From SpaceWeather: A gigantic hole in the sun’s atmosphere has opened up and it is spewing solar wind toward Earth. Because this “coronal hole” is unusually wide, Earth could be inside the emerging solar wind stream for days. Minor geomagnetic storms are already in progress around the Arctic Circle. Sol is an aspect of…
Category: solar storms
Self Care is Really Important Right Now
We are having solar storms, we are in the prelude to Mercury Retrograde in Libra, and September is the most intense month of the year. Here are some tips and tricks for making it through with a modicum of grace.
Energetic Fireworks
I posted this to Facebook last night, but I suspect that the festivities were keeping most people in the US off their computers… A solar wind stream hit Earth’s magnetic field on July 4th, sparking a moderately strong (G2-class) geomagnetic storm. High-latitude sky watchers who receive this email before sunrise on July 5th should be…
Brace for Impact
This just in: A CME is heading directly for Earth, and it is expected to sweep up one or more lesser CMEs before it reaches our planet on June 22nd. The combined impact is likely to spark polar geomagnetic storms and high-latitude auroras. Actually, rather than bracing for impact, let’s try something else. Do you…
Solar Flares and Terrorism?
There was a big ol’ solar flare that, according to the scientists, missed the earth. All that really means is that it didn’t affect radio waves and satellites. It still affects us, although not as severely. It happened at 1:30 UTC 6/18, which means 8:30pm last night on the east coast. The terrorist enterest Emanuel…
Wakey-wakey, lil Sun…
SpaceWeather informs me: NOAA forecasters have boosted the odds of an M-class flare today to 30%. The reasons are Sunspots AR2367 and AR2360, which are growing with unstable magnetic fields that harbor energy for M-class solar flares. At the moment, both active regions are crackling with low-level C-class flares. It may be just a matter of time before…
Because there wasn’t enough going on
This just in from SpaceWeather: A moderate (G2-class) geomagnetic storm is underway on May 19th as Earth enters an unsettled stream of solar wind. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras, especially during the hours around local midnight. So we’ve got darker-than-dark new moon energy (more on that later), Mercury Retrograde in Gemini, and…
So Much For Solar Silence
Ra is laughing at SpaceWeather again… A few days ago, they were talking about how quiet the Sun was, and how we probably weren’t going to have much activity. Naturally, this just showed up in my inbox tonight: Space Weather News for May 6, 2015 http://spaceweather.com X-FLARE: Emerging sunspot AR2339 unleashed an intense X2-class solar…
Updates and Sun Storms
I was wondering why I was feeling so drained, and then this showed up in my inbox: Solar activity is high. A pair of large sunspots is crossing the center of the solar disk, and both are crackling with flares. The strongest so far, an X1.8-class flare on Dec. 20th, caused a strong HF radio…
I posted some of this to Facebook last night, but you might have missed it…
A geomagnetic storm is underway on Dec. 12th as Earth enters a high-speed stream of solar wind. (source: SpaceWeather) These can make people feel spacey or jangly (or both, which is even more disconcerting). Make sure you’re drinking more than enough water, work on your foundational spiritual practices, and do some focused, slow breathing exercises….
How the Sun’s Energy Affects Us
I post about this sort of thing frequently, but I thought it might be nice to have it all in one place. We all have an electromagnetic field. Heck, all matter is made up of energy, so to assume that we’re not affected by changes in the energy that bombards the earth is a bit…
Epidemic of Sadness
I had a massive mood drop yesterday, and when I mentioned it to friends, it would appear that I was one of many. This leads me to believe that there’s something going on, beyond seasonal changes. The astrological forecast wasn’t leading me to think it was planetary. My next choice is always to check SpaceWeather…