Romanistan
The authors of Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling present: Romanistan! Do you love rebels? Do you want to live in a place where outcasts shine their brightest? Welcome to Romanistan! We're your friendly neighborhood Gypsies, celebrating Romani identity and outcast culture, and practicing good diplomatic relations with other marginalized communities.
We love the rebels who are living their truth, even if it clashes with tradition. We also love tradition and honoring our roots. This podcast is for everyone who loves and supports Roma & related groups, and anyone who feels like a misfit and wants to uplift others to create a beautiful community.
We feature pioneers in culture, fashion, art, literature, music, activism, cuisine, and everything good. We adore the intersections of gender, sexuality, spirituality, ability, and identity. We cover all topics, from the difficult to the glorious. Let's sit crooked and talk straight.
Hosted by Paulina Stevens and Jezmina Von Thiele. We reclaim the slur Gypsy, but if you aren’t Romani, we prefer you don't use it. xoxo.
P.S. The Romani people are a diasporic ethnic group originally from northwest India, circa the 10th century. Now, Roma live all over the globe, and due to centuries of oppression, slavery, genocide, and other atrocities, Roma are still fighting for basic human rights. We seek to raise awareness of who Roma are, and highlight Romani resilience, creativity, & culture.
Romanistan
Tarot for September 29, 2025
Paulina and Jez deliver your weekly tarot reading for love, money, and guidance for the week of September 29th, 2025, offering insights to help navigate the energies ahead. It’s all about communication, balance, & empowerment this week!
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Romanistan is hosted by Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina Stevens
Conceived of by Paulina Stevens
Edited by Viktor Pachas, Bianca, Dia Luna
With Music by Viktor Pachas
And Artwork by Elijah Vardo
Welcome to Romanistem.
SPEAKER_01:For your friendly neighborhood gypsies. I'm Paulina. And I'm Jez. And we are here with your tarot reading for love, money, and guidance for the week of September 29th, 2025. What do we have, Paulina?
SPEAKER_00:Okay, so for la la la la love, we got the eight of wands.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, I love that.
SPEAKER_00:Right? This is kind of how I view it, right? It's basically I feel like it is things moving fast, maybe things might be getting too heated before you can handle it. Or maybe you could handle it. It's not sometimes you don't always have to slow down.
SPEAKER_01:That's true. Maybe you do not watch a slow job.
SPEAKER_00:But maybe you don't want to crush, though. So it's I think it's about kind of having having momentum in general. Like when things are going good, when you have a good thing going, keep it going. Keep that momentum, keep the wheels turning. Make sure that you can still kind of live in the moment and enjoy the moment. But that's kind of what I see.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, I agree. And I often get into the nitty-gritty of this card where I think of the momentum as being really rooted in communication. And so I think that oftentimes when this card shows up, it's like you need to say what needs to be said. You need to have those conversations. Maybe this is a week for like what are we talking, or just to like have a sweet heart-to-heart, or like check in if you've like been together forever and you don't have that much time to talk, like make sure you're talking this week. But if you're in a kind of new stages of something, say everything that needs to be said. Maybe you'll hear that someone is interested in you. Maybe you need to tell someone you are interested in them. But this is a time to just say all the things and know that learning about how to communicate better always makes your relationships better. And there's just no way to lose there. So just do that. And I also think of this card as spiritual messaging a little bit. So if you're getting like downloads from spirit or little spirit nudges and omens, like keep an eye out for that too, around love.
SPEAKER_00:I really like that advice. And I always feel like these readings are for me. Like, yeah, okay.
SPEAKER_01:I'm like, I'll keep that in mind. They're for anyone who's tuning in. That's the fun thing about these community readings. It's like, if you're here, it's for you.
SPEAKER_00:Right. And it's I really like that. If you're here, it's for you. It's so true. So next we have money. So when it comes to money, basically. Oh, sorry. I'm sorry guys. I have to tell you the card. Oh, yeah. We got the temperance card. Oh, okay. Yeah. Totally. So I feel like this has to do with having balance in your finances. So kind of making sure your checks and balances are even or however they're supposed to be, I don't know exactly what that means. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:I'll check out the thing.
SPEAKER_00:That your checks and balances are straight. Okay.
SPEAKER_01:Balanced.
SPEAKER_00:Balanced. Um, I also feel like it has to do with money coming in. So when that starts to happen, like when you need when you feel like you're probably losing control, it's because you're probably doing well. Like something is happening happening, like the momentum in your love life, it's kind of like momentum a little bit in your money life. But and and you have to be ready for it. You have to be balanced, you have to be ready to basically take on any of those new financial, I don't know, like struggles and challenges and all of that stuff. And and and and because money is coming in. So I I feel like it's good, it's just it's trickling in. It's kind of slow, maybe not exactly the way that you want it to, but it is still coming in. So take a hold of it before it snowballs.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, this is definitely a card of patience. If you want to know more about the Temperance card, we interviewed Sister Temperance, Angeliska Polichek, and she talked about why she chose that for her name a little bit. Um, and so I I think it was last year that we interviewed her. So look back into our catalog and find the episode. But she's a reader in Austin. Great interview. But for money advice, I think that I often think of this as a transformation over time and how important it is for you to understand that you have to be present for every step. It's really easy to, if you have a goal, like you need to get from point A to point B, to just be looking and thinking about point B, but you should be paying attention to every little like baby step along the way because that's where the really interesting and important transformation happens. And this might be about evolving in your career or learning better money habits that you need to build over time. Our last week's episode was also like learning the ins and outs of these things, and it was a very practical thing. And so if you were doing that last week, this week you might be understanding that it takes a minute for you to master anything, and so be patient and just keep working on it. And I love the little angel of temperance there as a protective force and just reminding you of divine timing, and you know, it's okay if you're not there already, you're where you need to be.
SPEAKER_00:Next, we have for guidance. I didn't say g guidance.
unknown:It's so weird.
SPEAKER_00:You guys know. Um, so when it comes to the Empress, uh we got the Empress. We got the Empress, first of all, for guidance. But I feel like I was kind of like, I don't know, like conflicted just now, like when I pulled these out because I feel like there's this old school version of the Empress, like that my mom, you know, would tell me that's what it means, or my grandma or something. But I feel like when it comes to my own interpretation, I'm just gonna tell y'all both. So my own interpretation is I view the Empress as creation in general. And so when it comes to guidance, it's kind of like this is a time for creation. This is about nurturing yourself through your own creativity and just like letting that out. Like that's the only way to really let it out into something tangible and something real that you can, you know, hear, see, feel, touch. Like it's kind of for me, like that's what it's about, like getting something out in manifestation and growth. Um and now the old school way, my mom would be like, and sometimes I say both, and sometimes I say one, you know, depending on how I'm feeling, literally. But I I we actually just talked about this a little bit um Jess and I like for this recording. And so um two times, and I know that I'm not, but what I was when I'm when I pulled the Empress out for myself twice, which you know I hate doing cards on myself, but I did um both times I end I was pregnant, and I thought that that was really crazy. And so it really kind of signified fertility for me in that moment. And my mom has experience with all people from the world, and literally she would still say, like, it means a there's a baby coming, and like it doesn't matter how, it doesn't matter where, like, it's coming, a friend, or this one and that one, like something like that. So I think there's that little bit aspect of like maybe fertility or children just kind of being around you.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, I I've definitely heard both ways. Like sometimes when I I mean, I I love kids genuinely, I will never have them, and I'm that I that feels like the right choice, and it's also the choice my body made for me. Um and so when I have the empress, it's never literally about children or childbirth or anything like that. For me, it's more my like creative energy, very much what you were saying earlier. And I also love how the empress can be such an encouragement to step into your power and leadership positions, but with a nurturing sort of energy, like really embodying the nurturing element of the empress, but the empowered element of the empress. And so you might be stepping up in a big way, but not at your own expense. Um, you're take caretaking yourself, you're caretaking others. The empress would would never martyr herself to take care of other people. It's about having that balance of like, you know, you preserve your power while also sharing um your gifts. But then also, if you're listening to this and you're trying to have a baby or something, this might be a good time to like dive in.
SPEAKER_00:Or it could be a family member, you know. Totally. Yeah. Could just be something like that.
SPEAKER_01:Baby around you.
SPEAKER_00:A baby.
SPEAKER_01:And also, I think another way to think about this too is that sometimes the baby, it might actually be like a project or something that it like you think of as like your baby. Like maybe you're writing an album or something awesome or a book or like doing something, you're birthing something into the world.
SPEAKER_00:Or if you've lost your kids like me, it's a little bit coming. New babies, little fuzzy babes. Um, well, thank you guys so much for listening. We really love and appreciate you.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, thank you so much for being here, and stay tuned for the exciting spooky episodes coming this October. We always get so excited. Yeah, if you enjoyed this, please share. It really helps us when you just share what we do, and it's a free way to make a huge difference to us, but also any creator that you love. Um, so thanks for being here. We love you.
SPEAKER_00:We love you. Bye.