amulet
an object worn to bring luck or to protect against evil or injury; charm
capricious
characterized by or subject to sudden, unpredictable changes; fickle
fatalism
the belief that all events are determined in advance by fate and cannot be changed by human means
incantation
a set of words spoken as a magic charm or to cast a magic spell
propitious
presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious; advantageous
providential
resulting from or seeming to result from divine will; fortunate; opportune
quirk
a peculiarity or behavior; mannerism; idiosyncrasy
serendipity
the ability to make valuable discoveries by chance; luck
vagary
a wild or unpredictable notion or action; odd fancy
vicissitude
one of the sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one's life, activities, or surroundings a change or variation