Man, sometimes you just get a weird idea stuck in your head, right? This whole thing started because I was finally cleaning out the digital clutter on my old backup drive—the one I totally forgot existed until my current laptop started screaming about storage space. I was clicking through folders, just deciding whether to hit delete or archive, and I stumbled on this spreadsheet I made back in late 2015. It was a terrible, ugly green and yellow thing, detailing my monthly expenses and mood swings. And right next to the ‘Monthly Profit/Loss’ column, I had scribbled notes about my Virgo career predictions for that year.
I remember 2015 being a mess professionally. I was bouncing between a couple of freelance gigs that promised big money but mostly delivered stress and late payments. But I needed to know: did the cosmos actually have a clue, or was I just wasting time reading total junk while I should have been working?
The Painful Process of Unearthing 2015
My first step? I had to find the original horoscopes. This was way harder than finding the 2015 spreadsheet. Those sites I used back then? Half of them are gone. I spent a whole evening digging through the internet archive, literally trying to pull up cached versions of these obscure astrology blogs. It was like archaeological work just to find some vague sentence about ‘Virgo harnessing their intellectual power’ in March.
Once I pieced together the predictions—and let me tell you, they were all vague happy-clappy nonsense about ‘potential’ and ‘new connections’—I had to match them against reality. The reality was stored in three places:
- Old calendar entries (mostly just listing client names and payment due dates).
- My personal digital journal (mostly just complaining about client revisions).
- Bank statements (the ultimate truth teller).
I started with the high points the horoscope predicted, just to see if they accidentally got anything right. I pulled out the months where the predictions promised ‘significant financial upturn’ or ‘major new project initiation’.
Drilling Down: Comparing Hype to Hard Data
The prediction for March 2015 was strong. It claimed this was the month for Virgos to “implement bold strategies and see financial fruits.” I remember feeling pretty jazzed up about that when I read it in February. So, what actually happened?
I checked the spreadsheet. March 2015 was actually the month my biggest client completely ghosted me after I delivered the final product. I spent three weeks chasing that invoice. My actual “bold strategy” was calculating how long I could live on ramen noodles. March 2015 was a total financial bust. The horoscope was 100% dead wrong.
Then I moved on to August 2015. The horoscope was more cautious here, talking about “a period of necessary consolidation and reflection, perhaps some friction with partners.” I thought, great, a low month, maybe I’ll just chill.
This is where things got spooky. August was the month I finally got so pissed off at a collaborating partner that I fired them. It was messy, it involved shouting over email, and it definitely caused friction. But, here’s the kicker: getting rid of that dead weight freed up my time. The reflection led directly to me raising my rates and simplifying my service offering. That one messy fight, the “friction,” was the pivot point that set up the best remaining quarter of the year. So, the prediction was kinda right, but for entirely the wrong reasons. It wasn’t the stars; it was just me finally drawing a line in the sand.
But the real revelation came when I looked at the dark horse month:
November 2015: The Unpredicted Winner
The horoscope for November was totally boring. It literally just said something about “maintaining status quo” and “focusing on communication clarity.” Absolute filler content. Yet, when I looked at the numbers, November 2015 was my single best month of the entire year. By far. I closed two huge contracts that I had been passively nurturing since the August pivot, and both paid upfront. My bank account looked better than it had all year. My daily journal entries went from frustrated sighs to notes about buying a better coffee machine. It was the month of quiet momentum turning into actual cash.
The astrologer who wrote that crap probably needed a better crystal ball, because they missed the actual moment where the work paid off.
Conclusion: What I Learned Digging Through the Past
So, which month was best in my Virgo career horoscope for 2015? According to the predictions, it should have been March. But according to my bank statements and stress levels, it was definitely November.
What I took away from all this digging—and trust me, it took ages and I got dirt all over my keyboard—is that when people look at their past success, they often try to fit it into a narrative, whether that’s a prediction or some grand plan they made. My success in 2015 didn’t come from being bold when I was told to be bold; it came from cleaning up my own mess in August and quietly grinding away in the background until the harvest came in November.
The takeaway is simple: Don’t trust the vague promises of the universe. Trust your own ugly spreadsheets and the months where you just put your head down and worked, even if the horoscope told you that month was just for “maintaining status quo.” Sometimes the best rewards come when you’re least expecting them, just because you handled your business when everyone else was still checking the stars.
