Solar Eclipse is a term that describes the use of 
[Starfire] to proc the balance druid talent 
[Eclipse]. The term refers to the buff itself, not the rotation, and is a user created term.
Associated rotation
A balance druid using a Solar Eclipse rotation will generally start by casting 
[Moonfire] (the use of 
[Insect Swarm] is sometimes situational) and then begin to cast Starfire until it crits, which will give the druid the Eclipse effect. For the next 15 seconds, the druid's 
[Wrath] spell will have a significant damage boost, with a 15 second downtime before Starfire may be used to proc Eclipse again.
Applications
Solar Eclipse rotations are currently not widely supported, except in specific situations. This is mostly because of the poor interaction that Wrath has with 
[Nature's Grace]. However, after patch 3.1.0, Nature's Grace will be changed in a way that allows Wrath casting without GCD clipping issues. The damage bonus to Wrath from the Eclipse talent will also be increased from 20% to 30%, making a Solar Eclipse based rotation possible and perhaps even as good as a Lunar Eclipse based rotation.
See also
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