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 the week of November 17, 2025
We read the Nine of Pentacles for love, the Five of Pentacles for money, and the Six of Wands for guidance to navigate a week of simple pleasures, careful budgeting, and steady progress. We also share small business updates, website bookings, and a gift recommendation for the holiday season.
• self-worth and sensual rituals as daily practice
• independence in love without emotional scarcity
• temporary financial strain and practical budgeting
• time and energy budgeting alongside money
• recognizing small wins and repeating past strategies
• community support through asking and offering help
• hosts’ booking systems and small business grants
• gift guide mention of Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling
If you are thinking of doing a little gift shopping, or even if you're in charge of creating gift guides or anything, please consider Secrets of Romani fortune Telling.
You can book 1:1 readings with Jez at jezminavonthiele.com, and book readings and holistic healing sessions with Paulina at romaniholistic.com.
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Romanistan is hosted by Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina Stevens
Conceived of by Paulina Stevens
Edited by Bianca
With Music by Viktor Pachas
And Artwork by Elijah Vardo
Welcome to Romanist Day.
SPEAKER_00:We're your friendly neighborhood gypsies.
SPEAKER_01:I'm Paulina.
SPEAKER_00:And I'm Jez, and we are here with your tarot reading for the week of November 17th, 2025, for love, money, and guidance.
SPEAKER_01:Yes.
SPEAKER_00:So we have the Nine of Pentacles for love. How is that feeling for you, Paulina?
SPEAKER_01:Okay, so for me, the Nine of Pentacles obviously I love. It's about grounding, kind of creating something, um, being down to earth. But I also feel like it's a lot about self-worth and prioritizing your independence at the same time. You know, basically not rushing into a place where you have to kind of be dependent on someone, whether that be like a lover or family or friendship, but allowing yourself to be open to that as long as you just prioritize your own self-worth, basically.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, absolutely. I always think of this card as um an image of the self-made person where it's like you have worked really hard to have the stability, you deserve to enjoy it. And I also think of this card as a card of pleasure, and pleasure doesn't have to be experienced with other people. You could be really deeply enjoying your morning ritual of tea and coffee or whatever else you're drinking or imbibing. You might be really into the fabrics that you're wearing and aware of your sensuality in general. This can be a time to feel, whether you're thinking of it as like feeling sexy or feeling sensual, to just be feeling yourself. And you can, of course, enjoy that energy with other people. But I think that this card really encourages you to just enjoy pleasure for pleasure's sake and see yourself as a font of this uh sensory delight.
SPEAKER_01:Okay, I love the font.
SPEAKER_00:Uh, we love a font, and I love how the person is standing in a garden too. So, I mean, maybe this is a nice time to be outside and enjoy beauty with yourself and with loved ones too. Then we have the five of pentacles, a different kind of pentacle story for money. How's that feeling?
SPEAKER_01:So I feel like it does, and I think it's normal with everything happening too in this world, like people are gonna get affected, and whoever is listening, like you are gonna get affected as well. Whether it's on a big scale, a small scale, whether it's just emotional. I feel like there's a level of financial strain, uncertainty, feeling unsupported, and I do feel like it's basically representing a temporary time of a financial dip. So prepare for it, you know, cut back on some expenses, maybe try to I I this has helped me because I'm honestly going through this right now. It's so true for me, and I just feel like I've been meal prepping, which I'm also gonna share some videos with everybody about that. Yeah, I would say just you know, be careful and it just there's not a lot of, you know, even assistance right now. Like we're kind of on our own and and it's difficult and we feel you and we get you.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, be thrifty, be cheap and cheerful. Ask for help if you need it, offer help if you can offer it. And in general, this card is definitely about budgeting. Budget your time and energy as well as your money. And we're coming upon the holiday season, and so that might be an element of your budgeting, or you might be going through a tough time. And what I think is helpful about these cards is that they remind you that you know, all of these things are impermanent. Things uh go come and go, is what I'm trying to say. Um, energies come and go. And so, yeah, you might need to be a little careful right now. Yes. Maybe no big crazy purchases if you had planned any this week, or if you can hold off on it at all, or try to bargain.
SPEAKER_01:Or spend it all and die.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, and then the six of wands is our overall guidance. How's that hitting for you?
SPEAKER_01:I think that this in a guidance card represents that your efforts will eventually pay off, but they just might take a little while. And I feel like it's a card coming up to remind you to stay confident, reward yourself for the little things, and remember that the difficult times are temporary and you will get through them. I don't know what it is about this whole layout, but I just feel like yeah, like it's a time of a little bit of sorrows, and you know, we just have to accept that a little bit. So yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, and I think the card of love, you know, the nine of pentacles or for love this week is reminding us too that we can find joy and pleasure in the small moments and the day-to-day, in the everyday. We don't have to splash out to show that we're successful or, you know, have a good time or to impress our loved ones or anything like that. And I think the Six of Wands is just reminding us to keep going, find pleasure where we can. If we're having a hard time, no, it's not going to last. And remember, too, all the ways that you've been victorious in the past, you will continue to be victorious in the future. You might even find that some strategies you've used in the past are really helpful right now for getting any out of any tricky spots, especially around, you know, home, wealth, health, and all of that stuff. Uh, and yeah, be close to your loved ones and find joy wherever you can. For sure. Yay, yay. I think my news for this week, I forgot to mention, you can now use my online booking system at jasmina von Tila.com. I have like a whole calendar where you can book yourself, you can order pre-recorded readings or letters from me, all kinds of things. So you don't have to go back and forth scheduling over email with me anymore. And um, so thank you to the well-balanced witch for designing my website. I really love it.
SPEAKER_01:Wow, that's really cool. I actually do have a calendar booking system too, just to let people know.
SPEAKER_00:It's so much easier. People kept emailing me, being like, Do I just like email you to set up an a time? And I'm like, Yeah, because I don't have a real website. Um, yeah, but I applied for a tech grant and uh was able to apply that, those funds to tech for my small business. I applied through a community loan fund. So if you have a small business, yeah, remember you can apply for for loans or not loans, this was a grant, but remember you can apply for money if you have a small business if you're an entrepreneur. Sometimes that really helps. And I thought I was too small to apply, uh, but I am not, apparently. So yay.
SPEAKER_01:Very cool.
SPEAKER_00:Yay, yay. Do you have any news for the week of November 17th?
SPEAKER_01:Um, my news is to just keep a lookout for my videos and also some changes to my website. And that's really it.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah. Yeah, you've been cooking up some fun things, so definitely keep an eye on Romani Holistic. Sure. Yay, well, thank you so much for being here, everyone. If you are thinking of doing a little gift shopping, or even if you're in charge of creating gift guides or anything, please consider Secrets of Romani fortune telling. Um, yeah, it's a great gift, and it's also, I'm noticing it's ending up on some LGBTQ Plus list, which is great because I'm queer and non-binary, and uh yeah, it falls under that category for a reason. So that's also fun too, and it's also um published by Wiser Books, which is an independent small publisher. So yeah, it always really helps, and it can be a cute stocking stuffer for someone, or a Hanukkah gift, or winter solstice uh present, whatever you're up to. Yeah, yeah. Thank you for being here. We love you so much. Thank you. Bye.