You know, for a while there, I just kept stumbling over things. Not literally, thankfully, but more like, mentally tripping over my own thoughts. Life just felt a bit… hazy. Like trying to see through a dirty window, you know? And it got me thinking. I’d always casually peeked at those monthly horoscopes, but never really dug in. Never really tried to see how they actually came together, how someone even makes one. So, I figured, why not try to build one myself? Not to be a guru or anything, just for my own head, for one sign in particular: Pisces.
I started with my old bookshelf. Pulled out a couple of dusty astrology books I’d inherited from my aunt – the kind with all those intricate charts and symbols that always looked like a secret language. I remember flipping through them years ago, totally lost. This time, though, I was determined. I grabbed a fresh notebook, a big stack of colorful pens, and just dove in. My first step was just to understand the basics of Pisces. Not the fluffy magazine stuff, but the actual planetary rulerships, the elements, the modalities. I wrote down keywords, drew little bubble maps, trying to make sense of what makes a Pisces tick. Sensitivity, intuition, creativity, sometimes a bit lost at sea – all those bits and pieces.
Then came the real headache: the planets. Oh man, the planets. I had to figure out where each planet was going to be in the sky for the upcoming month. I found a few online ephemeris charts – just tables of numbers, really – and started painstakingly transcribing them. It felt like I was back in school, copying down endless data. Jupiter here, Saturn there, Mars moving into this house, Mercury doing its retrograde dance. My hand actually cramped up a few times, trying to keep track of all those degrees and signs. I made little calendars, circling dates, drawing arrows from one sign to the next. It was a proper mess on paper, I tell you. Looked like a spider had walked all over it after drinking too much coffee.
Once I had a rough planetary map for the month, the actual “forecast” part began. This was where I really had to stretch my brain. How do you connect “Jupiter in Taurus” with “Pisces will feel more grounded in their finances”? It wasn’t a direct translation. It was more about feeling it out. I’d sit there, staring at my messy notes, trying to imagine what that specific planetary energy would feel like for someone born under Pisces. I imagined a Pisces person going through their day, encountering these energies. What kind of opportunities might pop up? What kind of challenges might they face? What emotions might be stirred?
I tried different methods. Sometimes I’d just free-write, letting thoughts flow onto the page without judgment. Other times, I’d focus on one planet, like Venus, and its interaction with Pisces’s inherent nature. Venus is about love and beauty, right? If Venus was doing something quirky that month, what would that mean for a dreamy, romantic Pisces? Would they feel extra loved, or extra heartbroken? I kept reminding myself not to be too specific. It wasn’t about predicting exact events, but about hinting at themes and energies.
It wasn’t always smooth sailing, let me tell you. There were days I just stared at the page, blank. My mind was like a stuck record. I’d get frustrated, thinking, “This is just nonsense! How can anyone make sense of this?” But I kept pushing. I’d walk away, grab a cup of tea, look out the window, and then come back with fresh eyes. Sometimes, an idea would just click. It felt like solving a little puzzle, one piece at a time.
I went through a whole stack of notebooks doing this. And by the end of it, after all that messy drawing, frantic note-taking, and deep thinking, I had something. A “Shine Monthly: Pisces Forecast” – my own version. It wasn’t perfect, probably not even completely “accurate” by professional standards, but it was mine. And the biggest surprise? In doing all that work to understand Pisces, I actually started to understand a little bit more about myself. About how we all navigate these invisible currents, how we all try to find our way through the hazy bits of life, and how sometimes, just the act of trying to see clearly is enough to make things feel a little brighter.
