The Messy Start: Why I Even Clicked on Tamplin
You gotta understand, I wasn’t cruising the internet looking for cosmic advice. I was stuck. Like, years-in-the-same-boring-cubicle stuck. The kind of stuck where you start counting the ceiling tiles instead of getting work done. I’d been fighting with myself for months about whether or not to finally pull the trigger and leave the company I’d been at since forever. It was a comfortable paycheck, sure, but it was draining my soul dry.
The anxiety was a physical thing. It kept me up. I’d be pacing the kitchen at 3 AM. One of those nights, probably around 4 AM when the coffee was brewing its third pot and my brain was totally fried, I ended up down a YouTube rabbit hole. I wasn’t even looking for horoscopes. I think I started watching something about old pickup truck restoration and somehow, the algorithm pushed Ed Tamplin’s Pisces video right into my face.
I’m a Pisces, by the way. I figured, what the heck. It’s either this or staring at the wall. I clicked on it. The prediction for that week, if I remember right, had some vague stuff about “a period of necessary release” and “clearing the path for a bigger endeavor.” Now, whether I was projecting or not, it hit me right where I lived, because the “release” I was considering was my job, and the “bigger endeavor” was, well, anything else.
The Commitment: Setting Up the Tracking System
Right then, I decided to treat this like a low-stakes, real-world experiment. Not because I believed in astrology, but because I needed a distraction and a little structure in my chaos. I committed to tracking his predictions for a full three months—twelve straight weeks.
I didn’t use any fancy software. I’m old school. I grabbed a spiral-bound notebook—the cheap kind with the perforated edges—and just started calling it my “Cosmic Log.”
My process was simple, almost ritualistic:
- Every Monday morning, right after I poured my coffee, I’d watch the new Tamplin video.
- I’d jot down his three main predictions, usually categorized as “Work/Finance,” “Relationships/Social,” and “Personal Growth/Health.” I tried to use his exact phrasing, no translating or sugar-coating.
- Throughout the week, I just lived my life. No trying to force the prediction, though I admit, knowing a prediction was out there made me pay stupid attention to things.
- Every Friday evening, I’d open the book and give the week a rating out of 5 stars based on how close reality came to his words. I made sure to write down the actual events right next to the prediction.
The Detailed Grunt Work: Hits, Misses, and the Vague Stuff
The first few weeks were… interesting. In Week 2, he predicted “an unexpected communication that clears up a long-standing debt or confusion.” What actually happened? My internet provider finally sent the right bill, and I realized I’d overpaid by fifteen bucks. 2/5 stars. It was a “debt,” but it was so small it almost made me laugh. That’s how this whole thing went.
Week 5, the prediction was way off the mark. He went on about a major “power struggle” in a friendship or partnership. I got all geared up. I even held my tongue during a work meeting, expecting a clash. But the week was smooth. My wife and I just hung out. My friends were busy watching football. I gave that week a 1/5 star rating. Complete bunk. The tension I felt was all in my own head, not the stars.
The most telling period was during Week 8 and 9, right around the time I finally submitted my resignation. Week 8 predicted “a necessary confrontation leading to liberation.” I saw that and thought, he’s reading my mail! Submitting my resignation definitely felt like a confrontation (at least internally), and the relief afterward was pure liberation. 5/5 stars, right?
But then, Week 9 predicted “a new financial stream opens up, perhaps from an unconventional source.” The next day, an old colleague I hadn’t talked to in years called me out of the blue asking if I wanted to do some freelance consulting work for him. It was unconventional money, and it was fast. That’s a 5/5 star hit.
But here’s where the “honest review” kicks in: I made that happen. I had already resigned. I was already aggressively reaching out to my network looking for contract work. Was Tamplin psychic? Or was I just a guy who’d already activated the specific chain of events he was talking about? He was talking about the consequence of a choice I had already made, not the choice itself. The timing was spooky, sure, but the engine was me, not the cosmos.
The Verdict: Was it Accurate? Read the Real Score
After the full twelve weeks, I sat down and crunched the numbers in my notebook.
- Total predictions: 36 (3 points per week x 12 weeks).
- Clear, undeniable misses (1-2 star score): 11
- Vague, could-be-anything, low-impact hits (3 stars): 18
- Specific, high-impact, spooky hits (4-5 stars): 7
So, was Ed Tamplin spot-on? Statistically, only about 20% of his specific predictions felt like real, undeniable hits. Another 50% were so broad, they could apply to half the people on the planet. Who doesn’t experience “new communication” or “financial reflection” in a given week? That’s just life.
The truth I walked away with is that his accuracy isn’t the point. I realize now that tracking his predictions was my coping mechanism during the most stressful professional time of my life. It gave me something external to focus on instead of just chewing on my own fear. When he got something right, it felt empowering—like the universe was confirming my risky choice to quit my job. When he was wrong, I just shrugged and realized it was a load of bunk and went back to hustling.
So, if you ask me, “How accurate is Ed Tamplin?” I’d say he’s 100% accurate at making you pay attention to the little things in your own life and, maybe more importantly, 100% successful at giving an anxious person something to do at 4 AM. Take from that what you will.
