“Challenge Accepted” — Let There Be… Knowing by R. Ariel B. Tzadok & My First Tarot Reading (And I Wasn’t Ready)

Rheena Velia of Rheena Velia Legacy Press

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🌿 Season 8 Preview: Book Review + Practice in Action

Season 8 Preview

As I prepare for Season 8 of Rheena Velia Speaks G-d’s Grace, I wanted to do something a little different…

Not just read.
Not just study.
But actually practice.

Because sometimes the greatest understanding doesn’t come from simply turning pages—
it comes from engaging, exploring, and experiencing for yourself.

📖 Featured Book

One of the books I’ll be reviewing next season is:

📖 Let There Be … Knowing by R. Ariel B. Tzadok

Now, you may be wondering…

Who is R. Tzadok?

I’m glad you asked. 🌿

Rabbi Ariel B. Tzadok is a teacher and the director of the KosherTorah School, an online learning platform focused on Jewish wisdom, Kabbalah, and practical spiritual understanding. His work often explores the deeper layers of consciousness, tradition, and the intersection between spiritual practice and everyday life.

For those who would like to explore his work ahead of Season 8, I’ve included links below for your own research and curiosity:

🔮 The Chapter That Sparked It All

In one particular chapter, R. Tzadok explains something that immediately caught my attention:

👉 that tarot cards are not necessarily troublesome,
but can be used as tools for reflection and connection to the Divine—
depending on how they are approached and understood.

Now…

If you know me… 😄

You already know what happened next.

😄 Challenge Accepted

I read that and thought:

👉 “Alright… challenge accepted.”

Because what’s the point of reading something…
if you’re not willing to explore it for yourself?

🌿 About This Blog (How It’s Structured)

Now before we get into the cards, I want to set the stage for how this blog is organized.

This isn’t just a casual pull-and-post.
This is a structured exploration.

This blog will be broken into three parts:

🌑 Part 1 — The Left Side

The obstacle, adversary, or opposing energy

🌿 Part 2 — The Right Side

The aligned, guided, and forward-moving energy

🔮 Part 3 — The Combined Reading

Where both sides come together to reveal the full picture

🌙 Thought Before We Begin

This is not about becoming an expert overnight.

This is about:
🌿 learning
🌿 exploring
🌿 and engaging with something new—intentionally and thoughtfully

So take a breath…
keep an open mind…

and let’s step into this together. ✨

🎴 The Experiment

Now let’s be real—I had no idea what I was doing at first.

So I did what most of us do…

👉 Amazon, hello 😂
👉 YouTube + Facebook, hello
👉 “Let’s figure this out” energy activated

I explored different decks and learning styles, and after some searching and curiosity, I decided to try a few for myself—not as an expert, but as a student, observer, and reviewer.

📦 The Decks I Used

(Disclosure: I am not affiliated, not sponsored, and not paid to endorse these. I purchased them personally for review and learning purposes.)

🎥 Learning Through Observation

As part of this process, I spent time watching tarot readers across YouTube and Facebook—because again… I’m learning. 😄

Some of the readers I explored include:

Each reader brings their own style, interpretation, and energy to the cards. While I don’t claim expertise, observing these readings helped me begin to recognize patterns, structure, and flow in how messages are delivered.

👉 Not to copy—
but to understand.

👉 Not to follow blindly—
but to learn and discern.

 

  • 🎥 🌿 A Note on the Creators I Watched

    These channels are shared as part of my learning experience. I am not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsing any specific reader. As with all online content, viewers should use discernment and personal judgment.

    That being said… I genuinely enjoyed watching them. 😄

    Honestly, it replaced TV for me for a while—lol. But truly, what I appreciated most was the variety of personalities, the enthusiasm, and the different ways each reader approached the cards. It felt less like “watching content” and more like sitting in on different perspectives and styles of interpretation.

    In many ways, these videos felt like lessons. And through that process, something clicked for me. A lot of what we explored in Season 7 began to feel even more real and confirmed—especially the idea that while there can be darker or misused paths in any practice, not everything is what it is sometimes labeled to be.

    One of my biggest takeaways was this:

    👉 sometimes what we are taught—especially through certain religious or cultural lenses—can be incomplete, misunderstood, or even misapplied.

    And that realization allowed me to correct some of my own previous misunderstandings.

    🌙 A Personal Thank You

    So to the creators of these channels—

    ✨ thank you.

    Thank you for sharing your time, your energy, and your perspectives. Whether intentionally or not, you helped me:

    • reflect more deeply
    • question more thoughtfully
    • and approach something new with curiosity instead of assumption

    And I’ll say this honestly—on some tougher days, your content was encouraging. It brought a sense of lightness, curiosity, and even comfort.

    So truly…

    🌿 keep doing what you’re doing
    🌿 keep growing
    🌿 keep sharing

    And may G-d bless you—your goals, your dreams, your hopes, your work, and everything you are building. ✨

Sooooooooooooo…….

And here’s what I did:

As I watched readings, I would shuffle my own cards and pull alongside them. When I began noticing similar or aligning cards/themes, I thought…

👉 Okay… maybe I’m starting to understand something here.

Not perfectly.
Not professionally.
But enough to reflect.

🌿💭 The Question I Asked

The general question I asked was:

👉 a general love question.

And looking back…

I’ll be honest—I probably didn’t frame it the best way. 😄

But at the same time, I didn’t want to do a highly specific or personal reading for myself. I simply wanted to try, observe, and learn the process on my own.

So I kept it broad… maybe a little too broad.

🌿 What I Learned About Asking Questions

After going through the process, I started to realize something important:

👉 The clarity of the question shapes the clarity of the answer.

A general question like:
💭 “What about love?”

Can open the door to… well… everything.

  • past patterns
  • emotional cycles
  • personal growth
  • timing
  • alignment

And that’s exactly what happened.

The reading didn’t stay in “romantic love.”

It expanded into something much deeper—
✨ alignment
✨ direction
✨ and personal transformation

🔮 What I Might Have Asked Instead

Looking back, I think I could have been more intentional with my question.

For example:

  • 💭 “What do I need to understand about my current relationship patterns?”
  • 💭 “What is the next aligned step for me in love?”
  • 💭 “What energy is surrounding my love life at this time?”
  • 💭 “What should I be aware of when it comes to relationships right now?”

These kinds of questions still allow for reflection—
but give the reading direction and focus.

🌙 The Takeaway

So while my original question may not have been perfectly structured…

It actually taught me something valuable:

👉 Sometimes a vague question reveals a bigger truth.

And in this case, the cards didn’t answer what I thought I was asking…

They answered what I needed to see.

✨  Thought

This is all part of the learning process.

Not perfection.
Not mastery.

Just:
🌿 trying
🌿 observing
🌿 refining

And maybe that’s the real lesson here—

Sometimes the question evolves…
just like we do. 🌿✨

So after all that…

Watching videos…
Learning…
Trying to figure out what I’m even doing 😄

I was like—

👉 “Okay… let’s do this.”

So I grabbed my cards, shuffled them up, asked my question…

and whew…

I was not expecting what came next. 🔮✨

🔮 The Cards Pulled (Summary Reflection Style)

Across the decks, themes began to emerge:

🌿 Akashic II

  • Soul bloom / breakthrough
  • Emotional crossroads
  • Emotional labyrinth
  • Path forging
  • Building momentum

👉 This spoke to internal growth and movement forward

✨ Divine Angel Oracle

  • Trust
  • Transition
  • Transformation (555)

👉 Clear message: change is happening—trust the process

🔮 Arcanum + Tarot

  • The Empress (upright) → nurturing, growth, divine feminine energy
  • The Sun → clarity, success, truth
  • Knight of Wands → action, movement
  • Ace of Pentacles → new opportunity
  • Temperance → balance, alignment

With reversals indicating:

  • releasing restriction
  • letting go of the past
  • breaking stagnation

👉 This read strongly as:
movement out of limitation into aligned growth

🧠 Energetic Themes Noted

  • Virgo, Taurus, Capricorn → grounded, building energy
  • Leo / Sun → illumination
  • Sagittarius / Aries → forward movement

Chakra emphasis:

  • Heart
  • Third Eye
  • Solar Plexus

👉 Emotional clarity + intuition + personal power

⚖️ Interpretation (Beginner, Reflective)

Now let me be clear…

I am not an expert.

This is:
🌿 learning
🌿 observing
🌿 reflecting

And yes—I used AI as a tool to help organize interpretations, alongside my own understanding.

What stood out most to me was this:

👉 This didn’t feel like just a “love reading”

It felt like a message about:

  • growth
  • alignment
  • stepping forward
  • and possibly separating from one path into another

🌙 Important Note

I also noticed a distinction forming—almost like:

  • one set of energy felt aligned, growing, refining
  • another (which I’ll cover next) felt more like opposition or resistance

So I separated them for clarity.

✨ Final Thought for This Section

This wasn’t about predicting the future.

It was about:
🌿 reflection
🌿 awareness
🌿 and engaging with a tool I didn’t fully understand—yet

Because as R. Tzadok emphasized…

👉 There is little value in only reading
👉 The value comes in doing, exploring, and discerning

🔮 Expanded Interpretation (AI-Assisted Reflective Reading)

⚠️ Important Note to Readers

The following interpretation is an AI-assisted reflective reading based on symbolic patterns commonly associated with tarot and oracle traditions.

It is:

  • interpretive, not predictive fact
  • reflective, not absolute truth
  • meant for insight, not decision-making

This is not a professional reading, and should not replace personal discernment, spiritual guidance, or professional advice.

👉 Always use your own judgment.
👉 Take what resonates.
👉 Leave what does not.

🌿 The Deeper Message in the Cards

When looking at your full spread across multiple decks, something very clear emerges:

👉 This is not primarily a “love reading.”
👉 This is a life transition reading disguised as love.

The energy here is not about union first…
It is about alignment before union.

🔥 Phase 1: Breaking the Old Cycle (Recent Past → Present)

Cards reflecting this:

  • 8 of Swords (reversed)
  • Emotional Labyrinth
  • 7 of Pentacles (reversed)
  • 6 of Cups (reversed)

Interpretation

You are coming out of a period of:

  • confusion
  • restriction
  • emotional looping
  • possibly attachment to past patterns or people

The reversal energy is strong here.

👉 This indicates release has already begun

Not forced.
Not chaotic.

But internal recognition.

⏳ Timing Insight

This phase likely spans:

  • the last 3–6 months

This is the “wake-up” period.

Where things started to feel:

  • off
  • repetitive
  • no longer aligned

🌿 Phase 2: The Turning Point (Current Energy)

Cards:

  • Emotional Crossroads
  • Path Forging
  • Trust
  • Transition
  • Temperance

Interpretation

This is where you are now.

A very important space:

👉 You are no longer confused… but not fully settled yet.

You are:

  • seeing clearly
  • choosing differently
  • beginning to trust your own judgment

Temperance here is critical.

It says:
👉 Do not rush this phase.

Balance is being built.

⏳ Timing Insight

This phase is active right now → next 1–3 months

This is a decision window

Not loud.
Not dramatic.

But deeply important.

✨ Phase 3: Expansion & Momentum (Near Future)

Cards:

  • Soul Bloom / Breakthrough
  • Building Momentum
  • Ace of Pentacles
  • Page of Pentacles
  • Knight of Wands
  • The Sun
  • 6 of Wands

Interpretation

This is where things get powerful.

👉 This is forward movement after alignment

Not chaotic movement.
Not emotional reaction.

But intentional expansion

This could manifest as:

  • new opportunities (work, creative, or life direction)
  • increased confidence
  • recognition or visibility
  • emotional clarity and peace

The Sun + 6 of Wands together is strong:

👉 success + validation + clarity

⏳ Timing Insight

This phase begins approximately:

  • 2–6 months from now

And builds into:

  • a stronger visible shift within 6–12 months

💖 About Love (The Original Question…)

Here’s the honest read:

Love is present…

But it is not the focus yet.

👉 The cards suggest:
Being aligned before being joined.

The Empress + Ace of Pentacles combination indicates:

  • a healthier, more grounded connection
  • something that grows from stability—not intensity

But only after:
👉 you fully step out of past patterns

⚖️ Key Spiritual Pattern

Across all decks, one theme repeats:

🌿 Growth
🌿 Alignment
🌿 Forward movement

NOT:
❌ obsession
❌ emotional chaos
❌ dependency

🧠 Chakra + Energy Insight

Your spread heavily emphasized:

  • Heart → emotional truth
  • Third Eye → clarity and discernment
  • Solar Plexus → personal power

👉 Translation:

You are moving into a phase where:

  • you feel clearly
  • you see clearly
  • and you choose clearly

🌙 The Hidden Message

This is the part a seasoned reader would say quietly:

👉 “This isn’t about what’s coming to you…
it’s about what you are no longer available for.”

✨ Interpretation

If read at a professional level (symbolically):

  • You have exited a limiting emotional cycle
  • You are currently stabilizing your discernment
  • You are entering a period of aligned opportunity and recognition
  • Love will follow alignment—not lead it

🌿 Grounded Note

This reading—especially as interpreted here—is not about predicting your life.

It is about reflecting patterns that may already be unfolding within you.

Because the most important truth is this:

👉 Cards don’t create your future
👉 Your choices do

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🔮 Adversary / Obstacle Side (Left Spread)

🌑 Interpretation (Reflective + Intuitive — AI-Assisted Expansion)

⚠️ Important Note to Readers

The following interpretation reflects a combination of:

  • personal intuitive impressions
  • symbolic card meanings
  • and AI-assisted expansion for clarity

This is a reflective interpretation, not a verified claim about specific individuals or groups.

👉 Use discernment.
👉 Do not assume or accuse without real-world evidence.
👉 Prioritize safety, clarity, and grounded judgment.

🌑 My Interpretation (Expanded)

When I placed the obstacle or adversary cards on the left—as I learned from observing readings—I immediately felt a very different energy from the right side.

This side did not feel like growth.
It did not feel like alignment.

It felt like:

👉 resistance
👉 interference
👉 and distorted intention

🃏 Cards Pulled

  • 5 of Swords (upright)
  • Page of Swords (upright)
  • 7 of Swords (reversed)
  • Hierophant (reversed)
  • 4 of Pentacles (upright)
  • 10 of Cups (reversed)
  • 3 of Pentacles (reversed)
  • King of Wands
  • 8 of Cups (reversed)

🌑 What I Felt From This Spread

What came through for me—very strongly—was the sense of a group dynamic, not just an individual.

It felt like:

  • people watching, talking, or observing (Page of Swords)
  • conflict driven by ego or competition (5 of Swords)
  • hidden actions or things being done behind the scenes (7 of Swords)
  • misuse or distortion of structure, belief, or authority (Hierophant reversed)

And what stood out the most to me intuitively was this:

👉 a sense of influence behind the scenes

Almost like:

  • one central directing energy (King of Wands in shadow)
  • with others acting outwardly or carrying out behavior

🌿 My Personal Intuitive Impression

From my own reflection and interpretation, this did not feel random.

It felt like:

  • words being spoken with harmful intent
  • possible spiritual or energetic negativity
  • attempts to interfere, disrupt, or diminish

To me, this appeared as:

👉 a group acting from imbalance, frustration, or ego
👉 possibly attempting to create confusion or harm

And yet—

There was also a very clear sense that:

✨ their efforts are not succeeding

⚖️ Energetic Outcome I Observed

Even within this heavier energy, the cards did not show victory on that side.

Instead, they reflected:

  • instability (3 of Pentacles reversed)
  • lack of fulfillment (10 of Cups reversed)
  • unproductive cycles (Arcanum messages)
  • exposure or unraveling (7 of Swords reversed)

👉 Meaning:
What is being done in distortion…

is not building anything lasting.

🧠 Supporting Oracle Layer

From the Arcanum deck:

  • confusion
  • insolvency
  • foolishness
  • inequality
  • abuse of power
  • volatility

These reinforced the same message:

👉 imbalance cannot sustain itself

🔥 My Strongest Takeaway

This is the part that stood out most clearly to me:

👉 There may be attempts to interfere—but they are not aligned with truth
👉 What is done from imbalance eventually collapses under its own weight

And in many ways:

👉 what is sent out… returns

⏳ Timing Insight (AI-Assisted Interpretation)

This energy does not feel like something growing—it feels like something already in motion but weakening.

Approximate reflection:

  • active in recent past → present
  • destabilizing within 1–3 months

🌙 Chakra + Energy Insight

  • Third Eye → awareness / perception
  • Root → security / instability
  • Solar Plexus → control / power
  • Throat → communication

👉 This suggests:

themes of

  • perception
  • control
  • communication
  • and power dynamics

✨ Reflection

This side of the spread did not feel like something to fight.

It felt like something to:

🌿 recognize
🌿 remain aware of
🌿 and not engage with

Because not everything requires confrontation.

Some things simply reveal themselves…

and fall away.

🌿 Thought

If something feels:

  • confusing
  • draining
  • or misaligned

trust that awareness.

But stay grounded.
Stay wise.
Stay safe.

Because your power is not in reacting—

it is in seeing clearly and choosing your path anyway. 🌿✨

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🔮✨ The Reading: A Story of Two Paths

⚠️ Reflective Disclaimer

The following section is a personal, intuitive, and AI-assisted interpretation of a tarot and oracle spread.

It is shared as a reflective experience—not a verified claim about individuals or events.

👉 Use discernment
👉 Do not make assumptions without real-world evidence
👉 Stay grounded, safe, and wise

🌙 The Layout

I didn’t just pull cards…

I separated them.

👉 The right side felt aligned.
👉 The left side felt… different.

So I followed what I had learned:

✨ Right = guidance, alignment, forward movement
🌑 Left = obstacle, resistance, interference

And what unfolded…

was not what I expected.

🌿 The Right Side — The Path of Alignment

At first, I thought I was asking about love.

But the cards didn’t answer with romance.

They answered with growth.

I saw:

🌿 a soul blooming
🌿 a path being forged
🌿 emotional crossroads giving way to clarity

There was trust.
There was transition.
There was transformation.

And then the stronger cards appeared:

  • The Empress
  • The Sun
  • The Ace of Pentacles
  • The Knight of Wands
  • Temperance

These are not small cards.

These are cards that say:

👉 Something is growing.
👉 Something is aligning.
👉 Something is moving forward—intentionally.

This side didn’t feel chaotic.

It felt… steady.

Like momentum building quietly.

Like a life reorganizing itself from the inside out.

🌑 The Left Side — The Shadow of Interference

Then I looked to the left.

And the energy shifted immediately.

It felt heavier.
Tighter.
Less clear.

The cards reflected:

  • conflict (5 of Swords)
  • observation, watching, talking (Page of Swords)
  • hidden actions surfacing (7 of Swords reversed)
  • distorted authority (Hierophant reversed)

And deeper still:

  • instability in collaboration
  • emotional dissatisfaction
  • control and insecurity
  • inability to walk away

This did not feel like one person.

It felt like a dynamic.

A group.
An environment.
A system of behavior.

🌘 What I Saw (My Intuitive Impression)

This is where my interpretation became more personal.

What I felt was not just imbalance…

It felt like:

👉 people operating from ego
👉 words spoken with harmful intent
👉 actions happening behind the scenes

A sense of influence—
as if one energy directs, while others act.

Frustration.
Control.
Interference.

And yet…

⚖️ The Turning Point

The more I looked, the clearer it became:

✨ This side was not winning.

The cards themselves showed it:

  • reversed outcomes
  • instability
  • lack of fulfillment
  • exposure

Even the oracle layer confirmed:

  • confusion
  • volatility
  • abuse of power
  • unproductive cycles

👉 Nothing here was building.
👉 Nothing here was lasting.

🔥 The Contrast

And this is where everything clicked.

Because when I looked at both sides together…

I didn’t see a battle.

I saw a contrast.

🌿 One side was growing
🌑 One side was unraveling

🌿 One side was aligning
🌑 One side was distorting

🌿 One side was moving forward
🌑 One side was stuck in cycles

⏳ The Timing

What stood out most clearly in this merged view:

👉 The left side feels like something already in motion—but weakening
👉 The right side feels like something building—steadily and intentionally

Approximate energetic flow:

  • Left side: fading within 1–3 months
  • Right side: expanding within 2–6 months, stabilizing further over time

🌙 The Real Message

This was never just about love.

It was about alignment.

It was about:

  • what you are moving toward
  • and what you are no longer available for

Because the truth hidden in this reading is this:

👉 Not everything around you is meant to go with you

✨ Reflection

I didn’t walk away from this reading feeling fear.

I walked away with clarity.

Because what is aligned…

does not need to fight.

And what is not aligned…

does not need to be chased.

🌿 Closing  💛

So here I am… learning, experimenting, and yes—having a little fun with it too 😄

Baby steps.

And who knows…
maybe this helps someone else feel a little more comfortable exploring, questioning, and learning in their own way.

I truly hope others enjoyed this BLOG.

with Love,

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