Hi Elsa, My boyfriend and I are opposites in many ways. Our common ground seems to be shrinking and our sex drives, while always mismatched, are vastly different now. He seems to be content with a largely platonic relationship while I need to connect with someone sexually in order to maintain a feeling of closeness. […]
I heard once that people showed you their stuff within the first five minutes. The claim was if you paid attention, you could determine the entire course of an interaction in the first few moments of meeting someone. I had tested this theory many years prior and found it quite valid. So after various trial
It’s amusing to me, I learned to guess a man’s Mars sign while out looking for sperm. I have already copped to having done this and so no one should be shocked. This was a dozen years ago. I had met a Capricorn who told me that I was “nothing but a mother looking for
If you’re an astrologer and willing to admit it publicly, invariably you will be asked to guess people’s Sun signs. In a party setting I mean. This is exceedingly difficult to do. Legend has it that one renowned astrologer used to agree to guess, on the condition the person answer one question. The question? “When
Dear Elsa, I have stopped looking at my chart a long time ago because I tend to only see bad things. Three years ago, I started to really get depressed. I actually thought of dying many times. I was known as an excellent worker and student, but I’ve made many bad decisions. I’m very unsatisfied
Dear Elsa, I have a job, a lovely place and money. The only problem is I don’t do well with others. I fear rejection and tend to sabotage any chances for love through coldness and escapism – probably due to my past failed friendships and relationships. I feel like I’m restricted in the area of
Dear Elsa. Since I’ve been a kid, I’ve found it hard to connect with anything or anyone. When I start a hobby, I almost immediately drop it because it’s no longer satisfying to me, or I don’t have enough talent. It’s even more difficult to connect to other people. I become so skeptical and build
Dear Elsa, I feel like I am stuck in a rut. Life is passing me by and I am grasping at air. I wrote a book and found an agent but no publisher has said “yes” yet. It’s been over a year now since it started being shopped around. I will be 39 soon and
