🪷 Lost your key? August 17 is the #Portunalia feast of #Portunus #Portumnus, #Janus faced god of keys, guardian of doors, warehouses, livestock, seaports. Today pass keys through fire to purify them, bless them against loss/theft & empower them to unlock new opportunities in life. #Lenormand Card! 🪷

The Forum Romanum, showing from left to right, the Arch of Septimius Severus, the temple of Saturn, and the Basilica Julia.

The writer, wearing an anti-Covid mask, as required, in the Capitoline Museum, Rome, stands next to a marble bust of Antinous, last god of the ancient world.

The writer in front of the temple of Portunus in the Forum Boarium.

The entrance to the Pantheon of Rome late at night, very, very late at night!

On the 2,778th anniversary of the date traditionally identified as the founding of Rome, I wish we were back in that extraordinary city to celebrate, as we did in 2022 when these photographs were taken!

Felix dies natalis, Roma!

#NataleDiRoma #Forum #Antinous #Portunus #Pantheon

This may be my favorite Readme.md this year 😂

"Portunus was the ancient Roman god of keys and doors. However, this repo does not contain the god. It contains Portunus, a small and self-contained user/group management and authentication service."

#Portunus via github.com/majewski/portunus

On the 2,777th anniversary of the date traditionally identified as the founding of Rome, I wish we were back in that extraordinary city to celebrate, as we did in 2022.

Felix dies natalis, Roma!

#NataleDiRoma #Forum #Antinous #Portunus #Pantheon