Morgan Greer Tarot – Summer Solstice Reading

The Tarot Dame used this spread for a reading on her blog on June 21st, for the first day of summer. I liked it so much, I decided to do one for myself! Mine was done on June 22nd (yesterday) so, it was one day late for the first day of summer. Here is a link to see this spread at the Tarot Dame’s blog: Summer Solstice Reading.

I decided to use the Morgan Greer Tarot as I had a dream about it the night before. In the dream, I was doing a reading for my sister using this deck. It seemed very strange because I’ve never read the cards for any of my sisters or Mom.

Here are the basics for the Summer Solstice Spread:
          
Pull “The Sun” from the deck and place it face up in the center.

1. During the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, more light is available to us. What in my life has been in shadow, that I need to shine a bright light on so I can see it clearly for what it is?

2. The word “solstice” comes from the Latin “sol” (meaning sun) and “sistere” (meaning to cause to stand still). What in my life am I trying to force into happening when instead I need to be still and patient?

3. The Summer Solstice is often called “Midsummer” because it is roughly in the middle of the growing season. What in my life is fertile and productive now? Where are my opportunities for growth?

4. After Summer Solstice, the days gradually become shorter, and the sun’s strength wanes as winter approaches. What is waning in my life? What do I need to release?

Here’s a bigger picture of the cards I drew:
 

The Interpretation:

1. What in my life has been in shadow, that I need to shine a bright light on so I can see it clearly for what it is? The Lovers: It looks like I need to really look at my marriage and see if somehow I’m not seeing it for what it really is.
2. What in my life am I trying to force into happening when instead I need to be still and patient? The Two of Rods: Hmmm, I’m not really sure about his. For some reason, the 2 of Rods (Wands) always seems so vague to me.  Perhaps, I just need to be patient about wanting to be in charge of something. I think it’s kind of significant that in this 2 of Rods another hand is coming into the picture with the second rod – it looks like if I’m patient with trying to be in control of something that something or someone might come along and help. Very vague, I’m still not really sure what this means.
3. What in my life is fertile and productive now? Where are my opportunities for growth? The Ace of Wands: I think this is saying that now is a good time to start a new energetic type project – perhaps some home improvements. I’d really like to paint my living room and put in new carpet – maybe the time is now for this!
4. What is waning in my life? What do I need to release? The Ten of Swords: I think this is saying that I need to stop letting myself be a victim – to stop letting myself feel guilty and upset over over things. I’ve already made a big start on this but still need to do more.

This is really a nice spread and I like the insight I received from the reading!

This post has taken me forever to write as the little “Tree” button to insert pictures has disappeared from the writing page. I couldn’t get the other uploading thing to insert pictures either so I had to figure out how to do it with html. I guess that is a good learning experience but it took a lot of time! I want my Tree button back!!!!!!