The Astrology of the Soul’s Journey
Among the great reformers of modern astrology, Jeffrey Wolf Green (1946–2016) stands apart as the founder of Evolutionary Astrology—a profound and spiritually charged system that views the birth chart as the blueprint of the soul’s evolutionary intent.
Green’s work transformed astrology from the study of personality into a spiritual psychology of reincarnation and transformation, rooted in Plutonian symbolism—death, rebirth, and the soul’s ceaseless desire to evolve.
Through his writings and teachings, Green inspired a global movement that continues to shape the deepest, most soul-centered forms of astrology today.
Life and Calling
Born in the United States, Jeffrey Wolf Green displayed mystical and philosophical inclinations from an early age.
After years of studying traditional astrology and psychology, he began to receive what he described as intuitive revelations about the deeper, karmic purpose of the natal chart.
These insights culminated in his seminal book Pluto: The Evolutionary Journey of the Soul (1984), which introduced a reincarnational model of astrology—one that speaks not to what happens in this lifetime alone, but to なぜ the soul chose its circumstances, lessons, and challenges.
Green’s language was spiritual yet precise: the chart became a map of evolutionary necessity, revealing how past-life patterns shape present experiences and how consciousness seeks liberation through them.
The Core of Evolutionary Astrology
At the heart of Green’s teaching lies a simple but radical idea:
Every soul is evolving from separation to unity.
To trace this journey, Green focused on Pluto and the lunar nodes, interpreting them as the axis of soul evolution:
冥王星 represents the deepest evolutionary desires of the soul—its compulsion to grow, transform, and release the past.
The South Node reflects karmic habits—the emotional imprints and attachments carried over from prior incarnations.
The North Node shows the evolutionary direction—the soul’s new path of growth in this life.
This triad—Pluto, South Node, North Node—forms the spiritual DNA of the chart, revealing not fate but the unfolding purpose behind every experience.
Green’s method merged astrology, psychology, and metaphysics, creating a language of healing that transcended the boundaries of predictive or purely psychological models.
Pluto and the Evolutionary Process
For Green, 冥王星 was not merely a planet of destruction or crisis, but the symbol of the soul’s need to evolve through metamorphosis.
Each Pluto sign and house describes where transformation must occur; its polarity point indicates the direction of growth and balance.
He identified four fundamental evolutionary states through which souls progress:
The Consensus State — Collective conditioning and social conformity.
The Individuated State — Rebellion and the awakening of authenticity.
The Spiritual State — Devotion to higher consciousness and service.
The Transcendent State — Liberation from duality; unity with the divine.
Through these stages, Green offered a spiritual map of human development—one that explains not only personal crises but also humanity’s collective evolution.
A Teacher of Depth and Intensity
Green’s teaching style was as Plutonian as his philosophy—intense, uncompromising, and transformative.
He founded The School of Evolutionary Astrology in the 1990s, where he trained astrologers to interpret charts as soul narratives, emphasizing ethical responsibility and spiritual integrity.
He often said that the astrologer’s duty is not to predict events but to facilitate evolution—to help clients align with their soul’s deepest truth, even when that truth demands letting go, loss, or rebirth.
His lectures, known for their emotional power and spiritual precision, awakened many to the realization that astrology could be a sacred healing art rather than a profession of prediction.
Relationship to Psychology and Theosophy
Like Alan Leo そして Dane Rudhyar, Green viewed astrology through a theosophical and spiritual lens—but his system added a crucial psychological depth influenced by Jung, Reich, and transpersonal therapy.
He saw psychological complexes as karmic residues—echoes of unresolved experiences from prior lifetimes.
Where Jung saw archetypes, Green saw reincarnating soul dynamics; where Rudhyar emphasized self-actualization, Green emphasized soul purification through conscious choice and emotional honesty.
遺産と影響
Jeffrey Wolf Green’s work gave rise to a global movement of Evolutionary Astrologers, many trained directly through his school or influenced by his writings.
Astrologers such as Steven Forrest, Kim Marie Weimer、 そして Patricia Walsh expanded upon his model, integrating it into modern spiritual and therapeutic practice.
Green’s 冥王星 volumes and his follow-up book, Pluto: The Soul’s Evolution Through Relationships (1990), remain foundational texts for anyone studying astrology as a spiritual discipline.
Through his vision, astrology reclaimed its most ancient role: to guide souls through death and rebirth, bondage and liberation, across lifetimes.
The Evolutionary Vision
Jeffrey Wolf Green’s astrology invites us to see every crisis as sacred and every desire as the soul’s yearning for freedom.
He taught that pain is not punishment—it is the friction of transformation, the soul’s reminder of its unfinished work.
In his universe, the stars are not forces acting upon us, but mirrors of our eternal becoming.
To study astrology, he said, is to enter into dialogue with the soul—to remember why we are here, and what we are becoming.
