The UAE witnessed a solar eclipse, could it impact you?

Dubai: The mega solar eclipse took place on Thursday at 8.53 am.

So what did it mean for you and me?

An eclipse from an astrology perspective

"Before we get into details of an eclipse let us try and get some basics right," says Kartik Gor, Vedic astrologer and Vastu consultant. "Eclipse is like a rain and depending on your position and location the impact is good or bad. Remember the planet sun is 400 times larger than the moon, but also that much farther hence the sun looks the same size as the moon in the sky. An Eclipse is nothing but a shadow created by the angle between planet sun and the moon."

According to experts, the shadow created by the eclipse impacts us human beings in good and bad ways. It is worth noting that prayer times are aligned to the creation of shadow in most religions, dawn, noon, evening and night to fight impurity.

"In astrology we believe that the shadow is indicated by planet Saturn which causes impurity to body or mind," said Gor.

So what happens when the body and mind becomes impure

There are 10 types of eclipse

In reality, there are 10 types of eclipse which take place in the skies. But the only ones visible to our eye are three types.

As we see, sign Sagittarius has got Sun & Moon together conjoining a node (Ketu) which causes a Solar eclipse.

The solar eclipse impact

Remedies for the solar eclipse

Eclipse at a basic level impacts our decision making and knowledge is the remedy

Next year starts with a lunar eclipse and Saturn’s transit to Capricorn.