I believe Sufjan's use of the word "wand" here to be phallic. Earlier he uses the word "epicene" which means sexless or neuter (I had to look it up!). So a good translation may be "In this life, to be a winner, you need to be a man". This in turn is probably being used as a statement against patriarchal society injustice. Either that or it's a magicians wand to victory!! ;)
I believe Sufjan's use of the word "wand" here to be phallic. Earlier he uses the word "epicene" which means sexless or neuter (I had to look it up!). So a good translation may be "In this life, to be a winner, you need to be a man". This in turn is probably being used as a statement against patriarchal society injustice. Either that or it's a magicians wand to victory!! ;)