Solar Weather: Understand what you’re feeling, and track it yourself

February 3, 2026

Have you ever felt suddenly tired for no reason? Suddenly dizzy or lightheaded? Suddenly angry? Have you ever started to sob and you didn’t know why?

Or perhaps the energy in your head felt like it was upside down: You were dizzy as if drunk, but not “spinning.” It was truly as if your head was upside down relative to the rest of the body.

If you’ve ever had a sleepless night “for no reason,” felt tired-but-wired, or buzzed with energy, then you’re not alone.

These symptoms and more can be caused by solar weather: Energy from the Sun that we all can feel. On most days, it’s a low-level constant presence that we don’t notice. But occasionally, it is a massive intrusion into our and the Earth’s energy field; and we absolutely feel it.

When this happens, it’s good to know the “why.” When we understand that our experience is due to solar energy, then we can respond appropriately—be gentle with ourselves, honour what our body needs from us, and take steps to ground ourselves, such as by connecting our skin to the Earth. It’s also useful to understand what’s happening so that we don’t blame ourselves (we’re good at that).

So, if you’d like to know whether we recently had a solar flare, whether there’s a geomagnetic storm happening, or if a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) is heading our way, here are the main charts to track them.

How should you read and understand these charts? The easiest thing to do is this: Get to know what a “normal” day looks like. And then you’ll be able to tell when it’s not, in fact, a normal day. Take a look at this article, where I’ve provided some examples of not-normal days: Space Weather: Here are some examples of bad days on Earth.

Note: I also check earthquake activity, since we feel those, too, so I’ve included some earthquake links as well.

For fun: I’ve added a gallery of images at the bottom, so scroll down.

Solar Flares

Solar flares are essentially the Sun burping. Except that it burps particles of fast-moving energies. And sometimes, that burp is directed toward us here on Earth. The formal name of the burp is a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). (And a more formal explanation is here: “Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are clouds of electrified, magnetic gas weighing billions of tons ejected from the Sun and hurled into space with speeds ranging from 12 to 1,250 miles per second (about 20 to 2,000 kilometers per second). [Source]” We care the most when the CME is headed in our direction.

Flares are measured on a logarithmic scale—just like earthquakes. So, the smallest flare (C-class) is orders of magnitude different in size than the largest one (X-class). We don’t really feel C-class flares. The middle range—M-class—can indeed be felt, at the higher end of the scale. Most interesting are the Xs. Pay attention to those.

If you really want to be nerdy about solar weather, then you need to know about The Big One: the Carrington Event.

Bonus points if you learn about the super-fun Cannibal CMEs.

Live data: https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/solar-flares.html

Daily reporting: https://spaceweather.com/

Geomagnetic Storms (KP Index)

Geomagnetic storms are the name we give to the energy of a solar flare that is headed towards us. They’re measured on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being “minor” and 5 being “extreme.” While we can indeed feel the G1s, I don’t make a big deal about them. More fun are the G3s and higher.

Storms happen most often around the Equinoxes—in September and March. This is due to the Russell-McPheron Effect, which for the life of me I have never been able to understand. But it has to do with the cracks in the Earth’s energy field that are present with the Equinoxes; those cracks let in the Sun’s energy. That’s why aurora chasers look for the Northern Lights most often in those months.

In the multi-day overview, a normal day (no storms) is green. Start paying attention when it’s yellow (G1) and when the colours get darker—orange then red.

Live data: https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/

Multi-day overview (in 3-hour increments): https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index

Solar Wind Speed

On a normal day, from what I’ve seen over the years, the wind that blows off the Sun and towards our Earth travels at about 350 kilometers per second. (Yes, per second. That’s fast.) During a high-end geomagnetic storm, it can travel 3-4 times that speed. That’s fast.

Live data: https://spaceweather.com/

DRAP

This is cool to look at when there’s an ongoing geomagnetic storm: It shows the impact of those energies on the Earth. From the NOAA site, “The D-Region Absorption Product addresses the operational impact of the solar X-ray flux and SEP events on HF radio communication.”

NOAA: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/d-region-absorption-predictions-d-rap

Earthquakes

Our bodies and energy fields interact with the Earth, and anything that happens on one part of this ball of rock travels through the rest of its body. Wherever we are, we can feel it. Whether we notice it is another story. But earthquakes of a substantial size—and a substantial depth—can absolutely be felt by those of us who are sensitive.

USGS (US): https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-14.26438,-192.48047&extent=69.34934,2.46094&listOnlyShown=true&timeZone=utc

EMSC (European): https://m.emsc.eu

NRCan (Canadian): https://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/maps-cartes/index-en.php?maptype=30d&CHIS_SZ=east

Schumann Resonance

Russian (may no longer work): https://sosrff.tsu.ru/?page_id=7

Riometers

Kiruna: https://www2.irf.se/Observatory/?link=Riometers

Gallery of Solar Fun

Open the images to see them in full, and get to know what you’re looking at.

Solar flare activity. Source: SpaceWeatherLive.com

I hope you found this article—and the links—helpful.

If I can help you assimilate these energies, feel welcome to come for an energy healing appointment. They’re conveniently virtual, so I can work with you wherever you are in the world.

~ Jen