HerzogIsGod said:
I see it as restlessness or perhaps chronic dissatisfaction. Seems you cannot just sit back and relax with what you have accomplished, your eye is always on "the next" thing
I like that, and agree. You'll notice that in all the other "2" cards (I'm talking classic Rider-Waite images here) *both* of the objects are held. Juggling the two pents, trying to compromise the weight of two swords, sharing the two cups. Only in 2/Wands is only one in hand and the person gazing away from the other. Which fits Herzog's observation. This isn't just about "2's" it's about wands. And wands, all fire and passion, want to
do. They don't want to wait. So even in this "2" which, as Sulis says, is a number of pausing (and they are paused, holding their wand, gazing forward), they still have acted, and still want to move on.
The truth is, none of the other 2's want to make a decision. All of them want that pause so that they can hold onto both for a moment. 2/Pents thinks he can juggle both finances, 2/Swords thinks she can keep the swords from fighting for supremacy, 2/Cups wants this moment of emotional balance and harmony to continue on--Only the 2/Wands says, "I haven't the energy for both. I'll go for this one--" and then uses that pause to focus down and consider what he'll do with it. Wands don't look back (as the next card shows, always looking out and forward), don't regret (you're not going to get a dissatisfied 4/Cups here). In fact, the more things develop from this 2/Wands decision, the more invested the person will be in it. He'll hold the fort all by himself in the 9/Wands, giving it the last of his energy.
So, I think, in the end, that 2/wands is not only that drive, that restless feeling of "okay, done, what's next?" that Herzog mentions, but also that feeling of giving that decision your entire focus (a focus that, a moment ago, was split between the two wands). Maybe those moments make you nervous, or excited. Or maybe they make you start planning out all the things you'll need like creating a grocery list for dinner
But whatever the 2/Wands is about, romance, friendship, business, I think there is a feeling of "Decided!" followed by a moment of stillness where, turning from the other decision, you commit to this new direction.