Carlos Y Miguel Botanica

I called Marta for a reading. I have found she is very direct but she is also very sweet. I know she is a businesswoman but I feel like I have found a friend in her. I wish I was in Miami or she was near me, you people in Miami have a gem… you are very lucky to have Marta!

I went here today and was the first time that I had a reading through seashells. I wouldn’t go back again! Granted there is a line to get a reading but I noticed that every person who came out of the reading was told to do the same thing — in order to help resolve their issue, they would had to do a «cleansing.» They told every person to buy pretty much the same items from their store: coconuts, eggs, pancake syrup (which I saw them pour from the fridge), candles, holy water and then give them a long list of what they need to do with these items in order to «cleanse» themselves of evil spirits that are causing the negativity in their lives. Seems weird that everyone needed the same cleansing! Basically I went in there with an open mind because I have gotten some pretty accurate readings from other people in the past but I didn’t believe in all the extra stuff. Everything that the lady told me in my reading was so wrong!!! She said that she saw that I lived with a man (nope, I live alone), she told me I was doing bad at work (nope, I just got a raise & promotion), and she told me my health was bad (nope, I workout 4 times a week & had just got my annual check-​up with blood work and everything was perfect!). Basically the only thing she told me that was correct was that I liked to waste money (yep, I just wasted $ 25 by coming here — should’ve read the reviews before I came here).

It’s unfortunate Dee M. that you did not have a good experience when you went to the botanica. Do not take it personally if she seemed too harsh. She is trying to make you understand the reality of your situation. she did not mean any harm. The reason I am saying this to you is because I have been to Marta’s botanica many times and she basically saved my life. I hate that when someone has a bad experience that they didn’t take heed to what was being said but instead want to trash her on this site. I wish you would have listened and really gave what she indicated to you a very serious thought. Marta is one the most spiritual and pleasant people that you will ever meet. Her reading a very inexpensive. And the baths that you needed and she gave you is very inexpensive and very effective if you did and did it correctly. Trust me if she said you had something in your house, I wouldn’t waste any time to not fix it for you own sake. Negative energy can keep you from progressing to where you should be. Evidently there was a concern because otherwise you would not have gone there in the first place. Other places will charge you an arm and a leg for the readings and the bath. You would expect to pay in the hundreds for baths and readings always more than what you pay at Marta’s botanica. Yes her place is small but she is an honest and humble person. She can be very direct and frank with you but it is not to insult you or make you feel bad, but for you to understand the severity of what needs to be done. You really have a bargain there. And I know. I wish I was still in FL where I could see her when I feel the need to get some guidance. This woman is a Godsend and a spiritual maven. Wonderful person and has helped many, including many friends of mine. Give it a chance, you will see for yourself. We always discount what we don’t want to hear, even if it is the truth! Remember that!

I have not been to this place in a long time, I actually know the owner personally. I was actually introduced to this realm of the spirit world, by taking an Afro-​Cuban religion class at Miami-​Dade Community College.
Martha is one of the best «Santeria» or general spiritual readers in south florida. Martha unlike many can actually see and communicate with spirits and the spirit world general directly. Martha is a Oshun initiate and also a Palo mayombist, though I personally am not a fan of Palo Mayombi and its practices.

Martha’s Botanica is not that small and not big either lol This botanica basically has anything you need for any kind of cleansing more or less from basic products to more commercialized products. Martha can help you with big or small issues.
The room the readings are done in are a very small room in the back of the store. During the reading you basically write down your name and if I remember correctly you hold a black stone and something else say what you want to know over it and give it back to her or throw them on the table, I cannot really remember that part. Martha then uses cowrie shells and some other odd white looking things to divine many things about your life and what is going on, coupled with communicating with your personal spirits around you and her Saints. The readings do not have a set time limit, they basically go as long as the spirits are sending messages and how many questions you have.
Martha is very popular in south florida so be prepared to wait sometimes in a line to get a reading. I would definitely advise anyone who feels something is not right in their life, or home or senses something spiritually not good around them to come to this Botanica and get a reading.
Word of warning there is a lot of witchcraft in south florida. Including unclean people basically sending evil energy and evil spirits unto people just by thought. There are many evil spirits galavanting around Miami attaching themselves to weaker spirited people like parasites. So beware of what you might hear in the reading and take it seriously lol

I’m a very Spiritual person, I believe in all good Karma. What you give is what you get. I went to this place with a friend out of the blue just for kicks. I’m not a beginner in Botanicas so I knew the neighborhood wouldn’t be anything spectacular. When we walked in there was a row of people waiting to be seen by this Guru Martha. I got a bit excited thinking that all these people were there for her guidance. One by One she called us like cattle. As I entered the back room which seemed more like a storage room the size of a bathroom she told me to write my first and last name on a paper and began the most horrible reading I’ve ever gotten. She was rude, abrasive and completely not «spiritual
’ like. I think the whole excruciating 20 min I was there she humiliated, me and spoke with such disgust for me. She told me that I should clean my house because someone is doing «witch craft «to me. I said well I sage my house. She proceeded to say «I don’t know why you Americans automatically think That sage always cleans «. Listen Lady My parents are from Central America and Yes I am an American ! What does that have to do with anything ?? Generations of my family have been using sage. After the lashing of a reading I received and all her ridicule I walked out in tears only to be greeted by another jerk at the cashier who added up my reading that was supposed to be 25 $ to 70 $ I asked why and he said I needed an «Ocean «cleaning. The kit consisted of things that would equal 5 $ Anywhere else. I was so distraught that I paid it. I just wanted to run out of there ! When I got home I questioned myself and my Spirituality. My AMERICAN husband had to remind me that Spirituality is what’s inside, That there is no boogie man and that once anyone starts charging money it’s no longer Religion but a business. That was a 70 $ lesson for me and I hope that if anyone is looking for a reading that they don’t go to a place in the ghetto where they hold «Spiritual Consultations «in a closet.