Setting Up My Astrological Deep Dive
You know me, I love digging into stuff, especially when it involves patterns and seeing if I can track things. So when 2020 hit, the whole ‘Virgo Moon Sign Monthly Horoscope’ thing felt like a fun challenge. I wasn’t just going to read some site’s quick take; I wanted to build a sort of diary, a tracking system for how the major planetary shifts actually felt on the ground.
I started this project by grabbing a huge calendar. Not one of those small desk ones, but a huge wall-mounted one. I marked all the ‘big ticket’ items for 2020: the retrogrades (Mercury, Mars, Venus), the major conjunctions (especially Jupiter-Pluto and Saturn-Pluto), and all the eclipses. I knew these were the pressure points, especially for a moon sign ruled by analysis and routine like Virgo.
The Initial Tracking Phase: January-April
The first few months were about establishing a baseline. I decided to journal every significant event, feeling, or unexpected change. I wasn’t using fancy software; just a simple Excel sheet and a notebook. The spreadsheet had columns for the date, the relevant astrological transit, the ‘predicted’ impact (based on the transit texts I read), and the ‘actual’ impact I felt.
- January’s Transit Trouble: That early Saturn-Pluto conjunction felt like a massive workload slam. I noted down feeling overwhelmed, specifically around my day-to-day work tasks. I wasn’t struggling with the work itself, but the sheer volume was crushing my routine. I marked this as a ‘Challenge Confirmed.’
- The Spring Cleanse (Mars in Capricorn): As Mars moved through the earth signs, I noticed an intense push to restructure my finances. This wasn’t a predicted ‘major event’ for the whole world, but for my Virgo Moon energy, it felt like a crucial focus on stability. I spent three full evenings restructuring my budget, which I recorded as a successful ‘Major Event: Personal Restructuring.’
Mid-Year Chaos and Confirmation: May-August
This is where things got really interesting, and frankly, a bit hairy. The Venus retrograde hit, and then shortly after, the summer eclipses. I was actively comparing my daily mood against the chart transits I had logged months before.
The biggest challenge I logged during this period was the feeling of isolation and re-evaluation when Venus went backward. Usually, I’m super practical, but I found myself agonizing over past decisions regarding relationships and money. I actually contacted two old friends I hadn’t spoken to in years—something totally out of character. I logged this as a ‘Major Challenge: Emotional Revisit’ because it pulled me off my careful routine.
I distinctly remember the challenge around the June eclipse period. My computer completely failed. Not a minor glitch, but a full system crash. As a Virgo Moon, my digital organization is sacred. Losing access to my files and having to spend a full weekend restoring backups felt like the universe actively attacking my structure. I marked this down as ‘Challenge: Routine Destruction’—definitely tied to the unpredictable energy of the eclipse path.
The Final Quarter Push: September-December
By the time Autumn rolled around, I had months of data. My focus shifted to the Mars retrograde and the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction at the end of the year. I was actively trying to predict where the next major pressure point would land, based on my past findings.
The Mars retrograde in Aries was brutal on my energy levels. I expected frustration, but what I felt was profound exhaustion and an inability to start new projects. I found myself procrastinating basic tasks, which never happens. To combat it, I implemented a 15-minute rule—if I couldn’t face a big task, I’d commit 15 minutes to it. This was my personal antidote to the retrograde sluggishness, and I tracked its success daily.
Finally, the big shift into Aquarius for Jupiter and Saturn. I logged the last week of December as a ‘Major Event: Future Clarity.’ The fog lifted. It wasn’t a sudden win or a huge lottery ticket, but rather a sudden, clear vision for where I needed to dedicate my energy for the following year. I spent the last three days of the year not scrambling to finish things, but actually drafting a detailed, structured plan for my skill development. The whole tracking exercise gave me the data points to trust that feeling of clarity, ending the year with a practical new direction, just as Virgo Moon energy likes it.
