Why 2012? Well, Dec 22 of the year 2012 happens to
be the year the Mayan Long Count calendar points to.
On this date, their calendar starts over, or begins a new
age. Around this time:
- The sun ends a 220 to 250 million year trip around the
galactic center to once again line up with the spiral galactic arm --
the end of one galactic year, and the beginning of the next
one. The last time we were in this position, 1 galactic year
ago, corresponded to the mass extinction of 70% of all land
species, 85% of all ocean species, and the rise of the
dinosaurs. Two galactic years ago marked the
Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction event.
- The earth completes its 28,500 year precessional cycle of
earth's wobble.
- In the year 2000, we completed a 26,000 year cycle marked
by the constellaion Orion reaching its highest point in the sky.
- Also in this time frame, according to some (but not all),
the Hindu Kali Yuga, or the Iron Age ends.
The Mayan calendar is constructed of kin, uinals, tun, katun,
and baktuns. It is thought that these divisions of time point
to periods of change in the earths environment, human thought, and
subsequently society.
- A uinal is a period of 20 kin (20 days).
- A tun is 18 uinals (360 days or approx 1 year).
- A katun is 20 tun ( approx 20 years)
- A baktun is 20 katuns (approx 394 years)
- 13 baktuns constitute a Mayan age of 5125 years
We are now in the last half of the last katun of the age which
began in 3114 BC. The start date of this age was arrived at
by comparing known events in the Mayan calendar system, with
the same events in the Julian calendar.
wrote:
"August 13, 3113 BC is as
precise and accurate as one can get for a beginning of history: the
first Egyptian dynasty is dated to ca 3100 BC; the first 'city,' Uruk,
in Mesopotamia, also ca 3100 BC; the Hindu Kali Yuga, 3102 BC; and most
interestingly, the division of time into 24 hours of 60 minutes each
and each minute into 60 seconds [and the division of the circle into
360 degrees], also around 3100 BC, in Sumeria. If the beginning of
history was so accurately placed, then must not the end of history,
December 21, 2012 also be as accurate?"
Notice the discrepancy of one year from 3114 to 3113?
This has been a common error stemming from the fact that
there was no year zero. 3114 BC is actually the year -3113,
but no matter, his observation is accurate.
If the Mayans are right, we should
see some evidence that historical periods are reflected in the
structure of Mayan timekeeping. Here is a good graphic to
illustrate that from
In my opinion though, just based on current events, the human
race is headed for a major event of some type within the next few
years. Whether it happens exactly on Dec 21, 2012 or not, and
whether it occurs in a single moment, or more gradually, we
are in for life changing events.
