The Impulsive Dive into 2015 Financials
You know how it goes. You’re just trying to clear up some digital clutter, maybe finally delete those ancient photos from the cloud that you swore you’d print one day, and then you stumble onto something totally useless but magnetically captivating. That’s exactly what happened to me last week when I was going through my old file archives. I found this weird little folder labeled “Astrology Experiments” from 2015. I opened it up, laughing already, and there was a screenshot. A monthly horoscope. Specifically, the financial outlook for Virgos for August 2015.
I remembered saving that screenshot back then. I was in a completely rough spot financially—just starting out, bills piling up, eating ramen for dinner three times a week. I was desperate, man. So I latched onto any vague promise of improvement I could find. Now, nearly a decade later, I stared at that pixelated prediction and thought, “Wait a minute. I have the actual receipts for August 2015. Did my money actually get better, or was this just a load of cosmic nonsense?”
The spirit of documentation hit me hard. I mean, if I’m going to share my life’s practical tests, I had to do this one. I had to verify if the universe actually delivered, or if I just willed myself into thinking it did.
Locating and Decrypting the Ancient Prophecy
The first step was to locate the source material. I managed to blow up the screenshot and transcribe the key financial predictions the horoscope offered. It wasn’t detailed, which is typical, but it gave me three solid markers to check against my actual bank statements and spreadsheet logs.
What did the oracle say I should expect?
- “A sudden, unexpected financial opportunity will present itself around the middle of the month (August 14th-16th).”
- “Be cautious of joint ventures or sharing expenses on the 23rd; minor loss possible.”
- “Old financial ties demand attention, but resolving them will free up future resources.”
I read those lines and shook my head. The level of vagueness is truly impressive. But I had a job to do. I pulled up my old accounting software—which, by the way, I haven’t touched since I switched to the current system in 2018—and focused entirely on August 2015. This was pure grunt work. I had to match the dates, verify the transactions, and compare the reality against the celestial fiction.
The Painful Process of Verification
The whole exercise turned into a grueling, two-day archival project. I dug through PDF statements. I opened up spreadsheets where every cell was yellow because I was tracking my coffee spending like a hawk. It felt like I was excavating some ancient, financially impoverished version of myself. But I pushed through.
Checking Prediction One: The Unexpected Windfall
The horoscope promised an opportunity mid-month. I scrutinized the 14th, 15th, and 16th. What did I find? On the 14th, I bought gas. On the 15th, I ate instant noodles. On the 16th, I got paid my standard, pathetic freelance retainer. No sudden windfall. No unexpected opportunities. Just the usual meager income that barely covered rent. The universe failed to deliver on this point, unless “unexpected opportunity” meant I found a slightly less-expired coupon for cereal.
Checking Prediction Two: The Minor Loss
This was the one I was most curious about: caution regarding joint expenses on the 23rd. I checked the 23rd. I found a single entry: a $45 transaction labeled “Concert Tickets – Shared.” I called up the friend I went with to verify. He said the show got canceled an hour before, and we spent the night drinking cheap beer instead. We never got the refund back from the original ticket vendor—it disappeared into the ether. So, yes. Minor loss. The horoscope nailed the negativity! But honestly, a $45 ticket scam is hardly proof of cosmic insight; that just proves ticket vendors are shady year-round.
Checking Prediction Three: Resolving Old Ties
This was the most complicated one. Old financial ties. I scrolled through the expenses. Early August, I made a significant transfer. I remembered it immediately. I had owed my old roommate money for almost a year after he covered a chunk of the security deposit when I moved out. I finally scraped together the funds and paid him back on August 8th. The debt was resolved.
But here’s the kicker, and this is where the spiritual advice breaks down for me: Did it free up future resources? No, it drained my current resources. I was flatter than a pancake for the rest of the month because I paid that debt. It was the right thing to do, sure, but the immediate financial outlook was brutal. The “freeing up” only started to happen about six months later when I wasn’t carrying that mental weight anymore. The horoscope got the action right, but the impact was completely mistimed.
The Final Scorecard and Takeaway
So, did my money improve in August 2015 because a horoscope said so? The verdict, based on hard, historical data I dug up with my own two hands, is a resounding no.
The scorecard:
- Windfall: 0% Match.
- Loss: 100% Match (But easily coincidental).
- Debt Resolution: 50% Match (Action correct, outcome/timing wrong).
This whole practice taught me one thing: I wasted a lot of energy back then searching for outside confirmation that my situation would change. Looking back at those spreadsheets, what actually started to improve my finances wasn’t some cosmic event on the 15th, it was the sheer effort I put into tracking every single dollar. That level of detailed logging and financial awareness I developed in that miserable year led to sustainable change, not the alignment of the planets. I’m glad I took the time to close the book on this old “experiment.”
