So, back in 2017, I really got into this whole astrology thing. Not just casually, I mean deep dive. Specifically, I wanted to see if I could figure out a pattern for my own Virgo Moon sign horoscope. It was more of a personal project, really, trying to nail down what actually resonated versus what was just fluff.
Starting the Experiment: Gathering Data
The first thing I did was just start tracking. I wasn’t just reading one source; I was hitting up like five or six different big-name astrology sites every single month. We’re talking Susan Miller, Cafe Astrology, *, and a couple of those popular YouTube readers. My goal was simple: collect the monthly predictions for Virgo Moon for the entire year of 2017.
I set up a massive Google Sheet. I mean, huge. Every row was a day, every column was a major astrological theme: career, relationships, health, money. I literally transcribed the core predictions from all my sources into this sheet. It was painstaking, I won’t lie. Took me hours at the beginning of each month just to compile the data.
The Practice: Living and Logging
Then came the real work: living my life and cross-referencing. I decided to keep a detailed journal, but not just a regular diary. This was a structured logging system. Every evening, before bed, I would quickly jot down three things:
- Major events that happened (work win, fight with partner, unexpected bill).
- My dominant emotional state (anxious, energized, stable, etc.).
- A quick rating (1-5) of how “smooth” the day felt.
The whole point was to keep it raw and immediate, before I could subconsciously skew my memory to fit a prediction.
Identifying the Trends
After about three months, the data started to get interesting. I could clearly see that while the general tone of the horoscopes often lined up—like “a focus on health routines this month”—the specific predictions were all over the map. One source would say “unexpected financial gain,” the next would warn of “sudden expenses.”
I started filtering the noise. I focused on identifying the common threads across all five or six sources. If 80% of the astrologers mentioned tension around the 4th house (home/family) in April, I flagged that as a high-probability insight, regardless of whether they predicted a renovation or an argument.
The Virgo Moon Specifics
What I found that year, specifically for Virgo Moon—and this was the gold nugget—was related to organization and self-criticism. Whenever the horoscopes talked about “reviewing systems” or “perfecting your craft,” those months were generally my smoothest. I was utilizing that natural Virgo energy. Conversely, when the predictions focused heavily on “letting go” or “being less critical,” I tended to struggle more, usually hitting walls around March and September.
I realized the real insight wasn’t the event prediction, but the energy mandate. If the stars said “focus on details,” I should plunge into spreadsheets. If they said “clean up your finances,” I shouldn’t just wait for the money, I should actively organize my budget.
Final Implementation and Results
By the second half of 2017, I stopped just reading the predictions passively. I used my high-probability common threads to create an action plan for the month ahead. For example, when five sources pointed to a career development focus in October, I didn’t wait for a promotion; I actively sought training and networking events.
It sounds crazy, but this process of rigorous tracking and cross-referencing made the year feel incredibly productive. I wasn’t just a passenger reacting to life; I was proactively channeling the predicted energies. The key insight wasn’t that the stars predicted the future perfectly, but that they offered a decent timing guide for which areas of my life needed conscious effort and focus.
I ended 2017 feeling much more in control, having established some serious organizational habits, and ironically, the results often looked like the “good” predictions simply because I had put in the proactive work during the predicted favorable windows.
