מכשול · mik-shole'

stumbling-block

○

8 Aug 2026

missing ו מ ש

letters

396

gematria

◆ 83 yr

recurrence

2 signs · 83 yr

simple letters

ו ל

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

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

Gloss

Hebrew	מכשול
Transliteration	mik-shole'
Gloss	stumbling-block
Part of speech	n-m
Length	5 letters
Gematria	396
Simple letters	ו ל
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Recurrence — how often מכשול reads

◆ 83 years between the rare alignments that make מכשול legible — the significant stellar reading, recurring over years→centuries with no fixed cadence. It also reads on ordinary days (18 of 365 days · gap 1–129 d · ~every 20 d).

Required sign(s) / simple(s)	Taurus / Libra · ו ל · mother מ ש
Rare alignments read at	174 of 12505 (maxInSign 5/6/7, across 22,000 yr)
Years	19912 BCE · 19802 BCE · 19800 BCE · 19599 BCE · 19598 BCE · 19588 BCE · 19531 BCE · 19057 BCE … 2099 CE · 2124 CE · 2147 CE · 2147 CE (174 total)
Gap between alignments	0–640 yr · median 83 yr
Nearest to 8 Aug 2026	2011 CE (15 yr ago) · next 2087 CE (in 61 yr)
Ordinary-day cadence	18 of 365 days · gap 1–129 d · ~every 20 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.