What is Evolutionary Astrology?
Marion practices Evolutionary Astrology, which recognises that the natal (birth) chart is a map of the soul’s intention and evolution in this lifetime. The birth chart is cast using three pieces of information – your date, location and exact time of birth.
The central principle of Evolutionary Astrology is the natural law of free will – that we are the authority of our own lives through the choices we make. Understanding our chart from an evolutionary perspective offers the opportunity to make choices which are more aligned to our soul’s intention for this life, providing greater sense of peace, joy and flow.
Evolutionary Astrology does not distinguish between “good” or “bad” planets or placements in a chart. Everything in a chart is set up perfectly to progress the soul’s evolution in this incarnation. It is every person’s free will as to how they choose to work with the energies and potential of their chart.
An evolutionary astrologer will reveal the potential of the chart in areas of work, health, relationships, spiritual and emotional development, family, identity weaving a rich tapestry of the unique gifts and sacred hurdles for each individual. The aim, always, is to deliver messages sensitively in a way that empowers each person to realise that life doesn’t happen to them, it happens for them.
What is Human Design?
Human Design is the ‘science of differentiation’ that combines ancient and modern methods to reveal our unique energetic blueprint. It draws on Astrology, I-Ching, the Kabbalah and quantum physics and grounds them into chart known as a bodygraph. The body graph is constructed using your date, location and exact time of birth, just like your Astrology natal (birth) chart.
The Human Design system takes the zodiac signs and maps them out across nine energy centres, activating different channels and gates based on the I-Ching. Each gate has a sub-layer of colours and tones that provide further differentiation for how the energy of each gate and channel are expressed. Human Design also offers detailed information on diet/digestion, environment, cognition and motivation.
When all of the elements are brought together, Human Design offers an incredibly deep and potent understanding of how each individual is designed to operate in the world with the least amount of friction, make decisions that feel right for them (inner authority) and feel aligned to the purpose of who they are and why they are here. Human Design is a system that promotes radical self-acceptance and fuels us with the freedom to be who we truly are, beyond the mind’s conditioning.
It brings the cosmos into the body, so our soul’s desires can be embodied and lived, not just understood.
What if I don't know my time of birth?
To discover your exact time of birth, there are several ways you can find it:
1. Check your birth certificate. If it is not listed, you can call births, deaths and marriages office in the state you were born, they may have a record of it on file.
2. Check your baby book, this is a booklet they gave your parents when you were born (in Australia anyway). It should have all of your birth details including weight, length, head circumference, immunisations and time of birth etc.
3. Contact the hospital where you were born. They may still have the record of your time of birth.
4. Inquire with family members, especially parents, uncles/aunts and grandparents.
5. Examine family records: family Bibles, personal histories, or other family documents might contain birth information.
6. Consult birth announcements. Check any birth announcements or newspaper clippings, which might have included the time of birth.
7. Consult an astrologer that is trained in chart rectification. Unfortunately, Marion is not an expert in this method, so it is best to work with someone who is.
8. Use your intuition to know/feel into your time of birth. Some people find a pendulum works for this activity, others have found it unreliable. If you are accessing your own birth information it is more likely to be accurate. If you are trying to access the time of other people’s birth, it is likely to be less accurate due to the privacy of this information in the Akasha.
Note. Any information you can discover can be extremely helpful, for example, your father recalls that the AFL grand final was on at the television at the time. This will narrow your time of birth to a specific window. If you can pinpoint an approximate time or time window, that is a good starting point, then you can narrow it down from there.
Good luck in your quest!