Not exactly under the Sun, more like a fishing line cast from a bridge that makes an angle with the water instead of going straight down. The ecliptic is almost standing on its edge, but not quite; the part near the galactic plane leans away from Orion and the upper part leans toward it.
When I get my pc hooked to the net I'll post some of the helpful graphics I have found on astronomy sites. For now I want to call attention to this section of our cycle before we get too far past it. It is a bit like a galactic solstice, only in that we are at our tropical ( which means turning) point with respect to the galactic plane. I think it was actually yesterday afternoon we turned from going down toward the plane to the upward half of the cycle.
And the COOLEST thing to me is that this is what the constellations from 2,500 years ago are all about. Cetus the sea monster is crossing the mid heaven when we are looking down into the lower dome of the Milky Way. So f-ing cool.
Happy day after galactic turning point.