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Humanity at the dawn of civilizations worshiped luck and good fortune, which in ancient Greece were identified with the goddess Tyche, and in ancient Rome with the goddess Fortuna.

The name of the second one is known to everyone today, and can be considered a semantic analogy (practically synonymous) with the words "luck" and "fate".

Fortune and her wheel

The word "fortune" is of ancient Roman origin, literally translated from Latin as "fate". Initially, it was identified with the cult of Fortune, which originated long before the heyday of the Roman Empire, presumably in Latium, among the Italians, in the period from the 10th to the 7th century BC.

It is possible that the Latins worshiped this cult even before migrating to the Apennine Peninsula, and brought this tradition with them. There are no reliable facts confirming this, but it is known for sure that Fortune was worshiped in Ancient Rome in the 6th century BC. Confirmation of this is the ancient temple built by the sixth king of Ancient Rome - Servius Tullius on the banks of the Tiber River - in the period from 578 to 534 BC.

Initially, farmers worshiped Fortuna, celebrating Fortis Fortunae on June 24 every year. It was believed that successful combinations of circumstances leading to a rich harvest depend on the favor of the goddess: warm weather, precipitation, river floods. Later, the tradition of worship was adopted by pastoralists, whose wealth also directly depended on the fertility of pastures.

At about the same historical period, ancient Rome already had its own goddess of harvest and fertility - Ceres, which casts doubt on the Roman origin of Fortuna. Most likely, this cult was borrowed from the Italians, or from the ancient Greeks, and developed in parallel with the traditional ancient Roman mythology.

Late Roman Fortune

How and when the cult of Fortune originated in ancient Rome is not known for certain, but during her heyday, the popularity of the goddess of fate, the goddess of fortune, was enormous. Thousands of altars and chapels dedicated to Fortuna are scattered throughout the territory of the former Roman Empire, as well as tens of thousands of images and engravings found at archaeological sites.

The face of the goddess of fate was printed on ancient coins, on household items, on the products of artisans, on home altars. In terms of the number of admirers, Fortune can be compared with Mercury, the god of material wealth, trade and profit.

It is also worth noting that Fortuna is included in the cult of ancient Roman emperors under the name Fortuna Augusta. She received special reverence in 19 BC - after the victorious return of Octavian Augustus from the East.

The goddess was often depicted with a cornucopia and a wheel, and surrounded by other personifications: Felicitas, Hilaritas, Concordia, Fides. Beginning in the first century AD, Fortuna was often depicted with Isis, the goddess of femininity and motherhood.

In addition to the ancient temple of Servius Tullius, erected in the 6th century BC on the Tiber River, other majestic temples were later dedicated to Fortuna. In 194 BC, the Temple of Fortuna Primigenia was built, in 180 BC, the Temple of Fortuna Equita, and in 101 BC, the Luck of This Day Temple.

The fame of the goddess of fate continued after the fall of the Roman Empire. The cult spread throughout the countries of Western Europe and unofficially existed throughout the Middle Ages. They did not forget about the goddess in the period of the New Age, naming an asteroid discovered in 1852 in her honor.

Today, the word "fortune" is more often associated not with the ancient Roman deity, but with luck and fate. There is a wheel of fortune (roulette) in every casino, and the expression "fortune's favorite" is firmly entrenched in society, meaning a lucky person who is lucky in all endeavors.

Despite the transition to the digital age, a huge number of people around the world still rely more than on common sense and accurate calculation, but on luck. The expression "trust fortune" seems to never get old, although today the role of the goddess is increasingly played by a randomizer, or a pseudo-random number generator.

Random name picker

Random name picker

The wheel of fortune is called not only roulette (in a casino), but also an online service with a pseudo-random number generator. After starting, the wheel rotates, gradually slows down and stops at one of the values. It can be a standard yes/no, or multiple variations with prizes, names, numbers, and so on.

It is impossible to predict the result in advance, and you literally rely on fortune. The service is especially useful in situations where you cannot make a final decision and are ready to trust your luck. Get a positive or negative answer to a question, randomly choose one of the signs of the zodiac, choose one of the letters of the alphabet - all this can be done using the wheel of fortune!

Wheel of fortune options

The drawn fields of the wheel of fortune can be dedicated to anything: from letters and numbers, to titles and names. You can find at least four main uses.

Divination

How to answer yes or no to yourself, choose a name for your pet, decide who will do the dishes today? Most people find it difficult to make even the simplest decisions.

You can remove this difficulty with the help of the wheel of fortune. Trust him, and you will get an arbitrary answer that will depend on nothing but blind luck.

Game for prizes

Just as you roll the dice in the game of dice, in the wheel of fortune you just need to press a button to get a random result of luck. In each sector of the wheel, you can place prizes of varying degrees of value, as well as penalties that take away points or pass the opponent's turn.

For holding various draws, this is an ideal option, introducing a share of surprise and uncertainty.

Contests

How to choose one of the nominated scientific papers, or the best drawing from the submitted ones to win? To reduce the influence of the human factor and make the competition less subjective, you can use the wheel of fortune.

The service itself will choose one of the sectors that will become winning. No one will be able to accuse refereeing of injustice, and all responsibility will be assigned to fortune.

Conducting training sessions and exams

It is impossible in this way to select questions and tasks for students that will be absolutely identical in complexity. In the list, one way or another, there will be more complex and simpler options that can be distributed among the participants by spinning the wheel of fortune.

In this case, the selection will be unbiased and completely random. By the way, it is this method that is used in most modern TV shows, but instead of a roulette wheel, it uses a digital randomizer.

Ideas for the wheel of fortune

If you move away from generalizations and list specific types of wheels of fortune, you can collect several dozens, or even hundreds of variations on a variety of topics. It does not make sense to list all of them, so let's focus on the most common and popular:

  • Yes/no. It's hard to find a more popular wheel of fortune than one that randomly gives two opposite answers: positive or negative. Should I go for a walk today or not? Postpone until tomorrow or do it today? Buy the thing you like or refuse it? Should I continue my relationship with this person or end it? The wheel of fortune will give an unambiguous answer to these, and an infinite number of other questions. It will always help you out when you yourself cannot answer yes or no with confidence.
  • A wheel of names. Do you need to name your pet or come up with a nickname for yourself? Don't rack your brains, and just use the wheel of fortune with a suitable set of names: male, female, Russian, English, for cats, for dogs. As a rule, quite a lot of sectors fit on one wheel, so the selection on a given topic will be very extensive.
  • Number wheel. Sectors are assigned numbers (in any order). By pressing the button, you do not know in advance which of them the arrow will stop on. This is the perfect way to randomly choose one of the number variations, which will not be limited to the numbers 6, 12, 18, and so on - as with dice.
  • Wheel of letters. Everyone has heard about the random number generator, but many people have not even guessed about the alphabetic letter generator. Although, for a computer, letters are the same numbers that have their own codes and are amenable to randomization. A vivid example is the wheel of fortune, in which each sector is assigned its own letter of the alphabet. It is enough to start the rotation, and one of them will be chosen completely arbitrarily. And you can repeat the process as many times as you like.
  • The wheel of the zodiac. For those who are fond of astrology, this is the most popular type of wheel. It allows you to make an arbitrary choice between all the characters: not by compatibility, but completely by accident. So you will get unambiguous answers, whether to communicate with Virgos today, whether to accept orders from Aries, whether to avoid Capricorns?

The listed variations of the wheel of fortune are the most common in the world, but far from the only ones.

  • Select your favorite movie/series/cartoon.
  • Select your favorite food/drink.
  • Choosing pizza for a large group.
  • Random color selection.
  • Choosing a place to stay.
  • Truth or dare game
  • Twister game

The Wheel of Fortune is ready to answer any questions. Your task is to turn on the fantasy and decide in which cases you are ready to rely on luck. Good luck!