Five years in and season 6 begins with a fiery tarot spread for February—Three of Wands for money, Queen of Wands for love, and King of Wands for guidance. We link values-based spending, mutual aid, and creative resilience to practical action without burning out.

• season six announcement and format shift
• upcoming tarot book and deck projects
• funding needs and ways to support
• money reading with the three of wands
• values-led boycotts and mutual aid
• love reading with the queen of wands
• creativity as connection and care
• guidance reading with the king of wands
• concrete actions and avoiding burnout
• gratitude for milestones and community

Thank you for listening to Romanistan podcast.

You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @romanistanpodcast. To support us, join our Patreon or donate to Ko-fi.com/romanistan. We depend on your donations to keep going. Another way to help is to rate, review, subscribe, and share. 

You can book readings and events with Jez at jezminavonthiele.com, and book readings and holistic healing sessions with Paulina at romaniholistic.com. Follow Jez on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele & Paulina @romaniholistic. You can also read Jez's monthly tarot column in Bustle. 

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Romanistan is hosted by Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina Stevens

Conceived of by Paulina Stevens

Edited by Viktor Pachas

Music by Viktor Pachas

Artwork by Elijah Vardo

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We walk through a weekly tarot spread that blends practical care, focused ambition, and playful growth. The Knights push action in love and money while the Page invites curiosity, resilience, and creative risks without losing ground.

• Knight of Pentacles in love as steady acts of service and reliability
• Seeking reciprocal effort and practical support from partners and friends
• Knight of Swords in money as strategy, learning, and fast execution
• Refreshing plans, pricing, outreach, and measurable goals
• Page of Pentacles as grounded curiosity and beginner mindset
• Facing fear, releasing attachment, and building resilience
• Keeping hope, having fun, and making small, smart experiments
• GROWN IS HOT

You can book 1:1 readings with Jez at jezminavonthiele.com, and book readings and holistic healing sessions with Paulina at romaniholistic.com.

Thank you for listening to Romanistan podcast.

You can find us on Instagram, TikTok, BlueSky, and Facebook @romanistanpodcast, and on Twitter @romanistanpod. To support us, Join our Patreon for extra content or donate to Ko-fi.com/romanistan, and please rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us so much. 

Follow Jez on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele & Paulina @romaniholistic. 

You can get our book Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling, online or wherever books are sold. If you love it, please give us 5 stars on Amazon & Goodreads. Visit https://romanistanpodcast.com for events, educational resources, merch, and more. 

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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

Music by Viktor Pachas

Artwork by Elijah Vardo

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We read the Seven of Swords for love, the Queen of Cups for money, and the Tower for guidance, drawing a straight line from gut truth to financial flow to necessary change. We share practical steps to spot red flags, invite abundance, and stay calm when life shakes.

• Seven of Swords as love: honesty, red flags, self-betrayal checks
• How to bring concerns up with clarity and boundaries
• Queen of Cups money energy: treat money as living flow
• Simple money magic plus practical steps for momentum
• New moon in Capricorn as a boost for grounded action
• Tower guidance: release attachments and rebuild with integrity
• Somatic tips for staying soft through sudden change

You can book 1:1 readings with Jez at jezminavonthiele.com, and book readings and holistic healing sessions with Paulina at romaniholistic.com.

Thank you for listening to Romanistan podcast.

You can find us on Instagram, TikTok, BlueSky, and Facebook @romanistanpodcast, and on Twitter @romanistanpod. To support us, Join our Patreon for extra content or donate to Ko-fi.com/romanistan, and please rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us so much. 

Follow Jez on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele & Paulina @romaniholistic. 

You can get our book Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling, online or wherever books are sold. If you love it, please give us 5 stars on Amazon & Goodreads. Visit https://romanistanpodcast.com for events, educational resources, merch, and more. 

Email us at [email protected] for inquiries. 

Romanistan is hosted by Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina Stevens

Conceived of by Paulina Stevens

Edited by Viktor Pachas, Bianca, Dia Luna

Music by Viktor Pachas

Artwork by Elijah Vardo

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Listen to Through the Forest Podcast with Jennifer Silva wherever you get podcasts! We were honored to be guests for episode 8 where we discussed our work and the archetype of story of Jezebel, and she graciously let us share the episode here for Romanistan listeners, but if you love music and stories, head on over to the forest for more of Jennifer. 

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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

Join the MAKE IT HAPPEN ritual on 1/18/2026 at 8 pm est with replay hosted by IMMATERIAL WORLD, Jez's other podcast

Thank you for listening to Romanistan podcast.

You can find us on Instagram, TikTok, BlueSky, and Facebook @romanistanpodcast, and on Twitter @romanistanpod. To support us, Join our Patreon for extra content or donate to Ko-fi.com/romanistan, and please rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us so much. 

Follow Jez on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele & Paulina @romaniholistic. 

You can get our book Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling, online or wherever books are sold. If you love it, please give us 5 stars on Amazon & Goodreads. Visit https://romanistanpodcast.com for events, educational resources, merch, and more. 

Email us at [email protected] for inquiries. 

Romanistan is hosted by Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina Stevens

Conceived of by Paulina Stevens

Edited by Viktor Pachas, Bianca, Dia Luna

Music by Viktor Pachas

Artwork by Elijah Vardo

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We’re here to celebrate the release of Dr. Matache’s new book, The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism (Un)uttered Sentences.

Dr. Margareta (Magda) Matache is a Lecturer on Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the co-founder and Director of the Roma Program at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University. She is also a member of the Lancet Commission on Racism, Structural Discrimination and Global Health.

Dr. Matache’s research focuses on the manifestations and impacts of racism and other systems of oppression in different geographical and political contexts. Her research examines structural and social determinants of health, and their nexus with the historical past and contemporary public policies, with a particular focus on anti-Roma racism.

You can find more information here: https://fxb.harvard.edu/blog/directory/margareta-matache/

Romani crushes are:

• Angela Kocze 
• Sebi Fejzula
• Cayetano Fernandez 
• Dezso Mate
• Ioanida Costache
• Alba Hernández Sánchez 
• Carmen Gheorghe
• Maria Dumitru
• Aldessa Lincan
• Papusza
• Katarina Taikon
• Mateo Maximoff
• Ágnes Daróczi
• Nicolae Gheorghe
• Andrzej Mirga
• Nicoleta Bitu
• Roma Armee 
• Lindy Larsen 
• Giuviplen Theater 
• Mihaela Dragan 
• Zita Moldovan 

You can book 1:1 readings with Jez at jezminavonthiele.com, and book readings and holistic healing sessions with Paulina at romaniholistic.com.

Thank you for listening to Romanistan podcast.

You can find us on Instagram, TikTok, BlueSky, and Facebook @romanistanpodcast, and on Twitter @romanistanpod. To support us, Join our Patreon for extra content or donate to Ko-fi.com/romanistan, and please rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us so much. 

Follow Jez on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele & Paulina @romaniholistic. 

You can get our book Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling, online or wherever books are sold. If you love it, please give us 5 stars on Amazon & Goodreads. Visit https://romanistanpodcast.com for events, educational resources, merch, and more. 

Email us at [email protected] for inquiries. 

Romanistan is hosted by Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina Stevens

Conceived of by Paulina Stevens

Edited by Viktor Pachas, Bianca, Dia Luna

Music by Viktor Pachas

Artwork by Elijah Vardo

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A three-card New Year spread invites honest feeling, value-based money choices, and bold hope. We read Five of Cups for love, Justice for money, and The Star for guidance, then share community updates and a ritual to reset your year.

• Five of Cups as a call to feel and set boundaries in love
• holding gratitude and grief at the same time
• Justice as financial fairness and value alignment
• mutual aid, nonprofit support, and paying creative labor
• The Star as trust, balance, and acting like success is certain
• reframing resolutions toward joy, health, and intention
• invitation to a New Year ritual, MAKE IT HAPPEN, with astrology and tarot
• Ko-Fi donations to sustain the show

You can book 1:1 readings with Jez at jezminavonthiele.com, and book readings and holistic healing sessions with Paulina at romaniholistic.com.

Thank you for listening to Romanistan podcast.

You can find us on Instagram, TikTok, BlueSky, and Facebook @romanistanpodcast, and on Twitter @romanistanpod. To support us, Join our Patreon for extra content or donate to Ko-fi.com/romanistan, and please rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us so much. 

Follow Jez on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele & Paulina @romaniholistic. 

You can get our book Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling, online or wherever books are sold. If you love it, please give us 5 stars on Amazon & Goodreads. Visit https://romanistanpodcast.com for events, educational resources, merch, and more. 

Email us at [email protected] for inquiries. 

Romanistan is hosted by Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina Stevens

Conceived of by Paulina Stevens

Edited by Bianca

Music by Viktor Pachas

Artwork by Elijah Vardo

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We read Three of Cups, The Chariot, and Ace of Cups to close the year with joy, direction, and heart. We celebrate community, map real money moves, and ground everything in boundaries and healing while naming the reality of anti‑Roma hate and how to help.

• Three of Cups as celebration and connection
• visibility, jealousy, and nontraditional relationships
• The Chariot as focused momentum and promises kept
• small steps for goals, travel, and opportunity
• Ace of Cups as scheduled care and strong boundaries
• loving‑kindness practice to expand compassion
• how to support Roma creators against hate
• free boosts: ratings, reviews, and shares
• paid support: donations and year‑ahead readings

Thank you so much for tuning in. We really appreciate you. We couldn't do this without you. If you're making donations in the new year, we are entirely donation run. You can donate to our Ko-Fi, Venmo us, get a reading with us and tip us extra or whatever. And if you would like to book a year ahead reading, you can book with Paulina at romaniholistic.com, and you can book with me at jezminavonthiele.com. If you're not the type to fight in the comments but want to boost us, giving us a five-star rating and a nice little review makes such a huge difference for us.

Thank you for listening to Romanistan podcast.

You can find us on Instagram, TikTok, BlueSky, and Facebook @romanistanpodcast, and on Twitter @romanistanpod. To support us, Join our Patreon for extra content or donate to Ko-fi.com/romanistan, and please rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us so much. 

Follow Jez on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele & Paulina @romaniholistic. 

You can get our book Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling, online or wherever books are sold. If you love it, please give us 5 stars on Amazon & Goodreads. Visit https://romanistanpodcast.com for events, educational resources, merch, and more. 

Email us at [email protected] for inquiries. 

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

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We pull three cards for the week—Ace of Pentacles, Six of Swords, and the Tower—and turn them into clear steps for steady love, smart money moves, and liberating boundaries. Foundations get built, routes get chosen, and old stories meet the match.

• love anchored by routines and shared plans
• practical steps like moving in, joint projects, weekly rituals
• money transitions that trade friction for direction
• travel choices and creative budgeting for the holidays
• letting go of side hustles or goals that drain
• the Tower as honest reset and controlled burn
• boundaries with family and work during festive stress
• pairing stability with change for real progress

Join the Santa Jez Abundance Ritual on Dec 22 at 8 p.m. EST. Tickets are by donation, split 50/50 between the podcast and E-Romnja. Replay available. Sign up via the link in the show notes, Eventbrite, or jezminavonthiele.com. You can also donate directly!

You can book 1:1 readings with Jez at jezminavonthiele.com, and book readings and holistic healing sessions with Paulina at romaniholistic.com.

Thank you for listening to Romanistan podcast.

You can find us on Instagram, TikTok, BlueSky, and Facebook @romanistanpodcast, and on Twitter @romanistanpod. To support us, Join our Patreon for extra content or donate to Ko-fi.com/romanistan, and please rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us so much. 

Follow Jez on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele & Paulina @romaniholistic. 

You can get our book Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling, online or wherever books are sold. If you love it, please give us 5 stars on Amazon & Goodreads. Visit https://romanistanpodcast.com for events, educational resources, merch, and more. 

Email us at [email protected] for inquiries. 

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

Support the show

We have our weekly tarot reading for love, money, and guidance. Conflict becomes clarifying, money becomes stable, and boundaries point to a fuller life.

• details for donation-based Santa Jez Abundance Ritual on the 22nd of December with replay to raise money for the podcast and E-Romnja Wi-Fi  wish lists, an abundance meditation, and guided reading for the new year
• love card Five of Wands as friction and boundary clarity
• nonviolent communication and Plum Village tools to de-escalate
• money card Queen of Pentacles as stability and practical skills
• bookkeeping, artist tax resources, small business grants, smart reinvestment
• guidance card Eight of Cups as leaving draining patterns
• reframing help and outsourcing as dignified work and self-care
• reminder that we offer gift certificates, readings, handmade goods, and holiday offerings
• shop small, support creators, boycott billionaires

Please join us for the Santa Jez Abundance Ritual on December 22 at 8 p.m. EST. Tickets are donation-based, split 50/50 between the podcast and E-Romnja. Sign up via the link in the show notes or our sites. If you can’t attend, donate directly through the Eventbrite links.

You can book 1:1 readings with Jez at jezminavonthiele.com, and book readings and holistic healing sessions with Paulina at romaniholistic.com.

Thank you for listening to Romanistan podcast.

You can find us on Instagram, TikTok, BlueSky, and Facebook @romanistanpodcast, and on Twitter @romanistanpod. To support us, Join our Patreon for extra content or donate to Ko-fi.com/romanistan, and please rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us so much. 

Follow Jez on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele & Paulina @romaniholistic. 

You can get our book Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling, online or wherever books are sold. If you love it, please give us 5 stars on Amazon & Goodreads. Visit https://romanistanpodcast.com for events, educational resources, merch, and more. 

Email us at [email protected] for inquiries. 

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

Support the show