Fate?, Opinion and perspective welcomed... Options

Greetings Fellow members...
What do you think of Fate? does it exist? is it our choice? or written in stone?

Just Wondering... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

~Myroku

in the tetrabiblos ptolemy says that by using astrology some "fates" can be avoided. Of course the fates you can't avoid have to do with heavier planets and stronger and more complex angles. For example, if you are going through an exact grandcross (4 planets at 90 degrees from each other) you will probably not be able to avoid the outcome, same as with a grandtrine. But if you are faced with a problem represented as a semi-square, or even a weak square and have a release of tension in the form of a connecting trine or a sextile you may be able to avoid the bad aspect of the square (say if mars is squaring the sun, but you also have a jupiter trine with the sun). So, really you have the illusion of freewill but everything seems predetermined.