Fortuna

(Fate) Roman Goddess of destiny and chance, of great antiquity. She was identified with the Greek Tyche. Fortuna was represented with a horn of plenty (a horn or basket filled with fruit and flowers, a symbol of fruitfulness), and a rudder, because it is Fortune that "steers" people's lives as a rudder steers a boat. Fortuna's most important temple was at Praeneste Palestrina, where she was called Primigenia (Firstborn, possibly of the god Jupiter, though there is some confusion about this). The Praeneste Palestrina in Latium, founded about 800 b.c., was one of the largest sanctuaries in Italy. Crowned with the round temple of Fortuna, it was visible for miles around.