כרפס · kar-pas'

byssus

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8 Aug 2026

missing ס

letters

360

gematria

◆ 5 yr

recurrence

Sagittarius · 5 yr

simple letters

○ not readable on 8 Aug 2026 — missing: ס

Gold sectors = the simple (zodiac) letters this word needs. Lavender = occupied today but not required by this word.

Gloss

Hebrew	כרפס
Transliteration	kar-pas'
Gloss	byssus
Part of speech	n-m
Length	4 letters
Gematria	360
Simple letters	ס
Badges	—

Recurrence — how often כרפס reads

◆ 5 years between the rare alignments that make כרפס legible — the significant stellar reading, recurring over years→centuries with no fixed cadence. It also reads on ordinary days (66 of 365 days · gap 1–27 d · ~every 6 d).

Required sign(s) / simple(s)	Sagittarius · ס
Rare alignments read at	2838 of 12505 (maxInSign 5/6/7, across 22,000 yr)
Years	19995 BCE · 19995 BCE · 19992 BCE · 19987 BCE · 19976 BCE · 19964 BCE · 19963 BCE · 19962 BCE … 2172 CE · 2192 CE · 2193 CE · 2197 CE (2838 total)
Gap between alignments	0–58 yr · median 5 yr
Nearest to 8 Aug 2026	2019 CE (7 yr ago) · next 2030 CE (in 4 yr)
Ordinary-day cadence	66 of 365 days · gap 1–27 d · ~every 6 d

The alignment gap is the rare, significant reading — the stellar-recurrence "frequency constant": a one-simple word reads at most alignments (short gap, e.g. every few years); a multi-simple word reads only when all its signs coincide (long gap). The ordinary-day cadence is the noise floor every word also sits on (when any planet transits its sign). Planet periods are stable, so the everyday cadence is the same in any year.

This single-reading page is a shareable deep link: . The sky map, gloss and year timeline are computed live from astronomy-engine planet positions; the Wikipedia panel (shown for proper and angel names) is the free Wikipedia REST summary API.