I decided I’d do a few readings about this, just to explore what might have happened. Fingers still crossed, but given the time that’s lapsed (13 days now), I think it’s unlikely he’s made it (although another hiker who went missing on the same mountain has been rescued). Although it would be great news if, by some miracle, he did.
All of my readings did, I’m very sad to say, include a Coffin card (or equivalent) but also all seemed to have a big and perhaps surprising focus on joy and happiness in the centre. And the issue of ‘home’ (the House) came up a few times. Almost like the cards were saying, “He’s happy, y’know.”
Now, is this a reflection of my thoughts about the situation (given this is not only an actor I had a crush on as a teenager about a million years ago, but someone I actually met in person quite by chance once a few years ago as we had a mutual acquaintance) or what has actually happened? I often find cards can be a reflection of inner preoccupations as well as stuff “out there.”
Anyway. Here is the main one of the readings.. It’s from the Rana George Lenormand. The card at the centre, although it’s covered here, is the Sun.
And here is the full reading:
At The Centre
Sun/House: Joy and happiness at home
Pure joy, sense of being at home, happiness at being “home” (so I am still hoping that in one way or another there will be happiness for his family)
Top Row: More Detail
Birds: Talk, Discussion, Conversation, Birdsong
Garden: People, Outdoors, Nature
Coffin: Ending, Death, Passing, Funeral
Talking or discussion, communication about a death outside, out in nature. People talking about this. Birdsong, the sounds of nature, passing to the sounds of birds outside, the conversation and chatter coming to an end for people. An end in the world, a world ending, an ending for people.
Bottom Row: Final Outcome Or Underlying Factors
Heart: Love, A Passion
Mountain: A Block, Obstacle, A Mountain
Crossroads: Paths, Choices, Roads, Multiples
A love or passion for mountains, finding the path around obstacles, having options, walking on a mountain. Paths and choices on a mountain. Blocked or distant from love, isolation, but many loves, many routes to love
So we have at the core a sense of joy at being at home, finding home, an ending, a passing but the outdoors, people talking or chattering, voices, birdsong. And a love of mountains, but a separation from love also, and many routes to love, many passions, many mountains.
Diagonally, talk of joy at finding home, finding his way. But also a death, something coming to an end, but along with joy or family happiness at doing something he loved.
Talking about love and passions, being outdoors, joy at home on the mountain. Death, endings and many paths, many possibilities, many routes.
Joy and happiness at home or for close ones, finding home, the sounds of nature and a death or passing being talked about. A passion for mountains, walking, many routes to love, many ways around the mountain, many obstacles. Talking of love and passion, spoken love, communicating passion. Happily at. home in the mountains, an ending bringing many more paths, choices, possibilities.
I like that you asked a specific question. For me it is more satisfying than the open-ended readings. Let's just hope we're seeing the end of the search, not the end of Sands!