Digging Up The Past: My July 2019 Horoscope Retro-Review Project
You know how sometimes you just hit a wall and get absolutely stuck on a rainy Saturday? That was me last week. I was just cleaning up my desktop, moving old file backups, and I stumbled across a folder labeled “2019 Deep Dive.” It was full of useless junk—old receipts, screenshots of memes I barely remember, and crucially, a bunch of notes I had scribbled down from YouTube readings. I used to be obsessed with those weekly horoscope videos, especially for Virgo. I scoffed at my past self, but then a thought hit me: Did any of that nonsense actually come true?
That little thought turned into a full-blown mission. I decided I wasn’t going to let it go. I needed to see the receipts, both the cosmic ones and my own personal life ones. The title for this specific project popped into my head immediately: “YouTube Horoscopes Virgo Weekly July 2019 Horoscope Review.” I needed to lock in on that specific month because July 2019 was a transitional period for me, although I didn’t realize it at the time. I was restless, that I remember.
The Hunt for the Cosmic Data
The first step was locating the exact video. Finding specific content from three years ago on YouTube is a pain in the butt, let me tell you. I had to dig deep into my old watch history, filter by date, and use some really specific search terms involving the channel name I dimly recalled. It took me nearly an hour just to track down the right video—a slightly grainy, 20-minute reading that felt instantly familiar. I finally pulled it up and hit play, notepad open on my desk.
I didn’t just passively watch it. I had to treat this like research. As the reader talked, I meticulously transcribed every major predictive point. I broke down the predictions into specific categories, avoiding the vague “something good is coming” fluff and focusing on actionable claims. I ended up with a neat list of predictions I could actually compare to reality.
I categorized the predictions like this:
- Financial Shifts: Did the reader predict incoming money, unexpected expenses, or career renegotiations?
- Relationship Status: Specific claims about a new person entering, an old one leaving, or deep emotional conversations.
- Home/Living Situation: Predictions related to moving, renovating, or changes within the domestic sphere.
- Health and Energy: Mentions of feeling drained, needing to rest, or sudden bursts of creative energy.
I jotted down about twelve distinct claims across those four categories. That was the easy part—the cosmic data collected. Now for the hard, embarrassing part: digging up my actual life.
Excavating My Actual Life in July 2019
To make this review honest, I couldn’t rely on memory alone. Memory is a lying jerk. I needed verifiable proof. I opened up my digital calendar archives first. That told me where I was physically. Then, I dove into my long-forgotten journal entries from that month. Those journals are rough. Really, really rough. I scrolled through years of messy thoughts just to isolate the key events of July 2019.
What did I find? Well, July 2019 was not a quiet month. I was actually dealing with a sudden, frustrating paperwork issue involving my car registration—totally unexpected expense and headache. My emotional life was a mess because I was trying to decide if I wanted to switch jobs, but hadn’t actually done anything about it yet. I pulled out three specific memories that stood out as the “big things” that month:
- A hefty, unexpected bill came in (car related).
- I took a spontaneous, last-minute weekend trip out of state to clear my head.
- I had a huge, tearful conversation with a close friend about their own career mess.
I cross-referenced these real-life actions with the twelve transcribed predictions.
The Verdict and The Unexpected Realization
I lined up my list of Virgo predictions against my ugly truth. What happened? Honestly, the results were hilariously mixed. The relationship predictions, for example, were so broad they could have fit anything. One said, “You are moving past an emotional barrier.” Sure, I guess? I was moving past the emotional barrier of deciding which ice cream flavor to get. It was a stretch.
The prediction about “sudden financial gain” was a total bust. Instead, I had that awful car expense. That was a clear “miss.” However, the predictions about “needing to rest and recharge” and taking unexpected “alone time” were eerily accurate, considering I took that spontaneous trip which wasn’t planned at all when the reading was made. Was it prediction, or was I subconsciously following the suggestion? Who knows.
I tallied up the score: Two clear hits (vague, but applicable), four clear misses (flat-out wrong), and six points that were so generalized they were useless. The exercise itself wasn’t about proving or disproving astrology, though. That wasn’t the point. The real value I got from this whole ridiculous exercise was the shock of how much I had forgotten about that month.
I spent hours sifting through old digital dust, and I rediscovered entire conversations, emotional states, and little moments of stress that my brain had simply deleted over time. The practice of deliberately going back, comparing a documented external claim against my documented internal reality, forced me to confront that old version of myself. It wasn’t about the stars; it was about realizing how quickly we discard the past. I finished the review, closed the files, and felt strangely satisfied. It was a bizarre way to spend a Saturday, but it was a great way to reconnect with a specific, messy chapter of my life I had totally swept under the rug.
