Man, 2016. What a year, right? Seems like ages ago now. But I remember that October specifically, because that’s when I really buckled down and tried to figure out what the heck was going on with everyone’s careers, especially for my Pisces pals. See, I had a buddy, Leo, who was just floundering then. He was a classic Pisces – super creative, dreamt big, but when it came to actually getting ahead, he’d just kinda drift. He kept asking me, “What’s coming next? Should I stick it out? Should I jump ship?” And I honestly didn’t have a clue. Most of the stuff out there was just fluffy, general advice.
So, I decided to take a stab at it myself. Not as some fancy astrologer, mind you, just as a guy who was tired of seeing his friends stressed out and wanted to see if I could make some sense of it all. I wasn’t looking to become a guru or anything; I just wanted something concrete for Leo, and maybe for a few other folks I knew. My whole process, if you can even call it that, started with a bunch of random searches and a serious caffeine addiction.
Digging Through the Cosmic Dust
First off, I just started pulling up every bit of info I could find on Pisces and career. I mean, everything. Old astrology forums, dusty digital libraries, even some weird blogs from people who clearly lived off-grid. My desktop was a complete disaster zone of open tabs. I remember buying a couple of those chunky, old-school astrology books from a thrift store – the kind with all the incomprehensible diagrams and tiny print. I had no idea what half of it meant, but I figured if I just kept reading, something would click.
I spent weeks just trying to piece together the basics. What planets rule Pisces? What houses relate to career? What happens when certain planets hang out in specific signs during a particular month? It was like trying to learn a whole new language by just staring at a dictionary. My notebooks, man, they were a mess. Scribbled symbols, question marks everywhere, coffee stains. I’d draw these crude little charts trying to visualize where everything was supposed to be for October 2016. I felt like a detective, but instead of clues, I had stars and cryptic descriptions.
I really focused on October 2016 because that was the window Leo was looking at for big decisions. I’d read about Mercury retrogrades, Venus’s movements, Mars’s energy. I’d try to cross-reference what I was reading in one place with another. Sometimes it felt like everyone was saying something different, and I’d just sit there scratching my head, thinking, “Is this even real, or am I just making up patterns?”
Connecting the Dots: My Messy Breakthroughs
After a bunch of head-banging against the wall, I started to see some common threads. It wasn’t about predicting lottery numbers, but more about understanding the general vibe, the energetic currents that Pisces people might be swimming in. I started jotting down these “themes” that kept popping up. Things like:
- Feeling a push for clarity: A lot of what I read pointed to Pisces needing to really define what they wanted. Not just dreaming about it, but actually trying to map out a path. I figured this meant less drifting, more focusing.
- Opportunities from unexpected places: There were mentions of new doors opening, often from connections that didn’t seem career-related at first. I took that to mean, “Don’t just look in the usual spots; talk to everyone, even your weird aunt.”
- Dealing with old baggage: Some of the stuff I read talked about confronting past decisions or old habits that were holding people back. It sounded like October 2016 was a good time for a bit of a clean-up, especially in their professional lives. Like clearing out old files from your computer, but for your soul.
- The need for structure: This was a big one. Pisces are known for their flowy nature, but the charts I was squinting at suggested a bit more groundedness was needed. I interpreted this as needing a solid plan, even if it felt a little restrictive at first.
I remember feeling pretty hyped when these themes started emerging. It wasn’t perfect, scientific, or anything like that. It was just a guy, me, making connections based on a pile of data that most people would ignore. I wrote down all these insights for Leo, tried to put it in plain English, without all the cosmic mumbo jumbo. I told him, “Look, I don’t know if this is gospel, but this is what I’m seeing from all this insane reading I’ve been doing.”
He actually took some of it to heart. Started networking more, even with people he usually wouldn’t talk to about work. Ended up getting a freelance gig that wasn’t exactly what he wanted, but it opened up a completely unexpected path a few months later. It wasn’t a magic bullet, but it gave him a direction when he felt lost. That was enough for me. Sometimes, you just need a nudge, even if that nudge comes from a guy squinting at dusty old books in his living room, spilling coffee on his notes, trying to make sense of the universe for a friend.
