Alright, so this Virgo Monthly for 2016 thing popped into my head the other day. Honestly, I was cleaning out some old junk – notebooks, scraps of paper from years ago – and stumbled on a half-finished 2016 horoscope thing I’d scribbled. Weird timing, right? Felt like a little poke from the universe to actually dig into it properly this time.
Digging Up The Old Stuff
First, I hauled out this dusty old file box I keep under my desk. Figured anything astrology-related from back then would be in there. Turns out, I was kinda wrong. Mostly found birthday cards and tax stuff. Fun. Had to dive deeper into my digital black hole, aka my old hard drive backups. After clicking through files named “Stuff” and “Misc Backup lol,” I finally hit paydirt: a folder called “2016 Astro Notes.” It was a mess – random text files, screenshots, links saved as bookmarks (which are useless now, obviously). Felt like an archaeologist brushing dirt off ancient tablets.
The Grunt Work Begins
Sat down with my main notebook – the cheap spiral-bound kind I swear by. Decided the only way was to rebuild it from scratch using whatever fragments I had. Started comparing notes from different sources I’d apparently used back then:
- Transits: Pulled up an ephemeris again online. Jupiter moving through Virgo? Check. Saturn in Sag? Yeah. Painstakingly wrote down dates and degrees.
- Old Blog Posts: Found some blurry screenshots of predictions from popular astrologers in 2015 talking about 2016. Had to squint to read them.
- Personal Logs: Flipped through my old daily planner. Found tiny notes like “Mercury Retro nightmare” or “Mars Trine – productive!” scribbled on random Tuesdays. Real-world correlation time!
It was tedious, piecing it together like some jigsaw puzzle missing half the pieces. Spent a whole afternoon just cross-referencing dates and scribbling in my notebook until my hand cramped.
Turning Chaos into “10 Facts”
Okay, so I had this pile of scribbles. Now, how to make it useful for Virgos or astrology nerds? The “10 Must-Know Facts” hook felt practical. Started grouping themes:
- Jupiter’s big themes: growth, health stuff.
- Saturn’s reality checks: structure, responsibilities biting.
- Those Mercury Retrogrades – pure chaos periods marked in red.
- Key dates for love or career based on Venus/Mars movements.
- Eclipses hitting personal points – changes coming.
Honestly, it was brutal trying to condense a whole, complicated year into 10 simple points. Kept going back and forth. “Is this really a ‘must-know’? Was it even relevant?” Ended up focusing on things that seemed to have had the biggest real-world oomph, backed by my old planner scribbles.
The “Revealed” Part
Looking at it now, with the whole drama of 2016 known – Trump getting elected, Brexit, just… everything – the Virgo vibe makes more sense. Jupiter in Virgo was all about service, details, health. And Saturn pushing for discipline? Virgos feeling overwhelmed trying to organize a world going nuts? Oof. The Eclipses shaking things up in their personal life areas? Yeah, I remember seeing that stress ripple through friends. The revelations weren’t magical predictions, but seeing how the planetary backdrop played out for Virgo’s energy was genuinely interesting.
The Big Takeaway
So yeah, doing this wasn’t about predicting the future. It was archaeology on my own past process and seeing if those old astro frameworks held any water under the pressure of real events. Turns out, patterns repeat, stresses are universal, and Virgos in 2016 were probably just trying their best to keep things tidy while the world felt like it was falling apart. The real fact I know now? Astrology is less a crystal ball and more a weird, symbolic mirror reflecting the messy human stuff we’re all dealing with anyway. And digging into old notes? Surprisingly enlightening.
