I use Tarot to connect with my Spirit Guides in seeking answers to your questions. My approach to Tarot Reading is a Shamanistic one in which connecting with and listening to the World of Spirit is essential. The cards give me certain keys and clues which my gut intuition fleshes out into the reading.
As a firm believer in personal free will, I do not feel that "fate" is the final authority on anything. The cards may indicate a strong energy towards a certain outcome, but we have the ability to influence the energy and work with it to create a different outcome. Nothing is set in stone until we accept it as being so.