In Hamlet, a recitation of the Trojan War introduces this concept, with the plea for "All you gods,/
The phrase originates in the celestial spheres that populated the Ptolemaic model of the universe.  The ninth of these contained the signs of the zodiac. A later metaphorical object was a rolling rock. It gets major attention in Consolation of Philosophy, as Boethius reflected on his meteoric rise and sudden fall in the late Roman era. In Hamlet, a recitation of the Trojan War introduces this concept, with the plea for "All you gods,/ In general synod take away her power;/ Break all the spokes and fellies" of it. FTP, name this concept in medieval philosophy, describing the capricious nature of Fate, also the name of a popular game show.
The phrase originates in the celestial spheres that populated the Ptolemaic model of the universe.  
Wheel of Fortune