For women who built their own life

It was never a question of luck. It was a question of environment.

The Fortuna Circle helps accomplished women enter, legitimately, the circles where the lives they want are built — and meet an equal there, not a rescuer.

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I

Become

Presence, culture, conversation, bearing. The one form of capital that stays with you whatever happens — and that makes these circles feel natural to you.

II

Reach

The places, the circles, the bridge professions and the events where these men actually live. And how to enter without a fortune or a family name.

III

Last

From the first dinner to marriage, with your financial independence and your legal protection intact.

The observation

You never cross paths with them. That is not an accident.

Your building, your office, your gym, your friends: each of these filters, without anyone ever intending it, for people who share your income level. Sociologists call it homophily.

The woman who “never manages it” and the woman who “got lucky” very often have exactly the same value. They simply do not have the same coordinates. Where are they actually?

You are not the problem. Your geometry is.

The Fortuna Method

Free diagnostic

The Four Circles Test

Twelve questions, three minutes, to find out which of the four barriers actually stands between you and the circles you are aiming for — and to avoid spending two years working on the wrong one.

More about the test

Our charter

What we refuse to teach you

Methods that teach you to pretend produce relationships that collapse at the first winter. We chose the opposite. Read the charter

Manipulation

No technique of concealment, false identity or borrowed social status.

Sugar dating

No transaction, no financial arrangement in exchange for time or intimacy.

A promise of marriage

No one controls another person’s choice. We promise no result.

Legal advice

We point you toward a notary or a lawyer. We do not replace them.

The field

Where the life you want actually happens.

Harbors, opera boxes, grandstands, art fairs. The method tells you which ones really matter, when to go, and how to get in without a fortune or connections.

Monaco marina, yachts moored below apartment buildings and the Rock
Monaco, the harbor below the Rock
Gilded opera boxes lit by chandeliers
A box on opening night
A woman in a pink hat and men in top hats in a racecourse grandstand
At the races, hats required
Infinity pool on a lawn facing the sea and the mountains
A pool facing the sea, in July
Elegant visitors walking the aisles of a large contemporary art fair
An art fair, on collectors’ day

The Atlas

Seven cities, neighborhood by neighborhood.

New York

The Upper East Side for old money, Tribeca for newer money, Brooklyn Heights for families.

London

Mayfair and Belgravia for international fortunes, Hampstead for old intellectual money; outside town, Surrey.

Los Angeles

Holmby Hills and Bel Air for the largest estates; Hancock Park and San Marino for the oldest money.

San Francisco

Pacific Heights and its Billionaires’ Row; on the Peninsula, Atherton, Woodside and Hillsborough.

Boston

Beacon Hill for the Brahmins, Back Bay for Commonwealth Avenue; then Wellesley, Weston and Concord.

Dallas and Houston

Highland Park and Preston Hollow in Dallas; River Oaks and Memorial in Houston.

Palm Beach and Miami

The Estate Section on the island, Wellington for horses and polo; Coral Gables and Key Biscayne in Miami.

The calendar

Some fifty events where the money is, month by month.

JanuaryThe Winter ShowNew York, Park Avenue Armory · open, or on the opening-night committee
FebruaryHouston Livestock Show and RodeoHouston · on a volunteer committee
MarchTEFAFMaastricht · open, on a weekday
AprilKeeneland Spring MeetLexington · open
MayChelsea Flower ShowLondon · open; RHS members have the first days
JuneHenley Royal RegattaHenley-on-Thames · open; the Stewards’ Enclosure by sponsorship
JulyTanglewoodLenox, the Berkshires · open, a picnic on the lawn
AugustSaratoga yearling saleSaratoga Springs · open
SeptemberLes Voiles de Saint-TropezSaint-Tropez · as crew
OctoberHead of the CharlesBoston · open, along the riverbank
NovemberNew York fall auctionsChristie’s, Sotheby’s, Phillips · open viewings
DecemberEarly-December charity dinnersEvery city · as a volunteer or on a committee
Take the Four Circles Test

Twelve of the events in Lesson 8.3, with how to get in. Addresses and dates change: the method reminds you to check them before booking. Free to read: the city guide and the social calendar.

And after 45?

The apps lied to you about your age.

On dating apps, men filter by age bracket. On a board of trustees, in a museum society or a sailing club, nobody filters: people simply talk to one another. And the average age of those places works in your favor.

Read: “Is 45 Too Late? The Real Data”

The Fortuna Method

Nine modules. Fifty-three lessons. To read and to work through.

A written program, deliberately so: every lesson contains exercises, grids and checklists. Nobody takes stock of their own life by watching a video. Eight resources, each downloadable as a PDF, come with the lessons.

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Discover The Fortuna Method

  1. 0The Pact of Lucidity4 lessons
  2. 1Personal Capital8 lessons
  3. 2The Atlas: where they actually are6 lessons
  4. 3Access: entering legitimately5 lessons
  5. 4The Codes7 lessons
  6. 5Conversation and Attraction6 lessons
  7. 6From the date to the relationship7 lessons
  8. 7From the relationship to marriage6 lessons
  9. 8The Field: cities, seasons, calendar, clubs4 lessons