Your Chosen Card – Two of Wands Upright Golden Deck
When upright, the Two of Wands suggests that you are pondering a course of action or deciding on a future path your life will take. The young man on the card is contemplating a globe with a stance of self-assurance. Traditionally this card represented dark thoughts and sorrow. It reminds Waite of the sorrow of Alexander the Great amidst the grandeur of this worlds wealth. Modern interpretations view the Two of Wands as a card of fortune, grandeur, dominion, and influence over others. Perhaps it encompasses both meanings simultaneously. You may feel a sense of sadness as you contemplate a potential future course of action. The number two is related to partnerships, collaboration, and making important choices, which usually involve a sense of loss in giving up something to pursue another goal that you desire.
Keywords Upright: Dominion, influence over others, the power to control things, confidence, choosing ones direction in life, planning for the future, effective use of ones will, envisioning future developments, astonishment, an important decision, trying to figure a way out of a difficult situation.
Timing: 0 Aries10 Aries. Tropical, 20 March30 March. Sidereal, 14 April23 April
Astrology: The assertive and pioneering planet Mars (dignified) in the first decan of fiery Aries (the first ten days of spring); also the realm of the Queen of Wands (Water of Fire) and the Emperor (Aries). Mars is linked to the Tower. The fiery Queen of Wands gives birth to the season of spring at the beginning of Aries.
Number Symbolism: 2 – duality, partnership, choice, decision, balance, gestation.
When Two of Wands is upright you can pretty much take it that life is going well but that’s when life takes us by surprise. If Two of Wands is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is Two of Wands is trying to tell you. If you had a particular issue in mind, or want to seek clarification on something else, you can also choose again to get more guidance.
This chosen card is part of your upright card reading for Two of Wands using cards from the Golden Tarot Deck. You will find many more tarot pages that will be of great help if you need tarot card meanings. Use the search at the bottom of the page. We have some amazing tarot books for you to browse. Please see below.
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Complete Book of Tarot: According to the Golden Dawn, several major arcana are associated with the element Water and the watery suit of Cups. These include:
Portable Magic: At once release your will to be united with the other person. Direct it with your right hand and arm as though casting forth a glowing lance of white fire from your heart centre through the centre of the triangle of golden light that floats upon the air above the raised dais of the three elemental trumps. Feel yourself snatch the fiery lance of your will out of your heart centre and fling it through the centre of the triangle. Visualize the upright astral triangle filling with bright radiance.
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Portable Magic: All the traditional planets rule two signs each, except for the Sun and the Moon, which each rule only one sign. The planets added to modern astrology, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, have no place in the Golden Dawn correspondences for the trumps, which are based on traditional astrology.