#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: Authorities learn of a new #NYC boss, Fontana gets life for killing his friend, #Cleveland police break up a gang war council, police smash Abbatemarco policy ring in #Brooklyn, #Adonis is guilty of perjury, #KansasCity boss's home explodes, #NewJersey charges dozens with running #Genovese gambling ring.
At the March #Equinox we weep for slain #Adonis, gored in the groin by #Mars (in the guise of a boar) in jealous rage over #Venus' desire for the handsome mortal. #Antinous oft likened to Adonis, Classical ideal of male beauty. https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-mourn-death-of-antinous-adonis.html Statue: Hermitage
9 March is the wedding anniversary of #Aphrodite and #Adonis, with whom #Antinous is oft identified. This is a good night for Love Magic and for reaffirming commitments. See how here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-celebrate-wedding-of-venusaphrodite.html Art photography: #Farnese #Antinoos/Adonis by #AndréDurand
Crystals expert and Antinous priest #MartinCampbell says Opal aids friends & friendships in rituals and meditations during tonight's #Pisces #NewMoon, called the "Dog Moon" of friendship & faithfulness in #Antinous #MoonMagic: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/crysanthemum-stone-for-dog-moon-by-our.html Art: #Adonis and #dog.
For centuries, Antinous has been regarded as the epitome of male beauty, identified with several deities, especially #Adonis as depicted in the #Antinous #Farnese statue, Naples National Archaeological Museum. Art photography by #AndréDurand.
Happy #ValentinesDay!
Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 
"Cyprus-born Kythereia [Aphrodite], weaver of wiles, to honour you Zeus gave you this special gift. For you overwhelm the sound minds of men and there is no one strong or clever enough to escape you."
Theognis, Fragment 1.1386
#Aphrodite on a date with #Adonis, her son #Eros bringing them snacks! Red figure bell krater 370-360 BCE
For centuries, #Antinous has been regarded as the epitome of male beauty, identified with several deities, especially #Adonis as depicted in the #Antinoos #Farnese statue, Naples National Archaeological Museum. Art photography by #AndréDurand.
#OTD (Jan. 14) in #OrganizedCrime #History: future #Chicago boss #Torrio arrives, anti-Mafia crusader is killed, former boss of bosses #Morello is released, #Adonis birthplace is established, #Riccobono attempts an exit, ex-boss of #Philadelphia mob dies in prison.
#OTD in 1956: #Mafia leader Giuseppe "Joe #Adonis" Doto left the U.S. to return to Italy, a self-imposed exile that saved him from penalties in perjury and tax evasion cases. His wife and their four children remained in Fort Lee, NJ.
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/01/joe-adonis-deports-himself.html
#Saturnalia: Happy Mid-Winter Festival of your choice! December 25th the son/sun is reborn, known by many names: #SolInvictus, Jesus, #Adonis, #Dionysus, #Horus, #Herne, #Attis, #Freyr, #Mithras. In celebration of the return of #Antinous Invictus. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-saturnalia-golden-age-of-saturn.html
#OTD (Dec. 12) in #OrganizedCrime #History: shootings in #NewOrleans and #Milwaukee, #Coll gang accused of bank truck robbery, #Gurrah Shapiro arrested a day after prison release, #Moretti and #Adonis talk to #Kefauver panel, heart attack takes #TonyPro.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Adonis and Alo fly from Cuba to U.S., the #Gap is murdered, an #Apalachin attendee escapes a conspiracy charge, #Nucky dies, #Salemme admits extortion.
For centuries, #Antinous has been regarded as the epitome of male beauty, identified with several deities, especially #Adonis as depicted in the #Antinoos #Farnese statue, Naples National Archaeological Museum. Art photography by #AndréDurand.
#OTD (Dec. 6) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Dandy Phil gets prison, #Cleveland holds 21 #Mafia conventioneers, shootings in #Chicago and #YoungstownOH, #Denver mob leaders convicted, #Adonis buried in #NewJersey.
#OTD in 1971: Joe #Adonis, longtime #Mafia figure in the #NewYork area, died in exile in his native Italy.
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2024/11/joe-adonis-doto-dies-in-exile.html
#NovemberCountdown to Antinous' birthday on November 27th: #Farnese #Antinous as #Adonis.
It does exist! Sulfurous acid #H2SO3 detected under atmospheric conditions in the gas phase. @angew_chem @TROPOS_en > https://www.tropos.de/en/current-issues/press-releases/details/schweflige-saeure-h2so3-und-es-gibt-sie-doch #climate #appliedchemistry #ACD #Research #Climate #ADOniS @dfg_public @LeibnizWGL @H_Herrmann24 @UniLeipzig
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2024/09/03/sulfurous-acid-h2so3-and-it-does-exist
Tonight the Sun aligns with the Moon in opposition to the Star of Antinous for the #Cancer #NewMoon, which we call the romantic #Adonis Moon in #Antinous #MoonMagic. The perfect night for being with a lover or finding one. All lunar lore here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-cancer-new-moon-adonis-moon-of.html
It's the #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 
"Mountain-roaming #Dionysos carried off the fair #Adonis,
And ravished him, and reaped a wondrous joy."
Plutarch, Quaestiones convivales 4.5.3
Marble sculpture of Adonis
@antiquidons @mythology #GreekRomanArt #mythology #PrideMonth
