Not cosmic punishment

“Written in the stars” is poetry for “I do not know the full equation.”

Your beliefs influence your behaviour.

Your behaviour influences your odds.

Your odds operate inside a world full of randomness.

Randomness does not equal destiny.

Probability does not equal magic.

We crave “written in the stars” because it makes uncertainty feel intentional. But the universe is not scripting you. It is evolving according to the laws of physics. Inside that system, you are a conscious agent adjusting your variables.

Even without cosmic scripting, your agency matters enormously.

You cannot guarantee a raise.
You can increase the probability.

You cannot guarantee you will not fall on the ice.
You can increase stability.

You cannot eliminate randomness.
You can build resilience.

That is more powerful than fate. Because it is not judging you for not affirming enough.

If you do face-plant in the snow, it is not because the universe demoted you to the “klutz timeline.”
It is because ice has a low coefficient of friction, and gravity does not negotiate.