Also called Agathe Tyche, Fortuna (Roman).
Their story
Hesiod lists Tyche among the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. Pindar calls on her as the saviour who steers ships at sea and wars and assemblies on land. In the Hellenistic age she became one of the most important goddesses, and many cities had their own Tyche wearing a crown of city walls, like the famous Tyche of Antioch.
Best times to give to them
- At the start of a new venture
- At the new moon, in modern practice
- When luck turns, for good or ill
What they like being given
- A coin
- Fruit
- Grain
- Fresh flowers
How to honour them
- Give a small portion of any windfall to charity in her name.
- Accept bad luck without blaming yourself for all of it.
- Honour Agathe Tyche, good fortune, when you move house or open a business.
How they can help you
- New ventures
- Accepting chance
- The good of a town or community
Symbols
- cornucopia
- rudder
- wheel
- mural crown
Sources
- Hesiod, Theogony 360
- Pindar, Olympian 12.1-12
- Pausanias, Description of Greece 4.30.4-6
More Greek goddesses
- Hera Queen of heaven and guardian of marriage
- Athena Grey-eyed goddess of wisdom and craft
- Artemis Lady of wild things and the hunt
- Aphrodite Foam-born goddess of love and beauty
- Hestia Goddess of the hearth and the home fire
- Demeter Mother of the grain and the harvest
- Persephone Queen of the underworld and the returning spring
- Hecate Keeper of crossroads and keys