Two of Wands

What the card means

Upright

The plan is made and the world has not been touched yet. A man holds a globe and looks out from a wall: it is all decided except whether to go. Two is the fork people stand at for longer than they need to.

Reversed

Endless surveying instead of a first step: one more calculation, one more opinion. Sometimes the small option was taken out of caution and it is dull now.

Love and relationships

Upright

A relationship at a threshold: deciding whether to go on together. Or a choice between two people that is due.

Reversed

Putting off a conversation that is going to happen regardless. Or keeping an option open instead of choosing.

Work and business

Upright

The strategy is there, the partner found, all that remains is to start. A good time for negotiation and for picking one of two directions.

Reversed

Planning instead of doing. Or afraid to go past what already works.

Money

Upright

The decision to invest is made and the money is still sitting. Count and act - counting the same thing twice adds nothing.

Reversed

The money sits because both options are frightening.

The card's advice

Pick a direction and come down off the wall. You have a map of the world and not one step taken on it - add the step, not another detail to the map.

As the card of the day

A day for deciding where to go. Good for planning with an actual date on it. Poor if the plan comes out dateless again.

What is depicted

A richly dressed man stands on a castle wall, a globe in his hand, a second wand fixed into the stone. He looks out to sea. One wand held and one already set in the wall - to leave or to stay, and he has not decided.

Zodiac sign and correspondences

Mars in Aries - will that is only gathering.

With other cards

• Two of Wands + The Hermit — thinking long and to the point, but it is time to go.
• Two of Wands + Ace of Wands — the spark and the plan - a rare case of having both.
• Two of Wands + Three of Wands — decided and sent; after that it is waiting.