In this essay the author puts forward the hypothesis that individual heavenly bodies in a given group may have cycles which synchronise over a greater time period so forming a longer cycle which defines the rhythm of that part of the cosmos. CONTENTS - The synchronisation of cosmic cycles: a hypothesis - When did the universe come into existence$22 - Time cycles - What determines the duration of the individual cycles$23 - What do these numbers signify$24 - Initial questions. . .
