Ancient Roman festival Fors Fortuna
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In fact, I became something of a lay expert on the topic and became famous among my classmates in the tender young years encompassing third and fourth grades.
Alas, this interest wained as I became the fat little kid and felt persecuted as what appeared as the only case of childhood obesity prior to it becaming a national tragedy.
So I gave up the notion of Egyptology, a related interest and all studies involving greek and roman gods and goddesses.
This caused me to indulge more in the way of scientific pursuits and I remained a voracious reader until well into adulthood when I finally burned out due to the treachery of the state technical college system and the evil bitches running it.
Fortuna was the Roman goddess of fortune, chance, luck, and fate.
Her Greek equivalent was Tyche. Antiquity also notes her name as "Automatia".
On this day in ancient times a festival was held in her honor in pagan Rome.
She governed the circle of the four stages of life, aka the Wheel of Fortune in the Carmina Burana manuscript of the 11th and 12th centuries.
Her symbols were the Globe, Cornucopia, Wheel, and Wreath.
Fortuna is often depicted with a ship's rudder, a ball or Rota wheel of fortune as depicted in the writings of Cicero as well as the classic cornucopia aka horn of plenty, often depicted in Thanksgiving themes.
Though I have no interest in worshiping the false deities of pagan Rome ... I could really use a little luck these days.