Goddess Fortune - the personification of blind luck

Goddess Fortuna - the embodiment of femininity, unpredictable luck, material well-being, boundless happiness. Its image for a long time was associated only with a positive impact on the fate of people. It manifested itself in caring and patronizing the elect, who, by the will of a blind case, regardless of their financial condition and position in society, had the honor of falling under its protection.

The goddess is a kind of amulet in the first place women, girls, preparing to first get married, mothers of children born in love and marriage. After all, she herself is a woman, symbolizes a woman's beginning, innocence, modesty, compassion and motherhood.

The historical roots of deity worship

Fortune is the goddess of fortune, the first evidence of the worship of which was recorded by the ancient Romans and Italics. During excavations in the territory of modern Italy, a temple was discovered, built in the VI century BC. E., Which is not accidentally located next to the temple of Mater Matuta - the patroness of married women, the goddess of fertility.

Initially, the Roman goddess Fortuna was the object of worship of farmers, gardeners, symbolized fertility, protected the harvest from pests, weather. Later her name became a synonym for innocence, she was considered an object of worship of respectable women who once married, a symbol of the mother's beginning.

The deity was portrayed as a beautiful young woman with a cornucopia in her hands, blindfolded, sitting on the wheel. Each attribute has become an integral part of its image, a kind of symbol that carries a hidden meaning, combined in a sign of femininity and pure beauty.

Image of a deity with a cornucopia

Traditionally, the image of the Goddess is related to her activities, the sphere of patronage and protection. The Goddess of Fortune with the cornucopia symbolizes a fertile harvest, prosperity in the home, immense happiness, luck and prosperity, untold wealth and prosperity.

The cornucopia in ancient Greek mythology was portrayed upwards, always crowded with flowers, fruits, grapes, and belonged to Plutos - the Greek god of wealth. In the Middle Ages, he acquired the qualities of the Holy Grail, who had the honor to drink from which they received innumerable riches, 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 of Fortune, with the cornucopia.

Symbolic meaning of the oar

The goddess Fortuna with a paddle symbolized the choice of the right direction, instructed sinners who had strayed from the righteous path, indicating to them the true path in life. Paddle is a symbol of traffic control. It helps to overcome obstacles and steer the boat to the right bank, even if the ship is moving against the current.

Also paddle in ancient Egypt meant power, ability to control. Paddle, being an attribute of river deities, bears within itself the meaning of the highest knowledge, invincible strength and an infinite number of skills.

Goddess on the wheel

The Goddess of Fortune on a wheel or a ball symbolized the volatility and unpredictability of fate. The wheel itself, being in constant movement, meant both changes, and the opportunity to move forward, overcoming obstacles. Moving around its axis, the wheel symbolically points to a repetition of events, to the retribution of all on merit. The earth, like a ball and a wheel, is round, which means that everyone will receive as many blessings as they gave without regret.

With a blindfold on the eyes

The goddess Fortuna, portrayed with a bandage in her eyes, symbolized unexpected luck. A hidden secret, unknown in advance, about who will have the opportunity to enjoy all sorts of blessings, unforeseen riches. The bandage in front of the eyes embodies the choice of fate, its impact on human life, beyond the control of the person and even the goddess, because she is blind. She does not see who gives the goods from the cornucopia. It does not divide people into good and bad, poor and rich, it simply by the will of chance, an independent confluence of circumstances, endows them with its own blessings - material gifts.

Fortune is destiny, the essence of which is changeable and unpredictable. Fate can not be foreseen, it can not be seen and predicted. Life is a random set of events, circumstances that force people to make choices, choosing a certain path and building their own lives.

But is man really capable of changing the course of events? Are his decisions not foreseen by fate long before they are accepted by him? Are not people just puppets in the maelstrom of life events invented by higher minds? There are no answers to these rhetorical questions, and, perhaps, they will never appear.

After all, the answers can be learned only when you have the opportunity to learn all the secrets of the spiritual world, the universe, to understand the meaning of life and death. But, unfortunately, no one can tell them about the living world. After all, for the living it is a closed book, which can only be read after death.