295. Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling with Paulina Stevens and Jezmina Von Thiele
Tarot for the Wild Soul with Lindsay Mack
Lindsay Mack, founder of Tarot for the Wild Soul
4.9 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
It is a supreme honor, joy, and privilege to be speaking with Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina Stevens on the podcast today, two exquisite Tarot readers and helping practitioners, co-hosts of the podcast Romanistan, and the authors of the beautiful book, "Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling."
More about Jezmina and Paulina:
Rooted in a Muchwaya Romani heritage of fortune-telling and healing, Paulina Stevens (she/her) has blended ancestral wisdom with modern holistic practices. Her expertise in tarot, palmistry, and energy healing forms the foundation of her comprehensive wellness coaching. Paulina serves clients globally, offering personalized guidance incorporating spirituality, herbalism, and fortune-telling online, and at her California-based private practice, Romani Holistic. Paulina is the subject of the L.A. Times podcast Foretold. The podcast follows Paulina as she navigates the consequences of her decision to leave her arranged marriage, and community, to redefine her identity. She is the cohost of Romanistan, a podcast that celebrates Romani culture, and she is the coathor of Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling.
Jezmina Von Thiele (they/she) is a writer, educator, performer, and fortune-teller whose work is rooted in their mixed Sinti Romani traditions. Their poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have been featured in Prairie Schooner, The Kenyon Review Online, Narrative Magazine, and other publications, and they have a monthly tarot column in Bustle. Based in the New Hampshire Seacoast area, Jezmina leads transformative rituals and workshops on divination, spiritual wellness, and the creative arts; provides private tarot, palm, and tea leaf readings; and offers spiritual and creative coaching, online and in person. Jezmina performs with The Poetry Brothel, Boston’s premier immersive literary event, where they read poetry and fortunes, and they often make professional appearances at galas, festivals, and more. Jezmina is the cohost of Romanistan, a podcast dedicated to celebrating Romani culture, and the coauthor of Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling.
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JEZMINA AND PAULINA'S LINKS:
Jezmina's Website and Instagram
Paulina's Website and Instagram
Romanistan Podcast and Instagram
Link to buy Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling by Paulina and Jezmina
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Tarot for the Wild Soul, a podcast that explores the tarot through an inclusive, soul-centered, trauma-informed perspective for growth, healing, and evolution. |
| 0:17.6 | I'm your host, Lindsay Mack. |
| 0:20.0 | Hello, sweet friends. It is so good to be here with you, |
| 0:23.2 | and I am so excited to share this conversation with you. Our episode of the podcast today is an |
| 0:30.4 | interview with Paulina Stevens and Yasmina von Thiel, who many of you may know. They are the co-hosts |
| 0:37.4 | of the Romanistan podcast, |
| 0:39.2 | exquisite tarot readers, and helping and healing professionals in their own right. And they are |
| 0:44.8 | the co-authors of the incredible book Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling, which is an absolute |
| 0:52.2 | must read, must buy, must consume for any person working with the |
| 0:58.1 | tarot, especially any professional tarot reader in my very humble opinion. Yesmina and Paulina |
| 1:05.1 | have offered so much to the community with their podcast, with all of their works and writing. I've been such a fan of |
| 1:12.6 | theirs for so long. But this book, it is incredible. And it was such a gift to be in conversation |
| 1:20.5 | with them. I'm so excited for you to hear it. I'm going to share with you a little bit about their |
| 1:26.1 | book and then a little bit about Paulina and Yasmina. And then we'll dive in. I'm just going to share with you a little bit about their book and then a little bit about |
| 1:27.7 | Paulina and Yasminah. And then we'll dive in. I'm just going to go right to the heart of it |
| 1:32.6 | and dive into our conversation. So in Secrets of Hermani fortune telling, Paulina Stevens and |
| 1:38.7 | Yasmina Van Thiel share the knowledge and personal experiences of being raised to be fortune tellers. They share divination |
| 1:45.8 | methods, tools, and techniques that have been created, adapted, or popularized by the Roma, |
| 1:51.5 | including card reading, palmistry, dream divination, and tea leaf and coffee reading. They share |
| 1:57.6 | exercises to strengthen your intuition and discover your natural gifts and explain how divination helps with shadow work, blockages, and self-awareness. |
| 2:07.7 | And then to share a little bit about both of them, rooted in a Mutwaya Romani heritage of fortune-telling and healing, Paulina Stevens, has blended ancestral wisdom with modern holistic |
| 2:19.7 | practices. Her expertise in tarot, palmistry, and energy healing forms the foundation of her |
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