According to spaceweather.com, this morning saw the eruption of a spectacular C-Flare explosion. See below for picture.

Whilst this Solar Flare is not Earth directed, there is some evidence that altered energy patterns associated with Solar Flares may create definite physical and psychological effects. These may range from erratic and disordered behaviour with a confused and chaotic temperament.

Physical effects may include, headache, neuralgia, palpitations, or just feeling unwell for no particular reason.

It should be stressed that symptoms arising from any Solar activity are likely to be of short duration only and if persisting beyond several days are likely to be of some other origin.

At the same time Spaceweather.com announces the expected arrival of an increased Solar wind flow from a massive coronal hole ( see pic below) on the surface of the Sun. This extends for millions of miles and allows super charged energy to flow out into space and will impact with Earth’s atmopshere very shortly: around the 17th of January. Likely mood effects and physical consequences are mentioned above, but in reality little is known about the true effects, and in a period already overloaded by planetary influence is difficult to predict.