Well this is going to be “a lot of” words.
I have been studying astrology for some time now. Everyone with basic knowledge of astrology knows that in a birth chart there are certain planet placements that are advantageous to your personality and certain placements that aren’t. But this is something that is emphasized many times by experienced astrologers: “It’s not what kind of energy you have that matters, it’s what you do with your energy”.
What does it mean? A birth chart is basically a map of your body showing what you are good at and bad at, how smooth or rough your life will be. You are supposed to carry it with you from birth to the rest of your life. But this saying means you aren’t destined to have a bad life if you have a bad chart. You have free will to turn bad placements to your advantage. Indeed, many famous people have birth charts full of bad placements. Some of them even rose to greatness because of the bad placements.
There are two lessons I learned from this. First, you had a shitty upbringing or past, you don’t get to have luck that will do good for your future. But it doesn’t mean that you are destined to have a shitty life. You have the power to create your own beautiful future. And second, what you think is bad may not be bad after all. In fact, many bad things in life are actually gifts in disguise, you just have to be open-minded to see them.