During an eclipse period, it is as though you will walk over a rickety old bridge.

This means that in the time running up to the Eclipse we experience increased stress and tension emotionally.

As luck would have it, at the time Day joined the Elstree studios, the British movie industry was suffering an eclipse.

Though the substitute wasn't really in charge, he would be treated well during the eclipse period, while the actual king masqueraded as an ordinary citizen.