🪷 #Hadrian clearly vetted many of the Antinous statues. Lips, nose, jaw line and curls conformed to stringent standards. Those pouting lips, those copious curls: It can only be #Antinous. Scholarly treatises examine the "Lock Scheme" of his hair! More: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-tw... 🪷

🪷 Tonight's #Gemini #FirstQuarter moon is the lunar phase we call the #Jackal Moon in #Antinous #MoonMagic which enhances your ability to sniff out danger, hear the faintest plea for help and lead others out of darkness like #Anubis. Full details here: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-... 🪷

🪷 Pink #Agate enhances cunning/acumen for tonight's #Gemini #FirstQuarter moon, which we call the #Antinous #Jackal Moon of #Anubis like guidance through darkness to light, says #Antinous priest and registered crystals advisor @martinglasto.bsky.social : antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/pink... 🪷

🪷 February 24th is the #Transylvania feast of #Dragobete, god of Love, Spring, snowdrops and wolves. Parents: #Dacia's loveliest maiden & Roman Emperor #Trajan, who conquered the #Dacian empire. The #wolf is Rome. It's said if you hug anyone today, your love life will be fabulous all year! 🪷

Seriously vibing with Antinous as Bacchus-Osiris rn

🪷 Such an #Antinous #coin was treasured by his worshipers as an amulet/talisman, carried at all times to ensure the God's blessings. “Heads” meant good fortune in a coin toss. Meditate on what you value most in life. #coins #numismatics #coincollecting #coincollector 🪷

🪷 #Antinous coins and medallions were not "just money" to his worshipers ... they were sacred amulets and talismans. This drachma medallion shows "Antinous Hero" on the obverse ("heads") side and Antinous as Mercury/Hermes on horseback with caduceus on the reverse ("tails") side. #coincollecting 🪷

🪷 February 23 is the #Terminalia feast of #Terminus, Roman god of boundaries who stops intruders, protects all within his bounds. He helps you focus on priorities and release problems over which you have no control. He is represented as a boundary marker. antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/set-... 🪷

🪷 During his pilgrimage to Egypt, #Antinous Priest #AntoniusSubia marveled as sunbeams illuminated the #AbuSimbel inner sanctum at sunrise, an alignment that occurs annually on Feb 22nd, birthday of #RamesesII, and again on Oct 22nd, his coronation. More: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/anto... 🪷

🪷 February 22nd is the Roman #Caristia festival when Romans feasted with their nearest and dearest friends and family. They made offerings to the Lares household guardian spirits to ward off enemies and evil spirits for another year. Art: one of the Roman #Lares house spirits. 🪷

🪷 Rio de Janeiro Priest of #Antinous #MichelValim @valimmichel.bsky.social hosts a livestream workshop on #Antinoism Saturday, Feb 21, at 1:30 pm Brazil time (11:30 EST). You can watch via WitchCon Online, the world's largest livestream magical conference. Click here: witchcon.com/workshop.php... 🪷

🪷 Feb 21st is the Day of Counting the Parts of the #EyeOfHorus. After #Seth plucked out and shattered one of #Horus' eyes, #Thoth collected the bits to remake the eye. He found only 63/64ths. The missing fraction is #MoonMagic. It holds the eye together! antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-... 🪷

🪷 Our favorite tongue-in-cheek museum label is this reference to a "slightly gay expression" on this sculpture of #Hadrian at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 🪷

🪷 Antinous / #Dionysus / #Bacchus #Lansdowne bust, Fitzwilliam Museum. Nothing succeeds like excess when #Venus forms an intemperate trine aspect to #Jupiter this week. Over-indulge! Here's your full #Antinous #MoonMagic #astrology forecast: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/astr... 🪷

🪷 #Antinous art by John Romig: fineartamerica.com/featured/ant... fineartamerica.com 🪷

Free eBook Antinous, Fernando Pessoa Antinous mourns the beautiful youth whose death shattered Emperor Hadrian, blending myth, sensuality, and grief into a timeless exploration of queer love. Free eBook edition with a newly crafted cover. booklyn.xyz/product/anti...

🪷 This is a prime example of the #Antinomania fad of the 18th Century. This fantasy portrait by #PompeoBatoni now in New York Metropolitan Museum of Art shows a gentleman with a statuette of #Minerva (the goddess whose birthday is February 19th) and the #Albani relief of #Antinous. 🪷

🪷 #Prometheus sculpts the first man (clearly modeled on #Antinous) as #Athena #Minerva (birthday: Feb 19) provides the soul in this painting by #PompeoBatoni. #AntoniusSubia says: "It would seem that Antinous is the ideal form of man! I have to agree. We are the copies. Antinous is the original!" 🪷

🪷 19 Feb is the birthday of #Minerva / #Athena, goddess of wisdom, commerce, music, poetry and weaving. She invented numbers and medicine. Her sacred animal is the owl. As goddess of strategy, she honors all winners and empathizes with all losers. More: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/happ... 🪷

🪷 Now humanity says farewell to the nostalgic Age of Pisces, and welcomes the forward looking New Age of Aquarius when #Saturn aligns in conjunction with #Neptune at Zero Degrees in #Aries for the first time in more than 6,000 years. Full details here: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/satu... 🪷

🍷18 Feb is #DrinkWineDay so raise your glass and offer libations to #Antinous / #Dionysus / #Bacchus. This is the #Mondragone bust at the Louvre. #nationaldrinkwineday🍷

🍷February 18th is Drink Wine Day, so raise your glass and offer libations to #Antinous in his guise as #Dionysus / #Bacchus. Art by @antoniussubia.bsky.social . #drinkwineday #nationaldrinkwineday🍷

🪷 We honor #Michelangelo, born 6 March 1475, died 18 February 1564. He is a Saint of #Antinous! His art reveals a passion for detail and obvious love of the male form. Michelangelo reminds us that male beauty IS divine. Full tribute: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/we-h... 🪷

🪷 The #KellyMantle podcast today features guest star Kylie Sonique ... Be sure to check it out and also subscribe to the @kellymantle.bsky.social YouTube channel: youtu.be/m5tX2NocVOQ 🪷

🪷 The #KellyMantle podcast today features guest star Kylie Sonique ... Be sure to check it out and also subscribe to the @kellymantle.bsky.social YouTube channel: youtu.be/m5tX2NocVOQ 🪷

🪷 18 Feb is the Roman feast of #Tacita, goddess of silence, invoked against malicious gossip, slander, libel. Write gossiper's name on paper, invoke her, slip paper into mouse hole or better yet into a chink in the wall of the miscreant's house. This will shut them up 4SURE! 🪷

🪷 Today's first #SolarEclipse of 2026 coincides with the #Aquarius #NewMoon, which we call the "Obelisk Moon" in #Antinous #MoonMagic. It is also #ChineseNewYear #YearOfTheHorse. It urges you to create strategies for bold new ways to reach your goals: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-... 🪷

🪷 #TigersEye is best for honing writing skills during the #Aquarius #NewMoon, which is called the "Obelisk Moon" in #Antinous #MoonMagic, says priest and certified crystals therapist @martinglasto.bsky.social He explains how here: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/tige... 🪷

Happy LGBTQ+ History Month!🏳️‍🌈💖 This week we are focusing on the relationship between Antinous (111–130 CE) and the emperor Hadrian (76–138 CE). #lgbt #lgbthistorymonth #classics #ancientrome #classicsforall © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons

🪷 This is the first priest of #Antinous in 1,600 years to visit #Antinoopolis Egypt where #Antinoos died and was deified. Read Priest #AntoniusSubia 's first-hand account of this historic visit escorted by armed guards and welcomed by smiling villagers: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/anto... 🪷

🪷 This week #Mercury forms a fortuitous trine aspect with lucky #Jupiter. Go ahead: play the lottery. And because Jupiter is #retrograde, an old lottery ticket may turn out to be the jackpot winner. Full #Antinous #MoonMagic #astrology forecast: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/astr... 🪷

🪷 We remember #PamelaColmanSmith, born 16 Feb 1878. Forgotten in her lifetime. Died penniless 18 Sept 1951. Her #Tarot card images would be rediscovered and become iconic, inspiring generations of card readers worldwide. She is a saint of #Antinous. antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/happ... 🪷

🪷 #PamelaColmanSmith (16 Feb 1878 to 18 Sept 1951) illustrated every exact detail of the mage wizard's work space as described in the occult hermetic grimoire "Das Buch #Abramelin" for her #Tarot card "The Magician". She is a blessed saint of #Antinous. antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/happ... 🪷

🪷 It's #Antinous! When #PamelaColmanSmith (16 Feb 1878 - 18 Sept 1951) was creating her #Tarot cards, she was inspired by a British Museum exhibition of #SolaBusca Tarocchi cards to illustrate ALL 78 cards. The museum's #Antinous art also inspired her! antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/happ... 🪷

🪷 #Lupercalia ceremonies at the Hollywood Temple of #Antinous tonight drew worshipers globally via Zoom. Priest #AntoniusSubia #Lupercale blessing: "May #Antinoos flood our hearts with his power and presence. May he always be with us!" More images: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/anti... 🪷

🪷 15 Feb: #Antinous ran the #Lupercalia & #Hadrian enjoyed watching him, at least in #MartinCampbell 's acclaimed historical novel #TheLoveGod about the life of #Antinoos. Read this passage (1 minute): antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/anti... Follow Martin here: @martinglasto.bsky.social 🪷

🪷 The 15 Feb #Lupercalia is the ancient rite of spring when young nobles stripped off naked except for fur pelts and ran around the Palatine flinging rawhide strips at females. It's intriguing to think #Antinous possibly took part in the rites. Read: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/anti... 🪷

🪷 On 15 Feb the #Lupercalia begins! #RomulusandRemus take their dear old mom out for a Lupercalia drive. Such devoted sons #Romulus and #Remus were to their beloved #Lupa she wolf adoptive mother: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/anti... 🪷

🪷 15 Feb is #HippoDay! Maybe a hippo tried to rescue #Antinous from a Nile crocodile as this courageous hippopotamus saves an antelope from the jaws of a croc in this video: youtu.be/USfCieXuQrs #nationalhippoday 🪷

Detail of the colossal statue of Antinous as Dionysus, marble, Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy

🪷 #ValentinesDay 💝💖💌💞💕 The groove in the middle of the upper lip is called the "philtrum." Its name is the Greek word for a love potion. 💘💕💞 Happy Valentine's Day! Photo: Altar at the Hollywood Temple of #Antinous. ❤️‍🩹💖💝💟💌💞 🪷

🪷 February 14th: Happy #ValentinesDay 💝💖💌💞💕 In #Alexandria in 130 AD #Antinous possibly met Gnostic mystic #Valentinus. If you wear a flower on St Valentine's Day in honor of #Antinoos / Valentinus, you will meet (or hear of) a new love by day's end. antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/did-... 💘💕💞 🪷

Portrait Head of Antinous, Ancient Roman, 130–138 Place: Italy Medium: Marble https://www.artic.edu/artworks/13852

🪷 The Temple of #Antinous will hold a ceremony to celebrate the #Lupercalia on Sunday February 16th at 12:00 noon Hollywood California time. The ceremony will be via Zoom, and all are welcome to attend. Here is the Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/85737891224 Date: 16 Feb at 12:00 PST. 🪷

🪷 #FridayThe13th Priests of #Antinous say Friday the 13th should be your lucky day because the number XIII was lucky to Romans, who instead dreaded 17 (XVII) because it was anagram for "VIXI" ("I have lived") implying imminent death! 🪷

🪷 The #Parentalia or dies parentales is a 9-day Roman feast honoring family ancestors 13 Feb - 21 Feb, ending with the #Feralia & offerings to the dead. Ovid says you should also include homeless spirits. Make small pop-up temporary shrines at the curb to give them comfort. 🪷

🪷 February 13th is #ValentinesDay Eve, the perfect night for love magic. In Rome, 13 Feb was the start of one of 2 #Faunalia feasts of #Pan (the other on 5 Dec) and also the start of the #Lupercalia. Click here for Valentine's Eve love magic spells: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-... 🪷

🪷 #Antinous #Agathodaimon (Blessed Spirit) statue at Berlin Altes Museum. Mystery graffiti on his left arm: "LASCIVI" (the lascivious ones). Who wrote it? When? No one knows! Thank you to Ancient History Encyclopedia for the Latin Word Of The Day. 🪷

Une visite à l’empereur Hadrien et Antinoüs au musée du Prado à Madrid 🇪🇸

🪷 #Antinous is traditionally identified with #Dionysus / #Bacchus. February 12th is the Greek #DayOfCups feast dedicated to #Dionysos. Tonight the dead leave Hades to visit mortals who love and miss them. Try a séance or otherwise enter an altered state. antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/rais... 🪷