Tarot · Wands
Two of Wands
- planning
- vision
- decision
The picture
A man stands on the battlements of a castle holding a small globe and looking out over land and sea; one wand stands beside him and a second is fixed to the wall.
The meaning
The man holds the world in his hand and still looks into the distance. The tradition reads the Two of Wands as planning and the moment before a decision. You know what you have, and you are weighing where it should go next. The card stands for foresight and a wish for wider horizons.
Reversed
Reversed, it is read as hesitation before the unknown, or a plan that stays a plan for too long.
In love
In love it is read as a question about shared direction, or a longing for new horizons.
At work
At work it stands for strategy, plans for the future and a choice between two paths.
As your card of the day
Today is a good day to think further ahead than tomorrow. Where do you actually want this to go?
The Two of Wands stands for a plan. Decide today what the first step towards it is.
Wands belong to fire. The tradition reads them as the cards of drive, ideas and energy.
Picture: Pamela Colman Smith, Rider-Waite-Smith tarot, 1909, public domain (Wikimedia Commons).