Two of Wands
Wands
How This Card Is Derived
Papus gives no separate description of this card. It is derived from his system: Wands is Yod (י), the active, originating principle, acting in Atziluth, the archetypal world; the number 2 is He of the first series, the passive reflection of that origin. The meaning below is that combination read out — the active, originating principle taken at its 2nd term — not a quotation from him.
Upright
The passive reflection of the impulse: the force turned back on itself and looked at. The figure holds a globe and stands between two staves, one fixed and one held. Papus's second term does not act, it surveys. This is the plan — the impulse examined for where it could go — and the card is exact that the world is being considered from a wall rather than from the road.
Reversed
Survey without departure — planning used as a substitute for the thing planned. Or the impulse acted on before it was ever looked at, which is this card refusing its own function.
Correspondences
- Suit
- Wands — Yod (י), Atziluth, the archetypal world
- Suit principle
- the active, originating principle
- Number
- 2 — He of the first series
- Numeric role
- the passive reflection of that origin
In a Spread
At the commencement, the matter begins in a decision about scope. In opposition, deliberation that is costing the initiative. At equilibrium the situation is stable because nothing has been committed. As the result: a plan — and Papus's second term never delivers more than that.