11 PM PDT on the 17th the Virgo Moon squares Mercury to kick things off with words of conflict, criticism, or an accounting of details–keeping our interpretations mild and our words even more so will prevent any serious upset. This influence lingers through noon PDT of the 18th when the Moon trines Sedna in Earth and we find it easy to ignore reality and the facts; we’re way too open to the Sun’s trine to Neptune and the way it brings all our attention to our dreams, fantasies, and the ways we may be deluding ourselves, especially emotionally. If we’re willing we can see quite clearly and move toward our dreams while discarding delusions that only drain our time and energy. If we’re willing.

By this time Earth is exactly conjunct Ceres, and we may see, feel, commune with the embodiment of nature, with the natural world real and thrilling and tactile in a very unusual way, up close and personal, at least figuratively speaking. By 8 PM PDT the Moon moves along to contact Ceres/ Earth by square and the Sun as well, making a brief T through which we feel the emotional effects of our earlier nature encounter, or we feel a keen intuition that springs from our connection to the natural world–either way, it’s a feeling of Oneness with the Universe, focused even more strongly by the Moon’s conjunction to Saturn and quincunx to Neptune (10 PM PDT). This grounds us and requires once again that we let illusion go, or at least modify it enough to allow reality the stronger influence.

The Void begins at 10:52 PM PDT and the Moon enters Libra at 1:13 AM PDT on the 19th; at the very least we’ll immediately feel a lightening of the mood, even as we may find ourselves ducking a massive surprise from the Jupiter/ Uranus opposition and the quincunx from Chiron. If you’re poised and prepared (prepared for a surprise? I don’t know if that’s really possible) you may access (likely through the intuition) some unique skill, healing, or knowledge. Good luck!

See a new ‘What You’re Asking’ at http://askjulie.wordpress.com and get the long-range forecast, along with articles on Ceres, synastry, the Sun/ Earth axis, and so much more here http://dogandsunflower.wordpress.com/new-eclipse-spring-2010/ Thanks!