#sun cycles

Periodische Schwankungen/Periodic Oscillations, a graph found in the journal Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity, Vol. 32. 1927.

Three stacked time series compare sunspot activity, geomagnetic horizontal force, and German precipitation across the same date range, each panel tuned to reveal a different underlying cycle — approximately 11, 3.2, and 33 years — suggesting a shared rhythm linking solar cycles to terrestrial atmospheric phenomena.

Wow wow wow! Last night we experienced another absolutely crazy aurora display. Rain showers passing Schermerhorn (The Netherlands), with dancing pillars and curtains on top. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I thought the aurora of 10 may was a once in a lifetime event. I was wrong.

SEPTEMBER 2020

Planet:  Sun Sign:  Libra Date:  September 22nd - October 21st

Libra is ruled by the planet Venus, which also rules Taurus.  Libra is the sign affiliated with balance, harmony, beauty, socializing, the public, long-term love, legal matters (sagittarius too), open enemies snd contractual agreements. Libra is a Cardinal air sign of positive polarity.,air bringing in an energy off intellect and communication in addition to the Cardinal qualities of  being goal oriented, restless initiating and self-expressive.   It’s positive Yang quality enable Libra to be outgoing.  

Libra is often considered the “iron hand” in the velvet glove”, because its aggression is not usually obvious.

The positive side of Libra presents itself by being idealistic, easy-going, romantic, tactful and very refined in appearance.    The negative side of Libra can be gullible, frivolous and flirtatious in their search for balance.   They can easily see both side of an issue, but  rarely hold a definite opinion of their own.

Libra doesn’t want to be alone  and may well “sell out: their own needs or the truth in order to get peace and companionship.  Their  life “lesson: is to maintain  balance and harmony by being honest with Self and others.    Once this path is deviated from, they move further away from achieving goals and their hearts desire, thus leading to unhappiness.  

During the Libra cycle,  long-term partnerships, honesty, contractual agreements, open enemies, social media, social events, legal matters, the pubic, fashion, beauty,  enhancing personal appearance will all come to the forefront for attention.

Planet:  Mars Sign:  Aries Cycle:  Retrograde Dates:  September 9th - November 13th

Mars retrogrades for approximately 8-11 weeks every 2 years.  Usually during this cycle major conflict arises and with Mars being in its own sign Aries, expect “fireworks”.  Even before Mars began its  retrograde cycle, violence and conflict have been at the forefront of the news, with the confrontations with Federal Law Enforcement in Portland and the potential for these forces being sent to other cities..  This is because Mars moved into Aries on June 29th.

Events that occur won’t just be on a public level but a personal level too, if care caution and sensitivity are  not demonstrated.

As with every retrograde Planet in question,  the energy is weaker and not therefore able to yield positive results or outcomes.    With Mars in Aries,  new beginnings,  new business or projects of any kind should not be initiated , as they will result in confusion, false starts and arguments of some kind.  

Situations will be taken out of context with aggression and forceful behavior leading to confrontations, wars on a planetary scale and lawsuits on a personal level.   However, it should be noted that with Mars retrograde, the person who starts any type of lawsuit, conflict or aggression will end up losing.

Mars/Aries represents sharp objects and blood, therefore surgery is not advised during this transit, something could go wrong. Accidents of all kinds come under Mars/Aries, highlighting extra caution during traveling is needed.

Sun Cycles - Woods Creek Demos

Biological Radio

"The Northern Lights were visible much farther south than usual this year, and pictures of the colorful hues filled social media. Now, imagine an aurora hundreds of times brighter—except no one would be able to snap a photo of it, as the onslaught of particles rushing in from the sun would instantly turn smartphones into bricks.

Such extreme solar storms are rare—only six are known to have left their traces on Earth in the past 14,500 years, and none have been witnessed since the height of the Assyrian Empire nearly 2,700 years ago.

A research team led by Irina Panyushkina of the University of Arizona Laboratory for Tree-Ring Research and Timothy Jull at U of A Department of Geosciences has now pinpointed the last time there was a burst of cosmic radiation so powerful that if it happened today, it would wreak havoc on power grids, satellites and communication networks around the globe.

The team published the findings in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.

Analyzing tree-rings for carbon-14, a naturally occurring radioactive variant of carbon, the team discovered a spike dating to the year 664 B.C., pinpointing the only extreme solar storm event whose timing had long eluded researchers."

"At the start of this new year, we look back at close-up pictures and solar flare data recorded by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission over the last three years. See and hear for yourself how the number of flares and their intensity increase, a clear sign of the sun approaching the peak of the 11-year solar cycle.

This video combines ultraviolet images of the sun's outer atmosphere (the corona, yellow) taken by Solar Orbiter's Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) instrument, with the size and locations of solar flares (blue circles) as recorded by the Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) instrument. The accompanying audio is a sonification based on the detected flares and the spacecraft's distance to the sun."

"Sunspots change in number depending on how much magnetic activity the solar dynamo generates. But there's not total chaos: These changes occur in a cycle, which lasts about 11 years on average. The sun also experiences extended periods of low activity that can last for decades, called grand minima. The Maunder minimum, which occurred between 1645 and 1715, is often viewed as an archetypal example of the sun's behavior during these abnormal periods.

Historical data on the sun's behavior during the Maunder minimum, including records of sunspot activity and radionuclide deposition, are sparse and do not always align. To bolster knowledge of the solar dynamo during the Maunder minimum, Limei Yan and colleagues turned to a new source of data: observations of equatorial aurorae in Korean historical texts.

Korean historians kept meticulous records of events during the Joseon dynasty, which spanned the 14th to 19th centuries. These records include observations of the night sky, such as aurorae, which could be seen regularly during much of the Joseon dynasty because of a geomagnetic anomaly in the west Pacific. Aurorae are correlated with the solar cycle and happen more frequently during periods of high activity."