Early in the Common Era, the Mayans created a brilliant and highly-accurate calendar to keep track of dates. That calendar ends on December 21, 2012, the genesis of the Prophecy 2012 conspiracy theories. Some have taken this end date to mean that the world will end and life as we know it will cease to exist. Many religious, spiritual, astrological, historical, and pseudo-scientific theories have been set forward to support such a claim…and they’re all complete nonsense.
Historical Mayan
The Mayans had an advanced civilization in Central America that reached its peak from 250 – 900 CE. They were highly-skilled astronomers, urban planners, and writers. They’re most famous today for the pyramids they left behind. And their calendar.
Mayan Calendar Explained
The Mayans came up with an ingenious way to pinpoint historical dates. It was called the “Long Calendar” and it lasted for 5126 years. The Long Calendar’s first day is written as 0.0.0.0.1. Each digit goes from 0 to 19, so the 19th day of the calendar is 0.0.0.0.19 and on the 20th day, it moves up a level to 0.0.0.1.0. The last day would be 13.0.0.0.0, corresponding to December 21, 2012 CE.
All the Prophecy 2012 conspiracy theories are based on the notion that when the calendar runs out, something apocalyptic will be upon us. People have proposed many doomsday scenarios – killer solar flares, a geomagnetic reversal, a black hole forming, or even the dreaded Planet X collision with Earth. Scientists have debunked these claims handily and any Internet search will bring up explanations as to why this is junk science.
Not Doomsday, but Enlightenment?
Others, like archeologists and mythologists knowledgeable about the Maya say that the 2012 prophecy doesn’t indicate doomsday, but an age of enlightenment. There is little actual evidence to support that even the Mayans thought of 2012 as doomsday; it’s more likely they predicted a religious miracle, if anything at all.
The 2012 hype assumes that the calendar’s end is the world’s end. But to take a modern, analogous situation, what do we do on December 31st when our yearly calendar ends? We start over again on January 1st. Indeed, that’s what many archaeo-astronomers think happens to the Mayan calendar, though there’s some debate about whether it will reset at 13.0.0.0.0 or whether it will continue on to 20.0.0.0.0 and then reset, somewhere in 8000 CE.
A Little History Of Mayan Astrology
Mayan astrology is based on 20 named days that are cycled 13 times to create a 260-day calendar, the Tzolkin. These signs reflect 260 possible personality types which can be used for divination. Mayan astrology isn’t as prevalent as other types of astrology, but interest is growing because of the fascination with the Maya. Their advanced knowledge of astronomy and mathematics is seen as crucial to the efficacy of this esoteric approach, but increased interest is also due to their strange and unusual traditions, rituals and the mystery surrounding their demise. The year 2012 plays a large role in their prophecy and may signal a sentinel event in history. Mayan astrology is very different from the astrology that most people are familiar with today.
Mayan astrology is an organic process, it may take one step at a time or happen instantaneously. The calendar used by these people represents a shamanic journey, and we learn to weave the past, present and future all together into one whole. It was developed as far back as 600 BC, perhaps even earlier. The interesting part of the approach was the Tzolkin Calendar that provided a way for the Mayan people to align every day of their lives with the Universal Purpose. This sounds like a beneficial approach to conducting a persons life as it discusses the progression of the human species towards its ultimate destiny.
Derived from the galaxies, the chart readings can be up to 10 pages long and will delve into who you are, and what your purpose is. Additionally your powers, strengths and futures path on this planet are illuminated, discussed and brought forth.
Mayan Astrology helps reestablish an intimate link between the Earth and Pleiades, and will initiate a journey into multidimensional time, reactivating self-awareness to help in understanding yourself. You find that an eternal view is incorporated as it synthesizes indigenous, galactic, and modern day interpretations of the calendars. This is possible because the approach is galaxy based, i.e. the Milky Way; where as traditional and conventional astrology is based on the interpretation of the alignments of all the planets in our solar system.
Maya and Aztec astrologers observed the phases of the planet Venus and correlated them with events on Earth. Venus ha
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s four basic phases: morning star, evening star, and two conjunctions with the Sun. Mayan ceremonies however, are usually performed for a particular purpose such as to bring wealth, success in business and to bless newlyweds.
Mayan civilization came into existence and functioned for over one thousand years. The ancient Maya interpreted and understood time in a particular way, which was totally different from any other existing culture or civilization. They understood and accepted the fact that time was not linear; it is just a series of repeating cycles. Mayan Time Science is an entirely new and unfamiliar world based on nothing familiar to our common understanding of the World. It truly is an adventure into a bold new world.
By: Mumby
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