{"id":2816,"date":"2026-08-10T12:25:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adriankezele.com\/?p=2816"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:25:23","slug":"should-you-watch-a-solar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adriankezele.com\/en\/should-you-watch-a-solar-eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Watch a Solar Eclipse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to traditional Jyotish principles, the answer to our title is straightforward: one should avoid viewing a solar eclipse, as the Moon\u2019s interposition between Sun and Earth creates an inauspicious alignment. I generally concur with this position, though in a subsequent article I will explore the nuanced distinctions that emerge when one examines eclipse observation through both astronomical precision and astrological insight. What prompted this article is a solar eclipse set to cross Europe on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. The clearest views will be had from Greenland, Iceland, and the northern reaches of Spain; Croatia, meanwhile, will catch a partial\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to traditional Jyotish principles, the answer to our title is straightforward: one should avoid viewing a solar eclipse, as the Moon\u2019s interposition between Sun and Earth creates an inauspicious alignment. I generally concur with this position, though in a subsequent article I will explore the nuanced distinctions that emerge when one examines eclipse observation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Should You Watch a Solar Eclipse? - Adrian Kezele","description":"According to traditional Jyotish principles, the answer to our title is straightforward: one should avoid viewing a solar eclipse, as the Moon\u2019s interposition b"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adriankezele.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adriankezele.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adriankezele.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adriankezele.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adriankezele.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.adriankezele.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2817,"href":"https:\/\/www.adriankezele.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2816\/revisions\/2817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adriankezele.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adriankezele.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adriankezele.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adriankezele.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}