Man, December. Most folks are figuring out who to buy gifts for, but my brain was locked onto one thing: how to keep the money pipeline from freezing solid. Last month felt like driving with the parking brake on. I was hustling, sure, but the income stream was a joke. I kept running the usual plays, but nothing was connecting. The numbers just sat there, flat-lining.
I needed a new angle. I’ve always been one of those “trust the data” guys, but I was running out of data, so I decided to pivot to pure gut feeling. No, wait, scratch that. I decided to pivot to something even weirder than gut feeling: The stars. I figured, what’s the worst that could happen? I was already broke.
The Deep Dive: Pulling the December Forecast
I fired up my old laptop and typed the magic words: ‘Virgo December money luck’. I didn’t trust one source, so I pulled up three different free readings—the kind that pop up on those slightly spammy-looking websites. I skipped over all the nonsense about finding my soulmate and inner peace. I was only focused on cash, career, and which days to either go all-in or completely ghost my workspace.
I started compiling a quick cheat sheet on my notepad. It was simple extraction, basically just looking for repeating themes. I filtered the flowery language until I had concrete dates and warnings. It was fascinating because all three sources were yelling about the same stuff.
- The first week, specifically the 3rd through the 7th, was supposed to be a money magnet. They called it my ‘peak earning window’.
- The middle of the month was a total danger zone. They kept mentioning a square or an opposition or some cosmic traffic jam around the 15th and 16th. The warnings were specific: ‘avoid signing big contracts’, ‘don’t trust unsolicited advice’, and ‘keep your wallet closed’.
- The end of the month looked okay, like wrapping up old business, but the real fireworks were supposed to be early.
I closed the browser and stared at the notepad. I was sitting on gold, or at least, a damn good schedule. This wasn’t about believing in ‘woo-woo’ stuff; this was about forcing myself to be an extremely aggressive planner.
The Implementation: Turning Stars into Strategy
This is where the practice part really kicked in. I couldn’t just read it; I had to act on it. I grabbed my actual work calendar and started rearranging my whole universe.
First, the Good Days (Dec 3rd – 7th):
I called my two biggest, slowest-moving clients and pushed hard to get meetings set for the 4th and 5th. I told them, ‘My schedule is completely slammed after the 7th, we need to finalize this now.’ I focused all my energy on high-value proposals, paperwork, and invoicing. I even worked extra hours on the 3rd just to make sure I had everything ready to fire off first thing those ‘peak’ days. I treated those four days like the only chance I had to make money all month.
Then, the Danger Zone (Dec 15th – 16th):
This was the biggest gamble. The horoscope said, ‘avoid risk.’ My risk aversion is usually about zero, so this was tough. But I committed. I cleared my calendar. I declined an invitation to pitch for a new project. I emailed my regular collaborator and moved our planning session to the 17th. I decided these days were for pure ‘maintenance mode.’ I spent the time doing brain-numbing admin work: organizing files, catching up on taxes, fixing some old code bugs that didn’t matter if I screwed them up. No critical thinking, no client interactions, no money spending. I basically made myself invisible to the earning world.
The Payoff: Why I’m Still Sharing This
Look, did the stars actively bring me cash? Maybe. Probably not. But here’s the thing: I used that astrological plan to force myself into a level of focused, aggressive front-loading that I usually only hit during tax season. I got paid for that big project on the 6th. I hit my entire income target for December by the second week, which freed up the rest of the month for smaller, less stressful tasks. This never happens.
And the 15th? Nothing catastrophic happened. No meteor hit my house. But because I had nothing scheduled, I avoided a massive, soul-crushing argument that my colleague, poor guy, ended up having with a tricky client that day. He wasted two days cleaning up that mess. I watched it happen from the sidelines while I was peacefully re-naming my desktop folders.
It taught me something crucial. It wasn’t about cosmic luck; it was about prioritizing the push and understanding when to pause. That horoscope was just the mental trick I used to implement an extremely smart scheduling strategy. My income chart for December looks like a rocket launch, mostly thanks to that early push. I’m not saying I’m a full-blown believer now, but I sure as hell learned that sometimes, you need a crazy reason to make smart, boring moves. I’ll be checking out January’s reading next week. Just in case.
