Alright so a while back I dug into my notes from 2018 and pulled out that Virgo monthly forecast I was messing around with back then. Felt like revisiting it today.
I started my morning like always, brewing a strong cup of coffee – nothing fancy, just instant stuff. Needed the caffeine kick. Grabbed my old laptop, the one with the sticky keyboard, and opened up that PDF horoscope I’d saved way back when. Title was staring right at me: Virgo 2018 Monthly Horoscope. Honestly couldn’t remember who wrote it originally, some astrology site I think, but the date stamp was January 1, 2018. Felt like digging up a time capsule.
First thing I did was skim it again. It talked a lot about January being this big time for planning and organization for Virgos, focusing on health and routine stuff. Career stuff was supposed to heat up later too. Okay, cool. But I wanted to see if I could actually use it, you know? Not just read it.
So, sitting there with my lukewarm coffee, I grabbed my dusty old journal – the one with the cover peeling off. January 2018 had a few pages scribbled in. I decided to test one piece of advice mentioned early in the forecast: decluttering my physical space to clear my head. It specifically mentioned tackling one small area daily. My desk was a warzone then, pretty much looks the same now if I’m being honest.
Right then, I looked at the pile of crap beside the laptop. Old receipts, tangled cables, a dead plant I kept meaning to throw out… total mess. The horoscope said “Tackle clutter systematically.” Fine. I picked just the cables. That felt manageable. Spent maybe 15 minutes sorting charging cables from random USB wires, coiling them up with those twisty ties from bread bags. Threw out three that were frayed beyond saving. Felt stupidly satisfying putting those neat little bundles in a shoebox drawer.
Later that week, I circled back to the forecast. Mid-month it talked about communication challenges around finances, especially with partners or close collaborators. It suggested double-checking facts before talking money. That actually lined up with a memory. I recalled an awkward meeting with a guy I was trying to partner with on a small project that January. We were tossing around numbers, and afterward I realized I’d misremembered one expense figure completely. Had to email him the next day with a correction. Felt dumb. Guess the forecast wasn’t totally blowing smoke about needing to be extra precise then.
By the end of the month, the forecast was hinting at social invitations and unexpected connections. I didn’t go hunting for parties or anything. But I do remember bumping into someone I knew vaguely from a workshop years before, purely by chance at the supermarket last week of January. We ended up chatting near the frozen peas for ages. He mentioned a potential freelance gig that actually came through a month later. Small thing, but unexpected, yeah.
Looking back now through my messy notebook entries from that time, it’s kind of funny.
- The organizational tip about clutter? Worked that one day, but didn’t magically transform me into a tidy person. Desk is still a mess right now.
- The heads-up about financial talks needing extra care? Spot on for that one screw-up.
- The “unexpected connections” thing? Happened, but felt random then.
It didn’t dictate my month, obviously. Mostly just made me notice little things I might have otherwise forgotten or ignored. And that desk drawer with the neat cables? Still the most organized spot in the room. Small victories, I guess.
