Now see, here was where it got confusing. He scanned the textbook. Each letter of the name lasts for as long as the value of that letter. Well, that made it sound like it depended on your name. But then again... The Transits are found among the individual letters of your name, and are used in conjunction with the Essence Cycles to provide additional information about your year ahead. Your Transits predict, in a general way, the events which are slated to befall you in life. And thus the confusion.

He flipped the page to see if the Essence Cycles could tell him anything. The Essence cycle number is the combined total of the Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Transits that are influencing you during a particular year of your life. So it seemed most likely that it would be the year, then.

He thrust both fists into the air. "Professor, I think the book says that it's a year, but I could be wrong." And he hoped that he wasn't. He didn't like to let down Hadley.