Capricorn season always starts with the winter solstice, when those living in the Northern Hemisphere see the shortest amount of daylight all year. As winter begins, in the spirit of the sensible Sea Goat, conserve your own “light” and move at a slow-and-steady pace. With live-out-loud Sagittarius season drawing to a close, it’s time to allow your energy to settle down. Here are seven ways you can channel the ambitious spirit of Capricorn season 2021–2022 to get a head start on those New Year’s resolutions: Break every big goal into individual steps and consider how long you’ll need to finish....

You’ve probably read plenty of sex advice columns telling you what you need to do next: figure out a way to get the spark back, whether that means switching up your routine or going along with sex you don’t really want or otherwise finding a way to rekindle your sex life. It’s very common for sex in long-term relationships to go through different phases, including some in which one partner doesn’t want to be intimate or feels like they don’t like sex with their partner....

The good news is, once you understand your own, you can take steps to balance it. Here’s what you need to know about karmic debt, according to experts. Clairvoyant and acupuncturist Deganit Nuur adds that “when you haven’t mastered a karmic lesson, it’ll repeat itself over and over again until you master it.” That said, both she and Kaehart add that karmic debt doesn’t need to mean the end of the world....

To make it, you wash a few leaves of romaine, put them in a mug, pour boiling water over them, and let them sit. Ten minutes later, that mug of warm greens in your hands can supposedly make you super sleepy. It’s an intriguing, if not a little odd, bedtime ritual—but does it have any science backing it up? Here, experts spill the tea on whether or not this is a trend worth trying....

To make it, you wash a few leaves of romaine, put them in a mug, pour boiling water over them, and let them sit. Ten minutes later, that mug of warm greens in your hands can supposedly make you super sleepy. It’s an intriguing, if not a little odd, bedtime ritual—but does it have any science backing it up? Here, experts spill the tea on whether or not this is a trend worth trying....

In other words, when these incidents stand alone, it’s easier to move on from them relatively unscathed without it detrimentally altering your way of being or relating to others. However, when these events are strung together, we begin to form a mosaic colored with a demonstrated history of repeated, emotional wounding. “If not addressed, these subtle hurts build up over time and undermine a person’s view of their self-worth and self-esteem, in turn compromising the capacity for healthy relationships,” holistic therapist Sarah Rocha, LPC and CCTP, tells mbg....

Here’s what to know about middle child syndrome, whether you’re a middle child or you’re raising one. As Paulette Sherman, Ph.D., psychologist and author of Dating From the Inside Out explains to mbg, many of the characteristics we associate with birth order today mirror what Adler described in this early theory. They include the following: When considering why middle children are the way they are, one comprehensive book by two therapists titled The Middle Generation Syndrome notes, “If there are only three children, the first gets to be the oldest and the youngest gets to be the baby....