The Gemini Sun will oppose the Sagittarian Galactic Core as the weekend draws to a close. That means Earth will be moving in between the Sun and the center of our galaxy. Sun opposing the Galactic Center is an annual event that takes place three days before the Cancer solstice, but this year it has a little something extra going for it. That something extra may leave you starting next week wondering what’s what and whether or not.
If you have ever found yourself reversing left and right, front to back or up and down, you may soon be doing that again. It is not to say that the Sun opposed to the Galactic Core is a source of confusion so much as it is occasion to question whether things can or may be otherwise. The interrogative opportunity which accompanies this year’s rendition of Earth between the center of the solar system and the center of the galaxy is a matter of context.
An eclipse cycle propelled us so far afield you may have trouble with recollections before May 20, when the great eye of an annular solar eclipse opened up to reveal the cycle’s entrance. The theme of eclipses was then extended with nearly absurd timing by Venus transiting the Sun, not to be repeated for more than a century. The Venus transit was immediately followed by another lunar wink of Pluto, a suit the Moon will follow this weekend when it occults Jupiter as well. All of those eclipses and eclipse-like events will not only have preceded the Sun opposing the Galactic Center, they will be concentrically encapsulated in some pretty darned auspicious events that will follow in the week to come.