Man, I was just trying to clear out the junk. We’re finally putting in some new shelves in the spare room, and I had this mountain of old boxes in the back corner. Stuff I haven’t touched since we moved into this place, maybe six or seven years back. Most of it was just cable mess and empty device boxes—you know how that goes. But then I hit the box I called the “Memory Graveyard.”
The Digging Started
I started pulling out all this weird stuff: old concert tickets, a stack of floppy disks that are totally useless now, and then I found this heavy, old journal. Not a diary, just a journal where I used to scribble down meeting notes and phone numbers. It was falling apart, the spiral binding was busted. As I flipped through it, trying to figure out which job I had when I used it, something fell out. It was a crumpled-up piece of thermal paper, like a long receipt, but it had tiny, tiny print on it.
I smoothed it out on the floor. Took me a minute to figure out what it even was. It was a printout. Someone had printed a website page on a receipt machine, which is weird enough, but the title at the top cleared it up: Virgo Monthly Horoscope – May 2017.
I just stopped everything right there. Five whole years ago. I don’t even remember looking up my horoscope back then. I was deep in what felt like my biggest life crisis to date. That whole spring was just a blur of work stress, relationship mess, and generally feeling like I was driving blind through a dense fog. I must have been desperate for some kind of sign if I was printing out astrological garbage.
What It Said Back Then
So, I’m sitting there on the dusty floor, squinting at this ancient scrap of paper, trying to remember what May 2017 was actually like for me. I wanted to see if the cosmic advice was any better than my own brain was at the time. I literally pulled out my old phone, which I keep charged for some reason, and scrolled back to that month just to cross-reference my texts and photos with these predictions.
Here’s the rundown of what this thing promised or warned about:
- Career Zone: It said there would be a significant professional transition or a complete shift in priorities. It warned against impulsive moves, but insisted a major chance for growth would appear mid-month.
- Money and Finance: It talked about unexpected income arriving from an old source, maybe a small debt being repaid or a forgotten refund finally showing up.
- Relationships/Health: It warned of a minor but annoying health setback in the first week and said I would finally see the true colors of a close friend or colleague.
Checking the Score
The first point, the career transition? Holy moly. I remember this now. That entire May I was fighting with the boss almost daily. I was miserable. The last week of May 2017, I didn’t actually quit right then, but I printed off my resignation letter and put it in the drawer—a total act of rebellion. I then interviewed for the job I eventually took, the one that got me out of that old firm. That opportunity did appear mid-month, exactly when the paper said. Okay, so that’s a tick for the stars.
The money thing? That’s where it gets fuzzy. Unexpected income? I scrolled through my bank history. No big windfall. No old debt miraculously paid off. But I did remember getting a check for maybe $150 from the state for some kind of utility overcharge thing. It wasn’t life-changing, but it was unexpected and from an old source (the power company). So, half a tick, maybe. It’s so vague it’s hard to argue with.
That health setback. I actually laughed out loud when I read this one again. The first week of May 2017, I got the worst case of food poisoning from a dodgy street vendor. I had to take two days off work. It was absolutely minor, incredibly annoying, and right in the first seven days. That’s just a hilarious hit.
And finally, seeing the true colors of a friend. This one was the most impactful, though I didn’t connect it to the horoscope until just now. I had this one friend, who I thought was solid. We’d grab lunch all the time. But that May, when I was completely stressing about my job, this person just ghosted me, then I saw them posting pictures online having fun with my boss, who was the reason I was leaving. It clicked right then that they were totally fake. So yeah, the colors definitely showed that month.
It’s crazy looking back five years like this. I don’t know if I subconsciously made these things happen because I read that slip of paper, or if the cosmos actually had its hands on the steering wheel that spring. Either way, finding that crumpled receipt was definitely the most interesting thing to come out of those old boxes.
