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As the daughter of Jupiter, Fortuna was widely revered in ancient Roman culture and was considered an important deity in both public and private life. She was seen as a protector of the state and was invoked by individuals seeking good fortune, such as before embarking on a journey or starting a new enterprise. Fortuna was also associated with the cyclical nature of life and was believed to be able to influence the outcomes of events.
Fortuna was a popular subject in art and literature, and her cult was widespread throughout the Roman Empire. When depicted in art, she is typically accompanied by:
a wheel of fortune (to symbolize fate/chance);
a ship’s rudder (to control how fate is steered),
a cornucopia (to symbolize abundance/prosperity) or all three.
She is sometimes shown blindfolded and/or standing on a ball to emphasize the capriciousness of life, and to indicate that luck rolls like a ball, without choice.
In Rome, the worship of Fortuna was widespread, and a general festival was held in her honor on the 24th of June, perhaps to coincide with celebrations of the summer solstice. Her principal worshippers were newly married women — most likely because she had been merged with the Egyptian fertility goddess Isis.
