Fortuna eventually became Christianized: the Roman philosopher Boethius (d. The Wheel originally belonged to the Roman goddess Fortuna, whose name seems to derive from Vortumna, 'she who revolves the year'. The concept developed in antiquity it was used by Cicero. The wheel belongs to the goddess Fortuna, who spins it at random, changing the positions of those on the wheel - some suffer great misfortune, others gain windfalls. The Wheel of Fortune, or Rota Fortunae, is a concept in medieval and ancient philosophy and means the unpredictable nature of Fate. From an edition of Boccaccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium showing Lady Fortune spinning her wheel.
