DEVA CRYSTAL GREEN EVOLUTIONARY ASTROLOGY

WHO IS DEVA CRYSTAL GREEN

I am the daughter of world renowed Jeffrey Wolf Green who is the founder of Evolutionary Astrology. I have immersed myself in the study of his work for many, many years now, and have received personal instruction and teaching from him. I am uniquely qualified, as a result, to carry on his work which is my father's desire. I have just completed a book on Evolutionary Astrology called PLUTO AND YOUR KARMIC MISSION: EVOLUTIONARY ASTROLOGY that is being published by Llewellyn Publications. This book is literally a 'how to' book based on my father's first book: PLUTO: THE EVOLUTIONARY JOURNEY OF THE SOUL.It will be available in March, 2009.

Here are some reviews that have been submitted to Amazon.com about my book that you may find interesting

By Sylvia Hawley (Springfield, OR USA) -

As with those great teachers whose vibrations impact many in highly individual ways, Jeffrey Wolf Green's retirement from teaching was cause for considerable sorrow and regret for his students. Fortunately for us all, in the years leading to Wolf's gradual withdrawal from the demands of active teaching, he was joined in his work by his daughter, Deva, then in her late 20s I think. Deva's apprenticeship was a decision she herself made after exploring higher education and other avenues. When she began to study with her father (and her mother, also a fine evolutionary astrologer), Deva had close and full access, a sincere and genuine interest and a modest sense of her grasp of the material. Over the years, she has blossomed into an exceptional astrologer, counselor, author and teacher of depth and presence. Her book adds stunning clarity and simplicity to the sometimes complex teachings of her father. Hearing as he did and does continually from every chakra of a risen kundalini, Jeffrey can see and teach things that require a rare consciousness to understand. I say that speaking for myself as a student who needed years to osmose these teachings and begin to be able to help others in a meaningful way with this beautiful astrology. Osmosis is a Pluto kind of thing and that's what it takes to grow into the understandings organically. But Deva brings a clarity and spirit of ease and play with insights that were clearly her Soul's before it brought her to join her father this time as his daughter. For those who have struggled with Wolf's two volumes, Pluto I and II as we call them, Deva's clarity will be a welcome relief. And, she's teaching. Astrologers and seekers can find her online and her school is based in Ashland, Oregon. Just Google for Evolutionary Astrology or Deva Green. Expect the infinite.

By A. Mather "literary maven" (Kent, OH USA) -

With the publishing of Pluto: The Evolutionary Journey of the Soul (Jeffrey Wolf Green) more than 20 years ago, the astrological world moved into a new era of chart interpretation that captured an individual's psyche--past, present and future--like never before. Not a "cookbook" of descriptive key words and phrases, Evolutionary Astrology (EA) as realized and developed by Jeffrey over the years has given astrological counselors real tools to help their clients deal with their emotional, psychological, intellectual and spiritual dimensions in a way that produces real soul growth.

Now, with Evolutionary Astrology: Pluto and Your Karmic Mission, Jeffrey's daughter Deva brings her own unique insights to the understanding and practice of evolutionary astrology. Not only did Deva formally study EA with her father, while she was growing up she saw it in action on a daily basis and osmosed (Pluto) a great deal of knowledge and understanding in a way that others have not been exposed to, and this deep understanding is reflected in her first work on EA.

In addition to her refreshingly youthful, yet deep, insight into EA, Deva reveals the evolution of the EA paradigm itself and brings the principles of evolutionary astrology to life thru copious examples that astrologers can use to illuminate their own chart readings.

Deva has expanded the descriptions of the four evolutionary stages (of consciousness), one of the core teachings of EA, and has provided many examples of how to apply the stages to a birth chart in numerous places throughout the book. Her descriptions of the core archetypes for each house, sign and corresponding planet both review and build on the original Pluto material in easy-to-understand and apply descriptions and principles. For example, EA: Pluto and Your Karmic Mission offers more extensive discussions of the archetypes of masochism and sadism found within the Virgo/Pisces axis, the archetype of the Daemon soul found in Sagittarius, and Natural Law versus man-made laws/religions and how they influence and condition the basic archetypes accordingly.

In addition, Deva both reviews the core principles of the main evolutionary axis (Pluto and its polarity point, the north and south nodes and their planetary rulers), the definition of the Soul and the Ego, the ways the soul effects its evolution, and aspects to Pluto and updates them with new and expanded insight and examples. The last chapter explains the two methods of chart interpretation--the house method and the planetary method--and shows the reader how to synthesize them with the main evolutionary axis and, of course, the basic archetypes of evolutionary astrology.

This brand new offering in Evolutionary Astrology at its finest, i.e., as the continuance of the true and original Evolutionary Astrology as first realized and taught by Jeffrey Wolf Green, is a must-have for anyone seeking to help themselves and their clients expand their consciousness, discover their Karmic Mission, and move from Karma to Dharma.

By Marylynn Neese "Lynn Licata-Neese, MA" (Olympic Peninsula, WA)

"Pluto and Your Karmic Mission" is so much more than the title presents. Written with concise attention to detail in a clear approach, Deva wastes no words or adds no confusion, leaving even the most unenlighted reader of human nature completely clear and amazed at the depth of knowledge. This is the ultimate book on character analysis and will likely end up as a classic in astrology. It is "must have" for any psychologist, social worker or even those remotely interested in human nature and a universal perspective. As a beautiful and stunning source of truth and guidance it far surpasses the old worn out repititous astrology of the ancients and brings fresh, new insights not only for EA astrologers and those interested in the subject, but for everyone in any type of healing and serving profession. Deva Green is a Master and a perfect example of what a soul should be, moving through our world today.

Offers a survey of modern use blending chart interpretation with a focus on Pluto and code locations, May 8, 2009 By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) -

EVOLUTIONARY ASTROLOGY: PLUTO AND YOUR KARMIC MISSION comes from an astrology and founder of 'evolutionary astrology' and offers a survey of modern use blending chart interpretation with a focus on Pluto and code locations. This in-depth guide provides an excellent survey perfect for advanced and dedicated new age libraries, with chapters covering charts, aspects, and Pluto's importance.

By J. Bobbitt "Astrologer" (Houston, TX) -

This book is great. Deva writes about Pluto with the same depth and insight of her brilliant Dad, Jeff Green. She shares her knowledge with understanding and compassion. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in expanding their concept and meaning of Pluto's evolutionary path in a chart. I look forward to her future books.

No Cutesy Sun Sign Astrology Here!, April 12, 2009 By Amy Herring "prophetessamy" (Seattle WA USA) -

Building from the work of her father Jeff Green, Deva discusses the techniques and philosophy of using astrology to evolve the soul with purpose, rather than just describe one's personality. This book goes deeper than most, and is in fact, a bit thick, but it's well worth the wade! A must for serious astrologers.

Required reading for Evolutionary Astrologers, March 19, 2009 By Roger Weld "Owlsplace" (Reno, NV United States) -

Nice entry level book from Deva Green, daughter of Jeffery Wolf Green. The book provides a solid foundation for the basics of astrological interpretation taught by Evolutionary Astrology pioneer, Jeffrey Wolf Green.

Find your destiny through Pluto, March 18, 2009 By Petra (The Netherlands) -

If you have this book you do not need any other astrologybook in the world. This book is such a comprehensive method in understanding where you are coming from and what your destiny is in this life.

If you would like to order my book from Amazon.com you may do so by clicking HERE.

I am currently in the process of writing my second book which will be based on the evolutionary progression of the Soul within the context of the current life being lived. This will cover progressions, transits, and planetary returns.

In my short career thus far I have lectured at the Evolutionary Astrology Conference in 2004 and 2006, and at the NORWAC conference is 2007. I have also taken over my father's business and the Jeffrey Wolf Green School Of Evolutionary Astrology. This school was the very first school that my father taught that was designed for the student who wished a comprehensive teaching in Evolutionary Astrology that would lead to a diploma, a credential, as a certified Evolutionary Astrology who is competent to counsel people from this perspective. This school is incredible in its detail and comprehensiveness. And it comes with homework that is personally corrected by me. Upon successful completion of this course, and its homework, a CERTIFICATE will be issued qualifying you as an Evolutionary Astrologer. For further information on this school please click HERE. I also counsel people thru my work in Evolutionary Astrology. If interested you may contact me at devagreen@fastmail.fm . My rate is $85.00 for an hour.

There is also a new message board for students of Evolutionary Astrology, as well as the general public who are interested in learning more about this work. On this message board you may ask any questions you have about Evolutionary Astrology. If you are interested in signing up for the message board please click HERE

THE EVOLUTIONARY ASTROLOGY RADIO NETWORK

One of the members of our COUNCIL OF EVOLUTIONARY ASTROLOGERS, KRISTIN FONTANA, has a weekly radio show on the Internet that not only talks about Evolutionary Astrology but she also interviews various Evolutionary Astrologers about all kinds of subject material. Her shows are live at 10 am Pacific Time every Wednesday. If you wish to listen 'live' to these broadcasts and/or listent to previous broadcasts that are listed on her site please click HERE.

Additionally, Kristin writes a weekly astrological forecast that is very perceptive and enlightening to read. If you would like to read her weekly forecasts please click HERE.

WHAT IS EVOLUTIONARY ASTROLOGY ?

EVOLUTION

The simplest way to validate the natural law of evolution is based on the universal human experience in which all of us know that we are in a continuous state of becoming. This is not a function of belief, or needing to believe it. It is simply a fact. Of course any of us can observe the natural law of evolution in countless ways as applied to the totality of the Creation. We can observe it relative to the evolution of the human life form, we can observe it in the life of plants and animals, we can observe it through the fundamental changes over great lengths of time to the Earth itself as a evolving planet. We can observe it through our telescopes pointed out into the universes, we can observe it even at a molecular level of life. Evolution simply comes down to and means the changing of form, the changing of structure, the changing of energy, and the change of anything. The very word change implies evolution.

Evolution is always proceeded by another natural law called involution. What this means is that for a change, or evolution, to occur relative to some structure, form, energy pattern, dynamics, etc it is always proceeded by an involution which simply means the ending or destruction of something that pre-exists. That which pre-exists, when evolution or change becomes necessary, implies and means that some pre-existing something, a dynamic, structure and so on, is promoting a state of stagnation or non-growth. In all life forms, in anything that exists as phenomena within the totality of the Creation, there exists another natural law called survival. When this natural law is ignited or stimulated, for whatever reasons, it will always cause the natural law of involution leading to evolution to occur so that the ongoing survival of a life form, structure, and so on can occur.

The natural laws of evolution and involution have two ways of manifesting. One way manifests as a slow, progressive, non-cataclysmic process of change. Darwin called this the natural law of uniformity. And the the other way of course is cataclysmic change in which the very nature of the process of involution leading to evolution is intense and very abrupt. This is very different than the evolution reflected in the natural law of uniformity which allows for a gradual change over time. Cataclysmic evolution creates a sudden change that is immediate and stark. Again, these two natural ways of evolution are observable by anyone as facts that do not require any belief at all. The natural law of evolution and involution correlate astrologically to Pluto.

THE SOUL

The word Soul has been a word in almost every human language language system that have ever been on Earth. So what is it ? Can we open up the brain and find it ? No, obviously we can not. But we can not open up the physical body and find emotion either for example. Yet we know we all have emotions. Can we open up the brain and find thought ? No. Yet, we all know we at least have a thought or two in our heads. Can we open up the body and find sadness, or depression, or happiness, or love ? No. Yet, we all know that these things exist within us. So obviously we are dealing with the nature of energy. The Soul is energy which is no different than the energy of consciousness itself. Again, we can´t open the brain and find consciousness. Consciousness is one of the very greatest ‘mysteries´ of all to scientists for they can not explain it´s origins or even how it came to be. Consciousness correlates astrologically to Neptune. This is exactly the starting point for what we call religion and philosophy: the human need to contemplate and consider, within the desire to know, where we come from and why. In turn this becomes the causative factor for ‘beliefs´ where beliefs are result of the human pondering upon the origin of life itself. But is there a difference between beliefs and actual knowing ? Is there a way to know the answer to the big cosmic questions versus to need to believe in an answer ? The happy news is that there is. For example by the sheer fact that there is a manifested Creation that exists as fact there must also be TRUTHS THAT INHERENTLY EXIST because of the fact of the manifested Creation in the first place. By the fact of it´s existence most of us can easily reason that there has to be something that is the origin of the Creation. In generic language we could call that something the Origin Of All Things, or The Source, and in religious terminology it is called God or the Goddess. Consciousness is certainly part of the manifested Creation. It exists. That which is the origin of consciousness, of itself, must also be conscious. Thus the totality of consciousness emanates from this Source. As an observable fact we all know that consciousness is in all living things: all life forms. And all of these life forms have the appearance of being separate from all other life forms yet are simultaneously connected to them: two plants next to each other appear separate yet are simultaneously connected to one another by the sheer fact of being plants. So on the one hand there is in fact the individualizing aspect of consciousness, yet, on the other, the universal aspect of consciousness which binds all the individual aspects of consciousness together. Another way of illustrating this is the famous story of the wave and the ocean. Most of us would agree that it is the ocean that is the origin of the wave. Yet from the point of view the wave, if the individualizing aspect of consciousness were centered there, the wave appears and seems separate. In other words if the center of gravity for consciousness where within the wave then from that center of gravity the wave appears, and is experienced, as something separate from it´s own source: the ocean. On the other hand if the center of gravity within consciousness were the wave itself then the ocean simultaneously experiences it´s totality while at the same time experiencing the individualizing aspects of itself as manifested in the waves that emanate from it.

In the very same way then the Universal Consciousness which is the origin of all consciousness has created and manifested the totality of the manifested Creation. Which of course includes the human being and the consciousness within it. And within human consciousness there exists a natural individualizing aspect to it. This individualizing aspect to it occurs as a natural result of the human life form having distinct and individual forms relative to the its root: the human life form as a seed, so to speak, that produces many other branches that is no different than the ocean and the wave. Thus, each human life form has it´s own individualizing consciousness that is called the Soul. The Soul, then, is an immutable consciousness, or energy, that is naturally part of the Universal Consciousness that has created it in the first place. Immutable here means that which can not be destroyed. Why ? Because energy can never be destroyed, it can only change form. To evolve.

So how does the Soul evolve ? What dynamics are inherent within it that are the cause of it´s own evolution ? Within all human souls there exists two antithetical desires where DESIRE IS THE DETERMINENT OF EVOLUTION. One desire is to the RETURN to that which is the origin of us, of all of Creation, in the first place. And the other desire is to SEPARATE from that which is the Origin Of All Things. This simple inner dynamic within the Soul is also the natural cause, or law, of free choice, or free will. The evolution of the Soul is simply based on a progressive elimination of all separating desires to the exclusion of only one desire that can remain: to return to the Origin Of All Things. This does not require any belief system at all, or any religion that one must belong too. This simple truth, because it is a function of natural law, can be validated by anyone through their own life experience. Is it not true for example that any of us can have whatever separating desire that one can imagine. For example a desire for a new lover, or a new career post, the new possession, and so on. And we may have the ability to manifest that which we desire. And when we do there is in fact a sense of satisfaction of actualizing that which we have desired. But what soon replaces it ? Is it not the sense of dissatisfaction, the sense of something more ? It is preciously this sense of dissatisfaction, the sense of something more, that ‘echos´ the ultimate desire to return to the Origin Of All Things, the only desire that will bring to us that ultimate satisfaction. All of us have this universal experience.

So how can we know, independent of belief systems, that there in fact exists an Ultimate Source ? The human being knew long, long ago, before the manifestation of religions and complicated cosmologies, through inner contemplation, inner ‘looking´, that when the breath in the body, inhale and exhale, became very, very shallow, even stopped, that there would then appear within the interior of their consciousness a LIGHT. This occurred as a natural function of the breath shallowing or stopping. Naturally. Much later in human history this was to be called the famous ‘third eye´. And it is this very Light that symbolized and connected the individual consciousness reflected in the Soul to the Universal Consciousness that is the Origin Of All Things. The human being also learned long ago that by merging it´s own individual consciousness, or Soul, with that Light that it´s consciousness would then expand in such a way that the individual consciousness itself then became Universal and was then able to consciously experience that Ultimate Source Of All Things: the wave has returned to the ocean.

The point here, again, is that any human being can know and validate these natural laws through their own actual experience that does not require belief systems of any kind. The key to do this, again, is to progressively shallow and stop the breath all together. Any one can do this. If you doubt this, or wonder how, simply try the following natural method to do so. On your inhaling breath simply mentally affirm the number one. On your exhaling breath simply mentally affirm the number too. The ‘secret´ here is to concentrate as hard as you can simply on the numbers one and two. It is this act of concentration intensified by desire manifesting as will that progressively your breath will in fact begin to shallow and even stop. Remember that consciousness is energy and can not be destroyed. It can only change form. Thus, as some may think when the breath is stopped it does not mean that you have to die. Consciousness is NOT dependant on the human form. So when the breath is stopped the inner LIGHT which is intrinsic to consciousness will soon begin to appear. And as it does so simply move into it with by the conscious act of surrender. Surrendering to it will then allow for a merging of your own consciousness with that Universal Consciousness as symbolized in the Light. ANYONE CAN DO THIS AND THEN KNOW FOR THEMSELVES THIS NATURAL TRUTH.

It is this natural law of breath, when stopped or deeply shallowed, that allows for what all the great teachers of relatively recent centuries, when compared to how long the human being has actually been on the planet, has said including Jesus: “When thy eye is single one´s whole body is full of light.” Symbolically speaking the two physical eyes that we have correlate to the two motions of breath: inhale and exhale. It is the inhaling and exhaling of the breath that keeps one´s consciousness utterly involved and enmeshed in the duality, or polarity, of life itself. Likes and dislikes, happy and sad, love and hate, etc, etc correlate too and demonstrate this natural law. The numbers one and two correlate to the natural law of finitude and duality: cause and effect. Yet between one and two there exists and interval or zero. The interval or zero correlates to the Universal Consciousness or infinity. Thus when the breath stops or becomes very, very shallow the interval is then perceived. And what is perceived in the single eye, or what has been called the ‘third eye´ that naturally exists within the interior of consciousness and can be accessed, merged with, with our Soul. When this occurs the law of duality ceases to exist. The ultimate ‘satisfaction´ is then realized. The Soul correlates astrologically to Pluto. From the point of view of natural laws it is interesting to note, historically speaking, that advanced mathematics like algebra, trigonometry, quantum physics, and so on could not have been realized unless there was an ‘idea´ or conception called zero. This occurred in the third century A.D. in India. It was the then Indian mathematicians that conceived of the number zero. And, of course, from the point of view of Indian cosmologies this occurred as a direct extension of their natural understanding of the origin of Creation: out of nothing, or zero, the manifested Creation occurred: the unmanifested/ manifested, or the causeless cause.

THE EGO

Coming into human form the Soul will then manifest what is known as the ego. The ego correlates astrologically to the Moon. The ego is also pure energy. We can not open the brain and find it. Unlike the energy of the Soul which is sustained from life to life until the final merging with the The Source occurs, the energy of the ego in any life is dissolved after each life is lived. The analogy of the wave and the ocean again serves to illustrate this point. The ocean can be equated with the Soul, and the wave can be equated with the ego. Of course the ocean, Soul, is manifesting the waves, ego, life after life. And just as the waves can rise and fall, any given life that the Soul creates, the ocean is sustained. In other words the egos that the Soul manifests in each life rise from birth but finally dissolve back into the ocean, Soul, upon the completion of each life. It´s energy is not destroyed but simply absorbed back into the energy that created it in the first place. The ego created by the Soul thus allows for the individualizing aspect of the Soul in each life. In each life the ego is created by the Soul in such a way as to serve as the vehicle through which the evolutionary intentions of the Soul in any life occurs. Each ego that the Soul creates is oriented to reality in such a way that the very nature of the orientation serves as the vehicle through which the life lessons occur and are understood by the Soul. In each life the ego allows for a self image of the Soul to occur relative to the individualizing aspect of the Soul. An analogy to a movie projector will suffice to illustrate this point. If I have a movie projector, and a reel of film on the back, a screen in front of the movie projector, and turn on the machine generating light from it, I will have no distinct imagery on the screen unless I also have a lens within the projector. Without the lens what manifests from the machine is simply diffuse light. Thus the lens serves as a vehicle through which the inherent images on the film can be focused and given distinct shape, form, and images. In the very same way the ego that the Soul generates in each life allows for a vehicle, or lens, through which the inherent images that exist with our Soul to take form. This natural law of consciousness is thus the cause that allows for individual self perception and the word “I” itself.

The Soul, Pluto, also correlates to the genetic code, rna and dna, chromosomes, and enzymes. In each life the Soul IS THE DETERMINENT FOR THE ENTIRE GENETIC CODE OF THE LIFE, HUMAN FORM, THAT IT IS BEING BORN INTO. Each life that the Soul chooses is a continuation of that which has come before where each new life taken correlates to the ongoing evolutionary lessons or intentions of any given Soul. Thus, the body type which includes which race to be born into, the appearance of it, the culture to be born into, the parents of origin, the specific and individual nature of the emotions, feelings, psychology, desires, and so on correlate to the Soul´s intentions reflected in the genetic code in total in each life. This is all then given individual form in each life via the egocentric structure, Moon, that the Soul creates in each life. Thus any person can then say things like “this is who I am”, “this is what I need”, “this is what I am feeling”, “this is what I am trying to learn”, and so on: the individualizing aspect of the ego that the Soul creates in each life.

When ‘death´ occurs in any given life, as stated earlier, the ego that the Soul has created for a life then dissolves back into it´s origin: the Soul. Since both are energy, and energy can not be destroyed, where does the Soul go upon the physical death of the body ? In other words where is it on an energetic level ? Most of us have heard the words the ‘astral plane´ or heaven and hell. Obviously what these types of words refer too are other realities or planes of existence. There is in fact other energetic realities or planes of existence. Simply speaking, the astral plane is an energetic plane of existence that all Souls go too after the completion of physical lives on places like Earth. Energetically this plane of existence is much less materially dense than places like Earth. After physical death the Soul ‘goes too´ the astral plane in order to review the life that has just been lived, and to prepare for yet another birth on places like Earth. Upon the completion of a life on Earth the ‘ego´ dissolves back into the Soul in such a way that the center of gravity within the consciousness, within the astral plane, is the Soul itself. For most folks living lives in the material plane we call Earth the center of gravity of consciousness is the ego itself. This is why the vast majority of people living feel within themselves that they are ‘separate´ from everything else: the center of gravity being the egocentric “I”. In the astral plane the center of gravity shifts to the Soul itself so that when death occurs in any given life the ‘memory´ of the ego of that life is sustained.

This memory of the ego is necessary for the Soul for it is the memory of the ego that allows the Soul to not only review the life that has just been lived, but it also serves as the basis for the next life to be lived relative to the continuing evolution of the Soul itself: in each life we all pick up where we have left off before. Thus, this memory of the ego in each life serves as the causative factor of what type of egocentric structure the Soul needs to create in the next life. In essence it is the memory of the ego that the Soul draws upon, the ‘images´ contained therein, that serve as the basis of the next ego that the Soul needs to generate in each successive life that promote it´s ongoing evolution. Astrologically speaking, this is symbolized by Pluto, the Soul, and the South and North Nodes of the Moon. The South Node of the Moon correlates the the prior egocentric ‘memories´ of the Soul that determine the natal placement of the Moon in each life, the current ego, and the North Node of the Moon correlates to the evolving ego of the Soul: the nature and types of inner and outer experiences that the Soul needs, desires, in order to facilitate it´s ongoing evolution. In turn this will then constitute the ‘new´ egocentric memories, images, that the Soul will draw upon when a life has been lived and terminated at physical ‘death´. Most of us are aware that the Moon also correlates to one´s family of origin in any given life. It should be clear then that upon the ‘death´ of the physical body the Soul ‘goes too´ the astral plane and meets again important family members, and others close to the Soul. This is also why, for many Souls, that we continue to meet again those family members upon rebirth into yet another physical life on places like Earth. It is the memory of the ego now combined with the memory of family that is the determinant in this phenomena. And this phenomena is sustained until there is no longer any evolutionary or karmic need to sustain such relationships.

ARTICLES

If you are interested there are a variety of articles on various subjects with Evolutionary Astrology that you can read. I have written two of these articles. One is on the Pluto in Libra generation, and the other is based on the four ways that Pluto, the Soul, affects it's evolutionary intentions. The other areticles were written by my father many years ago now. If you are interested in reading any of these articles please click HERE.