Ep 54: What if your birth chart holds clues about your ancestors, your family patterns, and even the roles you’re here to play in this lifetime?

In this episode, I’m joined by Melanie Marisol, an ancestral astrologer who helps people understand their lineage through the lens of astrology—specifically the fourth house, the part of the chart connected to family, roots, and ancestry.

We talk about:

• How astrology can reveal inherited family patterns (both challenges and gifts)

• Why so many people feel blocked in life when family dynamics go unexamined

• The difference between ancestral trauma and ancestral wisdom

• How Melanie uses astrology as a neutral tool to make sense of family experiences

• What it means to reconnect with your cultural roots without appropriating others

• European indigeneity, myth, and remembering where your people came from

• Why knowing your lineage can actually bring clarity, confidence, and direction

Melanie also generously walks me through my own birth chart, explaining how astrology can validate intuition, remove unnecessary guilt, and help us trust the path we’re already on.

If you’ve been feeling a pull toward your ancestors—or wondering why certain family patterns keep repeating—this episode opens a powerful doorway.

✨ Ready to begin your own journey?

If you’re feeling called to explore your lineage more intentionally, you can start with Origin Initiation — a gentle, guided way to begin understanding where you come from and how it shapes you.

👉 https://knowyourancestors.co/origin

Connect with Melanie

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammelaniemarisol/

• Email: melanie {at} melaniemarisol {dot} com

As always, you don’t need a perfect family tree to begin. Curiosity is enough.

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Ep 53: In this episode of Know Your Ancestors, I’m sharing a moment that caught me off guard.

While reading a recorded interview of my grandmother—her words, her reflections, her regrets—I started noticing parallels to my own life. What she wished she’d done. How much of herself she set aside while caring for others. And how easy it is to slip into patterns without realizing it.

This episode is about what happens when family history stops being abstract and starts feeling personal.

I talk about:

• The limits of genealogy when we focus only on records

• How context and life experience change the way we understand our ancestors

• Recognizing patterns of caregiving, sacrifice, and choice across generations

• How one ancestor’s story can quietly invite us to do things differently

This isn’t about blaming the past or drawing hard conclusions. It’s about noticing what stands out—and allowing those moments to offer clarity, permission, or direction in our own lives.

I also share how this kind of reflection is the starting point of Origin Initiation—a gentle way to begin lineage research that focuses on context, connection, and listening before answers.

If you’re feeling drawn to your family history and want to engage with it more intentionally, you can learn more at:
https://knowyourancestors.co/origin

Thank you for being here. More conversations and guest episodes are coming soon.

Ep 52: Today’s episode dives into something I hear all the time — from beginners and longtime researchers alike:

“I want to feel connected to my ancestors… but I just don’t.”

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, unsure where to start, or like you’re “missing something,” this conversation is going to feel like a deep exhale.

I’m sharing why so many people feel disconnected from their lineage, what might be getting in your way, and the surprising places the real connection actually begins. I also open up about a recent personal experience with one of my ancestors that completely shifted my energy during a hard week — something I’ve never shared publicly before.

If you’ve been craving a sense of belonging, guidance, or meaning in your family story, this episode is for you.

And if listening stirs something in you — if you feel that little nudge to finally learn how to do this work — my Rooted + Rising Course Bundle is available right now for a special price of $297 until November 30th. It’s the best place to start or restart your family history journey with support, clarity, and connection.

Explore the course bundle here:
knowyourancestors.co/rooted-rising