It makes sense—March 2025—
that in the same month as a lunar eclipse
there would be—two weeks later—
a solar eclpise,
and in between 
the equinox.

All things being equal.
First, the full Moon is eclipsed (lunar)
by the Earth between it and the Sun,
all three in a line.
Then the Moon shrinks a little each day
until two weeks later it is new again,
fully dark, on the other side of the Earth,
between the Earth and Sun,
eclipsing one from the other,
but the Sun for us (solar).
All while the Sun crosses the Earth’s
middle equating line, heading north.

And so the ecplises must take place
on the days when the Moon crosses
the Sun’s path,
but at this time of year also on the day of 
(or just before or after)
the Moon crossing the equator.

The special ingredient then, in this month,
is that peak north and peak south Moon
happen almost at mid point between both eclipses.
That is, the Moon is mid sky at full and new,
crossing the equator as the Sun does,
and therefore first being eclipsed by the Eath,
then eclipsing the Sun for us.

All well and good, but what is the quality 
of such a thing for us on Earth?
The days around the full moon and lunar ecplise 
bring clouds and rain and sometimes sun and rainbows.
Earth is worked on by both Sun and Moon.
The air is charged, electric. Meelup Beach is full of people
watching, clapping, swimming, dancing.
The days around new moon are very, very windy
from the east north east, with some rain
on its tail. There is a massive earthquake 
the day before in Myanmar. And I am
sick in bed. Sun cut off from Earth.