Tarot for the week of January 12, 2026

A fiery, creative week invites bold love and shared projects, while money asks for caution and health asks for care. We weigh choices, trim what drains, and protect the energy that keeps everything moving.

• Queen of Wands as a cue for action and creative love
• equal energy exchange as a health check for relationships
• honoring animal companions as true family
• Two of Swords signaling a money crossroads and pause
• using tools, strategy, and subtraction to steady finances
• Five of Pentacles reframed as purposeful budgeting
• health as a core resource to protect
• trusting tradeoffs while making room for better fits

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Transcript

Welcome And Weekly Reading

SPEAKER_01 0:00

Welcome to Romanistem.

SPEAKER_00 0:02

We're your friendly neighborhood gypsies.

SPEAKER_01 0:05

I'm Paulina. And I'm Jez.

SPEAKER_00 0:07

And we're here for your reading of the week of January 12th, 2026. Yay! What do we have, Paulina?

SPEAKER_01 0:17

So for love, we have the Queen of Wands. For money, we get the Two of Swords. And for guidance, we get the Five of Pentacles. What do you think about the Queen of Wands for love?

SPEAKER_00 0:32

I'm into it. I love how creative and potent the Queen of Wands is. And it feels like this is the time to do things with the people you love, especially things that feel creative or self-expressive. It's also a good time to have conversations, you know, you should have. If you want to do any creative projects or collaborating with people you care about, this is a time whether you're creating doing a knitting circle or you're like opening a business with your partner. Whatever you're doing, it's a time to do the things and it should be fun. What do you think?

Pets, Partnership, And Equal Energy

SPEAKER_01 1:08

I totally agree with that. I feel like I agree with all of that. Plus, I also feel like when it comes to love, it's so much about growth and yeah, like manifestation and like taking on projects together and also taking on each other as a project. Right? Like taking on each other, and then also I just feel like it has to do with animal love and like loving your pets and loving the animals in your life because I almost feel bad even calling them pets, they're literally family. I'm their pet.

SPEAKER_00 1:55

Yeah, I think about that too. I often call Lily like my companion.

SPEAKER_01 2:02

It's so disrespectful to them. So yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:08

Yeah, because there's this beautiful little cat on um the Smith Rider Wait version of the card. That's such a good point. And I love what you're saying about taking on each other as a project. Like if you're really invested in someone, it's about doing the work. And if you're at a place where you're like, I don't want to do this work, then you're not in the right configuration of that relationship. But if you are in the right one, taking on the work feels really gratifying, even if it is sometimes you know challenging, it should feel good and energizing. Like this card feels if you're in the right one.

SPEAKER_01 2:39

Exactly. Oh my god, that's such a great point. Yeah, like it's not work if you're feeling good about it.

SPEAKER_00 2:47

Yeah. So then with the equal energy, which is so important.

SPEAKER_01 2:53

Mm-hmm. Equal energy exchange.

SPEAKER_00 2:56

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 3:00

Then we also get the two of swords for money, which is so interesting. I mean, I kind of feel like it's a like you have to do this or this, like you have to separate. What do you think?

Tradeoffs, Budgets, And Letting Go

SPEAKER_00 3:20

This made me feel immediately like this is not the week to just make any big purchases. If you need to think about something, uh a big financial decision, or if you need to reevaluate your budget. Basically, this is a time to be cautious, to think slowly, to weigh both sides of something. I know in January for me, I have a lot of um new bills that come up, like my car insurance alone. I have to strategize about how to take care of that. So you might find that you are strategizing and you might feel a little like you don't know what to do. And if you're feeling overwhelmed, it's okay to ask for help. It's okay to um use tools and techniques that are super practical. Um, from you know, does anyone balance or checkbook anymore? I don't know. I use QuickBooks to keep track of everything I'm doing and why. But um yeah, basically, like be smart about your finances this month. Uh, if you you feel like you're confused, don't make decisions with your eyes closed.

SPEAKER_01 4:24

It's like a sacrifice, like you have to sacrifice some things in order to, I guess, be opener, make space for others, specifically in a financial realm. So, like giving up one job, maybe to pursue something else, or maybe it's even just like quitting a side hustle that you're like, I don't know why it's just not working, or like something like that. And even though that seems kind of sad, um, again, I feel like it has to do with our attachments with finances, which is so interesting that that had come in kind of in two different little forms, but that's how I feel about it. Like you're still letting go of these financial attachments.

SPEAKER_00 5:07

Yeah, I think that's such an interesting point. And for some people, it could be what you point out like if you're if you're like us and you work loads of gigs, it might be letting something go. If you're someone who has like a full-time job but lots of expenses, it might be sacrificing an expense in the mean, like you know, to to achieve a goal or to just create a little more comfort. There's so many different ways of looking at this, and so it's a nice time for you listeners to take a moment to evaluate. Is there anything not working about my finances that I need to think a little bit more about?

SPEAKER_01 5:41

And then we get the five of pentacles for guidance.

SPEAKER_00 5:47

That really feels like it's continuing this thought, right?

SPEAKER_01 5:52

Like what the hell?

SPEAKER_00 5:54

It's like you only have so much time, energy, money, you can't spend it all. You gotta be more conservative with that specifically, not politically.

SPEAKER_01 6:04

Yeah, no, and I feel like it's so much about like doing the right thing with your finances, and also I feel like it ties in a little bit of last week's theme of like trusting the universe, letting go of things, letting go of financial attached attachments, and then also about giving and spending your money wisely, but all together, like in one space, like financially and purposefully doing things that you really just have to have trust in and faith in. So this is weird, but it's like, yeah, letting go of one thing and trusting that you'll get something else, and I think overall guidance we low key are always changing and have to do that with everything anyway. So it's just a little bit on a bigger scale now.

Health, Energy, And Moving Slower

Closing And Appreciation

SPEAKER_00 7:01

Yeah, you might feel like you're going through some kind of loss. It could be what we were talking about financially. I think this card is also such a good reminder to take care of your health. And if you're struggling with your health, this is just reminding you not to ignore it, to take it seriously. And if you're in good health, knock on wood, I hope that continues, but you might need to be a little mindful about how you maintain it, or if you're gonna be, you know, somewhere really busy, like on an airplane or something, maybe you mask up or you get your flu shot or whatever it is that you need to do. Um, but this is a good time to remember that you only have so much energy, that health is one of your most precious commodities. And um, coming back to the energy thing too, it's like just don't spread yourself too thin, whether it's about your health physically or your mental health, um, you gotta make sure to conserve your energy and be a little softer, a little slower. You don't have to do it all. Just, you know, trust it's gonna be okay, even if you need to take a beat or take a step back.

SPEAKER_01 8:04

Yeah. And that's it.

SPEAKER_00 8:07

Yeah, thank you for being here, everyone. And we love you and appreciate you.

SPEAKER_01 8:13

Yes, we love you.

SPEAKER_00 8:14

Bye.