In the final sixth season, we saw the Losties still living on the island and also in another alternate reality, and we found out at the end of Lost, that this “other reality” was the afterlife, a place they built so they could find each other again, and let go. Another supernatural series I have always enjoyed watching, is Ghost Whisperer with Jennifer Love Hewitt. Melinda is a psychic who mediates between the living and the dead and helps ghosts still here to let go of the past and move on. The ghosts are earthbound and unresolved issues leave them hanging around in a kind of limbo state, suspended between two worlds. Some ghosts are lost and confused and others are angry, jealous and annoyed. All of them need closure, but a whole host of emotions keeps them locked in suffering and unable to find peace in the “light“. We could use this metaphor when we have to face our own ghosts from the past.
The Lost survivors were living in an afterlife scenario, and when they each made contact with those they had shared a close bond with, all their past memories flooded back and they were suddenly at peace, knowing it was time to leave. It was a fitting end for a Piscean show, but it wasn’t a satisfying end for all Lost fans. We were told everything would be answered, but we were left with further questions. Letting go means to relinquish something, to give it up, to stop the battle or struggle and to find release. You have to stop holding on to something that only causes you suffering and pain and know when it's time to let go. I think it refers to unfinished business or unresolved issues. When something is left unfinished it isn’t brought to the final desired state. There is no end or conclusion and things are left in limbo.
“We can never turn back the pages of time, though we may wish to relive a happy moment, or say goodbye just one last time, we never can, because the sands of time continue to fall, and we can’t turn the hourglass over.” – Unknown
Forgive me Father for I have Sinned
When a person is gone from our life we need to both resolve any left over feelings “within” and find release. The twelfth house represents the last sector on the wheel. Absolution belongs here and signifies - forgiveness. It’s comparable to a cleansing of the soul by confessing all our sins. So we can find release and move on. I don’t think we are all "sinners" but perhaps there are things we have done that we cannot forgive ourselves for. Alternatively, we cannot forgive others for what they have done to us. We have a lot of religious themes bound up in the image of Pisces, Neptune and the twelfth house. I do think we find a strange duality in Pisces, with souls longing to escape earth-bound reality, and those finding it hard to let go of their physical life. Flesh is viewed as a virtual prison for some Neptunians.
The twelfth house has to do with acceptance and this refers to a situation that is often unchangeable, and forgiving ourselves and others allows us to move on. There is another word called sufferance which is derived from suffer and that means to patiently endure pain and distress and accept the situation. Surrendering may imply weakness but sometimes we are not strong enough to carry our personal struggles. I think it can be one of the most emotional experiences we can ever have, it takes a lot of strength to find forgiveness. When we let go and forgive we release the iron bond that binds us to others through hate, resentment and fear. A lot of tears may flow out of us and the experience can be overwhelming. I believe Pisces and the twelfth house accepts human flaws, and offers compassion even to those who we believe least deserve our love. Pisces doesn’t give us all the answers, and it leaves many questions unanswered. Maybe it’s part of human nature to order and find a compartment for everything in life. However, is this feasibly possible? I think life would be boring if we knew all the answers.
The process of letting go seems to lead from the 8th house, and this is the sector of the natal chart that we feel “tested” by fire. Scorpio and the 8th house represents something hard and frozen, and therefore immovable, but at the same time it is immeasurably deep. The art of forgiveness involves forgiving those for something they did or didn’t do. Forgiving others also allows them to move on. Letting go implies we place trust in a higher being, beyond earthly life and find that unfailing supply of strength and solace, and have faith in a power greater than ourselves. We don’t allow those that have hurt us to have power over us anymore. We don’t lock ourselves in suffering and we put old ghosts to rest.
Twelfth house/Pisces involves working with dreams and forgotten memories even repressed and unhappy ones. The flood of memories can threaten to overwhelm our personal identity and everything we choose to hold on to. Everything we believe defines us as an individual. It’s a huge task facing the past, and it can be done through silence, spiritual soul-searching, music and dream work. Maybe Pisces is about reaching our absolute and that means something that is perfect, complete and pure and we release ourselves from guilt, obligation or punishment. There are heavy themes underpinning the twelfth house and Lost touched upon the Piscean dilemma of letting go.
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell
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