“Fate, karma, destiny – call it what you will – there is a law of justice which somehow, but not by chance, determines our race, our physical structure and some of our mental and emotional traits. The important thing to realise is that while we may not escape our own basic pattern, we can work in conformity with it. That is where free will comes in. We are free to choose and discriminate to the limits of our understanding, and, as we rightly exercise our power of choice, our understanding grows. Then, once having chosen, a man has to accept the consequences of his choice and go on from there.”

Paramahansa Yogananda: “An Autobiography of a Yogi”

Here quoted from Stephen Arroyo: Astrology Karma & Transformation p.5