Most of us would have heard by now that the world is going to end on December 21st, 2012. Of course there have been many end of the world prophecies before and we are still here, so is there anything that makes this one different? Well, the Mayan calendar ends on this precise day. As the hype around this event gathers momentum, people have started searching for a cause that may account for this predicted destruction of the world.
Many people will tell you that on this day the Earth, Sun and the galactic center will come in one straight line and this alignment will have catastrophic effects. If you look at the star charts for 21st December 2012, you will realize, that its true! The Earth, Sun and the center of our galaxy will indeed come in one straight line. However, what they do not tell you is that this happens on every December 21st!! We have gloriously ‘survived’ all previous such instances.
There are other claims of a gigantic solar flare, geo magnetic pole reversal and collision with a mysterious planet X that are also making the rounds. Again, all these are baseless. Yes, the solar activity will peak in late 2011 or mid 2012, but the Sun does this every 11 years. The solar activity increases, drops to a minimum and peaks again in what is referred to as the solar cycle which has an 11 year period.
Geo magnetic pole reversals have happened in the distant past but it takes hundreds of years for the poles to reverse. Its a slow and gradual process and there will be many indications of this years before it happens. Scientist have no evidence about this so far. Similar is the story of planet X. If it were heading towards Earth, we would have seen perturbations in the orbits of other solar system objects. There is no evidence to support this what so ever.
So what about the Mayan calendar ending? The Mayans had a system which we refer to as the Long Count. They used it to keep track of historic dates. It served the same purpose as our calendar. It seems that the Long Count ends on the modern date of 21st December 2012. So what after that? Well, what happens after our calendar ends every year on 31st December. We start a new year. In much the same way a new Long Count will begin! It will bring in the first day of the next Long Count calendar or 22nd December 2012 for us. The world will survive to fight another such prophecy.
Nikhil Pawar
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Posted on January 10, 2010
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