Digging Up the Past: My 2017 Virgo Career Horosocope Check-In
Man, sometimes you just stumble upon things that make you pause. I’ve been trying to clean out my attic—a project I’ve put off for about three years—and I was rummaging through a big box labeled “Old Work Stuff” from before I moved offices. I needed to find a specific USB stick that had some ancient client files on it, but I didn’t find the stick. Instead, I pulled out this thick, heavy binder. Inside were printed-out emails, faded notes, and a bunch of scribbles from 2017.
I remember 2017 was rough. Totally uncertain professionally. I was feeling undervalued and seriously considering pulling the plug on the whole operation and going freelance. Flipping through the pages, I hit a printed summary. It was yellowed and folded, titled: Virgo Career August 2017 Outlook.
I instantly remembered reading that thing. I was so stressed out back then, I was grabbing onto any bit of reassurance or warning I could find. But what did it actually say? And did it come true? I had to know. This whole thing turned into a serious forensic investigation just to satisfy my own curiosity.
The Hunt for the Original Prediction Source
My first move in this whole messy process was trying to find the original online source. That was the ‘practice’ part, really, digging up the digital history. I used to follow this one lesser-known astrology blog—not the major, mainstream ones—that gave these surprisingly detailed monthly reads. Trying to Google “Virgo August 2017 career” brought up five million pages of current predictions and generic noise. Useless.
I tried searching through my archived emails. I figured I must have sent it to myself or forwarded it to my buddy, Steve, who’s also a Virgo and just as neurotic about work as I am. I used keywords like “August,” “prediction,” and “job crisis.” Took me a solid hour and a half, squinting at screen after screen of old spam and client updates. Finally, I found it. An email from July 29, 2017, subject line: “This better not be true.” Attached was a screenshot of the main points.
That was the first big step: validating that the faded printout in my hands was actually what I had focused on back then. It was.
Deconstructing the August 2017 Summary
The prediction summary was broken down into three major points. Looking at it now, years later, it felt almost spooky. When I read it back in 2017, I dismissed most of it as general astrological fluff. But my actual experience that August and September tells a different story.
Here’s the summary I had saved:
- Major Prediction 1: Authority figures are in flux. This was phrased something like, “Expect sudden, high-level changes in management structure that will directly affect your daily workflow. Do not pick sides; stay quiet and observe.”
- Major Prediction 2: A financial shift is unavoidable. It talked about a change in my income stream, maybe a delay in a bonus or a funding cut, but also hinted that “new avenues for earning will open up rapidly through unexpected contacts.”
- Major Prediction 3: Restructuring demands flexibility. This was the vaguest one, essentially saying I needed to be ready to pivot skills or take on projects outside my comfort zone between late August and mid-October.
The Reality Check: Did It Hit?
The moment I finished reading that first point, I got chills. Because what happened in August 2017?
The Authority Figure Upheaval: This one was totally nailed. The VP of my division, the guy who I worked closely with every single day, was fired on August 15th. Not retired, not moved, but literally escorted out by security. It was the most shocking thing to happen in the office that whole year. It left a massive vacuum and immediately threw all my existing projects into chaos. The prediction said ‘high-level changes affecting daily workflow,’ and that is precisely what happened. I didn’t pick sides, just hunkered down, exactly as advised.
The Financial Shift: My quarterly bonus, which I was counting on for a big purchase, was frozen indefinitely because of the management reshuffle. Prediction one caused prediction two. I was furious. But a week later, an old client I hadn’t spoken to in two years called me out of the blue, needing immediate consulting work. It was freelance, outside the company, and the money I made from that unexpected gig completely covered the lost bonus. The ‘new avenues opening up’ part? Absolutely true.
Restructuring and Flexibility: With the VP gone, I had to take over managing the operations of three separate small teams temporarily, which was way outside my usual development role. It was brutal, high-stress, and required me to learn reporting systems I had never touched before. But it forced me to expand my skill set, which ultimately led to the promotion I got the following spring.
My Takeaway on the Practice
So, here’s the crazy part. I generally think most horoscopes are just vague enough to apply to anybody. But in this case, the specificity of the timing—August 2017—and the clear focus on managerial instability and unexpected money loss/gain was eerie. It wasn’t just ‘You will have a good month.’ It mapped perfectly onto the specific high-stakes corporate drama I lived through.
This whole practice of digging up the past prediction and laying it next to the practical record of what actually happened was unexpectedly valuable. It wasn’t about validating astrology; it was about confirming that the stressful decisions I made back then—staying quiet, finding outside work, pivoting quickly—were necessary reactions to a chaotic situation. And I had a piece of paper, five years old, that told me exactly what was coming. Maybe it’s just excellent pattern recognition by the blogger, or maybe, just maybe, I’ll take these monthly warnings a little more seriously next time I feel totally lost at work.
I stapled the original printout right next to my 2017 annual review summary. It’s a good reminder of how fast things change, and that sometimes the answers you need are staring you right in the face—even if they come from a dubious source like a Virgo career horoscope.
