The Unexpected Dig: How I Stumbled Upon the September 2020 Breakdown
You wouldn’t believe what I wasted a whole Sunday afternoon doing. I was supposed to be clearing space on my old backup drive, right? Just dumping unnecessary files and getting organized—a total Virgo move, even three years late. I clicked into a massive, messy folder labeled ‘2020 Life Chaos.’ Honestly, I should have just deleted the whole thing, but something made me scroll down.
That’s when I found the stupid screenshot. It was a massive, multi-page image of a monthly horoscope breakdown for Virgos, specifically September 2020. The title was all caps: BIG CHANGES AHEAD!
Now, I’m not really into astrology, but September 2020 was a brutal, defining month for me. I immediately thought, “Wait a minute. Did this vague star map actually predict the total upheaval that happened?” Curiosity just grabbed me, and I knew I couldn’t rest until I validated this stupid cosmic claim against my brutally documented real life.
The Prep Work: Dissecting the Astro-Mumbo-Jumbo
First thing, I pulled the image up on my big screen and printed the darn thing out. Had to. Analyzing data on a screen just makes my eyes cross. I grabbed a neon-yellow highlighter and a fat permanent marker. My goal was simple: Translate the flowery predictions into concrete events.
I went through the text line by line, separating the major areas the article emphasized. They seemed to focus heavily on three zones, thanks to some planetary shifts I don’t pretend to understand:
- The Career/Structure Zone: This section promised “necessary endings” and “a complete overhaul of your daily routine.” I jotted down the date range they mentioned for peak intensity—the first half of the month.
- The Money/Shared Resources Zone: This was all about debts and partnerships. They warned of “confrontations regarding mutual assets” and suggested I should “demand what is rightfully yours.” I noted the date of the Full Moon they kept going on about.
- The Relationship Zone: They talked vaguely about “emotional debts being paid” and needing to draw hard lines with people. Total vague nonsense, but I wrote down the key verbs: confrontation, boundary, release.
I finished this breakdown with a messy notepad full of specific dates and abstract themes. Now, it was time to put my own records to the test.
The Grind: Sifting Through Three-Year-Old Entries
This part was a complete slog. I opened up my old journaling software and my digital calendar for September 2020. I’m a bit meticulous when I’m stressed, so I knew the data was in there, ready to be interrogated. I started matching my actual events to the predictions I’d just analyzed.
I looked up the career zone first. The prediction was “massive restructuring” by the 15th. I scrolled to the 14th of September 2020. What did I find? My journal entry was practically screaming. It detailed the sudden, absolute termination of a huge retainer client that had been keeping the lights on. I remembered scrambling, totally panicking, and immediately starting the process of completely changing my service model. That wasn’t just a change; that was a forced pivot. I stared at the screen for a good minute. Prediction confirmed.
Next up: Money and shared resources. The horoscope mentioned a confrontation near the Full Moon, which was around the 2nd of the month. I checked the first week. Boom! September 3rd entry: A furious back-and-forth email thread with the utilities company, demanding they fix an outrageous, months-long billing error. It was messy, it involved shared assets (my bank account!), and it was definitely a confrontation. I ticked that box too.
The Realization: It Was All Happening, I Just Didn’t Call It Astrology
I kept digging through the relationships section, comparing the ’emotional debt’ claim to my interactions. I found an entry for the 22nd where I finally sent a difficult text message to a former business partner, officially severing ties that had been dragging me down for over a year. It felt like paying an emotional debt, finally clearing the air and making a clean break. The horoscope had identified the thematic pressure points of my life, even if I attributed the cause to incompetence or bad luck back then.
I sat back in my chair, exhausted. I had spent six hours cross-referencing vague cosmic advice with cold, hard facts from my own files. The outcome was unnerving:
- The “Big Change” wasn’t a joke. It was the loss of major income.
- The “Confrontation” wasn’t abstract. It was that angry battle with the landlord/utility company.
- The “Releasing of Old Ties” was real. I cleared out dead wood, professionally and personally.
I’m still not a believer in the stars directing my life, but this practice of retrospective documentation and validation was incredibly valuable. It showed me that when you are in the thick of chaos, you just react. You don’t see the narrative. Using this old horoscope as a weird, external map forced me to look back and acknowledge that September 2020 was a complete structural demolition of my previous life. The changes weren’t just big; they were necessary. I closed the files and deleted the printouts, but the insight remains. Sometimes, you need a crazy, unscientific framework to force you to appreciate the journey you actually took.
