🪷 17 March is the Roman #Liberalia feast of manhood virility celebrating free speech and the male coming of age! On this day a young man donned the manly toga and drank wine in honor of #Bacchus. There is a popular misconception that Antinous was underage when his relationship with #Hadrian started. But there is no historical evidence that their relationship began before he was a legal adult. All sculptural art, without exception, depicts #Antinous as a mature male: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/01/antinous-gay-god.html 🪷

🪷 In these dark days of war, rage and ruin, we remember the sage wisdom of Marcus Aurelius. On 17 March 180 AD #MarcusAurelius died. He was the philosopher/emperor who knew #Hadrian and #Antinous. See how he influences the modern religion of #Antinoos: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/03/this-is-day-wisest-man-died-and-rome.html 🪷

🪷 #Antinous is equated with #Dionysus / #Bacchus but beware of excesses in eating, drinking, spending money and falling in love when indulgent #Venus forms a square with exaggeration-prone #Jupiter. Your #Antinous #MoonMagic #astrology forecast: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/03/astro-forecast-march-12th-2026.html Photography art by #KeithMezaenAsetHoberg 🪷

💋 #LipsAppreciationDay is 16 March: Copious #curls ... pouting #lips ... doleful #eyes: it can only be #Antinous, #Ecouen Musée Louvre. 💋

🪷 16 March 37 AD #Tiberius dies, #Caligula becomes Emperor. #Antinous statue with #figleaf looks down on his swaggering entry into the Colosseum in this 1954 epic. Campy #JayRobinson as Caligula throws shade until he gets the point in the finale of #DemetriusAndTheGladiators. 🪷

🪷 🦂 16 March is the Egyptian feast of #Horus and the 7 #Scorpions. #Isis entrusted baby Horus to #Selket / #Serqet 's coterie because scorpions protect their babies & carry them piggyback! The #Scorpion goddess guards Horus and by extension #Antinous. https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-feast-of-horus-and-seven-scorpions.html 🦂🪷

🪷 #AntoniusSubia 's suggestion for how the colossal #Antinous / #Dionysus #Braschi statue in the Sala Rotonda Vatican Museums originally looked with pink lotus, ivy wreath, every millimeter painted or gilded head to toe. Visit the online Temple of Antinous: https://www.antinopolis.org/ 🪷

🪷 #IdesOfMarch 15 March 44 BC. #JuliusCaesar. Modern Priests of #Antinous love #MarlonBrando as #MarcusAntonius saying: "Let slip the Dogs Of War!" in this brilliant scene. Watch: https://youtu.be/tY1ezMyRV9w 🪷

🪷 14 March is the Egyptian festival of #Osiris #Unnefer. #Antinous has always been identified with Osiris. Like Osiris, #Antinoos died in the Nile and rose to eternal divinity. We commemorate his victory by celebrating the joy of life. Full story here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-celebrate-joy-of-being-alive-at.html 🪷

🪷 🐎 The #Equirria on 27 February & 14 March were Roman festivals of chariot and horse racing in honor of #Mars. Art: #Antinous horseback Equestrian profile #AntoniusSubia. 🐎 🪷