Evolutionary Astrology is a term that is being used to describe techniques that go deeper than just description of personality or the timing and predicting of events. Evolutionary Astrology* follows the following basic ideas:- Planets don't do things, people do. The planets do not coerce, manipulate, or cause things to happen to us. They are more like a mirror that is reflecting how we are evolving and growing.
- Planetary energies and combinations are not inherently good or bad. Each planet asks us a question, which we must spend our lives answering. There is a range of possibilities in which we can choose the low road or the high road. It is our own free will that dictates how we will choose to respond to the lessons and questions that are posed us. We are accountable for our answers and are responsible for the realities we experience.
- Our birth chart represents what we don’t know in this life, and are here to learn.
- Our birth chart contains information about the condition of our soul as we enter this lifetime, which can be defined as prior lifetimes (reincarnation), genetic influences, or early childhood experiences, however the astrologer or client prefers to view this idea.
*These ideas are my interpretation of statements made by the creators of Evolutionary Astrology, Steven Forrest and Jeffrey Wolfe Green, seen here: Evolutionary Astrology Principles