It was April 2020, man. I gotta tell you, trying to bang out a detailed monthly horoscope when the whole world was shutting down? That was a serious piece of work. This wasn’t one of those easy months where you just talk about Mars transiting the 7th House for better dating luck. This was pure chaos, and as a blogger who prides myself on practical, actionable records, I had to dig deep. I knew if I just spit out the usual fluffy advice, nobody would trust me, including myself.
The Setup: Why April 2020 Was Different
I usually start by just pulling the monthly ephemeris chart, looking at the major ingress points, and seeing where the faster moving planets—Mercury, Venus, Mars—were going to land. But for April 2020, that felt pointless. Everyone was freaking out about jobs, health, and being stuck inside. I needed to focus entirely on the heavy hitters. We had that insane cluster of Saturn, Jupiter, and Pluto all crammed together in Capricorn. That’s pure structural breakdown, massive restrictions, and deep societal change. For Virgo, ruled by the 6th House of routine and health, this configuration hitting their 5th House (or sometimes the 8th/9th, depending on the house system I was playing with that week) meant their entire foundation was crumbling.
I grabbed my old, battered notepad—the one with coffee stains all over it—and I started sketching out the timeline. My process always starts with the biggest problems first, and in 2020, those were health and money. Love was kinda secondary, let’s be real; nobody was dating, they were learning to bake sourdough.
Recording the Major Predictions: Practice Meets Reality
I decided to structure the documentation around three core areas, but I had to rework the usual meaning to fit the lockdown vibe.
Health Changes for Virgo:
This was the main event. Virgos are hyper-focused on cleanliness and schedule. I knew the global panic and the forced disruption of their daily routine would absolutely wreck them. My practice record here focused less on physical sickness and more on mental health and anxiety.
- I looked at Neptune sitting opposite Virgo, adding confusion and vulnerability to their system. I wrote down the practice note: “Must emphasize boundaries and mental clarity. Tell them to STOP watching the news 24/7.”
- I hammered out a section specifically about food routines. With the 6th House ruling diet, I knew grocery shortages or forced changes to their eating schedule would trigger them. The key practical advice I recorded was: “Don’t try to fix the world. Organize your pantry. Clean your spice rack. Control the small things you can control.” This was my way of grounding the prediction in simple, repeatable actions.
Money and Career Shifts:
The job market was dissolving, and I had to address that head-on. Virgo often deals with service and daily work (the 6th House again). I knew layoffs were coming hard. The Capricorn stellium was square to Aries (often the 8th or 9th house for Virgo depending on the system), meaning sudden, stressful loss of shared resources or income from partners.
- I pulled the chart data and wrote the prediction record centered on necessity. This wasn’t about making big investments; it was about saving and consolidating.
- I specifically flagged the need for Virgos to learn a new digital skill fast, pivoting their meticulous nature into something online. I remember jotting down, “This is the time to audit everything—not just your bank account, but every subscription, every unused service. Cut the fat.” That became the main financial prediction—radical self-auditing forced by circumstance.
Love and Relationships:
Frankly, this was the hardest to write because external life had ceased. I kept it simple. With Venus moving fast and Mercury retrograde cycle starting soon after, communication was going to be muffled, especially if people were suddenly spending 24/7 together.
- The practice note here was all about avoiding nitpicking. Virgos, under stress, become incredibly critical. The stress of the world was going to be projected onto their partners.
- I recorded the necessity of finding shared, practical projects. “If you can’t go out, build something. Organize the garage. Do a spring cleaning together. Shared service is how you show love right now.” I shifted the focus from romance to domestic partnership maintenance.
The Real Reason I Shared This Record
The reason this specific April 2020 record ended up being shared so widely wasn’t just the data; it was because of how I was feeling when I wrote it. Right when I was finalizing this reading, I was dealing with my own mess. My spouse’s contract work had vanished overnight, and suddenly, my freelance writing gig—which I thought was secure—was also put on hold because companies froze their marketing budgets. I was sitting there, trying to predict the future for thousands of Virgos, while staring at my own rapidly draining bank account.
The predictions weren’t abstract; they were me talking to myself. When I wrote, “You must reorganize your food supply and stop stressing about things outside your control,” I wasn’t advising my audience; I was trying to talk myself out of panic-buying rice. The intensity of that anxiety—that sudden, jarring shift from normal life to absolute uncertainty—poured directly into the documentation of the reading.
I literally sat up for 48 hours straight, pulling the aspects, drafting the prose, and editing the hell out of it. I didn’t worry about my usual formatting; I just shoved the advice out there, raw and direct. I felt like if I could capture the terrifying energy of April 2020 in a usable format for Virgos, who thrive on control and service, then maybe I could control a tiny part of the chaos myself. And that direct, urgent energy—that’s what made this specific monthly reading record hit home for so many people.
