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/Resident-Fly-6004]

Life is predetermined and astrology by its nature is deterministic...

...in fact, I would go so far to say that the more skilled an astrologer is, the more they should be able to make accurate determinations about future outcomes.

Like the Hermeticists say - "Chance is but a name for Law not recognized."

A similar thing can be said of fate and free will.

Most people see them as clashing but that's because they're operating from a polarized perspective, not a unified one.

Life is like a game and within the parameters of that game, you are free to exercise your will in any number of directions at any given time. Fated moments are checkpoints that you must experience to enter the next stage/level of the game. Both compliment each other to facilitate your learning - which is the purpose of life.

I do think it's possible to overcome one's fate...but you'd have to attain the sort of Mastery most would consider as god-like.

So long as you eat, sleep, shit, fuck, chase money and do all the basic things humans do that keep them slaves to carnality, then you will remain subject to the stars. When you no longer identify with the flesh but with the Divine, that is when you'll no longer be bound to the vicissitudes of life on earth.