We are at the heart of Venus retrograde. She is traveling the darkness of the underworld. This is 40 days and 40 nights in the wilderness. The work has to be done. We take it day by day, night by night. And we prepare to re-emerge in early September, even brighter than before. But in order to know the light, we have to be familiar with the darkness. We have to go within to really see the light that is “out there.” There are no shortcuts. There is no where to run, to turn and hide from the soul, the true self, and everything that gets in the way of our light shining. What can we do to ease this process?