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2026 Fortuna Virilis
Fortuna: Virilis
Zodiac: Scorpio
Notes: Masculine transformation, depth
Mini-Series Episode: Fortuna Virilis – Scorpio Season
In the depths of Scorpio, Fortuna Virilis stirs where old forms meet new purpose. An aged box, its lid worn and creaking, reveals tarnished jewelry, once offered, now forgotten — a cornucopia emptied and waiting to be refilled. The women of Arcadia Salvage, careful and deliberate, sort through the pieces, selecting one to claim, one to purify with their own hands, one to let return to fortune’s flow.
Each piece shines again through cleansing — silver polished, gold restored — a ritual of patience, care, and subtle power. Men who find watches or other tokens may also claim, cleanse, and wear them anew, honoring the balance of masculine and feminine energies in the work of renewal.
Beyond the jewelry, the vertical bones of buildings rise: heavy timber columns, ornate facades, and structural pillars. Stripped of decay, cleaned, cataloged, and repurposed, they are not mere remnants but agents of transformation, standing as symbols of assertion, resilience, and purposeful action.
A company gathering celebrates the reclamation — a party that is both social and sacred, honoring Fortuna Virilis’ guidance. The wheel turns, the rudder steers, and the cornucopia, emptied and refilled, reminds all that fortune flows where preparation, care, and courage meet.
Symbols:
Cornucopia → emptied, cleaned, and refilled; personal selection and restoration.
Architectural columns → repurposed strength, masculine transformation made tangible.
Wheel → cyclical flow of fortune, from decay to renewal.
Rudder → guidance in social and material transformation.
Guidance: In Scorpio’s depths, confront what must be stripped and purified. Transform, repurpose, and reintegrate, for fortune favors the deliberate, the careful, and the courageous.
Fortuna Virilis — Session 1: “The Seed” — Story Sketch & Moodboard
Synopsis (one paragraph):
In the shadowed
corridors of Scorpio season, Fortuna Virilis stirs, guiding the hands
that reclaim the past to build the future. An old, tarnished box —
the cornucopia of forgotten offerings — is discovered at Arcadia
Salvage, filled with jewelry and fragments of old buildings. The
women of the company carefully sort, clean, and reclaim pieces, each
selecting one to purify and keep, while men choose watches or tokens,
creating a balance of masculine and feminine fortune. Heavy timber
columns and ornate architectural elements are stripped, cataloged,
and prepared for repurposing, transforming decay into renewed
strength. A company gathering celebrates the reclamation, echoing
ancient ritual in a modern, communal space, reminding all that
fortune flows where preparation, care, and courage meet.
Key Characters (1–3):
Lead Woman of Arcadia Salvage (Curator/Forewoman) – The coworker from the last episode who granted the protagonist permission to bring her dog to work on smaller, safer tasking days. Experienced and deliberate, she guides the sorting and cleansing of jewelry and architectural elements, embodying the ritual awareness of Fortuna Virilis.
Young Apprentice/Assistant (Protagonist) – Learning the ritual of selection and purification. Attentive, curious, and eager to absorb both the practical and symbolic aspects of the work, she represents the next generation’s connection to transformation and renewed fortune.
Male Colleague (Vice President or President) – Oversees the workflow and interactions; informs the women they may each select a piece of jewelry from the box. Serves as the masculine counterpart, balancing the ritual of fortune and embodying the guidance and approval of authority.
Settings:
Ancient: Roman ritual courtyard or temple, with the statue of Fortuna Virilis, cornucopia offerings, and ritual bathing.
Modern: Arcadia Salvage yard, with old boxes, jewelry, vertical columns, reclaimed timber, and workshop areas; company gathering/party.
Central Image / Symbolic Object:
The cornucopia box: contains tarnished jewelry and small tokens; symbolizes emptied and refilled fortune, the seed of transformation.
Optional secondary symbol: a repurposed architectural column, standing upright, polished and ready for a new structure.
Visual / Musical Atmosphere:
Visual: warm, shadowed autumnal light; dust motes in shafts of sun; gleaming surfaces after cleaning; textures of metal, wood, and stone.
Musical: low, resonant tones (cello, bass, metallic percussion), subtle rising harmonics to mark transformation; occasional bright glints of chime or soft bell tones to mark discovery and renewal.
Colors for Fortuna Virilis (Scorpio Season):
♦ Deep Reds & Burgundy – Scorpio energy,
depth, transformation, intensity.
♦ Warm Gold &
Brass – Reflections on jewelry, cornucopia, and restored
fortune.
♦ Rich Brown & Timber Tones –
Reclaimed wood, structural elements, grounding.
♦ Soft
Shadowed Grays – Dust, tarnish, purification process,
subtle mystery.
♦ Accents of Glimmering Silver
– Polished jewelry, glints of light, renewed energy.
Addendum to Session 1
Scene: The Company Party – “Under Shared Lights”
(Late evening at Arcadia Salvage)
The salvaged yard has been transformed for the night. String lights hang between timber beams and iron frames, catching the shine of cleaned brass fixtures and old mirrors leaned artfully against walls. Someone’s set up a long table made from reclaimed doors, lacquered smooth, covered in mismatched glasses and platters.
Music hums low — not loud enough to break the gentle conversations floating through the open space.
The protagonist, still new to the company, stands near the edge of the group, her dog at her feet, watching the reflections in a polished copper tub — once discarded, now gleaming like new.
The lead woman of Arcadia Salvage laughs with a small group, sharing stories. The vice president gestures animatedly, talking about the cost of restoring old plasterwork. Someone mentions their house — a quiet corner in Topanga shaded by oaks. Another replies that their pool’s finally been repaired after winter rains.
The conversation ripples outward, like a tide she can’t quite enter.
She smiles when spoken to, but her eyes drift toward the dark outlines of salvaged doors and windows stacked neatly nearby — the silent architecture of what others have left behind.
Her thoughts:
They all have these homes. Pools, trees, space to breathe. They don’t seem like the kind of people who could afford that. Maybe it’s just time. Or knowing the right people. Or maybe you just start to belong, and the city gives you something back.
A breeze moves the string lights. One sways over her glass of wine, glimmering briefly — a miniature wheel of fortune, its reflection turning in her drink.
Fortuna Virilis — Session 2: “The Spine” — Outline the Episode
Theme: Transformation through reflection, allure,
and the unseen balance between outer beauty and inner worth.
Setting:
Late autumn; company workspace and evening party; quiet night
afterward at home.
Three-Act Breakdown
Act I — The Reflection of Others
♦ The
jewelry sorting has ended; polished pieces gleam under warm light.
♦
Coworkers compliment each other’s finds, small talk shifting toward
their personal lives.
♦ At the company party, casual
conversation turns to houses, pools, and hidden luxuries.
♦ The
protagonist listens, outwardly gracious but inwardly uneasy—her
small rented home pales beside their stories.
♦ A subtle
undercurrent of envy, curiosity, and disbelief grows; how do ordinary
people afford such lives?
Act II — The Mirror Within
♦ Back at home,
she lays out the jewelry she kept to clean for herself—each gem
reflecting faces from the evening.
♦ She places them in a
shallow bowl of water (echo of the ritual bath); candlelight flickers
like distant laughter.
♦ Memories of her own sacrifices rise:
the long commute, the modest apartment, the unglamorous devotion to
her work.
♦ She senses Fortuna’s presence—not as a deity
appearing, but as poise, an interior composure settling over
her.
♦ This is her version of the “bathing” — purification
through clarity of self-view.
Act III — The Veil of Grace
♦ The next
morning, she wears one piece of cleaned jewelry to work—simple,
radiant.
♦ Compliments flow; the coworkers’ tone shifts. They
notice her glow, not her address.
♦ Inwardly, she realizes
glamour and grace are perceptual—rooted in confidence, not
property.
♦ She thanks Fortuna Virilis silently, sensing the
Goddess’s whisper: “Beauty is belief.”
♦ The
moment of grace closes the episode—outer disparity remains, but
inner balance is restored.
Scene List
Sorting the jewels (late workday)
Company party chatter about homes
The protagonist’s quiet return home
Cleansing reflection at her vanity
Morning renewal and subtle triumph
Archetypal / Symbolic Beats
♦ Offering: The polished jewels shared among
coworkers.
♦ Visitation: The unseen presence of
Fortuna during the cleansing.
♦ Reversal: From
social insecurity to serene confidence.
♦ Moment of
Grace: Acceptance—true allure emerges from authenticity.
Fortuna
Virilis — Session 3:
“The
Heart” — Draft Key Scenes
Choose 3–5 key scenes (especially
openers, climaxes, or emotionally rich moments)
Script them in screenplay format
(these are your anchors)
Don’t worry yet about transitions or
secondary scenes
Strong thematic groundwork for this episode:
Act 1: the cleansing and discovery of the jewelry box, and the company party where class and belonging come into focus.
Act 2: internal reflection and the dawning awareness of her outsider status, paired with the symbolism of purification and transformation.
Act 3: the subtle acceptance — that quiet grace of Fortuna — where she reclaims beauty, worth, and confidence from within, not from her surroundings.
3–5 pivotal moments to script — the emotional anchors that define this episode’s tone and transformation:
Scene 1 – The Cleansing Ritual (Opening)
Setting: Her modest apartment bathroom.
Mood: Quiet reverence. She gently cleans the found jewelry — like an offering to Fortuna.
Purpose: Establishes the theme of purification and renewal; introduces her sensitivity and inner grace.Scene 2 – The Company Party (Social Contrast)
Setting: A softly lit LA restaurant or outdoor venue.
Mood: Glamorous but slightly tense. Coworkers talk about their houses and lives; she feels both admiration and alienation.
Purpose: The glamour and class disparity mirror the mythic divide between mortal and divine beauty.Scene 3 – The Mirror Scene (Moment of Grace)
Setting: Late night, at home. A single lamp, her reflection in the mirror wearing one of the now-cleaned jewels.
Mood: Reflective and quietly powerful.
Purpose: She begins to recognize her own light — the transformation from outsider to someone who embodies Fortuna’s grace.Scene 4 – Dream or Vision (Optional)
Setting: Dreamscape — water, poppies, and the Goddess’s voice or presence.
Purpose: Mystical confirmation of her awakening.
FORTUNA VIRILIS — Key Scenes (Session 3)
(Screenplay excerpts — anchors for episode tone and structure)
SCENE 1 — The Cleansing Ritual
INT. APARTMENT BATHROOM — EARLY MORNING
Soft sunlight filters through a fogged window. Steam rises from a basin filled with warm water and a scattering of flower petals.
The PROTAGONIST kneels beside it, carefully polishing a pair of earrings from the ancient jewelry box.
She hums softly — not a song, but a tone of concentration and calm.
A droplet of water slips down one of the jewels, catching a glint of gold in the light.
PROTAGONIST (V.O.)
(gently)
They
were covered in dust... but still shining underneath. Maybe that’s
what beauty really is — patience waiting to be seen again.
She lays the earrings on a clean cloth, folds it like an offering, and exhales — serene, almost devotional.
FADE OUT.
SCENE 2 — The Company Party
INT. RESTAURANT — NIGHT
Strings of lights shimmer overhead. Laughter, clinking glasses, and soft jazz fill the room.
The PROTAGONIST sits with her coworkers — bright smiles, manicured nails, the air of practiced confidence.
COWORKER 1
Our pool just got redone — solar
heating, mosaic tiles... you’d love it.
COWORKER 2
Oh, that’s nothing. We planted
ten new trees along the fence. Shade, privacy, resale value — all
at once.
The PROTAGONIST smiles politely, swirling her drink, saying nothing.
COWORKER 3
You must have a beautiful place,
too. You’ve got such a sense for design.
PROTAGONIST
(hesitates, small
smile)
It’s... quiet. Lots of character.
A pause — friendly nods, then the conversation moves on without her.
She watches the lights shimmer against the window, catching her reflection beside the glow — half in the world, half outside it.
PROTAGONIST (V.O.)
Maybe grace isn’t
something they own. Maybe it’s something that waits... for the
right eyes to see it.
FADE OUT.
SCENE 3 — The Mirror Scene (Moment of Grace)
INT. APARTMENT — LATE NIGHT
A single lamp burns. The PROTAGONIST stands before her mirror, the newly cleaned jewelry laid out on the table.
She picks up a necklace — gold, luminous — and fastens it around her neck.
The reflection glows subtly; not the glamour of wealth, but the calm of self-possession.
PROTAGONIST (V.O.)
They said Fortuna gives
favor to the bold...
(beat)
Maybe She also listens to
the quiet ones — the ones who remember to be kind to themselves.
Her reflection softens — and for a moment, she seems doubled: herself, and the faint outline of Fortuna Virilis, mirroring her gesture, serene and radiant.
A hush fills the room, as if something sacred has just passed through.
FADE OUT.
SCENE 4 — “Reflection of Grace”
INT. DREAMSCAPE — TIMELESS
The faint sound of dripping water. Darkness softens into pearlescent light — ripples shimmer beneath a canopy of myrtle branches.
The PROTAGONIST stands barefoot at the edge of a shallow pool. Poppies drift across the surface, their red petals vivid against the silver water.
She gazes down — her reflection stirs, shifting into that of FORTUNA VIRILIS.
The Goddess wears the same purple robe seen in the portrait, shimmering with a faint lichen sheen — both ancient and alive.
FORTUNA VIRILIS
(softly, like water
echoing in marble)
The world forgets what it cannot name.
And
you — you remember beauty in its silence.
The PROTAGONIST kneels, her fingertips brushing the water. The poppies swirl toward her hand, glowing faintly as they touch her skin.
PROTAGONIST
I only wanted to see clearly.
FORTUNA VIRILIS
Then you must learn to cleanse
without losing what you love.
A gentle wind stirs the trees. The Goddess extends her hand — a single poppy rises from the water and rests upon the protagonist’s heart.
FORTUNA VIRILIS (cont.)
Grace isn’t given.
It is revealed — when the heart becomes still enough to reflect it.
The light grows brighter — petals rise and dissolve into mist.
CUT TO:
INT. APARTMENT — DAWN
The PROTAGONIST wakes with the faint scent of incense in the air. A single red petal lies on her pillow.
She holds it gently, almost afraid to move — then smiles.
VOICEOVER/NARRATOR (soft,
contemplative)
Grace is the quiet that remains after
beauty has been seen.
FADE OUT.
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