Even a partial eclipse of the sun, watched properly through a pin hole camera, is something to remember. The darkness during the day is quite unique. If the moon is eclipsed as it rises, the red glow of the usually white lunar face is something to watch. Some Background Eclipses occur twice a year, usually in pairs, and they fall in the calendar year six months from each other. Solar and Lunar eclipses occur within two weeks of each other, which is the normal lunation cycle.
Many astrologers love to study eclipses and their work has been published through the ages.
Going back to older times before science filled in much about the energetic fields of the sun, moon, and earth, eclipses were perceived as very important to the well-being of the people, as the event could portend the birth of a person of great importance, as well as the end of wars and battles. We also know that the darkness that befalls the part of the planet in the shadow of the Moon, brings night dwelling animals out from their daytime resting places. Many people seek out the opportunity to be under the shadow of the total eclipse to experience the energy changes personally, as the electrical field of that area of Earth is so radically shifted. One major point of interest about New Moon eclipses is that the results of actions started on the Eclipse have a twenty year period of harvesting the energy. This information comes from a lecture by Carolyn Torrko, of Denver, Colorado, when she spoke of the chart for the beginning of the Gulf War.