Did 2021 Really Deliver for Pisces, or Was It Just My Own Grind?
You saw the title, right? “2021 career breakthrough for Pisces.” Man, I remember reading that stuff back in late 2020. I mean, who hasn’t clicked on some horoscope promising you the moon and stars, especially when you’re stuck in a rut? It promised a shake-up, a Jupiter alignment, some wild cosmic push that was supposed to shove my career into the big leagues. I didn’t truly believe it, but I needed a tiny bit of hope, a little sign to hang onto for the next twelve months.
I decided to put this whole astrological nonsense to the test. Now that we’re far removed from 2021, I wanted to go back and see if the damn universe actually delivered, or if all the good things that happened were just me sweating blood in front of a keyboard. This isn’t about becoming an astrologer; this is about tracking my effort versus their prediction.
The Mess I Was In Before the Stars Aligned
Let me tell you about the lead-up to 2021. You know that feeling when you’ve been working your butt off, climbing the ladder, but you’re just stuck on a crappy landing? That was me. It was a job that had gone completely stale. Every day was the same pointless meeting, the same recycled project, the same management pushing paper and not results. I was feeling totally burned out, underpaid, and frankly, taken for granted.
I’d thrown around the idea of jumping ship for months, but the fear of the unknown kept my butt glued to the chair. I was tired, man. Really tired. I needed some external force, some sign from the cosmos, or maybe just a damn wake-up call, to make a move. That’s when the “2021 is your year, Pisces!” headlines started popping up everywhere I searched. I grabbed onto that idea like a lifeline. It wasn’t planning; it was pure desperation wrapped in stardust. I told myself, “Okay, 2021. Let’s see you try and stop me.”
The Practice: Digging Up the Receipts
My first step, just a few months ago, was pure archaeology. I knew I had saved some of those articles. I had to go deep into my messy desktop folders—I think I saved them as a PDF with a stupid name like “2021 MUST DO.” I spent maybe an hour sifting through old files and finally pulled up the main horoscope.
It was a long read, but I highlighted the key phases: March was supposed to bring a networking opportunity. June, a major decision point. September, the actual breakthrough, maybe a new title or a big raise.
Next, I had to cross-reference this garbage with reality. I dug out my 2021 work journal and my old calendar entries. This was the real work. I basically built a tiny little database in a spreadsheet. One column was the horoscope prediction; the next was what actually happened.
Here’s the breakdown of my comparison practice:
- I logged every major career event in 2021: the massive project launch, the two interviews I completely bombed, the day I finally put in my notice.
- I checked March’s prediction of a “networking push.” Turns out, I did attend a big virtual conference, but only because my boss made me. Nothing came of it.
- I examined June’s “major decision point.” That was the month I realized I absolutely could not stand my old job anymore and started aggressively sending out résumés. Yes, a decision was made, but it was spurred by pure workplace toxicity, not some planetary transit.
- Finally, I looked at September’s “breakthrough.” The horoscope said I’d be celebrating a new role. The truth? I was still interviewing, but I was also on my mandatory two-week holiday—which was absolutely necessary because I was about to crack up from stress.
The Cold Hard Reality Check and the Final Tally
The breakthrough did come. But it landed in November, two months late, and only because I did the dirty work of interviewing, negotiating, and jumping ship. It wasn’t handed to me; I had to yank it out of the universe’s unwilling hands. The new role was great, a massive leap in compensation, and a complete change of pace, which is what they predicted, but the timing and the cause were all wrong.
So, what did this whole exercise teach me? It was just a great reminder about where the real power comes from. The stars don’t do anything. The horoscope didn’t hand me a new job; it just gave my tired brain permission to start seeking one. It was a self-fulfilling prophecy, but the prophecy was fulfilled by my own dang actions.
If anything was aligned in 2021, it wasn’t Jupiter or Neptune; it was my focus and my will to leave a bad situation. I needed the idea of a “breakthrough year” to finally stop being passive, but the actual breakthrough happened when I shut down the horoscope tab and just started working on my exit strategy. It’s nice to think the universe is on your side, but in my experience, the universe only helps when you start helping yourself first. Forget the fish symbol; the real symbol for my 2021 career was a middle finger to my old employer and a lot of late nights studying new skills. That’s the real practice recorded right there.
