ANTINOUS THE GAY GOD

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. 

ANTINOUS MOON MAGIC LUNAR PHASES FOR 2026

IN Antinous Moon Magic there are 52 Lunar Phases which correspond with Antinoian Archetypes and Magical Forces. Many devotees use the weekly phases of the moon for their home devotional rituals. Here are the Lunar Phases for 2026:

03 JAN 2026 Cancer Full Moon LUNUS MOON.

10 JAN 2026 Libra Third Quarter Moon CROSSROADS MOON.

18 JAN 2026 Capricorn New Moon LAMIA MOON.

26 JAN 2026 Taurus First Quarter Moon AMOR MOON.

01 FEB 2026 Leo Full Moon LION HUNT MOON. 

09 FEB 2026 Scorpio Third Quarter Moon PERDITION MOON.

17 FEB 2026 Aquarius New Moon OBELISK MOON.

24 FEB 2026 Gemini First Quarter Moon JACKAL MOON.

01 MAR 2026 Virgo Full Moon DIANA MOON.

11 MAR 2026 Sagittarius Third Quarter Moon STAR OF ANTINOUS.

19 MAR 2026 Pisces New Moon DOG MOON.

25 MAR 2026 Cancer First Quarter Moon NARCISSUS MOON. 

02 APR 2026 Libra Full Moon ORATOR MOON. 

10 APR 2026 Capricorn Third Quarter Moon HADRIAN'S WALL MOON. 

17 APR 2026 Aries New Moon FASCES MOON. 

24 APR 2026 Leo First Quarter Moon SCARAB MOON. 

01 MAY 2026 Scorpio Full Moon ENEMY MOON.

09 MAY 2026 Aquarius Third Quarter Moon FORUM MOON.

16 MAY 2026 Taurus New Moon MARCUS AURELIUS MOON.

23 MAY 2026 Virgo First Quarter Moon MELANCHOLY MOON.

31 MAY 2026 Sagittarius Full Moon DENARIUS MOON.

08 JUN 2026 Pisces Third Quarter Moon LOTUS MOON.

15 JUN 2026 Gemini New Moon MERCURY MOON.

21 JUN 2026 First of two Libra First Quarter Moons in succession is the SUMMER BLUE MOON.

28 JUN 2026 Capricorn Full Moon TOWER MOON.

07 JUL 2026 Aries Third Quarter Moon TRIBUNE MOON.

14 JUL 2026 Cancer New Moon ADONIS MOON.

21 JUL 2026 Libra First Quarter Moon VENUS MOON.

29 JUL 2026 Aquarius Full Moon DONUM MOON.

06 AUG 2026 Taurus Third Quarter Moon LUCIUS MOON.

12 AUG 2026 Leo New Moon SACERDOTE MOON.

20 AUG 2026 Scorpio First Quarter Moon THIEF MOON.

28 AUG 2026 Pisces Full Moon HOMOTHEOSIS MOON.

04 SEP 2026 Gemini Third Quarter Moon CONSOLATION MOON.

11 SEP 2026 Virgo New Moon PLOTINA MOON.

18 SEP 2026 Sagittarius First Quarter Moon EQUESTRIAN MOON.

26 SEP 2026 Aries Full Moon LIGHTNING MOON.

03 OCT 2026 Cancer Third Quarter Moon DISCORDIA MOON.

10 OCT 2026 Libra New Moon TRIPOD MOON.

18 OCT 2026 Capricorn First Quarter Moon MERCHANT MOON.

25 OCT 2026 Taurus Full Moon HADRIAN'S VILLA MOON.

01 NOV 2026 Leo Third Quarter Moon BACCHANALIA MOON.

09 NOV 2026 Scorpio New Moon ZELUS MOON.

17 NOV 2026 Aquarius First Quarter Moon CONCORDIA MOON.

24 NOV 2026 Gemini Full Moon CATAMITUS MOON.

01 DEC 2026 Virgo Third Quarter Moon AESCULAPIUS MOON.

09 DEC 2026 Sagittarius New Moon FORTUNA MOON.

17 DEC 2026 Pisces First Quarter Moon CONSORTIUM MOON.

24 DEC 2026 Cancer Full Moon LUNUS MOON.

30 DEC 2026 Libra Third Quarter Moon CROSSROADS MOON.

THE ANTINOUS LUNUS MOON THE CANCER FULL MOON

TONIGHT's Cancer Full Moon is the lunar phase we call the LUNUS MOON in Antinous Moon Magic — the Moon of Moons!

This is a Full Moon which brings out powerful emotions. Because this Full Moon always occurs during December/January, it is emotional farewell to the old year and heart-felt welcoming of the new year.

You will shed sentimental tears for loved ones you have lost during the past year, not to mention a job or other things you may have lost.

Each lunar phase represents a Divine Spirit or Archetype. The Spirit of Lunus is Antinous the Moon God. It is your His lunar divine self.

Antinous the Gay God was worshiped in ancient times as a lunar deity. The "Man in the Moon" was actually the "Blessed Boy in the Moon" to the ancient worshipers of Antinous.

The Spirit of the Lunus Moon is the spirit of emotions, unconscious habits, rhythms, memories and moods. It is also your dreams and nostalgia. Lunus is the personification of the unconscious mind and it is all dreams and visions.

The OBELISK OF ANTINOUS states that he hears the prayers of his worshipers and sends them healing visions as they slumber. Lunus is the personification of intuition and mediumistic abilities.

Lunus is clairvoyance itself. Lunus is also the bringer of nightmares, fears, traumas and irrational emotional imbalance.

Just as the Moon moves the tides, Lunus brings emotional fluctuations. Lunus is inconstancy, inconsistency and flux. As the phases of the moon change, so Lunus is all things which flow and fluctuate. It is all things which come and go like the tides.

Tonight's Lunus Moon is a propitious time for meditations and rituals delving into your emotional state of being, and also for intuitive or clairvoyant trances.

MAGICAL CRYSTALS FOR THE LUNUS MOON By Our Crystal Meditation Advisor Martin Campbell

TONIGHT's Cancer Full Moon is the Lunus Moon in Antinous Moon Magic.

This intense lunar phase may find you focused on emotions and visualising them in meditations or trances.

I would suggest using the following crystals to focus particular energies and emotions for you: 

Jade (esp. green) - This stone (above) channels passion into constructive approaches to situations with the people around you whether family, friends, colleagues or enemies. It is not surprising, therefore, that Chinese people have held Green Jade as sacred for over a millennia.

Carnelian - (Above right) Once you are moving into, or have found, your place of positivity then I suggest that you the crystal which is my personal favourite – Carnelian. Red or orange Carnelian helps you to become full of life force and vitality. It helps you to focus on positive outcomes, joy and fun approaches to life.

Fire Opal - Many of us mourn the loss of another year or focus on other losses we may have experienced in that, or previous, years. 

I carried a Fire Opal with me for over a year during  a very troubling time in my life a couple of years ago. 

I held it during meditations too. It helped my immensely – I felt my moments of grief released more readily yet the outcomes of each cry or moment of depression were somehow channeled into more positive thinking.

Whatever you are doing at this time "between the years" please accept my warmest wishes for your happiness and fulfillment. Blessed be to you all. Ave Antinous!

Light and Life,

MARTIN

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THE MUMMIFICATION OF ANTINOUS AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT

THE newly ordained priests of Antinous were busily overseeing the mummification of his body in the 72 days between his death in late October of the year 130 and early January of 131, many experts believe.

Hadrian founded the city of Antinoopolis on the banks of the Nile where Antinous died and proclaimed the new religion.

While the Emperor continued his tour of Egypt, the priests scurried to carry out his imperial commission.

We do not know for certain what transpired with the remains of Antinous ... or whether they were ever retrieved from the Nile. Perhaps they were cremated. But perhaps the body was mummified.

Using an Antinous Action Figure, we can demonstrate how it may have been done:

We prepared the body by cleansing it with wine. Then we removed the Intestines, Liver, Lungs and Stomach (placing them in Canopic Jars). 

There is a incision mark down his left side to represents where he would have been cut open for the removal of these organs. 

Next we removed the Brains with a hook through the nose (hence the black dot on his nostril). 

The brains were thrown away because the Egyptians felt the heart was the seat of intelligence, not the brain.

We used a basting brush to cleanse him although a hair-dye or cosmetics brush is also applicable. 

The red heart represents the fact that they left the heart in tact, later it will be used in the Weighing-of-the-heart ceremony. 

In the back corner you see Anubis (the God of Embalming) present during this embalming.

We put him in Sea Salt which represents the Natron Salt that the priests would have used. (Himalayan Salt works just as well). 

Then we let him sit in the salt for 40 minutes ... 1 minute for each day the priests would have left the body in the Natron Salt.

Next we wiped him down with spices of Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Allspice with olive oil.

Then the priests would have replaced the eyes with onions stuffed into the sockets. 

Because the salt desiccated the body, then they stuffed the body with mud, sawdust, rags and chaff to make it appear nicely contoured.

Next we began the wrapping process. We used muslin and a mixture of flour and water (1 part to 3 parts) for the paste. 

In ancient times, it took about 15 days to wrap the body and about 20 layers of linen bandages. 

We put Amulets between the layers of Linen … a tiny scarab beetle and a miniature protective eye of Horus.

We allowed him to do a little drying before the final wrapping.

In ancient times the process took 72 days.

In the case of Antinous, this meant his mummy would have been ready for the final ceremonies on January 11th of 131 AD.

By that time Hadrian would have completed his tour of Egypt and would have returned to Antinoopolis for the "Opening of the Mouth Ceremony."

Afterwards, his tomb would have been sealed and the first priests of Antinous would have begun their sacred watch … and the establishment of the new religion.

No one knows the location of the Lost Tomb of Antinous.

ANTINOUS-ERA EGYPTIAN HANGOVER CURE WAS ALSO A FASHION STATEMENT

A crumbling papyrus found near Antinoopolis offers a sure-fire hangover cure ... and one that is also a fashion statement.

A leafy wreath of curative herbs was just the thing to clear your day-after head, according to a newly translated and published papyrus written in Greek with the prescription for "A DRUNKEN HEADACHE" cure. 

The alcohol victim would have strung together leaves from a shrub called Alexandrian chamaedaphne (Ruscus racemosus L.), possibly wearing the strand around the neck or forehead, not unlike this Classical youth wearing a victory wreath by John Singer Sargent.

The 1,900-year-old papyrus dating back to the time of Antinous containing the hangover treatment is one of over 500,000 such documents found in the ancient Egyptian town of Oxyrhynchus not far from Antinoopolis by researchers Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt about a century ago.

But the study and publication of so many papyri is a long and slow task that has been going on for a century. 

Only recently, volume 80 was published, containing studies and decipherments of about 30 medical papyri found at Oxyrhynchus, including the papyrus with the hangover treatment.

This newly published volume represents "the largest single collection of medical papyri to be published," wrote Vivian Nutton, a professor at University College London, at the beginning of the volume. 

The collection includes medical treatises and treatments for a wide variety of ailments, including hemorrhoids, ulcers, tooth problems and even some fragments discussing eye surgery.

The writers of these ancient papyri relied heavily on Greek knowledge. The ancient residents of Oxyrhynchus strongly embraced Hellenistic (Greek-influenced) culture, something that spread throughout Egypt, and the wider Middle East, after the conquests of Alexander the Great, Nutton said.

2026 IS "THE YEAR OF MERCURY"

FROM an astrological viewpoint, the Year 2026 is ushering in an opportunity to enhance these areas of our lives: Mind. Communication. Intellect. Reason. Language. Intelligence.

According to a rather obscure astrological text called the "Galendarjum Oeconomicum Practicum Perpetuum," the Year 2026 is the "Year of Mercury."

The Year 2022 was the "Year of Jupiter" and 2023 it was Mars's turn to take over, then 2024 was the "Year of the Sun." That was followed by 2025 the "Year of Venus."

While political upheaval and emotional turmoil were the themes of 2024 and 2025, Mercury ushers in a year of verbal and mental gymnastics in 2026 ... remember that Mercury-Hermes is the Classical god of rogues, thieves and con-men ... as well as of commerce, communications and travel.

Of major importance during this Year of Mercury will be the three RETROGRADE MERCURY periods when Mercury appears to go "backwards" (as seen from the Earth) for about three weeks.

Here are the three Mercury Retrograde periods in 2026:

• February 26th to March 20th 2026
• June 29th to July 23rd 2026
• October 24th to November 13th 2026

Mercury is the planetary ruler of Gemini and Virgo, so if you were born under those signs, then 2026 is your year. But all of the signs benefit from Mercury's cunning and slyness during this year. Here are a few pointers:

ARIES: Be alert for new opportunities to fulfill your heart's desire. Your dreams won't wait. Mercury will help you make them a reality.

TAURUS: Get out of that comfortable rut you have been living in and wallowing in. Mercury is eager to put wings on your feet and help you to fly.

GEMINI: Mercury rules your birth sign and rules this year, so this is your year to shine. In business and in personal relationships you will make lots of new contacts.

CANCER: Look deep within your heart to see what is truly important to you to achieve this year. Mercury will give you the insight and perspective to see clearly.

LEO: It's time to devote yourself to your career, because nothing can hold you back. Mercury will shine the spotlight on you as you step onto the stage.

VIRGO: Stop fretting and be proud of your ability to bring order and discipline out of the chaos of life. Mercury will help you make sense of the chaos around you so you can focus on helping others.

LIBRA: Charm your way into the good graces of important people you can advance your projects. Mercury will giving you the articulate phraseology (lies if necessary) to sweet-talk others into doing what they should do anyway to start with.

SCORPIO: Those thorny problems which have been hampering you need to be eliminated. Mercury will give you the ingenuity to find a way around them ... or through them.

SAGITTARIUS: Go ahead and allow your imagination to be fired up by new impressions all around you. Mercury will give flight to your fantasies and turn them into realities.

CAPRICORN: How about further education? Or perhaps you want to learn another language? Mercury loves people who like to learn.

AQUARIUS: You hate sameness and you love change. Mercury is ready and eager to help you discover totally new avenues of communication and ways of thinking ... and will introduce you to lots of new people too.

PISCES: Your career has been in the doldrums too long. Starting in April you can expect a big boost. Mercury will gladly give you a boost ... but you can't be shy ... be bold!