PRAYER TO DEUS LUNUS By Flamen Antinoalis Antonius Subia

FOR tonight's Cancer Full Moon ... the Lunus Moon of Antonius ... Antonius Subia offers this prayer: 

LUNUS! 

Beautiful God of the Full Moon

Shine your light upon me in darkness

In the deepest hour of the night

I come forth from within

From the fortress of my soul

I come forth from behind my walls

To bathe in your light.

All my defenses are gone now

I peel away the scars of old wounds

And expose new skin to your eyes

I am restored to my true self

The wolf emerges to bear his teeth again

And sniff his way through darkened paths

Across this wilderness of blood and

Enemies that stretches out before me.

My howl reaches to far-away brothers

I know are gazing up naked

And transformed by your power

LUNUS!...let me join the Hounds

Of Antinous and Diana

To run again by their side

I am the Hound of Antinous!

I am his will and his loyalty

I am his courage in living form,

I am a pack of thousands!

The Full Moon is my power 

I see with the eyes of Janus

I sense the coming of unknown things

My ears penetrate the foliage

I am hurled past all barriers

Toward the heart of the horned ones

Antinous is my Master

He is the great wolf in the sky

The Alpha whose command I obey

I will be led into triumph by his command

~ ANTONIUS SUBIA

Image: Deus Lunus also known as Men or Mensis (British Museum). Lunar symbolism dominates his iconography. The god is usually shown with a crescent like open horns on his shoulders, and he is described as the god presiding over the months. He is depicted with a Phrygian cap and a belted tunic. He may be accompanied by bulls and lions in religious artwork. The iconography of Men partly recalls that of Mithras, who also wears a Phrygian cap and is commonly depicted with a bull and symbols of the sun and moon.