מחצה · mekh-ets-aw'

halving

○

8 Aug 2026

missing צ מ

letters

143

gematria

◆ 496 yr

recurrence

3 signs · 496 yr

simple letters

ה ח צ

○ not readable on 8 Aug 2026 — missing: צ מ (mother-zone not spanned)

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

Gloss

Hebrew	מחצה
Transliteration	mekh-ets-aw'
Gloss	halving
Part of speech	n-f
Length	4 letters
Gematria	143
Simple letters	ה ח צ
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Recurrence — how often מחצה reads

◆ 496 years between the rare alignments that make מחצה legible — the significant stellar reading, recurring over years→centuries with no fixed cadence. It also reads on ordinary days (39 of 365 days · gap 1–122 d · ~every 9 d).

Required sign(s) / simple(s)	Cancer / Aquarius / Aries · ח צ ה · mother מ
Rare alignments read at	36 of 12505 (maxInSign 5/6/7, across 22,000 yr)
Years	19779 BCE · 19541 BCE · 18926 BCE · 18430 BCE · 18072 BCE · 16689 BCE · 15987 BCE · 15664 BCE … 274 BCE · 1232 CE · 1255 CE · 1475 CE (36 total)
Gap between alignments	23–1966 yr · median 496 yr
Nearest to 8 Aug 2026	1475 CE (551 yr ago) · next none recorded
Ordinary-day cadence	39 of 365 days · gap 1–122 d · ~every 9 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.