Man, horoscopes. Always felt kinda weird about them, you know? Like, how could a few sentences apply to millions of people? It just seemed like a bunch of generic stuff that could fit anyone if you squinted hard enough. But people really dig ’em, right? My buddy, Sarah, she lives by her daily horoscope. Swears it’s spooky accurate sometimes.
I remember one time, it was last year, felt like I was just hitting a wall with everything. Work was kinda meh, felt like I was just going through the motions. Even my usual weekend hikes didn’t feel as good. Just a general funk, really. Sarah, she saw me dragging, and she kept pushing me. “Dude, just read your stars! It helps put things in perspective!” I’d always just scoff. But after a few weeks of feeling like a deflated balloon, she brought it up again. “No, seriously. Why don’t YOU try writing them? You’re a writer, right? For a week. Just for Virgo, since you are one. See how hard it is.”
I kinda laughed it off at first. Me, write horoscopes? What a joke. But then, the idea just stuck in my head. Maybe it was the boredom, or maybe just wanting a distraction from my own brain. So I thought, alright, challenge accepted. Not to be a prophet or anything, but to actually try and put together a week’s worth of “Virgo Stars” for love, career, and whatever else popped up. Just to see what it even took.
First thing I did, I started just poking around online. Not like, deep astrological texts, nah. Just the popular sites, the ones everyone reads. I was just trying to get a feel for the vibe. What kinds of words did they use? What themes popped up for Virgo? I saw a lot about being analytical, practical, a bit of a perfectionist. Always trying to serve or help. Health stuff came up a lot too. So I started jotting these down, just rough notes in my old notebook.
Then I tried to break it down. Sarah said Love, Career, and “More.” So I started thinking. For love, what kind of advice would a Virgo need? Probably something about opening up, not overthinking things, maybe trusting their gut more instead of analyzing every little detail. For career, it’d be about focus, attention to detail, but maybe also about not getting too bogged down in the small stuff and seeing the bigger picture. The “More” part felt like a free-for-all. Could be about health, friendships, personal growth, just general good vibes.
I started with Monday. Trying to come up with something specific felt like pulling teeth. Like, what’s going to happen to “all Virgos” on Monday? I wrestled with it for a good hour. I finally just decided to lean into the Virgo traits I’d seen. Something about practical steps at work, maybe a small, thoughtful gesture in a relationship. I put it down. Tuesday felt a bit easier, just trying to build on the Monday theme, or give it a slight twist.
It was a weird process. I’d sit there, staring at a blank page, trying to channel some universal wisdom. Most of the time, I just felt like I was making educated guesses based on stereotypes. Like, for Wednesday, I thought, “Okay, Virgos are sometimes a bit stressed about health, so let’s throw in a reminder to take a break.” For Thursday, maybe a sudden opportunity at work because of their meticulous nature. Friday? Time to relax, but still with a Virgo twist – maybe organize something for the weekend, not just chill completely.
By the time I hit the weekend, I had a full week’s worth of “Virgo Stars.” It wasn’t profound. It was just a bunch of sentences I’d strung together, trying to hit those general themes for love, career, and a bit of general life stuff. I reread them. They sounded… okay. Like something you’d see in a magazine. Not amazing, not terrible.
I showed them to Sarah. She read through them, nodding. “See? Not so hard, right?” She even said a couple sounded “spot on” for her week. I just shrugged. For me, the whole thing became less about predicting the future and more about observing common human patterns, desires, and anxieties, and then framing them in a way that felt encouraging or reflective. It’s a skill, definitely. Not one I’m planning to make a career out of, but it was an interesting ride, trying to put myself in those astrological shoes for a bit.
