Sophia 😇

Sophia’s Sun in deep, mysterious Scorpio makes her naturally intense, private, and emotionally rich. She doesn’t just act; she transforms. With the Sun in the 8th house, she's drawn to roles that explore the depths of human experience, trauma, power, or even taboo topics. This is someone who doesn’t shy away from shadows; in fact, she thrives there. Expect major "Phoenix rising" energy in her life and career.

Moon in Pisces placement screams empath. Her emotions run ocean-deep, and with the Moon tucked away in the dreamy 12th house, she likely needs solitude to recharge. This also gives her a natural connection to the subconscious, imagination, and even mysticism. On screen, she can channel otherworldly or emotionally complex characters with ease. Privately, she may be sensitive to the world’s suffering and feel things on a soul level.

Mercury in Sagittarius means Sophia communicates with optimism, wit, and wisdom. Mercury here loves truth and big ideas; she’s probably got a sharp sense of humour and enjoys talking about philosophy, travel, culture, or social justice. In the 9th house, her mind is adventurous, and she likely sees acting as a form of exploration. Think "intellectual gypsy vibes"; she's curious, open-minded, and likely a great storyteller.

Venus in Libra is the queen of charm, grace, and aesthetics. In the 7th house, this adds a major relationship focus; she values harmony and balance in partnerships, both personal and professional. There's a strong sense of fairness and diplomacy here. This also makes her especially magnetic in roles where connection and chemistry are key.

Mars in Virgo gets things done. She’s probably meticulous and dedicated when working on a role, with a sharp eye for detail and a strong work ethic. In the 6th house, there’s a natural drive to be of service; she likely feels most fulfilled when her work has purpose. This is someone who pushes herself hard and doesn’t cut corners.

Jupiter is at home in Sagittarius, bringing bold optimism, luck, and a love of expansion. In the 9th house, this is someone who sees life as a grand journey. There may be a love for travel, other cultures, languages, or philosophical themes. She likely brings a big-hearted, inspiring energy to her work, and her natural enthusiasm is contagious.

Saturn in Scorpio adds a layer of emotional armour. Life may have handed her some tough lessons around vulnerability, trust, or control. Over time, she’s likely developed a quiet inner strength. This placement gives her a serious, focused energy; especially when dealing with emotional or transformative material. It also suggests a slow-burning depth to her growth and maturity.

Uranus in Sagittarius adds a touch of rebellion to her worldview. She probably thinks outside the box and is open to unconventional beliefs or lifestyles. Uranus in the 9th suggests that her path in life might be a bit unconventional or nomadic. She might love shaking things up through her art, pushing boundaries, or experimenting with new perspectives.

Neptune in Sagittarius; the dreamer meets the philosopher. This is a deeply visionary placement; she likely feels a sense of spiritual purpose in her craft. Neptune here can blur lines between fantasy and reality, which is excellent for artistic expression. Her roles may often touch on escapism, idealism, or exploration of higher meaning.

The ultimate emotional alchemist. Pluto here intensifies her Scorpio Sun and Saturn; she was born to explore the hidden, the intense, and the transformative. Her power comes from vulnerability and fearlessness in the face of darkness. She’s likely drawn to roles or themes involving death, rebirth, mystery, and power.

North Node in Gemini means her soul mission; communication. With this placement, she’s meant to share her voice, tell stories, and stay curious. In a past life (metaphorically speaking), she may have relied on big-picture thinking (Sagittarius South Node), but now she’s learning the beauty of everyday connections, conversation, and nuance. Writing, speaking, or teaching could be major growth areas for her.

Lilith in Aquarius means she’s got a rebellious, edgy side; one that doesn’t conform to traditional social norms. Lilith in Aquarius wants to shake up the system and challenge expectations, especially around group dynamics or societal roles. This might show up in the kinds of characters she plays: outcasts, visionaries, or unconventional women.

Chiron in Gemini means there may be an old wound around communication; maybe she was misunderstood or silenced early in life. But this gives her a gift: the ability to deeply empathise with others’ struggles to be heard. Through acting, writing, or speaking, she may find healing; and help others do the same.

Sophia seems like someone who’s pretty in sync with herself; her head and heart usually get along, so she probably comes across calm and confident without trying too hard. That said, she definitely feels things deeply. There’s a lot going on under the surface; like, one minute she’s super chill, and the next she’s feeling everything all at once and not totally sure what to do with it. She might get frustrated with herself for being too emotional or for not knowing exactly what she wants. Still, she has this quick, clever mind; sharp, a little quirky, probably really fun to talk to; and when she speaks, people listen. She’s got a cool, unexpected charm and doesn’t do things the typical way, which totally works in her favour. Emotionally, she might overdo it sometimes or say yes to too much just because she’s all in. And occasionally she might feel a little lost or drained when her energy doesn’t match her vision. But deep down, she’s powerful, intuitive, and kind of magical; like someone who’s always growing and quietly reinventing herself.

but the thing that really gets me is that when dal plainly expresses his love for gwyn with no hesitation or anxiety it's never actually to her face - or for that matter really directly to anyone's face (pretty sure during the first instance i mentioned he says it to the diviner while he's asleep and during the second instance he says it to jankom but there's room for him to argue that he was actually talking about the wormhole). he's fine uttering the words and i think his affection for her runs so deep that he really Needs to get it out of his system sometimes but he can't actually directly say it to anyone, let alone her

apart from the time he kissed her and that's a whole other rant because that's just?? never mentioned again??? i think they have an unspoken agreement to just forget about it even though they are obviously in love but there was so much else going on at that moment and it's too awkward to talk about it so they just don't (since you know. they're teenagers) and i think dal feels really embarassed about it because he misread the situation and it's made him more afraid of expressing his affection for gwyn but there is So Much of it

i kind of feel like it's a gwyn fell first dal fell harder situation because think about it. when they first met there was no way dal had any positive feelings about gwyn but he wanted her to like him so she'd maybe make his life better so he did his whole dal charm thing and told her about the stars (which i'm soo normal about btw) and i think gwyn very quickly began to really really like him. even if she was absolutely 100% in denial about it. it must've been really difficult for her to get used to the idea of caring about another person like that in a way she's never done before and which her father probably discouraged but that's a whole other post (now i'm imagining the ilthuran we meet in season 2 being all supportive of and happy for gwyn and dal. i <3 ilthuran and i think he could help gwyn so much)

anyway i think dal didn't really fall for gwyn back until she became a part of the protostar crew and dal got to see the full extent of how skilled, witty and caring she is. and then he fell quite deeply in love with her but because he sucks at feelings and he's really afraid of misreading the situation and embarassing himself again he's quite cautious about expressing his love for gwyn to her and instead just says vague things that could be construed as just casual normal friend things to say. but then when no one's going to hear or judge him he's the most cheesy romantic guy you've ever seen (which i absolutely adore. dal is a sweetheart)

their whole situation is like. exactly the kind of relationship that scratches my brain perfectly for lack of a better term. they are very close friends and also obviously have feelings for each other and they're in a kind of situationship and they hardly ever really discuss those feelings but they both know they love each other and they'd do anything for each other and they're always by each other's sides when it matters and expressing their love without words but they're also like really awkward about it. they're close friends slowly edging into romantic territory and cautiously exploring what that means for them and i find that deeply compelling

imo it is a teenage romance written very well because (at least in my experience as a teenager with my 1 girlfriend over the years) teenagers are so awkward and suck at feelings so bad and you can make heart eyes at each other all the time and you're still like. just friends. whatever. idk, it's just a dynamic that i think works very well for teens because you're still figuring everything out and there's all kinds of new feelings that you don't know what to do with (especially in the case of gwyn imo. i feel like she's learned to contain her feelings very well whereas dal just explodes if he never expresses them, even if it isn't to the person in question's face. so he has more of an intuition of what he wants to do about his feelings, it's the fear of being vulnerable that gets him. gwyn doesn't even really have those intuitions to the same degree i think, or at least has a sort of automatic tendency to shove them deep down. well this has become a rant)

anyway yeah i really like the way teenage romance is shown in prodigy (assuming that i haven't completely butchered dal and gwyn's relationship in this post and the things i'm saying are actually a valid interpretation of it) (oh and i also adore zero and maj'el, they're so cute. so it's not just gwyn and dal's teenage romance i like)

and in general i love that prodigy isn't mainly focused on adults because all the times when we get to see kids be kids are so fun too - rok-tahk's intense love for cuddly creatures for instance is really cute (obviously adults can love cuddly creatures too but the way rok expresses her love definitely seems like a product of her youth). the mere premise of a show focused on kids and teens creates the potential for so much stuff that has barely been touched on throughout most of star trek and i love it so much. really hoping that in the starfleet academy show we'll get a similar thing where teens are written well and the show and characters and dynamics are clearly influenced by their being teens

Congratulations to everyone on our crew. 🖖

star trek prodigy captures all the best of star trek. it shows us a bunch of lost kids who through hardship find their way to each other and to the stars - ad astra per aspera fr. they grow to love each other so much and they have such a lovely found family, with hologram janeway as a lovely maternal figure. i teared up when she couldn't upload herself to that isolinear chip or whatever it was. prodigy got 20 episode seasons and i'm so glad it did because there was room for episodes focused almost entirely on character and relationship development, especially in the first half of s1 and it was great. it's a show about everyone deserving a place to belong (that speech of gwyn's to the klingon captain? wow), which i truly believe is such an important part of the heart of star trek. just look at tng. prodigy is a show about realising your own potential - there's a reason it's called prodigy. it's a show about trying to do what's right and exploration and finding your own place in the universe and making your own future and everything that makes star trek star trek

and all the references to old trek are amazing and i cannot wait for all the j/c content when i rewatch season 2 but prodigy stands so well on its own. that is of course what makes it such an amazing introduction to the star trek universe (and i just have to mention that moment in like eipsode 2 where hologram janeway tells the kids about the federation here. i get chills every time). first of all prodigy has such amazing characters and dynamics. my favourites are gwyn and rok's sisterly dynamic and gwyn and dal's romance, but you can throw any pair of character together and i will love them. the diviner is such a fascinating and tragic character too and his relationship with gwyn kills me, especially when we meet an ilthuran who hasn't been wounded by first contact in season 2

the plot is so deeply compelling and it enriches the star trek universe by focusing on the negative consequences of first contact and introducing a whole new world. and prodigy does something entirely new to the franchise with a crew that mostly consists of kids and teens because we can see these kids figuring out who they are and who they want to be and forming friendships and growing up while we also see them getting to be an amazing starship crew. hologram janeway was so right when she called them prodigies, because they really are. prodigy is just such a strong show and it's star trek through and through. i really cannot express my love for this show strongly enough

and oh my god dal and gwyn. i should make a post to just gush about them but my god. "she met a boy" the diviner said and really that sums it all up. i think that their relationship started out as mutual fascination - gwyn was drawn in by the boy who told her stories about the stars she thought she could never reach, dal was deeply curious about the girl who watched her father enslave so many but still tried to make things better when she could. obviously they became very fond of one another in a strange way and even through their issues in early s1, that fondness remains underneath it all. on the protostar they can finally be equals, finally be free in their interaction and it turns out their fondness for one another becomes something more. "i'd do anything for her too" dal said and that just. oh my god. yeah you would. and gwyn would do anything for him too. for anyone on the protostar of course, but the two of them go way back and their feelings run deep and i just love their relationship so much

to wrap this up so i can go to bed, i would like to recommend a really amazing fanvid to you that in my opinion captures star trek prodigy so well:

“What if we needed a secret extrajudicial organization to commit crimes to protect us?” We already had one, it was the Cold War CIA, and do you know what it did? It instigated holy wars. It installed dictators. It authorized kill squads to make goods just a little bit cheaper. You’re asking a question that has already been answered and the answer was “When you give people a lot of power, zero accountability, a mission statement of doing awful things for ‘the right reasons’, and a mentality that people are either sheep to be controlled or wolves to be slain, they do not protect anyone. They just kill and hurt and destroy, and even the people they claim to protect just suffer all the more for it.”.

Section 31 was created when CIA declassifications made clear what had been done in our name and with our money. That’s why in its native DS9, its primary purpose was to be rejected as a concept and defeated by our protagonists, why the Federation has to be saved from its rampant, thoughtless cruelty. Section 31 is not a sci fi concept. It is not a “what if?”. It is an allegory for a very real organization and ideology that has harmed billions of people, that will take decades to root out and further decades, possibly even centuries, to heal from. It is evil, it was modeled on evil, and the impulse to defend or lighten it is not a politically neutral one. It has no place in the Star Trek future, just as it’s real world equivalents have no place in our society, and anyone who says otherwise is deceiving you or themselves.

If you don't know Dal, he's kind of a goof, but he's a good brave kid who cares.

Everyone watch Star Trek: Prodigy on Netflix!