Question: "What would have to happen for Siddhartha's fate to change?"  Context: "According to this narrative, shortly after the birth of young prince Gautama, an astrologer named Asita visited the young prince's father, Suddhodana, and prophesied that Siddhartha would either become a great king or renounce the material world to become a holy man, depending on whether he saw what life was like outside the palace walls."  Answer:
The answer to this question is:
whether he saw what life was like outside the palace walls