Hey ElQ, I know you follow planetary alignments, so wondering if you might have a clue to this puzzle for me.

[link to ssd.jpl.nasa.gov]
Shows an alignment of Venus/Earth/Ceres for today. Why would this little dwarf planet/big asteroid influence Earth and Sun so much? 7.8 EQ and an M1.7 flare 30 minutes of each other was rather interesting considering we don't see M-flares anymore.

Any thoughts as to why Ceres effects us so? Anyone else can jump in also.