Awash in Solar Tides

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft in orbit around Earth reported a large coronal mass ejection on the surface of the Sun. The electromagnetic wave from the event is due to wash over our planet early Wednesday. This ejection continues activity that began Monday evening when an earlier CME occurred.

"It may not show up as a very strong shock, but will probably continue the level of magnetic activity we're already seeing," [NOAA forecaster Kent] Doggett said in a telephone interview. "I expect minor to severe storms."

The tempest lifted off of a region of sunspots catalogued as 720. Sunspots are cool regions of the Sun's surface that harbor pent-up magnetic energy. When unleashed like a popped cork, light, X-rays and charged particles are flung into space.

It's fascinating to consider the possible effects of such waves, both practically and on an esoteric level. The planet is already covered in EM fields, both natural and human-made, filling the air and buzzing inside our skulls. Solar flares bring a steady swell to the tidal sea of electromagnetism tugging at our souls. The solar influence is strongly paternal and active.(Note the interesting correspondence with the re-crowning of U.S. Father at W's inauguration Thursday...) It's the Force side of the equation balanced by Form. Energy unbound is the seed of creation, given structure by the womb of the Mother. This pattern repeats at every level of the hologram we call reality. Force & Form, dynamic and interpenetrating.

Expect the hive to buzz a bit more loudly and control mechanisms to be challenged and falter.