OK, so we're right now in the midst of a solar storm. It hit us around 3:00 pm and we'll be bombarded by radiation and electromagnetic waves for up to 18 hours. Good time to charge sigils, cast spells, and generally do something creative!
Basically, after an invocation to Apollo I'm letting my magick coat lay in the sun soaking up all the cosmic rays into its natural fibers. Thus, through a process must like Transubstantiation, it'll become simply divine.
I believe that solar storms and sun-spot cycles do effect the whole of the world - even things like the leonid showers can. Well I missed it but how do you find out solar information do you get it through the web? I believe in the every 11 years thing - y'know paradigm shifting.
Did I say 12? I meant 8. Oops. But, yeah, huge one hits me at 11:00 this morning (Thor's Day). I might offer Ra my thanks for his light on my way to class (hurrah for choir). Actually, yeah, I'll do that too.
Ok, so when it all came down, a changed my mind. However...
At 11:00 I went out and said my piece to Ra. I told Apollo (who has a prior connection to me) that tonight I would offer him something in return for his continued grace. So that's that.