🪷 Raise a glass of wine to #Antinous / Dionysus on 23 April, the Roman #VinaliaUrbana (urban wine festival). This is when the casks filled the previous autumn are opened and, after a libation offered to Jupiter, the wine is tasted for the first time. Raise a toast to #Antinoos! 🪷

🪷 23 April is UNESCO #WorldBookDay: Our BookTip: #TheLoveGod by #MartinCampbell is a well-researched, fast-paced novel of the life of #Antinous. The best historical fiction book on #Hadrian and #Antinoos since #Yourcenar 's #HadriansMemoirs. Order: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1500902543 🪷

🪷 21 April #NatalediRoma we celebrate the #VenatioUrsae (Bear Hunt) when #Antinous & #Hadrian slew a bear 129 AD. Constantine Arch tondo shows #Antinoos (left) & bear (right). Bears sacred to #Artemis / #Diana. We seek the Dianic-Artemis-Bear within us: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-eroticon-when-antinous-hunts-bear.html 🪷

🪷 19 April #WorldJackalDay we honor #jackal -headed Egyptian god #Anubis who, like #Antinous, leads seekers through the dark of night into the light of a new day. We recall that jackal-headed #Hermanubis was worshiped at Hermopolis on the Nile where #Antinoos died. #JackalDay 🪷

🪷 19 April #WorldJackalDay we honor #jackal -headed Egyptian god #Anubis who, like #Antinous, leads seekers through the dark of night into the light of a new day. We recall that jackal-headed #Hermanubis was worshiped at Hermopolis on the Nile where #Antinoos died. #JackalDay Art: #AntoniusSubia 🪷

🪷 #Antinous has always been identified with #Osiris. Like Osiris, #Antinoos died in the Nile. Like, Antinous rose to eternal divinity. We commemorate his victory over death by celebrating the joy of life. Antinous is within us ALL! The Blessing of Antinous is WITH us all! This absolutely divine rendering of #Antinoos as Osiris is shared by our friend #JosephNunes, a "top contributor" to the Temple of Antinous Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Cmz5uWBb7/ 🪷

🪷 #Hadrian as war god #Ares with #Antinous #Farnese statue (montage). Now your self-confidence gets a boost when #Mars forms an ego-boosting sextile aspect with #Pluto. Go ahead! Demand a pay raise or anything else you know you deserve. Be ambitious. Go for bold! Next week's #Antinoos #MoonMagic #astrology forecast: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/04/astro-forecast-april-16th-26th-2026.html 🪷

🪷 New followers ask how the name "Antinous" was pronounced in ancient times. Hieroglyphs on the Obelisk of #Antinous suggest his name was pronounced "andy-NOOS" and each glyph had an #EgyptianOccult meaning. Click here to find out what the glyphs mean: https://www.antinopolis.org/hernestus/antinoushieroglyphs.html The #Obelisk of #Antinoos shows not only how to spell his name in #hieroglyphs, but also gives intriguing insights into his worship. Recent research has resulted in this new translation. Here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/07/we-celebrate-festival-of-sacred-obelisk.html 🪷

🪷 #Antinous as #Hermes but with #Ares armor. #Mercury leaves dreamy #Pisces and marches into the #Mars-ruled fire sign #Aries and immediately aligns in conjunction with #Neptune. Forge ahead with ambitious dreams. Don't just sit there. Get moving. That's an order! #Antinoos #MoonMagic #astrology forecast: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/04/astro-forecast-april-9th-19th-2026.html 🪷

🪷 Brace for quakes, tsunamis! #Antinous the #MoonGod mediates for peace this week as War God #Mars aligns with earthquake god #Neptune. This conjunction spawns wars, terrorism, treachery. #Antinoos seeks to balance male assertiveness with compassion: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/04/astro-forecast-april-9th-19th-2026.html 🪷