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Two of Wands Tarot Card Meaning
The Two of Wands tarot card means planning, decisions and looking ahead. Planning the next move.
Upright
- Planning
- decisions
- looking ahead
Reversed
- Fear of the unknown
- poor planning
- staying put
Yes or no
Yes
The Two of Wands is one of the 14 cards in the suit of Wands. Wands are the suit of fire: energy, ambition, work you care about and the drive to get things moving.
What the card shows
A man stands on the battlements of a castle holding a small globe in one hand and a wand in the other. A second wand is fixed to the wall beside him, and he looks out over the sea.
This is the card as drawn by Pamela Colman Smith for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is in the public domain.
Upright meaning
The Two of Wands is read as the planning stage. The first step worked and now you are deciding how far to take it. It points to bold plans and weighing home against the wider world.
Two of Wands reversed
Reversed, it is read as playing it safe out of fear, or plans that have not been thought through.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Two of Wands is usually read as a yes. Readers differ on some cards, so treat this as one common reading. You can ask a yes or no question and draw a card for it.
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