In myth, love dares to follow where light will not go. Orpheus descends to the underworld, lyre in hand, to reclaim what was stolen. His song bends the heart of death itself, loosening the gates. Yet at the threshold, one backward glance is enough to sever what he longed to save.

Every grief carries its own underworld. Loss pulls you down into shadowed places — where time stands still, where the air itself feels heavy, where even memory wavers. It is here that love must become a lantern: not to banish the dark, but to guide you through it. To keep walking. To keep singing. To keep faith with what remains.

This reading walks beside you through the descent of loss. It honours what has ended, helps you give shape to your grief, and finds the thread of song that can lead you back. Together we look for the lantern you can carry forward — not to erase what has been lost, but to walk with it in grace.

• You feel caught in the “underworld” of loss — heavy, still, or silent.

• You long for a way to honour what has passed without losing yourself in it.

• You are seeking a lantern of hope, love, or meaning to carry through the dark.

• You wish to walk forward with grace, holding both memory and renewal.