And the Here at Strange Magic, Amanda and I talk about our views on Tarot and the ways in which we practice

magic.

And we understand that other people have different ways of practicing

and different interpretations of the tarot,

and that's totally okay.

Take what you'd like and leave the rest. Welcome, welcome, you are listening to an episode of

you are listening to an episode of Strange Magic, a podcast about the Tarot,

Friendship, Politics, Magic, Spirituality, The Roman Empire. I am one of your hosts, Sarah Faith Godestiner.

And I am Amanda Yase Garcia, the Oracle of Los Angeles.

And the card that we're talking about today and the major Arcana is the emperor and in true emperor fashion

Let's just get right into it

All right. Let's just go brass tacks down, and get right in.

Okay, so whenever I think of the empire,

whenever I think of the emperor,

I think of the Roman Empire.

So generally most of us don't have a very enthusiastic view

of Empire for good reason.

But you know, the A1 freeway in England,

which connects from London to Edinburgh and Scotland was

essentially built by the Romans and it's still used today. The Romans built things

to last and one of the reasons they could do that was they were such great administrators.

They kept great records, they had strong payroll accounts, they were dispassionate and pragmatic

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