שעל · sho'-al

palm

○

8 Aug 2026

missing ע ש

letters

400

gematria

◆ 218 yr

recurrence

2 signs · 218 yr

simple letters

ל ע

○ not readable on 8 Aug 2026 — missing: ע 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	שעל
Transliteration	sho'-al
Gloss	palm
Part of speech	n-m
Length	3 letters
Gematria	400
Simple letters	ל ע
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Recurrence — how often שעל reads

◆ 218 years between the rare alignments that make שעל legible — the significant stellar reading, recurring over years→centuries with no fixed cadence. It also reads on ordinary days (12 of 365 days · gap 1–226 d · ~every 30 d).

Required sign(s) / simple(s)	Capricorn / Libra · ע ל · mother ש
Rare alignments read at	79 of 12505 (maxInSign 5/6/7, across 22,000 yr)
Years	19572 BCE · 19318 BCE · 19178 BCE · 19166 BCE · 18881 BCE · 18561 BCE · 18424 BCE · 18347 BCE … 606 CE · 1223 CE · 1460 CE · 1791 CE (79 total)
Gap between alignments	2–1354 yr · median 218 yr
Nearest to 8 Aug 2026	1791 CE (235 yr ago) · next none recorded
Ordinary-day cadence	12 of 365 days · gap 1–226 d · ~every 30 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.