Study lives, biographies.
In doing so you will note that people always live out their horoscopes, with or without knowledge of astrology.
Start with the Big Bang. The universe evolves, changes with time.
Life begins on a small blue planet at the center of the universe, its roots in an ancient star that became a supernova in the moment of its destruction. The small blue planet ha companions, all of them in orbit around an average star in the outer regions of a barred spiral galaxy. The planets follow orbits dictated by the Laws of the Universe, whch are in force throughout the whole of the universe, everywhere, always.
Nothing that mankind has ever observed in the vast reaches of space, including the space under his nose, or the vast reaches of time, from the now to the most distant known stars -- now seen as they were nearly 13 billion year ago, their ancient light having traveled toward us for all those eons -- has or had free will.
But now, Jamie, a creature evolves from the apes that appeared, without their consent, some 30 million years ago. And this creature, Jamie, unlike anything else in the whole universe, possesses a gift. The creature calls it Free Will. Sweet dreams, Jamie.
Being is of its very nature paradoxical. It is only the interplay of opposites that creates and permits Manifestation, or Being. I am. If I am, then I am paradox. I am This, I am That, I am neither and I am both. I am that I am.
There are things beyond our knowing. We are a Mystery unto ourselves.
What if...? What if you live every day as if you do have Free Will. Perhaps it is only an illusion, but you will be happy believing you are Captain of your ship. Even if what seems to be Free Will is in fact Fate. Spinoza said that every cause has a prior cause, leading back to a First Cause. The ancient Hebrew Yhwh means First Cause.
TWo thousand years ago a man facing his imminent death said to the Power that created him, "Let thy will, not mine, be done." Is there wisdom in that?
Most of what we do is controlled by the unconscious mind. Carl Jung said that as long as our actions spring from the unconcious, we are ruled by Fate. Full Consciousness alone will free us from Fate. Jesus said that narrow is the way and strait is the gate, and few there be that find it. The Hindu sages say the same. In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna (the human) asks of Krishna (the God), "What power is it, Krishna, that drives man to act sinfully, even unwillingly, as if powerlessly?"
I have been a student of astrology for over 40 years now. I'm in my 8th decade of life, and have lived most things a human being can live. Every horoscope/life I have studied...those of others and of myself...shows me that we all live out our horoscope, our Fate or Destiny, as it is written in the stars. Some 30 years ago, walking in the woods one day, I realized (that undeniable Inner Reallization) that I am nothing more than a puppet on a string. I do not hold the string. And in that moment, in the light of that realization I became Free. Paradox -- in puppethood I found Liberation.
I'm an old cab driiver. I used to take a lady to her dialysis sessions. She had owned her own business, sold it, made a small fortune and thought to herself that she was now independent with the resources to enjoy the rest of her life in comfort. Three years later her kidneys failed, she became a pauper and a slave to a machine. Your power is not what you think it is.
For myself, I live every moment as though I possess that unique and magical human gift, Free Will, all the time knowing I am a puppet. I know I have Power of Choice...but it can't be otherwise...I must Choose. I am constrained to do so by my nature.
Ain't paradox fun?
Here's what I do, take it for what it's worth. I smile and wag my tail. I say thank you for getting to see another sunrise. I am kind to little children, and bugs. I am happy. I am, and that's enough for me.