So, you wanna know how I ended up doing a weekly Pisces horoscope thing on YouTube? Man, it wasn’t some grand plan, that’s for sure. It kinda just… happened. I remember one lazy Sunday, just scrolling through stuff online, watching some random videos. I stumbled onto a few astrology channels, and honestly, some of ’em were pretty dry, or super polished, you know? Like, too slick. I thought, “Hey, I could probably just talk about this stuff, keep it real, see what happens.” That was the first spark, just a thought in my head.
I didn’t immediately jump on it though. It sat there for a bit, kinda buzzing in the background. Then, one evening, I was chatting with a buddy who’s big into all that cosmic alignment jazz. He was telling me about how he always looks up his weekly read, and it hit me: “Why not make one myself, but for Pisces specifically?” I’m a Pisces, after all, figured I’d have a bit more… personal insight, maybe? So, I started kicking around the idea more seriously.
First thing was figuring out the actual content. I knew I couldn’t just pull stuff out of thin air. So, I spent a few days just reading up, really digging into a bunch of different sources that talked about weekly transits and their general vibe for water signs. I wasn’t trying to be an expert, just trying to get a feel for the common themes that kept popping up. I’d jot down notes, little bullet points of what aspects were happening that week, what general energy they might bring. It was all pretty rough, just scribbles in a notebook.
Then came the filming part. Oh man, that was a whole thing. I didn’t have any fancy gear. I just grabbed my phone, propped it up on a stack of books on my desk. My room’s not exactly a studio, so I tried to find the brightest spot near the window. The first few times, I just rambled, looking straight into the lens, trying to sound natural. It felt super awkward. I’d hit record, talk for a bit, then watch it back and cringe. My hair was messy, I was mumbling, the lighting was terrible. It took a lot of takes to even get something I was remotely okay with.
Audio was another beast. My phone’s mic picked up everything – my dog snoring in the other room, cars outside, the hum of my fridge. I tried moving closer to the phone, speaking clearer, but it still sounded a bit… distant. Eventually, I remembered I had those cheap earbuds with a built-in mic. I just plugged ’em in, hid the wire as best I could, and hoped for the best. It wasn’t perfect, but it was definitely an upgrade from just the phone’s speaker.
After I finally had a take I thought was “good enough,” I had to edit it. I used one of those basic free video editing apps on my phone, the kind everyone uses. It was clunky as heck. All I really wanted to do was trim the beginning and end, maybe cut out a really long pause or a cough. It took me way longer than it should have, just figuring out where to tap and drag. I added a super simple background image I found online, just a generic starry sky, and put some chill music under it, really low volume. Nothing fancy, just trying to make it a little less “me talking into a void.”
Setting up the YouTube channel itself wasn’t too bad. I just used my regular Google account. I picked a channel name that was pretty straightforward, something like “Pisces Weekly Vibes” or whatever. Uploading the video was straightforward too, just followed the steps. I wrote a quick description, threw in a few common tags I’d seen on other astrology videos, and hit publish. I remember just staring at it, thinking, “Well, it’s out there now.”
Doing it weekly, though, that’s where the real grind set in. Some weeks, I felt super inspired, the words just flowed. Other weeks, I was tired, didn’t feel like it, or just couldn’t quite get a good read on the energies. There were times I almost just skipped it, thinking, “Who’s even watching this anyway?” I’d have technical glitches, the app would crash, my phone would run out of storage right in the middle of a good take. It was frustrating, honestly. I almost gave up more than once.
But then, every now and then, I’d get a little comment. Someone saying, “Hey, this really resonated,” or “Thanks for doing this.” And those little bits of feedback, they were enough to keep me going. It felt like I was actually connecting with folks, even if it was just a handful of people. I started to get a bit quicker with the editing, a bit more confident in front of the camera. I realized it didn’t have to be perfect, it just had to be authentic. And that, I think, was the biggest lesson of all.
