Weekly Reading for August 9 - 16, 2026: Solar Eclipse in Leo
STAR/CHILD: The Astrology of Family by STAR/CHILD
Episode notes
We've been circling this week all year, and now it's here: the solar eclipse in Leo, Wednesday, midday, no take-backs. Eclipses are the astrology of "everything was fine and then suddenly it wasn't fine, it was different." They don't ask for your input. They just rearrange the furniture while you're still sitting on it. And this one is doing its rearranging with the south node, which is the part of the sky that deals in the old familiar stuff we cling to because it's known, not because it's good. The outdated ideas about who we are, what we're capable of, what we're allowed to want. The comfort zone that stopped being comfortable a while ago but we kept the lease anyway. That's what's up for release this week, and because it's Leo, it's personal. It's about you, your confidence, your visibility, the version of yourself you've been performing out ...