Salacia in Astrology
Salacia is the calm and sunlit aspect of the sea, the depths of intuitive awareness in the light.
Trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt Salacia was named after the Roman goddess of saltwater and the wife of Neptune. In ancient Roman mythology, Salacia was the female divinity of the sea, worshipped as the goddess of salt water who presided over the depths of the ocean. Neptune was her consort.
In Greek mythology she is identified with the Greek goddess Amphitrite, consort of Poseidon.
Salacia was a sea nymph, who became overwhelmed when distinguished suitor Neptune purseud her for marriage. She managed to glide out of his sight, and hid deep in the ocean. Neptune sent a dolphin to persuade her to return and share the thone, and was so overjoyed when she agreed, that the dolphin was awareded a place in the heavens, now visible as constellation Delphinus. According to Wikipedia, Salacia is represented as a beautiful nymph, crowned with seaweed, either enthroned beside Neptune or driving with him in a pearl shell chariot drawn by dolphins, sea-horses (hippocamps) or other fabulous creatures of the deep, and attended by Tritons and Nereids. She is dressed in queenly robes and has nets in her hair. Salacia was the personification of the calm and sunlit aspect of the sea. Derived from Latin sāl, meaning "salt", the name denotes the wide, open sea, and is sometimes literally translated as "the salty one". As his wife, Salacia bore Neptune three children, the most celebrated being Triton, whose body was half man and half fish.
Salacia was discovered on 22 September 2004, and takes 273.98 years to orbit the sun. Object Salacia is said to be as big as Ceres, Quaoar and Orcus in size, but smaller than objects like Eris, Pluto, Haumea, MakeMake and Sedna. Salacia’s dark surface is unusual among trans-Neptunian objects and has the lowest albedo of any known large trans-Neptunian objects. Compare this to Eris, which is an extremely shiny object. Salacia has one known natural satellite, Actaea, see the details in the articles listed below.