how to read codex time

The website now has its own time system!

It is not as practical as our current time system, but that is not really the point. Codex Time is designed to give Time on Earth symbolic weight by mapping it directly through Crystal Vision.

The Codex maps things through Crystal Vision — see the published Crystal Maps. The Codex Clock applies that same principle to Time itself.

It is rather simple.

The Solar Clock

First, we divide Earth’s orbit into 12 Arcs, using the northern spring equinox as our Bridge. The first Arc begins when the Sun’s apparent ecliptic longitude reaches 0 degrees. Every new Arc begins after another 30 degrees of actual orbital movement.

The Arcs are roughly comparable to months, but they do not have equal durations. Earth moves at different speeds along its orbit, so each Arc lasts exactly as long as the corresponding 30-degree movement takes.

Each Arc is then divided into 12 Codons. One Codon is 2.5 degrees of solar ecliptic longitude. Codons are roughly comparable to Codex days, but their conventional duration changes with Earth’s orbital speed.

Each Codon is divided again into 12 Urs. One Ur is 0.208333 degrees of solar ecliptic longitude. An Ur averages around five conventional hours, while its exact duration follows the real movement of Earth.

So the solar structure is:

1. 12 Arcs in one solar year.
2. 12 Codons in each Arc.
3. 12 Urs in each Codon.

Arcs, Codons, and Urs are all directly tied to Earth’s path around the Sun. They are three levels of resolution within the same solar cycle: the year, a smaller movement within that year, and then a still smaller movement inside that.

The Lunar Clock

Then we add the Moon.

The Lunarcs are tied to the Moon’s phases. The Clock measures the Moon’s actual apparent ecliptic longitude relative to the Sun. Twelve Lunarcs divide that 360-degree phase cycle, beginning when the Sun and Moon share the same ecliptic longitude.

One Lunarc covers 30 degrees of Moon–Sun separation. It averages about 2.46 conventional days, but its exact duration varies with the real motion of the Moon and Earth.

Interestingly, that makes one Lunarc almost equal in average length to one Codon. The solar and lunar systems therefore move at very similar scales, while continuously shifting against each other.

At any given moment, the Codex Clock describes Time through four coordinates:

1. Arc — your position in the solar year.
2. Codon — your position inside the Arc.
3. Ur — your position inside the Codon.
4. Lunarc — your position in the lunar cycle.

Together, those four coordinates form the Codex Time shown by the Clock.

The Arcs map to the zodiac signs of classic Western astrology. The Codons and Urs are my own invention. The Lunarcs are as old as humanity, but here they are revisited through the Codex’s Links theory. So, while the Clock incorporates an astrological mapping, Codex Time is not simply an astrology system: it combines inherited cycles with its own Crystal mapping of Time.

20,736 Descriptions

There are 20,736 unique Arc–Codon–Ur–Lunarc combinations.

Alongside the numerical Clock, each combination is offered with a short description that synthesises the Arc, Codon, Ur, and Lunarc into one reading of the moment.

For those descriptions, I built a very long AI prompt where I gave it precise instructions for how the four parts should be synthesised. This process took some trial and error. Built on the lastest GPT 5.6 Luna model, we now have descriptions that syntheses Arc, Codon, Ur, and Lunarc correctly.

I have obviously not manually checked all 20,736 descriptions. With each description around 160 words, the total corpus is about 3.3 millions words long (about 4x the Bible). I did repeated sample quality checks and adjusted the process until I was satisfied with the output. Each description now features unique non-repetitive readings of the time.

The AI was very good at understanding the Elementals and Link configurations. It was less good at writing original text, and despite my best efforts, it keeps producing AI flatness... Also, AIs really have problems with Crystal Vision; they will map anything to everything unless you are very strict.

The descriptions are for entertainment purposes. A Timeseer does not need the AI layer at all: you can read the Arc, Codon, Ur, and Lunarc combination directly and interpret the Time yourself through Crystal Vision.

A Clock I Wanted for Years

This Codex Clock was a dream of mine that had been brooding for years.

Finally, I had the time, technology, and resources to build it :)

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

P.S. It was fully coincidental that the Clock went live on 5•5•5•7.

A Fire Arc, Fire Codon, and Fire Ur, just after a Full Moon.