Two of Wands: tarot card meaning

Two of Wands is card 2 in the suit of Wands, associated with the element of Fire. Drawn upright it speaks of balance, passion, initiative; reversed, of passion blocked, stalled action.

Upright meaning

balance, passion, initiative

Planning your next move and weighing the wider world -- the future is opening and your choices widen.

Reversed meaning

passion blocked, stalled action

A fear of leaving the familiar or a plan kept too small -- the wider path is waiting but unentered.

The suit of Wands belongs to Fire and to passion, initiative and growth.

In a three-card reading

In the past position Two of Wands describes the current that carried you to where you are; in the present position, what is most alive in the situation now; in the future position, the direction things tend toward if nothing changes. A reading weighs it against the other two cards rather than on its own.