I got into a discussion about fate with, satori. I told her it was not my fate to be Bill Gates and this was okay with me. I don’t mind that I am a peasant. In fact it doesn’t bother me in the least.

Why do you think so many are unhappy with their fate? Do you think fate is a fixed thing or can you change your fate? Can you tie this to your chart?

Angie writes on Let The Victim Speak:

“Are you saying your “fate” is to ‘collect and contain negative energy for the collective’ and if so, do you believe one’s fate can be changed?”

Angie, I don’t mean to be persnickety but I never said “fate”. I try to avoid the word because many people give it a meaning that I don’t mean. This is what I said:

“I think I was born into service and one of the things I do is collect and contain negative energy for the collective. I collect it and then process it and transform into something usable (and often quite valuable) that I offer to the collective.”

And this is what I meant:
Continue reading Can You Change Your Fate? Also, A Comment On Envy

Speaking of hearing your calling, the soldier told me this weekend that he was called to soldiering similarly to how priests are called to the priesthood.  He described how he tried to avoid it to appease other people but every time he tried to get away he was thrown back to it. Eventually he quit resisting and his relationship with me has followed the same arc. (swearing below the break)

Continue reading Open Question: Astrology And Destiny: Can Fate Or Fortune Be Avoided?