With the Two of Wands, the raw log from the Ace has become more sophisticated. From firewood, it has transformed into useful or decorative objects, carved and refined. Symmetrically crossed in an X shape, two wands sit in the middle of the card. Their dark blue center reflects receptive spiritual potential. The Two of Wands accumulates its manifesting energy from its center and projects it outward. The orange tips create the junctions between the colored sections. These intelligent intersections energize the receptivity of the wands, whose primary function is to bring our creativity into action. At the ends, four black spatulas remind us that once consumed, matter becomes dust and will return to dust. In their verticality, the wands form two opposing Vs. They outline the contours of tribal masks, symbolic figures of young deer with budding antlers crowned with a flower. The shrubs are more feminine and receptive at the top and masculine and active at the base. Their organic opening signifies creativity in full awakening and fruitful availability. On the sides, four branches burst two by two from a golden corolla with a red bud. The Two of Wands has the shy and jovial dynamic of a youth blushing before the chosen one of their heart. Their burgeoning excitement is entirely internalized. Born under the muse’s aegis, the Two of Wands offers us the bucolic pause of a picnic. The two characters borrowed from Manet create a stark contrast between modesty and indecency, between reserve and boldness... between desire and provocation. The artist and his muse maintain a respectable distance. The painter might be on the edge of the lady’s territory. But the lady’s nonchalant attitude signals that there is still a way to go... for these initial steps to be mere preliminaries. Based on "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe," Édouard Manet (1832 - 1883)