The question asked was related to whether a lover would return. I know Rider means a message is coming, and I assumed that message would be a proposal of some sort. Do the Coffin/Garden combo mean it will ultimately end? Could it refer to love that lasts until death?
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Sorry, know it's a bit late to be responding to this but I think it's always good to get different perspectives, regardless of how late.
lol But no, these cards are saying most likely no that he would not return. And for me I can see that in the Rider + Ring + Coffin sequence: Rider is the context card, showing the arrival (or here the return) of your former lover, and then we look at the cards following the Rider to show whether he is returning or no. Rider + Ring, with no negative cards around would've been yes he is coming back (Ring = "looping" back around), but with the Coffin at the end it was a NO, and for me the Coffin (NO, dead end, no movement) colors the Ring negatively, and so the Ring becomes staying put (Ring + Coffin = not coming back around). With Garden at the end it was just another confirmation that he was not coming back (Garden = focus on other people and events in his life). Sorry to say it so late, but he was most likely not going to come back around.