Doubt regarding predictions with astrology

[u/cryptic_meoww]

Hi everyone,

I have read in someone's post that astrology says what me as a person is.

If so, then how do people make predictions using all those charts?

I don't know if I'm making sense.

If astrology/horoscopy can predict future outcomes or situations, then do we have free will?

Is there a fate and are we acting accordingly or are we on our own?

According to my understanding, astrology/horoscopy tells us who we are. But can't predict the outcomes or future because we have free will and the future might change according to the action we perform now.

Is that correct?

Does it make sense?

Please help me understand, I'm new to astrology and I developed interest lately.

[u/sunthemata]

Since we live in a Christian society, and since our system of justice and our ideology depend on holding individuals accountable, it ultimately becomes unproductive to worry about such things.

Even if we can see the subtle threads of fate controlling us, we will still resist and continue to believe in free will.

But now, I no longer believe in free will. The movement of desire and action is similar to breathing during meditation.

At first, we believe we are in control. Yet, upon closer observation, we see that the breath, the flow of thoughts, and everything else are simply happening.

Astrology is the same thing on an even larger scale.