Man, I gotta tell ya. I’m usually not the guy to look at star signs, right? I mean, who has the time for that nonsense? But late 2021, that whole period was just brutal for everyone, especially financially. I was in a rut. I was working my tail off, long hours, no recognition, and my bank account was looking sadder than a Monday morning commute.
The Pre-Game: Hitting Rock Bottom and Seeing the Sign
I was so tired of watching my hard-earned cash just vanish into bills. I seriously sat down and calculated how many years I’d have to stay at the same miserable salary just to break even, and let me tell you, that number was depressing. It was around early October, I was venting to my wife—I remember I was so mad I almost threw my lukewarm coffee across the kitchen.
She, God bless her, is way more into the mystical stuff than me. She just shoved her phone in my face and said, “Look, tough guy, this is your Virgo horoscope for October. It specifically mentions a period of unexpected financial luck and a big raise. Just try to do something with it.”
I snorted, but I read it anyway. The title was something like the one you saw. It pointed out a few specific “luck days” for a Virgo to make a financial move. I shrugged it off for a day, but that little seed was planted. My cynical brain started whirring. I figured: what’s the worst that can happen? I get told “no,” which is basically where I already was.
The Practice: Setting Up the Stupid Experiment
I checked the dates again. I identified three main financial luck days—let’s call them the 10th, the 18th, and the 24th of that month. I decided to treat it like a three-step experiment: no planning, just raw action tied to the silly horoscope schedule.
- Day 1 (The 10th): The Email Blast. I committed to drafting and sending the most aggressive, facts-based email I could muster to my boss, formally requesting a salary review and presenting my last year’s achievements. I spent five hours compiling my metrics. I reviewed the market rate. I didn’t hold back. I clicked send at 11:59 PM, just to say I did it on the ‘lucky’ date.
- Day 2 (The 18th): The Portfolio Polish. The horoscope said to ‘prepare for a new stage.’ I spent that whole day updating my professional portfolio and resume. Not because I thought the boss would say yes, but because if he said ‘no,’ I’d be ready to jump ship. I uploaded all the stuff I was proud of and tightened up every bullet point.
- Day 3 (The 24th): The Direct Confrontation. The final ‘luck day’ was for a face-to-face meeting. I walked into the office, ignored the usual protocol, and told my boss I needed 20 minutes to discuss the email I had sent and my future at the company. I stood my ground. He looked annoyed, but he scheduled it.
The Aftermath: The Delayed Explosion and the Real Result
For a week after the 24th, nothing happened. I got boilerplate responses. The boss dragged his feet. I thought, “Yep, I knew it. Stupid stars. I wasted my time.” I was ready to just slink back to my desk, feeling foolish.
But the universe, or whatever you want to call it, had a strange sense of humor. The raise didn’t happen right away. In fact, it took a nasty two-month negotiation where my boss tried every trick in the book to lowball me.
Here’s the thing, though, and this is the must-see part of the finance luck: because I had done all the prep work on those specific ‘luck days’ (my detailed metrics, my killer updated resume), I was armed to the teeth. I started dropping casual hints in LinkedIn—just minor updates. Out of nowhere, a high-level recruiter contacted me. I took the interview mainly for practice.
That practice interview led to a real offer. And it wasn’t just a small raise; it was a 35% salary bump plus a big sign-on bonus. It was the absolute, undeniable, big raise the horoscope mentioned, but it came from a different company entirely, exactly two months after the Virgo luck dates were supposed to have played out.
My old boss finally came through with his counteroffer in late December. It wasn’t even close. I turned it down flat. I moved jobs in January. I used the structure of a silly horoscope to force myself to do the hard, necessary work of organizing my finances and professional worth. The stars didn’t magically deposit money in my account. They just gave my stubborn butt a deadline to act.
So, did I get a big raise with the Virgo career horoscope October 2021? Yep. I got an even bigger one. But I had to fire myself first to claim it. That’s my finance luck record. You can’t wait for the stars to align; you have to make them align with a concrete plan you execute.
