A figure stands on a ridge with their back to us. Three wands are planted in the ground and they rest a hand on one, looking down at the sea where a few ships are under way. The man in the Two of Wands studied the map; this one has already sent the ships. The card is about something you set in motion reaching further out, and the wait for what comes back.
It usually means your part is done. The application is in, the quote has gone out, the first thing you made is on the market. From here, there is less you can do with your hands and more waiting. Not idle, though: this is the time to plan what you will do when the ships return, and how to handle it if things grow bigger than planned.
Reversed, there are two readings. One is that results are coming more slowly than you hoped. The plan was not wrong so much as the weather changed, and some slack in the timeline is all it needs. The other is that the forecast was too big from the start. Send out three ships while hoping ten come back, and whatever arrives will disappoint.
The question worth asking is whether there is really nothing to do while you wait. Usually there is plenty: the next stage, loose ends, a plan B.
Reading it purely as 'good news is coming' gets half of it. That is not wrong, but the figure is not only waiting; they are looking at a much wider sea. The card leans towards thinking about the next venture rather than the returns on this one.
With the World, it often points to going far — abroad, or onto a larger stage. Followed by the Eight of Wands, the answers you have been waiting for arrive all at once.