So I was scrolling through my feed the other day and stumbled on this August Virgo friendship horoscope thing. Normally I don’t take astrology too serious, but hey – my best friend’s a Virgo and August felt weird between us lately. Figured why not give it a shot?
First Step: Reading the Predictions
Opened the horoscope page during my morning coffee. The main points jumped out at me:
- Mercury retrograde messing with communications
- Old friends might pop up unexpectedly
- Needed to initiate hangouts instead of waiting
Kinda matched what was happening – Sarah (my Virgo pal) kept misunderstanding my texts last week, plus that guy from college suddenly DM’d me after 5 years. Spooky.
Testing the Advice
Next Tuesday I put two predictions to test. First, I texted Sarah using voice notes instead of typing like the horoscope suggested for Mercury retrograde. Second, I organized a board game night with three people mentioned in the prediction: Sarah, my coworker Jake (Gemini, supposedly good energy this month), and that random college friend.
Bought snacks, dug out my old Catan set, and made zero plans beyond “show up at 7.” Felt unnatural ’cause I usually overplan everything.
What Actually Went Down
Halfway through the game night, crazy stuff happened:
- College friend brought his vegan cupcakes (Sarah’s diet)
- Jake randomly knew Sarah’s favorite obscure band
- Sarah fixed my busted AC unit she noticed humming weird
The voice note thing WORKED – Sarah said hearing my tone stopped her overthinking my texts. We stayed till 1AM laughing about college drama.
My Takeaway
Horoscopes ain’t magic but this one got me to break routines that weren’t working. Would I follow it word-for-word? Nah. But using it as a prompt to:
- Switch up communication methods
- Reach out first sometimes
- Let randomness happen
…actually solved my friendship funk. Gonna try this with September’s predictions too – but only ’cause it’s fun, not ’cause the stars demand it.