I feel like all 2s in the Tarot can hold a sort of ambivalence about them. If you’re anything like me, you might have been under the impression that ‘ambivalence’ is synonymous with apathy, but it really means ‘holding contradictory feelings’. 2s, being related to the High Priestess, all carry this energy of contradiction. We may be looking for answers and direction in 2 energy, but it often comes with a lot of tension—anticipation mixed with apprehension, excitement mixed with fear. When 2 of Wands comes up, we are at the starting gate of a new venture. This is very often related to work/business or creative pursuits, but it can also be about our relationship to spirituality, activism, or sex. The suit of Wands is related to fire, so in 2 of Wands, we desire to take the spark of the Ace and grow it into a viable flame. This card shows that the conditions are right, but that we’ll need to commit. There can be a tendency, when we’re in this energy, to kind of paw at the starting line and experience the longing to move forward, and even to talk a big game about what we’re going to do, but not lace up our boots, so to speak, and begin the journey. Because fire needs consistent feeding and tending we can experience anxiety around our abilities to manage this energy, and stop ourselves before we even get started. 2 of Wands tells us to grow faith in our abilities by utilizing them: it says get going, and do the thing.