🪷 #PhallusThursday June 11th is one of the feasts of Min, Egyptian ithyphallic deity of virility. #Antinous undoubtedly gazed in amazed wonderment at these phallic images on his fateful tour of Egypt in 130 AD, as do we today. Photos at Luxor by modern-day #Antinoos priest #AntoniusSubia. 🪷

🪷 This #Lanuvium frieze basrelief by #Antonianus of #Aphrodisias shows #Antinous and a dog looking up adoringly. Its inscription says #Antinoos' birthday is 27 Nov. The text outlines a funeral expenses policy for worshipers. #AntoniusSubia explains it: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-lanuvium-inscription-explained-by.html 🪷

🪷 On 1 June we honor the Roman goddess #Juno, queen of heaven, with whom #Hadrian's wife Empress Sabina is identified ritually. The month of June is named for her. Celebrate the way the Romans did: lots of flowers, dancing, merriment and fabulous feasting. Art: #AntoniusSubia 🪷

🪷 27 May is #NationalGrapeDay 🍇 The #Lanuvium BasRelief shows #Antinous as #Dionysus or #Aristaeus / #Silvanus harvesting grapes as a dog watches. Its inscription says #Antinous ' birthday is 27 Nov. Painting by #AntoniusSubia. Full details: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-lanuvium-inscription-explained-by.html #Grapes🍇 🍇 🪷

🪷 In May, during commemoration of the Sacred #BullHunt, we celebrate #Antinous with #Mithras. The great god Mithras bestows his blessing upon #Antinoos, who is illuminated with rays of shining light, becoming as one with the unconquered sun, becoming the bull-slayer, the savior of us all. Full text: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/05/antinous-with-mithras.html Art by #AntoniusSubia 🪷

🪷 Rejoice! 15 May is the #Mercuralia Roman festival honoring #Mercury / #Hermes, here syncretised with #Antinous. #AntoniusSubia says: "We ask Mercury as #Antinoos to run by our side throughout our travels and in our communication with the divine." More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/05/in-praise-of-mercury.html 🪷

🪷 Rejoice! 15 May is the #Mercuralia Roman festival honoring #Mercury / #Hermes, here syncretised with #Antinous. #AntoniusSubia says: "We ask Mercury as #Antinoos to run by our side throughout our travels and in our communication with the divine." More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/05/in-praise-of-mercury.html 🪷

🪷 "By opening the doorway of our heart to #Antinous we can begin to unfold the beauty of gay spirituality within ourselves," #AntoniusSubia ... Antinous lives! Antinous is you! You are Antinous, god of Sacred Homotheosis. More here: https://www.antinopolis.org/religion/homotheosis.htm (Art: #BryanPayne) 🪷

🪷 Peacock "eyes" art: #AntoniusSubia. #Antinous as #Vertumnus, a shape-shifter who can change his form at will. He brings gifts and bounty to those with the "eyes" to perceive him in his many guises. The next person you see could be #Antinoos ... and could change your luck. 🪷

🪷 5 May is National Cartoonists Day! #AntoniusSubia celebrates a sacred rite in the Hollywood Temple of #Antinous, blessed by the spirit of #Antinous the #GayGod. #cartoon by Priest Julien Quinn. #CartoonistDay #CartoonistsDay #NationalCartoonistDay #NationalCartoonistsDay 🪷