light of consciousness is shed into all aspects of
human reality, the direct experience of Natural Laws through all the
senses will replace the existing unnatural rift between mind/spirit and
body/emotions/sexuality. The pressure to change and grow past imbalance,
distortion and suppression has reached an urgent level for many
individuals, let alone the Planet.
Katharina Wehrli
Phone: 508.651.2648
Website: http://www.earthlit.com
Email: info@earthlit.com