Sitting on North Miami Beach we get to see advertising planes flying by every day of the week. All of a sudden I see on for “Magic City Casino”, and it occurs to me, why do we call this place Magic City?

On one hand, I like to think when I fly back to Miami that I’m coming back to Magical Miami! I get to live in this amazing place, with stunning weather and enjoy world class beaches that people come from all over the world to enjoy. Also, it has been a very fulfilling place for me spiritually, but of course it would be for me, if I were to show you magic places based on Astro-cartography, you would see that Miami hits high on the scale with my birth chart, but I digress…

And in some ways, it seems ironic. I mean, what’s magical about being ripped off by 3 contractors, or driving I-95 and nearly being killed just trying to merge on a daily basis? Could it be irony that’s named Miami the Magic City?

I’ve heard rumors that because of the Cuban and Hatian populations, is was coined Magic City because of their Santeria and Magic practices.

It appears that the term Magic City was really just a marketing term coined to lure Northerners to what was previously a malaria/mosquito ridden swamp in the early part of the last century. The nickname stuck.

It could be seen as ironic given the time, but it appears that this little Magic City seemed to rise to the occasion and elevated itself into one of the most dynamic, chic places to live in the world. Lambo’s and condos, yachts and art… Miami always seems to be rising to it’s own Magic status!