There are some conversations that gently rearrange the way you see the world. This was one of them. In this episode of Finding My Frequency, I sat down with Rachel Crawford - an astrologer, a storyteller, and a new member of our community at Frequency Wellness Space - who is reimagining her work through Nova House Astrology. What unfolded wasn’t just a conversation about astrology. It was a conversation about perspective.About relationship.About the quiet ways we’ve always been guided, whether we realize it or not. Looking Up Before Looking Within Rachel’s relationship with astrology didn’t begin with charts. It began with the sky. As a fisherman’s daughter growing up on the Jersey Shore, the stars weren’t abstract—they were practical. They shaped decisions. They influenced tides. They determined where and when life happened. The moon wasn’t symbolic, it moved water.The stars weren’t decorative, they were directional. And that grounding is what makes Rachel’s approach so compelling. She doesn’t treat astrology as something that tells you who you are. She treats it as something that helps you notice. Patterns.Timing.Relationship. Astrology as Relationship, Not Definition One of the most powerful reframes Rachel offered is this: Your chart isn’t just about you. It holds your relationships: your parents, your children, your coworkers, your past, your environment. Everyone who shapes your story lives there, too. Astrology, in her lens, is relational. It’s not: “This is who you are.” It’s: “This is how you relate.” To yourself.To others.To the world moving around you. And that shift matters. Because instead of boxing you in, it opens you up. The Space Between Science and Story There’s a moment in the conversation where we sit in something I’ve been feeling more and more lately: The line between science and what we often call “woo” isn’t as clear as we think. We know the moon affects tides.We know gravitational pull changes water levels.We know planetary cycles repeat over time. And yet… We hesitate to explore what meaning might live inside those patterns. Rachel doesn’t ask you to believe anything blindly. She invites curiosity. To notice that Venus shines brighter than any star in the sky—and ask why we’ve always associated it with beauty. To look at Mars: red, intense, unmistakable—and understand why it’s been linked to aggression and action. A Living, Moving System Another thing that struck me: Astrology isn’t fixed. It’s in motion. Your birth chart is a starting point—but everything continues to shift. Planets move. Angles change. Relationships evolve. Even something like “retrograde”, which so many of us have heard about - is simply about perspective. From where we stand on Earth, it looks like a planet is moving backward. But it isn’t. Which begs the question: How much of what we experience is shaped by where we’re standing? The Story We’re Always Inside Of If there’s one thing I took from this conversation, it’s this: We are always inside a story. A story shaped by time, by relationship, by movement - both ours and everything around us. Astrology, at its best, doesn’t define that story. It helps us see it more clearly. And maybe, if we’re paying attention, It helps us choose how we want to move within it. If this conversation sparked something in you—curiosity, skepticism, wonder, or even resistance—I think that’s exactly the point. You don’t have to believe in the stars to look up. But you might find something meaningful if you do. —Listen to the full episode of Finding My Frequency wherever you tune in. Thanks for reading Finding My Frequency by Frequency Wellness Space! This post is public so feel free to share it. Finding My Frequency by Frequency Wellness Space is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit findingmyfrequency.substack.com/subscribe
