For me, this retrograde period,  but especially the last week, has been one of struggle, soul searching, and coming to a final, but very painful decision. I almost feel as though I have pushed through a layer of myself that had died - and had rested painfully in a state of purgatory between life and absolution. I began to sever a string composed of spiritual matter that still tied me to an old cycle - one that continuously brings me to a place of self-loathing and disgust. One that, as I am learning, was not so simple an action as bidding adieu to a wolf-in-lamb's clothing friend. 

Yes, the end of a friendship can be a painful experience,