Salacia
120347 Salacia is a large trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered on 22 September 2004. This minor planet was named after Salacia, the goddess of salt water and the wife of Neptune.
High surge waves, police urge not to cross Sinamale Bridge. Photo: Lamya Abdulla
The police have advised the public to avoid crossing the Sinamale Bridge on Saturday due to unusually high surge waves affecting the bridge area on Saturday.
Mercury (transport, transportation) quincunx Salacia (the female divinity of the sea, salt water (vehicles traveling on these roads swept by waves, resulting in significant damages)).
During the southwest monsoon, certain areas of Male, particularly the Henveiru ward and sections of Majeedhee Road, are prone to flooding. Today's surge waves have exacerbated the situation, leading to flooding not only in the Sinamale Bridge area but also extending to the Majeedhee Road vicinity.
Sri Lanka's Bhikkuni nuns and their fight for identity papers. BBC Sinhala Service
The young nun tells her story through tears. "I had all the required documents," Amunuwatte Samanthabhadrika Theri explains. "But the Buddhist Affairs Department refused to issue me an identity card."
Venus (female archetype) sextile Salacia (chaste, pure) square Rhadamanthus (judges, courts). Sun (individuality, those in authority (an identity card is key to life in Sri Lanka) semi-square Moon (emotional, fretfulness).
Her tears are unsurprising. After all, an identity card is key to life in Sri Lanka, needed for everything from voting to opening a bank account or getting a passport, applying for a job or sitting exams.
But Samanthabhadrika is not entitled to an identity card. That right was taken away from women like her in 2004, when the country's influential prelates told the government to stop issuing them identity cards as "Bhikkunis", or just not to recognise them any longer.
Activists stick their heads in the sand at Manly Beach as part of the Extinction Rebellion's "Week of Action". Source: Getty Images
On Friday, climate activists took to one of Australia's most iconic beaches to raise awareness about climate change.
Venus (social activities) opposite Uranus (rebellion, rebelliousness) quincunx Dziewanna (ostrich-like). Mars (initiative) conjunct Makemake (+ conscious of family security and safety, protection of the brood, - declaring false findings (laying an egg, so to speak) the demonstration, which was organised by various Extinction Rebellion groups from the Sydney region was appropriately called "Heads in the Sand")).
As part of the Extinction Rebellion's global "Week of Change" activists buried their heads in the sand at Sydney's Manly Beach in a bid to bring attention to climate change. The demonstration, which was organised by various Extinction Rebellion groups from the Sydney region was appropriately called "Heads in the Sand".
Earliest known signs of cannabis smoking unearthed in China. Photograph: Xinhua Wu
Incense burners found at 2,500-year-old cemetery suggest intentional use of the plant to get high.
Ceres (relationship with Nature, growing, herbs, plants) trine Salacia (able to work with the unseen) opposite Venus (cohesion) sextile Makemake (meditations to unify the minds of several). Vesta (devotion, sacrifice) square Varuna ("induced" journeys as in shamanically led vision quests).
Scorched wooden incense burners unearthed at an ancient burial ground in the mountains of western China contain the oldest clear evidence of cannabis smoking yet found, archaeologists say.
Residues of high potency cannabis found in the burners, and on charred pebbles placed inside them, suggest that funeral rites at the 2,500-year-old Jirzankal cemetery in the Pamir mountains may have been rather hazy affairs.
A group of nuns make $1.1 million each year by growing and selling cannabis products to heal people.
The Sisters of the Valley - a community of nuns in Merced County, California - started eight years ago with just twelve plants, but has since expanded into an international, million-dollar operation.
Mercury (education (documentary released today)) conjunct Chiron (healing) conjunct Salacia (driven, determined, resourceful, able to work with the unseen, chaste, pure (community of nuns)) opposite Makemake (oral remedies for healing (CBD products)). Sun (determination) conjunct Uranus (resourceful, humanitarian) opposite Rhadamanthus (judges, courts (fought bitterly against 'white man rule')).
'It's a wonderfully healing plant, gradually the world is starting to open up to the idea of cannabis as medicine, rather than treating it as a dangerous drug,' said Sister Kate.
Their operation is so successful, in fact, a documentary about the nuns has been made by a British filmmaker and is being released today to celebrate 4/20.
The film, Breaking Habits, directed by Rob Ryan, explores the history and survival of the nuns - in particular Sister Kate Meeusen, who started the Sisters of the Valley.
Tonight the sea is oily, not a ripple on the horizon. I've rarely seen such a calm on the ocean. Photograph by Guirec Soudee
We're at 150 nautical miles from the coast. Pushed by a warm wind, with a cheerful and light roll, rocked by shooting star rains and the golden rays of the sun, sailing from French Guiana is going wonderfully well.
Mars (dynamic energy (pushed by a warm wind)) sextile Salacia (the female divinity of the sea, the calm and sunlit sea).
I can see a land on my radar, a place that seems familiar to me. Just few more miles and we'll reach it...
A New Species of Pygmy Seahorse from Japan. Photograph Hiroyuki Motomura
Scientists have discovered that the tiny "Japan pig" is a distinct species of pygmy seahorse.
Salacia (affiliation with dolphins, seaweed, pearls, sea horses) square Saturn (Academy of Sciences, researchers) opposite Venus (attraction (sexual selection)) opposite Makemake (conscious of family security and safety (benefits of being so small include evading recognition by predators)) opposite Logos (use of natural order and law to describe and define life).
Meet the Japan pig, a newfound species of pygmy seahorse discovered in Japan. Only the size of a grain of rice, these colorful creatures inhabit shallow waters and blend in well with the algae-covered rocks where they live.
Coastal Marine Reserve Kaikoura. Photo: govt.nz
Marine life off Kaikoura will have new protections under planned legislation, but environment groups say they won't work if oil drilling is allowed to continue.
Sun (conservation minister) conjunct Salacia (things that take refuge in the sea, affiliation with dolphins) sextile Sedna (sea creatures).
Conservation Minister Nick Smith today announced the Kaikoura Marine Management Bill, which will create a new marine reserve, a whale and a fur seal sanctuary, five customary fishing areas and new recreational fishing regulations.
Dolphins use human shields against orcas. Photo: 3 News
A pod of bottlenose dolphins was seen apparently trying to use people swimming near Picton as human shields to protect themselves from something else in the water.
Sun (men (Dolphin Watch guide)) conjunct Salacia (things that take refuge in the sea, affiliation with dolphins) sextile Sedna (sea creatures).
The dolphins were in panic. "They are seeking refuge behind the people and behind the sailors," says Dolphin Watch guide Paul Luxton. Twenty-five kilometres away is a pod of orcas.
NZ's rarest dolphin nearing extinction. Photo / NZ Herald
New Zealanders are being warned the country's shrinking Maui's dolphin population is "staring down the barrel of extinction" and we could end up following in China's footsteps if more is not done to protect the rare species.
Salacia (things that take refuge in the sea, affiliation with dolphins) sextile Admetos (focus, specialization, the few).
Five years ago an international group of marine scientists scoured the 1669km Yangtze River in China for the waterway's highly endangered freshwater dolphin, the Baiji.
They planned to move the last living specimens of the dolphin to a haven and rebuild the population. But not a single Yangtze River dolphin, or Baiji, was found.
Discovery
2004 SB60/120347 Salacia is a large planetoid in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered on 22 September 2004 by Henry G. Roe, Michael E. Brown and Kristina M. Barkume at the Palomar Observatory. It is almost certainly a dwarf planet. Salacia's diameter is estimated to be about 850 kilometres (530 mi) due to a low albedo. It has been observed 100 times, with precovery images back to 1982. Salacia orbits the Sun at an average distance that is slightly larger than that of Pluto. It has a single known moon, Actaea.
It was named Salacia on 18 February 2011, after Salacia, the goddess of salt water and the wife of Neptune. The moon's name, Actaea was assigned on the same date. Actaea is a nereid or sea nymph.
The god Neptune wanted to marry Salacia, but she was in great awe of her distinguished suitor, and to preserve her virginity, with grace and celerity she managed to glide out of his sight, and hid from him in the Atlantic Ocean. The grieving Neptune sent a dolphin to look for her and persuade the fair nymph to come back and share his throne. Salacia agreed to marry Neptune and the King of the Deep was so overjoyed at these good tidings that the dolphin was awarded a place in the heavens, where he now forms a well known constellation Delphinus.
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 sal, meaning "salt", the name Salacia denotes the wide, open sea, and is sometimes literally translated to mean sensational.
As his wife, Salacia bore Neptune three children, the most celebrated being Triton, whose body was half man and half fish.
Aulus Gellius, in 13.23 of his Attic Nights, notes that Roman priests would invoke specific attributes of various gods, "maia Volcani, Salacia Neptuni, hora Quirini, nerio Martis." Forsythe notes that Salacia Neptuni means "effervescence of Neptune". Sometimes, as Salachia, she is also known as the goddess of springs, ruling over the springs of highly mineralized waters.
