And of course no explanation is given. But it's gotta be the 309th year of the reign of the current Emperor (who I think is actually an Empress, but whatever; see previous message). So the rest would have to be positions in cycles and super-cycles, I guess? What order do they go in? Since 309 is first, does that mean that the first 2 is the position in the basic cycle, being the next-smallest unit? -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info