We realize that old-school predictive readings were only one step removed from the supplication of Deities, and invested our faith in a deterministic reality, where we had little control of our destiny. It is becoming clear to us now, that we have much more impact on the universe around us, and on each other than we understand. While it is true that the tidal forces of nature and time can sweep us along in their path, we still have available to us the Middle Way- where we maintain a certain detachment which allows us to surf the curl of the wave rather than to drown in the depths. You can choose to let the spiraling force carry you by maintaining your center and refusing to engage in extremes, rather than fixing your hopes to the heights- because what goes up, must indeed come down.
This does not cancel out a certain enlightened opportunism, because the wheel can carry you beyond the limits of your current time-space...in fact it will, whether you perceive it or not.