The sun is not the only "magnetic pole flipper."
The earth's magnetic poles also flip, but the period is much longer.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/sc...s-9029378.html
Navy mapping of the Atlantic sea floor shows the same phenomenon happens to the earth, but on a much longer time scale.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/developing.html
http://www.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/magnetism.htm
According to the historic record the "event" is several thousand years overdue; BUT
The magnetic north pole is moving now and the rate of change is accelerating. http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/fea...eReversal.html