Starting from Zero: Why I Threw Out My Old Life and Picked Up the Charts
You see this weekly prediction thing? It ain’t just some casual hobby I picked up on a Tuesday. I started logging this stuff religiously two years back, right after everything went sideways with my old gig. I was running a small consultancy, working 16 hours a day, thinking I was building something huge. I had the whole Western astrology chart printed out—all sunshine and rising signs—telling me how great I was going to be.
Then the market shifted, one big client pulled the plug without warning, and the whole thing collapsed around my ears. I mean, total wipeout. I spent six months chasing invoices that just evaporated. My fancy Western charts said ‘abundance’ and ‘smooth sailing.’ The reality was I was scraping change together for coffee.
That failure, that utter betrayal by my own planning and intuition, is why I pivoted hard. I needed something robust, something that wasn’t just feel-good nonsense. I started digging, really digging, into Jyotish—Vedic astrology. It looked complicated, rough around the edges, and honestly, a bit intimidating. But it promised precision. It promised cycles, not just vibes. And I needed to test if this system could predict the potholes my previous one missed.
I committed myself to a full year of comparison logging. I took my birth details, which I had double-checked through municipal records—trust me, you need that detail—and I generated my first D-1 Rasi chart. I didn’t trust any automatic interpretation. I was going to build the system myself, week by week, based on traditional texts and what I saw happening in the world around me.
The Weekly Rigmarole: My Prediction Workflow for Virgo
So, here we are, focusing on Virgo this week. Why Virgo? Because it’s a critical sign for me to track; it represents detail, work, and health, and honestly, it’s my rising sign, so I use myself as the primary test subject. If it works for me, I share it. If it doesn’t, I trash the methodology and start over.
My process, which I document meticulously every Sunday afternoon, looks like this:
- I pull up the ephemeris for the coming seven days. I ignore the moon for a second—too fast.
- I zero in on the slow-moving transits first. Is Saturn hitting the 8th house? Is Jupiter crossing the 5th? These big boys set the general climate. If Saturn is applying pressure to the work house (10th), I know Virgo is going to feel the grind, regardless of other good aspects.
- For Virgo, I specifically look at Mercury’s position. Mercury rules Virgo, so where it is and who it’s sitting with tells me about communication and mental clarity. This week, Mercury is looking decent, but it’s combusted (too close to the Sun), which means things might be foggy or communications might get missed. I make a note to warn about miscommunications.
- Then I check the Ashtakavarga points. This is where the Western folks throw their hands up. It’s a point system. I calculate the strength of the planets in the various houses for Virgo. If Virgo’s 6th house (daily struggle, opponents) has low points, it usually means relief from stress. If the 2nd house (finances) has high points, there’s good earning potential.
- Finally, I synthesize the findings. I take the doom-and-gloom Saturn stuff, balance it against the communication clarity of Mercury, and then factor in the financial potential from the points. I translate the complex combinations into plain English warnings and boosts.
The whole thing takes about three hours. It’s not fast. It’s logging. It’s checking. It’s cross-referencing ancient texts with modern planetary positions. I refuse to let the software do the thinking for me.
Logging the Results: Was Last Week Great?
Before I even start this week’s prediction, I must review the previous week’s log. This is the truth check. Last week, I predicted mild health troubles and an unexpected breakthrough in a long-stalled project for Virgo (based on Mars moving into the 9th house, aspecting the 12th).
So, I opened up my personal diary from last week. On Tuesday, my internet router blew up, which stopped my project dead for 48 hours—a major communication/tech failure, exactly what I feared. However, the unexpected breakthrough? My old consultant friend called completely out of the blue, offering me a referral that landed me a tidy sum. That financial aspect was spot on. The health thing was a miss; I felt fine.
I write down the variance between prediction and reality. Why did the health prediction fail? I think I overemphasized the Rashi lord’s placement and didn’t pay enough attention to the aspect on the 11th house, which mitigated the bad energy. This continuous loop of predicting, recording the event, and analyzing the error is how I refine the system. I’m not selling magic here; I’m documenting a hypothesis being tested in real-time.
So, will this week be great for Virgo? Based on the chart I just pulled, the energy is definitely conflicted. There’s a lot of potential energy building up in the 4th house, which points toward home and emotional satisfaction. But there’s also friction in the 7th house, meaning relationships—business or personal—will require some careful handling. I finished my summary by stating clearly: Greatness is possible, but only if you manage your communication properly and don’t try to force partnerships. I closed the laptop and saved the prediction file, ready to compare it to the chaos of the coming seven days. This process is slow, but it’s real.
