Signs, Life & Career Blog

August 11, 2026

Episode one of our career interview series: a senior software engineer from a non-CS background shares how they broke into the industry and worked their way up. From the moment of deciding to switch, to the skills and traits the job demands, the challenges of the early years, and the paths that open up as you climb — here's the full outline of the conversation.

August 11, 2026

Does instant chemistry in love really exist? Synastry can actually reveal the signs. This piece looks at a few common indicators — compatible Venus sign elements, Venus in the same sign as the other person's Moon, and more — to explain which chart combinations suggest two people can build a solid bond without much friction, plus personal observations from the astrologer.

August 11, 2026

Venus goes retrograde in Leo from July 23 to September 4. A retrograde is the universe's cue to pause and review, and this stretch is especially good for rethinking your spending habits, your relationship with money, and your investments — it's also when old relationship lessons tend to resurface.

August 11, 2026

Changing careers isn't the same as switching jobs, and your résumé shouldn't be written the same way either. Here I unpack the three questions I'm asked most often in career counselling: how to write a résumé when you have no relevant experience, whether student-era achievements belong on it, and how to answer when an interviewer asks about past setbacks and failures.

August 11, 2026

From the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the Credit Suisse crisis to the Oscars, an astrologer reads the recent headlines as clues — watching how Saturn in Pisces punctures our collective fantasies about wealth while quietly rewarding everyone who has kept their feet on the ground and done the real work.

August 11, 2026

Job hunting is essentially a marketing campaign — the only difference is that the product you're selling is you. A senior career counsellor gathers job-search lessons from their own experience and from peers with over a decade in the workforce, on what you can do while between jobs to get yourself seen, beyond refreshing job boards.

August 11, 2026

Same asteroid, different angle: Juno's house placement shows which area of life your closest relationship plays out in. Here's a house-by-house walk through the partner qualities and meeting scenarios Juno brings, with celebrity chart examples for each one.

August 11, 2026

Juno is the guardian of marriage and family in Greek mythology, and her placement in your natal chart shows the qualities you long for in a partner, the kind of marriage you picture, and even the settings where you might meet the right person. This article includes step-by-step instructions for finding your Juno sign, plus a full reading for all 12 signs.

August 11, 2026

Elsa's Podcast collaboration with "Life's Fried Chicken Shop" — a星座 chat room where every guest brings their full natal chart for a live reading. From the Taurus woman who keeps attracting the wrong men to the Aquarius Sun + Taurus Moon guest who built her own business, these are real stories about how your chart shapes love and career.

August 11, 2026

Mercury governs how we think, gather information and communicate — and it's the key to breaking the ice in any business relationship. This piece approaches Mercury from three angles: myth, astronomy and Western astrology, then walks through the communication style of Mercury in all 12 signs, so you can tune in to the mental wavelength of the people you work and do business with.