SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 02/21/2025
SOLAR MAX — IS A SECOND PEAK COMING? Last October, NOAA and NASA announced that Solar Max has arrived. Only half the sun got the memo. The majority of solar activity has been happening in just one of the sun’s hemispheres–the south. The solar superstorm of May 10, 2024, for instance, was caused by a monster southern sunspot.
It makes you wonder, is the other half of Solar Max still coming? This (above) plot of hemispheric sunspot numbers from SILSO provides some context:
Here we see all seven solar cycles of the Space Age, punctuated by current Solar Cycle 25 on the far right. The most recent cycles are double peaked, with northern sunspots (green) and southern sunspots (red) reaching their own Solar Max ~two years apart. This isn’t big news. Researchers have long known that the two hemispheres of the sun are slightly out of sync. The north vs. south delay is called the “Gnevyshev gap.”
This composite image of last year’s sunspots shows how dominant the southern hemisphere has been:
For forecasters of the solar cycle, this raises an interesting possibility: Maybe the northern peak is still coming. Indeed, there are signs in February 2025 that the pendulum is swinging. This month’s sunspots have been more evenly distributed between the two hemispheres, a sign that activity may be shifting north.
On the other hand, the northern peak might have already occured. Take another look at the first plot. There is a puny northern peak near the beginning of Solar Cycle 25. Perhaps that was it. (Indeed, that would jibe with the north-first, south-second order of recent double peaks.)
This discussion focuses attention on the north-south balance of sunspots. A northern shift in the months ahead could herald a second peak and another year or two of excellent auroras before Solar Cycle 25 finally peters out. Stay tuned!
ASTEROID 2024 YR4 UPDATE: Good news from NASA: The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in Dec. 2032 have dramatically decreased. A new batch of data released overnight lowered the impact risk to only 0.36%. Recent days have seen wild swings in this number as new data are added, so this is probably not the final answer. Stay tuned for updates.
Daily Sun: 21 Feb 25
Sunspots 3996 and 98 have ‘beta-gamma’ magnetic fields that harbor energy for M-class solar flares. Photo credit: NASA/SDO
Coronal Holes: 21 Feb 25
There are no significant coronal holes on the Earthside of the sun. Credit: NASA/SDO
(The Sun Now: Solar Dynamics Observatory)
Mayan Time
3 Serpent/CHICCHAN represents the Yod, a Day we are touched by the Hand of God. Through a quickening of Spirit we are gathered in to the Light of Truth that God is with us, as it was spoken from the beginning. CHICCHAN is the Force that ignites a Quickening of Spirit the Maya call “lightning in the blood” and “the sixth sense of the heart.”
THE TRECENA OF NIGHT/AKBAL: DREAMS ARE REAL
MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL
3 Serpent/CHICCHAN (chi ‘kahn), Cherokee, Serpent/DO’TSI, Destiny Kin 185, Position 5
February 21, 2025, 02/21/2025; Last Round: June 6, 2024, 06/06/2024
Psalm 24:1-2 – A psalm of David
1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
2 for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters.
THE TRECENA OF NIGHT/AKBAL: DREAMS ARE REAL
Visit the 13-Day Trecena Guide Page for the “Tzolk’in Field Guide: A Daily Practice for Personal Discernment.” My gift for the Tzolk’in round offers an overview for each 13-day trecena and the aspects of each day of the Tzolk’in round. The page also offers a link to resources for your own practice of counting the days to conceive your own discernment of the Meaning of Time.
NEW SEASON – VOLUME 2: Tzolk’in Seasons 3 and 4 (PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 20, 2020)
3 Serpent/CHICCHAN (Cherokee, Serpent/DO’TSI) – Day 3 of 13 of the 1 Night/AKBAL trecena.
Descriptions by Ian Xel Lungold (12 Sun/AHAU), wisdom and Free Tzolk’in Date Calculator preserved on MayanMajix.com
Galactic Tone 3: Action. Three is basic movement and communication, which begins as a vibration. Three energy is very eloquent in all types of self-expression. Communication is how Three establishes a point of agreement between any point “A” and any point “B”. Three persons are rhythmic to the core and are often restless, as motion is their nature. By working closely with the energy of Three, any person becomes more able to predict motions of all kinds.
Serpent/CHICCHAN: Movement and the creation of time. Sensual and dramatic, this sun sign embodies intense instinctual wisdom and creates a connection from Earth bound, to Heavenly aspirations. By sincere service to others, Serpent opens and expands its heart. Serpent aligns authority and the truth to bring justice that is quick and sure. Serpents are very adaptable, even fluid until trapped in a corner, and then they explode. Serpents, venomous temper poisons itself as well as others by creating resentful, suppressive and even destructive attitudes.
A GOOD DAY TO: Ask for flexibility and fluidity.
Cherokee, Serpent/DO’TSI: Serpent’s symbol is Constellation Serpens. Serpent people are Sky people who come to earth periodically as Educators. As above-So below, on Earth the Serpent is the roots of the tree of knowledge. Serpent power is vital energy, the moving force, the instinct and desire for creativity, the trigger that sets off the action. It lights the fuse that magnifies and explodes the life force itself. Knowledge, combining science, technology and psychology, plus spirituality are seeded on the planet.
[Text in italics was the primary source of inspiration for my journal. These are the sources that started my journey and they are the reference for interpretation each day. By providing the original text, I hope to offer a way to see what inspired my thoughts and by including all the aspects – allow for something more to inspire you. Mayan descriptions are those written by Ian Lungold. Cherokee descriptions came from multiple sources. Links to sources and other resources of study are offered on the Daykeeper Resources Page. ~Debra]
