Goddess Fortuna is the embodiment of femininity, unpredictable luck, material well-being, boundless happiness. Since ancient times, her image has been associated only with a positive influence on the fate of people. She manifested herself in the care and patronage of the elect, who, by chance, regardless of their financial condition and position in society, had the honor to fall under her protection.
The Goddess is a kind of amulet primarily for women, girls preparing to get married for the first time, mothers of children born in love and marriage. After all, she herself is a woman, symbolizes the feminine, innocence, modesty, compassion and motherhood.
Historical roots of deity worship
Fortuna is the goddess of fortune, the first evidence of worship of which was recorded among the ancient Romans and Italics. During excavations on the territory of modern Italy, a temple was discovered, built in the VI century BC. e., which is no coincidence located next to the temple of Mater Matuta - the patroness of married women, the goddess of fertility.
Initially, the Roman goddess Fortuna was an object of worship for farmers, gardeners, symbolized fertility, protected crops from pests, bad weather. Later, her name became synonymous with innocence, she was considered an objectworship of respectable women who married once, a symbol of the maternal principle.
The deity was depicted as a beautiful young woman with a cornucopia in her hands, blindfolded, sitting on a wheel. Each attribute has become an integral part of her image, a kind of symbol that carries a hidden meaning, united as a sign of femininity and pure beauty.
Image of a deity with a cornucopia
Traditionally, the image of the Goddess is associated with her activities, the sphere of patronage and protection. Goddess Fortuna with a cornucopia symbolizes a fertile harvest, prosperity in the house, immense happiness, good luck and prosperity, untold we alth and prosperity.
The cornucopia in ancient Greek mythology was portrayed as directed upwards, always overflowing with flowers, fruits, grapes, and belonged to Plutos, the Greek god of we alth. In the Middle Ages, he acquired the qualities of the Holy Grail, who had the honor to drink from which they received untold we alth, eternal youth and life, the forgiveness of all earthly sins.
Themis - the goddess of justice, the patroness of the innocent, was portrayed, like the goddess Fortune, with a cornucopia.
Symbolic meaning of the oar
Goddess Fortune with an oar symbolized the choice of the right direction, instructed sinners who had strayed from the righteous path, showing them the true path in life. The paddle is a symbol of motion control. It helps to overcome obstacles and direct the boat to the desired shore, evenif the ship is moving against the current.
Also, the oar in ancient Egypt meant power, the ability to manage. The paddle, being an attribute of the river deities, carries the meaning of the highest knowledge, invincible strength and an infinite number of skills.
Goddess on the wheel
Goddess Fortune on a wheel or ball symbolized the variability and unpredictability of fate. The wheel itself, being in constant motion, meant both change and the ability to move forward, overcoming obstacles. Moving around its axis, the wheel symbolically indicates the repetition of events, the reward of everyone according to their deserts. The earth, like a ball and a wheel, is round, which means that everyone will receive as many blessings as they gave without regret.
Blindfolded
Goddess Fortune, depicted with a blindfold, symbolized unexpected good luck. A hidden, unknown in advance secret about who will have the opportunity to enjoy all sorts of benefits, unforeseen we alth. The blindfold represents the choice of fate, its influence on human life, beyond the control of the person himself and even the goddess, because she is blind. She does not see to whom she distributes blessings from the cornucopia. She does not divide people into good and bad, poor and rich, she simply by chance, an independent set of circumstances, endows them with her blessings - material gifts.
Fortune is destiny, the essence of which is changeable and unpredictable. Fate cannot be predicted, it cannot be seen and predicted. Life is a random set of events, circumstances that make people dochoice, choosing a certain path and building your own life.
But is a person really capable of changing the course of events? Are his decisions not foreseen by fate long before they are made by him? Aren't people just puppets in the whirlpool of life events invented by higher minds? There are no answers to these rhetorical questions yet, and perhaps they never will.
After all, the answers can be found out only when there is an opportunity to know all the secrets of the spiritual world, the Universe, to understand the meaning of life and death. But, unfortunately, no one will be able to tell the world of the living about them. After all, for the living it is a closed book, which can only be read after death.
