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LightEye
03-29-2008, 11:50 AM
Dear Friends,

Interesting, but he's got the time wrong. It's 11:11 not 11:12.

http://www.helium.com/items/460316-everyone-hears-about-different

Just so we're sure about the time;

2012 2012
Perihelion Jan 5 00 Equinoxes Mar 20 05 14 Sept 22 14 49
Aphelion July 5 03 Solstices June 20 23 09 Dec 21 11 11

Link from the US Naval Observatory;

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/EarthSeasons.php

Be Well, Be Love.

David

The significance of the year 2012 explained
by Richard Lowe

Everyone hears about the different prophecies on how humanity will end. From the Bible predictions of the rapture and the Antichrist, to Nostradamus's prediction of the Planet Comet, people hear theories and see evidence of our civilization coming to an end. However, the most striking of these prophecies lies in the predictions of an ancient, but highly sophisticated Mayan calender. The deciphering and understanding of the calender is whole other story in it's own, so I'll get straight to the point.

The Mayan calender is actually a combination of 3 calenders. The religious calender, the solar calender, and the Long Count. For the sake of this discussion, i wont get into detail about the whole calender and just stick to the Long Count. The Long Count can record any day in history because it is supposedly the measure of days from the beginning of humanity to the end.

The number system used for the Long Count is completely different than our decimal, 10 based number system. Instead, the Mayans used 5 sets of numbers separated with a decimal. A typical Long Count number would look like this:
12.15.14.16.14

The first day of the Long Count is labeled 0.0.0.0.1 which is the equivalent to August 11th, 3114 BC. on our current Gregorian Calender. The Long Count calender ends at 12.19.19.17.20 which is the equivalent to December 21, 2012. Now this doesn't necessarily mean that humanity will come to an end on this date, but it is the date when the calender ends.

But who cares what an ancient civilization thinks? They didn't have any of the scientific knowledge, nor did they have any of the technology that we have now. Why should we be worried? Let's look at this date from a scientific point of view.

Asa
03-30-2008, 09:03 AM
David, thank you for the link to the Naval Observatory. I have a request for anyone that might have the knowledge and ability to find the answer. I know the significance of December 21, 2012 but there is also another time that I feel might also have significance--spring equinox 2013 [Mar 20, 2013]. Can anyone tell what the position of the solar system in relation to the Milky Way Galaxy will be and whether there is any indication of a significant event in the time line calculations? Thanks to anyone who can provide any illumination on the relative conditions surrounding this date.

Asa