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A Game of ChanceByLisa J. Gordon, U.KLisa J. Gordon is a qualified Astrologerwho has been a regular guest on BBC localradio as an Astro agony aunt and doingHoroscopes since 2001. Although holding adegree in Economics, and being a partqualified accountant, Lisa is a prolific writerand her novel ‘A Sealed Fate’ (whichexamines this very same issue) will bepublished this autumn 2009. Lisa is aresearcher of alternative and new ageavenues of thought. Her book has beenpublished by Janus Publishing Ltd & isavailable on all book selling websites acrossthe world.As an Astrologer I wasconstantly on the horns of adilemma: my clients wanteddefinitive black and white answersabout their futures and yet what I hadlearned in Astrology, was that we havefreewill and that the planets are only aguide.Astrology should, in my eyes beused a tool for good and timelydecision making and for greater selfawareness; however many of my clientswanted to use Astrology as theultimate financial, emotional andvocational ‘sat nav’ – Take a left atthe next turning and you will find MrRight; keep in this lane for the nexttwo miles and you will find the job ofyour dreams! It’s fair to say that someclients seemed quite happy to leave thedriving of their lives up to Fateentirely. It made me think deeply aboutexactly how much control we do haveover our lives by virtue of freewill andto what extent we are at the mercy ofFate. The amount of people in the UKand US who frequent Psychics,Astrologers, Palmists, Tarot readers andthe like each year appears to indicatethat a great many of us do indeedbelieve that fate has a significant handin our life path. Has our life storyindeed already been written by acosmic author and can the psychic giveus a sneak preview of forthcomingevents. So, do we have a destiny? Is thisdestiny set in stone or can we changeit by conscious effort and freewill.133