Fate

Fate--- tricky business talking Fate---we dont know Fate---we label certain things as Fated--- we Blame Fate---and the hard stuff is accepting Fate. What is Fate and what is Choice? If one believes in Astrology--in ones birth chart---Fate is there---circling around the Wheel of our Lives always---. An astrologer will look to the nodes of the Moon----the point where the eliptic of the Sun and the Moon cross.
There stands Fate. Karma. Are they one and the Same? The Fates are known as Clotho the Spinner----Lachesis the Measurer---Athropos the Cutter---symbolic of the Triple Moon Goddess.Barbara Walker in her book Myths and Secrets says "if the Weavers could be induced not to cut the thread of Life at a perilous moment, the individual could be spared." One does have a say as to their destiny---and this is foretold in ones birth chart. The Law of Karma---for every action there is an equal opposite re-action. Choice.
The Moon touches us personally---emotionally---the Moon Re-Minds us. The Moon is melancholy----bittersweet---and the Moon is Longing. It can Inspire and Comfort and it can fill one with a sense of dread. I think its the Beauty---the Beauty that fills one with Awe or Dread. The Beauty that Re-Minds us of how little Time---how Finite it all seems to be. The Moon and her Beauty can lead us to the crossroads--to face the Fates----we may accept or deny-----To accept willingly---with integrity--- our Fate ---one may be spared. The Saturn piece.
Ones birth chart tells such a story of past present future ----ones Fate. The Key I think is Saturn. Our birthchart is a blueprint---every degree ---every planet is who we are. Saturn is our acceptance of our limitations--our ability to Be responsible----to accept full responsibility for our actions----and the equal and opposite Re-Action.
As ye sow---so shall ye reap.