So yesterday I was scrolling through Twitter when this astrology meme about Aries popped up. Got me thinking – why not try making my own yearly predictions? Grabbed my notebook and that dog-eared astrology book I found at a garage sale last summer.
Getting started with the mess
First I listed all the planetary stuff happening this year – transits, retrogrades, the whole shebang. My coffee table looked like a war zone with printouts and highlighters everywhere. Had to text my friend Sarah who’s into this stuff, she told me I’d mixed up Mercury retrograde dates twice. Classic me!
The actual prediction grind
Spent three hours cross-referencing different sources, including some dusty PDFs from astrology forums. My cat jumped on the table twice and sent papers flying. Decided to focus on five big things after realizing Aries would rather get bullet points than an essay. Here’s what ended up in my notebook:
- Career shakeup coming around April – That Mars-Jupiter thingamajig looks spicy
- Watch your spending July-August – Venus doing backflips in the money sector
- Relationship reset alert – Saturn giving commitment stuff the side-eye
- Health needs attention October – Chiron poking old wounds
- Surprise plot twist December – Unexpected opportunities when Jupiter moves
Had to redo the whole health section after realizing I’d confused Taurus transits with Aries. Rookie mistake! Nearly threw my colored pencils across the room.
Final stretch
Organized all my scribbles into something readable after dinner. Tested the predictions on my neighbor Dave (he’s an Aries), who said the career part “kinda maybe” matched what his boss hinted at. Good enough validation for me!
Honestly thought this would take two hours max but it ate my whole Sunday. Fun experiment though – makes you realize why proper astrologers charge money. Probably won’t quit my day job, but hey, at least Dave owes me a beer now.
