The Sun's magnetic polarity is more superficial than one might think. In March of 2000, the north and south pole regions had the same polarity; the south pole magnetic polarity had migrated toward the equator. By May, it had returned. Then in 2001, the poles reversed polarity.

But it is still a 11 year cycle, apparently.

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Lighten up! This is a stellar board! Author: duh.

"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.