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.
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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 the week of October 13, 2035
We have your reading for the week! We pull The Empress for love, the Nine of Wands for money, and the King of Swords for guidance, tying tenderness to stamina and clear speech. We connect personal care with principled action and offer grounded steps for steady finances and brave communication.
Make good choices; take down the patriarchy.
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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 Romanistan.
SPEAKER_01:We're your friendly neighborhood gypsies. I'm Paulina. And I'm Jez. And we are here for your tarot for the week of October 13th, 2025.
SPEAKER_00:Yay.
SPEAKER_01:Here's another week ahead for us. And we have cards for love, money, and guidance. This week for love, we have the Empress. For money, the Nine of Wands. And for guidance, the King of Swords. Okay. How are you feeling about that?
SPEAKER_00:So we have the Empress, and this is for love.
SPEAKER_01:I love the Empress for Love.
SPEAKER_00:Okay, this is perfect. So I feel like the Empress is the ruler of rulers. And yeah, it's all about gaining control. And not even gaining control, but kind of like leaning into your role. The Empress really embodies manifestation, growth. I think kind of a combination of basically getting yourself ready for more love. And it's kind of like you are, you know, you're feeling love, you're wanting love, and you're attracting it right now. So this is not a time for you to take space, or it's not a time where things are gonna be really difficult. This is a time where love, happiness, and basically that whole flow is just coming in naturally.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, I agree. Sorry, did I cut you off?
SPEAKER_00:No, no, I was saying, how do you feel about that?
SPEAKER_01:I I totally agree. And I love how the Empress, her power comes from her kindness and her nurturing. And so it feels like if you're putting out this energy of love and empowerment and like you know what you're about, you know what you want, you're communicating clearly and just like really taking up space in the way you need to, it feels like good things are coming for you. And even if you're in a place where you're like, I would like to be single, I would like a break. This can absolutely be about self-love too, where you're just figuring out what it means for you to adore yourself or treat your body really, really well, or appreciate your uh your strongest skills. So the Empress can be a very sensual card too. And so this might be a good week for whatever feels like a sensual celebration of life, very life-affirming choices this week. I like that for sure. Money. We have the um nine of wands, which feels a little cautionary.
SPEAKER_00:I feel like we keep getting these kind of cards when it comes to money. Like, I feel like we've been getting this a lot. I feel like the nine of wands can represent some setbacks when it comes to finance. Also, needing to basically stay resilient and needing to stay firm in your financial decision. So if you're making some kind of financial decisions and like don't go back on it, follow through, um like protect what you already built, basically. That's my feel on it. And like I said, we have gotten this kind of recently, not this exact card, but like we've gotten some cautionary cards when it comes to finances. So yeah, it's tough out here.
SPEAKER_01:It is. I think it's very reflective of the the times. I mean, we're in challenging times more than just the economy. I mean, we're just we're in like uh an ongoing political crisis, and it's terrible things are happening to people, and it's really hard. And I think that makes people afraid. And so for you, like your personal take on this card this week might be um, you might ask yourself how you can pace yourself financially. You can still move forward with the thing, the long-term goals you have, but maybe you need to go slow and steady. Maybe you need to make sure that you're being responsible, that your growth is not bigger than like your actual stamina. Um so yeah, it's a kind of like go steady, go gentle kind of card. And I think that can be good advice too if we're looking um at the broad bigger picture. It's not like we don't want to spend any money at all, but you want to make sure that you're spending wisely and not overdoing it. For sure. And then lastly, the king of swords is our guidance, which juxtaposed with the empress, I think is kind of interesting. What do you think about that?
SPEAKER_00:When I think of the king of swords, I feel like conflict, but like conquering the conflict. I feel like it's about overcoming difficulties, overcoming conflict, overcoming misunderstandings, and I don't know why, but I feel like a sense of leaning into justice, like things are gonna turn out, like the scales are gonna balance, and basically, yeah, the king is gonna bring it together for us.
SPEAKER_01:I love that. Yeah, I mean, I always feel like now is a good time to speak out against fascism. Always feel like now is a good time to be so principled and you know speak out against genocide, speak out against all the terrible things that are happening. I think the king of swords is such an expert communicator, and this is such a good reminder that your voice matters. And then with reference to the earlier cards, I feel like the Empress is telling you to listen to what your heart and your body is telling you and wants, and then the King of Swords is like, and what's the smart way to approach that? Like, what's a logical way to do that? So it's you're not all need and you're not all um logic and airy mentality, but you're bringing the two together.
SPEAKER_00:For sure, for sure.
SPEAKER_01:So yeah, everybody, that's it. Thank you so much for being here. Make good choices, take down the patriarchy. We love you.
unknown:Bye.
SPEAKER_01:Bye. And if you would like to get one-on-one readings with us, you can book with me at jasmina vonta.com.
SPEAKER_00:And you can also book with me, so either for one-on-one readings or holistic sessions or services at romaniholistic.com. And you can also just book directly through my calendar, so R-O-M-A-N-I-Holistic.com.
SPEAKER_01:So I do tarot, palm, and tea leaf reading and also creative coaching sessions and all kinds of things. And so jasminavantila.com is just you know how you spell my name. Um, you can check it out on the show notes.