I kicked off this whole silly thing a couple weeks back because my buddy, a hardcore believer in stars and all that jazz, kept busting my chops about how I dismiss every single horoscope. I told him: “Show me proof, real-world proof, not just vague advice.” So, I grabbed the ball and ran with it. I decided I wasn’t going to check today’s or last month’s; that’s too easy to fudge. I went digging way back. The target? Virgo Monthly Horoscope, March 2019.
The Setup: Finding the Prediction and the Facts
First step was finding the damn thing. March 2019 is ancient history online, but I managed to fish out the main points from an old screenshot I’d saved on a cloud drive. Why I saved it, I’ll get to later. Anyway, I printed out the core predictions for Health and Money. That was my baseline. Then, I had to line up the actual facts from that month. This meant cracking open my old financial records—the bank statements and credit card bills from my old institution, which was a nightmare to get a login for, by the way. For Health, I had to call my old primary care doctor’s office just to confirm a couple of appointments, which was another massive headache. But I got the data.
This whole process took me three afternoons of just pure grinding, opening up old accounts, resetting passwords, and shouting at customer service reps. But I finally had the two stacks of paper ready: the prediction versus the reality.
Checking the Money Prediction
The prediction was pretty clear on the financial side. It basically said:
- The Prediction: Expect unexpected expenditures. A large purchase or sudden bill will drain your reserves. Do not make any major investments this month.
Okay, sounds like any month for anyone, right? But I checked my real records for March 2019. What actually happened? I went through the transactions, line by line. I was a few months into a new apartment lease, and things were tight. What did I find?
- I had a major car repair. My old beater’s alternator literally died on the highway on March 15th. It cost me $850, which for me back then, was basically my entire ‘fun money’ budget for two months. It was a massive, unexpected expenditure.
- The rent increase from the previous lease caught up with me that month, too. I had messed up the payment schedule and ended up double-paying one of the new, higher amounts early on. Not a huge drain, but it definitely hit my ‘reserves’.
The Verdict on Money: It was surprisingly spot on. I mean, it called out “unexpected expenditure” and I got slammed with a dead alternator. I was ready to scoff, but honestly, that month was brutal on the wallet. It’s almost like they knew I was driving a piece of junk. I still find it weird. They nailed that one dead to rights. I had zero plans to buy anything big, but the universe forced me into a large, sudden repair bill that absolutely drained me. The advice to “not make any major investments” was good, because I literally couldn’t afford to anyway. This part of the test got my attention.
Checking the Health Prediction
Next up was Health. This is where horoscopes usually get super vague, talking about ‘general wellness’ or ‘mental strain’. This one was a bit more specific though. It read:
- The Prediction: Stress-related aches and pains in the upper body are likely. Pay attention to your routine and avoid over-exertion, especially related to lifting or repetitive motion.
Now, I went back to my doctor’s notes, which was the hardest part to get. This is what I remembered and what the notes confirmed:
- I had been training for a half-marathon that spring. My training volume was crazy high in March 2019.
- Mid-month, I ended up with a pretty nasty case of tendinitis in my right shoulder. It was a shooting pain that I ignored for days until I literally couldn’t lift a grocery bag.
- My doctor called it “over-exertion tendinopathy” (which is doctor-speak for exactly what the horoscope said: repetitive motion injury). He told me to basically stop running and lifting anything heavy for a few weeks.
The Verdict on Health: Again, oddly specific. “Upper body,” “repetitive motion,” and “over-exertion.” That’s exactly what I was doing and exactly what happened. I’m usually not one to listen to my body, and I really paid for it that month. I had to ditch the race entirely because of that injury. This whole test was starting to feel less like a silly joke and more like… well, something I couldn’t immediately explain away.
Why March 2019 Matters: The Real Story
So why did I pick March 2019? And why did I save that stupid screenshot in the first place? This is the core reason I even bother with this nonsense.
Early 2019, I was done. Absolutely ready to throw in the towel on my old job. I had a resignation letter typed up and dated for February 28th. I was miserable. My plan was to walk in on March 1st, hand it over, take a month off, and then start freelancing. I had basically nothing saved up, maybe $1,500, but I was so burned out I didn’t care. I felt completely trapped.
I was doom-scrolling on February 28th, right before I planned to walk into the office the next morning, when I stumbled across that Virgo prediction online. I scoffed at the health part, but the money part—”sudden drain,” “do not make any major investments”—it caught my attention because quitting was a massive financial decision, or ‘investment’ in my future, if you want to call it that. It was the only time I’d ever half-listened to one of these things. I crumpled up the resignation letter.
I decided to stay one more month, just to get another paycheck, telling myself I’d quit on March 31st. I was nervous about losing that $1,500 if things went sideways. Then, on March 12th, the company announced an emergency, mandatory restructuring plan. Everyone groaned, but then they announced a surprise, huge “retention bonus” for anyone who stayed on through the transition, paid out in April. It was exactly four times what I had saved up, and it completely changed my financial outlook. If I had quit on March 1st, I would have missed that bonus entirely. I would have been broke by the time that car repair hit.
I ended up staying at that company for another year and a half, entirely because of that unexpected payout. That prediction, which I read the night before I was supposed to quit, basically saved my financial butt for two years. Did the stars do it? I don’t know, but that bizarre timing is why I’ve kept a screenshot of that specific, ridiculous horoscope hanging around in my files all this time. You can call it luck, coincidence, or whatever. All I know is, the Virgo horoscope for March 2019 got my health and my finances right, and its timing absolutely dictated one of the biggest screw-ups I almost made back then.
