patternofdefiance:Thinking about BBC Sherlock and how it talks about light and stars, and this...

Thinking about BBC Sherlock and how it talks about light and stars, and this occurred to me.

The first mention of astrology in the series is when John and Sherlock bicker about the solar system:

JOHN: But it’s the solar system!
(Sherlock briefly buries his head in his hands.)

SHERLOCK: Oh, hell! What does that matter?!

(He looks at John in frustration.)

SHERLOCK: So we go round the Sun! If we went round the Moon, or
round and round the garden like a teddy bear, it wouldn’t make any
difference. All that matters to me is the work. Without that, my brain
rots.

(He ruffles his hair with both hands, then glares at John.)

Then, later in the episode, we are privy to this exchange:

SHERLOCK: Beautiful, isn’t it?
(John looks up [and sees an impossibly dense star field that you would never see in central London in a million years].)

JOHN: I thought you didn’t care about things like that.

SHERLOCK: Doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate it.

Not long after, when John faces down the Golem, this happens:

John is covered, bathed in stars. (Note that even Sherlock is covered in starlight, albeit it against his will - no one’s immune to this extended metaphor, it seems…)

…I’ll leave you to your deductions.