The noun destiny has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (6) destiny, fate -- (an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future)
2. (1) Destiny, Fate -- (the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny")
3. fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion -- (your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion")