Neptune's Dolphins

“Fate is conferred at birth. A person’s fate is what the individual will experience regardless of all else. There’s no choice about fate, but there is a choice of how the person responds to it (‘free will’).”

 

“Fortune is an innate quality, although ferociously determined people can make their own luck.” Goddess Fortune spins her wheel without favor to anyone. Hazels further adds, “Fortune arrives when ‘preparedness meets opportunity.’”

 

“Providence arrives through quirks in the environment, through natural forces of weather, land, and circumstantial events that block or hasten a person’s progress. It is often referred to as ‘divine providence,’ the Gods get the credit for interceding through the forces they control to help or harm the individual.”

 

“Destiny is the net outcome of an individual’s experiences with Fate, Fortune, and Providence….Destiny isn’t passive – it is a by-product of individual choices. Results are not guaranteed, though, as these can hinge on the vagaries of Fate, Fortune, and Providence.”

 

Note 8. “De re Publica (On the Republic).” Clinton W. Keyes, translator.