AUTHOR’S NOTE: In the past I’ve written about the fact that every tarot card contains several layers of meaning, and reading one can resemble peeling an onion. If a practical, action-and-event-oriented approach fails to illuminate the matter, a deeper cut could reveal the psychological angle of “attitudes and behaviors” to be adopted or avoided by the seeker, while striking out a second time would push the interpretation into universal or impersonal territory involving external influences. At each transition there is a credibility gap between the reader and the querent that must be surmounted in order to advance. But an even better citation would be the missing-person scenario, which usually involves a search-and-rescue (or at least recovery) mission, in which the severity of the cards pulled can indicate which it will be. As is often the case, a pre-dawn anxiety dream put me on the scent of this subject (I was futilely searching for someone on a crowded beach while also being stalked myself). Note to self: never drink wine too late in the evening.
I’ve created a number of spreads for this situation, although I’ve never been directly engaged in an actual search, having normally done readings for other people. In this essay I’m placing myself in the “second person” for the purpose of describing the evolution of such circumstances, although in reality a more accurate descriptor would be “the search team.”
In the first instance, nothing is found and you return empty-handed. (This is all-too-frequently the case when using tarot cards, but horary astrology has a slightly better success rate.)
In the second one, you find the person well and satisfy yourself of their safety before leaving.
In the third example, you encounter them in a state of minor distress and render whatever aid you are qualified to provide, then assist or direct them toward professional help.
In the fourth case, you discover them seriously indisposed and call for emergency backup.
In the fifth and last scenario, you learn that the person is deceased (as has often been the outcome in my own real-life “cold cases” since I typically become aware of them long after the initial disappearance).
In all of these readings, the nature of the cards and their position in the spread will suggest what you are likely to uncover about the status of the individual. I have reached a number of remarkable “postmortem” conclusions that provide excellent object lessons on how well this can work. In all four I was too late to do the victim any good, but in the last one I did receive acknowledgement from the family that I was on the right track in locating the remains of George Cross. From a purely analytical (rather than humanitarian) standpoint, I consider the first two (Trish Haynes and Linda Minery) to be unqualified successes that bode well for future applications. Maybe I will eventually become involved in a more timely manner, although the anatomy of these events almost always precludes a happy ending.
https://parsifalswheeldivination.wordpress.com/2019/07/28/where-is-trish-a-missing-person-case-closure/
Finally, here is a “scorecard” of my successes and failures as of the end of 2019. Two of the open cases have since been closed as noted above.
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