Solar & Lunar Eclipse
•Lunar Eclipse:
Full Moon with Dragon Hand aligned
•Solar Eclipse:
New Moon with Dragon Hand aligned
If the Dragon Hand is aligned with Sun and Moon Hands during a New Moon, a Solar Eclipse will occur. However, as seen on the graph, the shadow of the Moon on the Earth’s surface is much smaller than the shadow of the Erath on the Moon surface. Therefore a Solar Eclipse can only be seen from certain locations on the earth. If the Astrolabium indicates a Solar Eclipse, it therefore means, that the eclipse occurs somewhere on the world and not necessarily at your current location.
It doesn’t matter whether the head or tail of the Dragon Hand is in coverage with the other two hands!