In the BG, I used the wheel of fortune (Rota Fortunae) to symbolize her, though I didn’t add cornucopia (horn of plenty) so I added the coins and the thorns instead.
Also, I’m a big fan of the Persona Series so I connected it with Fortune Arcana (Tarot Cards) with a Roman number X. (I’m sorry if this is inaccurate—I hope no one would be offended.)
“Pity a mother, calmly and patiently listen to her pious prayers, and the higher the Gods have exalted thee, the more gently bear down upon the fallen. What is given to misery is a gift to Fortuna (Fortune) [i.e. the Goddess accepts generosity to the miserable as an offering, which she repays in the hour of need]. So may thy chaste wife’s couch see thee again; so may Laertes [your father] prolong his years till he welcome thee home once more; so may thy son succeed thee.”
After weeks of working to max out standing on Fortuna on my mission to get Hildryn, I finally have her building.
But besides that I didn’t realize how attached I’d get to the residents of Fortuna. Now that I don’t have to go and see them everyday, I had to go back just to see all of them again. It made me so happy to hear Ticker, the sweetheart she is, call me Stardust again, or Eudico call me Sparky.
Mi è ancora sconosciuta la logica che governa la mia mente che decide di ignorare tutte le fortune e tutto ciò che ho raggiunto nella mia vita per focalizzarsi, principalmente prima di andare a letto, su tutto ciò che ho perso o che non ho mai avuto.
Today, April 5, is the dies natalis (anniversary) of the dedication of the temple of Fortuna Publica in the city of Rome. Fortuna Publica Romani is the goddess ofthe luck, fate, or fortune of the of the people and state of Rome.
O, Goddess! Be favorable this day to the people of the modern city of Rome, and to all those throughout the world who revere the gods of Rome!
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Featured image: Altar dedicated to the Fortune of the Roman People and Gaius Julius Raeticus, centurion of the Sixth Legion Victrix. Found 1717 in a hypocaust inside Vindolanda Roman Fort. Formerly in the Chapter Library, Durham, now (1995) in the Museum of Archaeology, Durham.
Fortunae p(opuli) R(omani) G(aius) Iul(ius) Raeticus (centurio) leg(ionis) VI Vict(ricis)
Image source: Bruce, J.C. 1870-1875 Lapidarium Septentrionale (Newcastle upon Tyne), S. 250, via WIkipedia Commons (X).
Image license: This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author’s life plus 70 years or fewer. Public Domain in the United States presumably because it was presumably published in the U.S. before 1926.
