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Fate (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠simply the later appearance of that which we do not bring to consciousness.

Fate (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that aspect of things which eludes consciousness whereas destiny is that which is intertwined with consciousness.

Fate (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠compulsion by the stars, the fate of every unredeemed soul whose libido stays fixed in its primitive form — at the mercy of its affects, its fortunes falling from the sky.

Fate (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the predetermined path along which a man's life-energy flows — fate in so far as a man's fate depends on his psychology: the path of our destiny and the law of our being.

Fate (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a labyrinth all too rich in possibilities, of which only one is your own right way — and no one can name it in advance.

Fate (n.) does ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not run 'first work, then well-earned rest'; life's energy demands a gradient of its own, or it dams up and turns destructive.

Fate (n.) may ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be the name men give — perhaps, who knows? — to the eternal images of the collective unconscious.

Fate (n.) weaves ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠each event into two chains at once — the causal one of nature and a subjective one as personal as dreams — so that each is the hero of his own drama while figuring in a drama foreign to him.

Fate (n.) may ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠contrive some annoying incident just to bully our Simple Simon of an ego into the way he should go — the kindly old man may have stolen the cow himself.

Fate (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an inner situation not made conscious, happening outside.

Fate (n.) compensates: ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the proletarian scion of nobility, the criminal child of the over-virtuous, the lazy son of the businessman are works of a natural ethos that casts down the mighty and exalts the humble — the parents' guilt is impersonal, and the child pays impersonally.

Fate (n.) leads ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the willing but drags the unwilling, in the line of Cleanthes that Jung set as his motto.

Fate (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the compulsion of the stars, a transconscious factor beyond the human will; each planet pulls man in its own direction and makes him many persons when he should be one.

Fate (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not to be wrested from people: our sins and errors are necessary to us, the most precious incentives to development, and the Master says it once.

Fate (n.) leads ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the willing and drags the unwilling.