I'm no Flatty, but your question has gone without response for more than 24 hours so I'll chime in.
The 'six months from now' stars being visible during an eclipse is consistent with the way they think the sky works. Different FE have different ideas of what stars really are, but in most FE models they are fixed to something (a dome, a disc, a pair of gears, the firmament....) that rotates about the north pole slightly faster than the sun does. On average, about 4 minutes faster to complete a rotation. This is how the stars move across the sky at night with almost the same speed as the sun and moon, and why they are slightly offset each night from the previous night's positions. The sun is between you and the 'six months from now' side of the dome/disc/gear. Eclipse the sun, and now you can see the 'six months from now' stars.