Do you believe in fate/destiny?

I absolutely do, and surely you are wondering why. Well, a short/long story is behind it; see it as you want.

So, why do I believe in destiny? It all started one and a half years ago when nothing worked out for me professionally. I said, hey, nothing is working out. What do you have to lose to look at what astrology says? Then, I turned to astrology. I want to mention that till then, I had never seriously involved myself with astrology; on the contrary, I sometimes made fun of it.

I began to read my birth charts independently, and later, I asked a professional to read my charts and make predictions. This was according to Western-Astrolgy. After that, I discovered Vedic-Astrology and created a birth chart. You should know that in Vedic, some things are slightly different. Then, I asked for professional help from a Vedic astrologer to make a reading and prediction. Of course, in parallel, I did a lot of searching on the internet and YouTube on my own.

All I can say is that Western and Vedic-Astrology hit the spot. All that they explained about my life so far, my character, attitude towards life, and expectations from relationships and jobs were correct. Even what they said about how things were in that recent period fell in the line. My research regarding the planetary positions and important, crucial events of my life made me realize that nothing happens without purpose. The events and how they played out were in tune with the planetary influence.

I concluded that everything has its reason in the right time and space. There is a higher power, called the Universe or God, who is the one who controls the planets and is leading us to meet the people we should meet, the deeds we should execute and complete, and finally, our purpose in life. It is for this reason I started believing in destiny.

Supplementarily:

Of course, there is our free will, and we have the right to choose which path we want to follow. Sometimes, it’s a wrong or a good choice, but it’s how we finally arrive at our destiny through hard work. This makes us appreciate more our life and what we have achieved.

I compare it with a river with branches. You are floating on the river and follow different branches on the right and the left, but you return to the main flow at the end.