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2012 Maya Calendar Dark Rift Conjunction Not Alignment with Galactic Centre

On December 21st 2012 the Long Count Calendar used by the ancient Meso-American peoples such as the Maya, Aztec, Toltec and Olmec will end one great cycle of 13 Baktun (5125.26 years). The creators of this system were able to calculate and track interesting cycles of nature such as eclipse cosmic alignment and conjunctions.

The length of sub-cycles matched natural cycles such as human gestation local snakes shedding their teeth as well as the number of human digits and major joints. They understood the orbits of the observable planets and knew the lengths of each ones journey around the sun. The minds behind this system gave birth to some 24 separate calendar systems capable of tracking both astronomical and non-astronomical cycles within nature.

The winter solstice of 2012 will occur at 11:11 GMT on of course 21-12-2012 the same day the Long Count flips over. On that morning the sun will appear to rise into the patch of sky we refer to as the galactic centre or nuclear bulge. It is the location of the super-massive black hole at the centre of rotation for the Milky Way galaxy.

In itself the appearance of the sun rising here is not a particularly unique event. The phenomena can be observed for winter solstice dates of numerous years either side of 2012. The only interesting new aspect of this year will be the sun appearing to just touch one part of the Dark Rift (Great Rift) that snakes its way along the Galactic Equator. This is an area of the night sky considered important to Maya cosmology most notably with respect to spiritual rebirth mythologies. It will however take some two decades or so to travel completely through this dark region of the sky.

Although commonly known as the ‘Galactic Alignment’ the correct term for the event should really be the ‘Galactic Conjunction’. Astronomical alignments refer to three celestial objects in shared orientation. Astronomical Conjunction is an alignment of two cosmic objects or bodies as seen from the Earths perspective.

For a simple example we can imagine three planets in alignment. The factuality of this event would not be effected by your location in the solar system. Whether you are stood on the Moon or on the Earth the three planets would still be aligned. When an alignment, such as that of the Sun and the Dark Rift, is only happening from the perspective of the Earth then it is a Conjunction. This is clearly the case for 2012 calendar end-date.

It is true that this will be the first time in almost 26,000 years that the Sun will appear to connect with part of the Dark Rift. It is also fair to say that this lacks the excitement of some of the false theories regarding 2012 astronomy events. We can not say that the Sun will be perfectly aligned with the galactic centre or with the middle of the Dark rift. It is rather just somewhere between the two regions of the sky. Interesting yes, but not what I would exactly call dramatic or exciting to see.

Let us just quickly clear up some common errors.

The solar system does travel in a wave pattern as it circles the centre of the Milky Way during a 260,000 year period but will not cross the mid-plane or disc of our galaxy in 2012. We are currently at least 50 million light years above this plane and moving further away from it.

There is not an alignment of all or indeed even of several planets on 21-12-2012. Jupiter and Saturn will however be involved in an astrological formation known as a Yod (finger of God).

The Solar system will not be any closer to the Galactic core in 2012 than on any other year, or in any way in a position which might affect gravity levels between us and the Milky Way’s central black hole.

There is no evidence of us aligning with the infamous but wholly mythical photon belt with a location said to be marked by the star Alcyone. We are certainly not orbiting this star in the Pleiades system as some 2012 writers have additionally claimed.

Now we have ascertained just what is involved in the conjunction on 21-12-2012 it is worth clarifying the mechanics of the process. What causes the view of the sky to change and shifts the solstice sunrise position relative to the celestial bodies?


The answer to this is in fact a phenomenon known as precession, or precession of the equinox. During a cycle of somewhere between 25,600 and 25,800 years our view of the constellations shifts in a 360-degree circular motion.

The movement of the Earth’s axis (and by default the solstice and equinox points) occurs at the rate of approximately 1-degree every 71.5 years of this cycle. This is sometimes know as the Platonic or Great Year and is the driving force of so-called astrological ages.

There are two theories posited to explain this shift in the view of the stars on the horizon from the Earth. The most widely excepted theory is the Luni-Solar model, which holds the cause to be the Moon’s gravity pulling on the Earth and causing it to slowly wobble on its axis as it rotates. The second theory is the binary model, which explains precession as caused by our sun orbiting a binary twin not yet detected by telescopes. Most likey it would have to be either a Brown Dwarf Star or small black hole (both hard to detect).

It is sometimes noted in respect to 2012 information that many scientists’ state there was a very close conjunction of the sun and galactic equator on the winter solstice of 1998/99. Due to the width of the sun being half a degree in the sky the crossing of the entire solar disc through the equator will take 36 years in total. This gives us a period from 1980 to 2016 possibly of significance. The biggest problem with placing importance on this event is that we have no idea exactly where the Maya would have considered the plane of the Galaxy to be. The Maya data seems to suggest they were far more interested with the Great rift than the Galactic Plane anyway.

One theory that makes sense in light of the aural, written and carved history of the Maya is that they were interested in a period of time surrounding 21-12-2012 rather than just that single day. If we take a single degree of precession centred upon this date we then have a window of time running from 1976 through to 2048. An expert on Meso-American calendars that I consulted agreed with me that such a theory is not unreasonable to hypothesise based on his understanding of Maya cosmological thinking.

It is important to note that the year 2012 is not only the year the calendar system ends a major cycle but also a year including a rare Venus conjunction. The Maya and other ancient calendar scholars would certainly have considered conjunctions of the sun and Venus very special. Venus holds a uniquely important place in the planetary mythology of these peoples.

To calculate their occurrence into the future is extremely difficult. It seems these people managed to do just this however as it seems likely they deliberately targeted 2012 at least in part due to this other event. Interestingly this conjunction occurs on 6-6-2012 then just months later on 28-03-2013 the Maya Venus-Sun calendar will finish a 104-year round.

As for cosmic energy having physical effects on Earth in 2012, we can only say that the events described here do not lend themselves at all to any clear logical reason why 21-12-2012 would be unlike any other day. There are however other 2012 avenues to explore not related to the 21-12-2012 conjunction.

Hi BruceF,

All of what you are saying makes sence in the world of science, but what about the quantum world ?

We know that if we observe things at the quantum level they behave exactly as expected but if we donot observe we have different results, the mere act of watching changes the out come.

Could it be possible for the galactic alignment to act differently because we have already assumed the out come.

Well it is always worthy to consider the less linear view of events. The fixed modality projected by science and the measurements gathered is of course merely the surface view. The reason I would suggest that this view is the most likely is that consensus reality has the most people expecting a similar result. I guess that if there was a majority of us expecting or willing another result we would see a different outcome to any event.

What alternate result/view did you have in mind I wonder?

Hi Bruce,

It seems that there may multipull out-comes, it all depends on the variations of time, I suppose that anything can push our time-line of reality to manifest as any variation, the question being which time line are we on now, Hmmm hard to say.

I like most people exposed to the 2012 concepts have a prefered outcome, if everybody had the same prefered outcome I believe we will all end up with that destination, but as it stands we have lots of possible outcomes, so maybe they will all happen.

As individuals we will only experience the outcome that we thought would happen untill that something happens to change it.

But then we throw into the mix the Time Wave Zero theory, and now my head hurts.

Brian

Hi Bruce,

That was a cracking good bucket of cold reality thrown to the stage. It was definitely needed; and Brian I believe you have brought a notion into focus that may help us tie up what is actually happening.

The Schrodinger’s cat analogy I believe is valid to understand quantum interaction, but in human terms, we have to understand the timeline of human consciousness, (vibration.)
We have evolved in our known history and by compelling evidence from more ancient times, to a position where our emerging awareness is polarising attitudes across the world. This is a process of Probability.

The strength of Probability is now that our emergence to the threshold of understanding and acceptance of the Law of One has brought us to a critical vibrational mass where our reality will be flipped to a new viewing point. Within the perfection of chaos, (Re: Chaos theory,) cosmic cycles have evolved to place us in a position of wider Cosmic Probability.

It is accepted for example that there is ‘something’ causing the massive change, not only environmentally on our own world, but to a much greater degree on every body in our solar system. This may be to do with the cyclic approach of other cosmic bodies, or simply the result of unknown cyclic changes in our Sun. Whatever the source of these wider coincidental changes, the synchronicity they have with our planetary and human changes cannot be ignored.

We always tend to dumb down the possibility of a greater order in the way of things. This makes the idea of cosmic synchronicity hard to accept for most people. However the planetary changes taking place and the critical vibrationary level we are approaching may be an inevitable cycle within cycles that reflects not only our own tortuous pathway of probability as a race, but also that of the cosmos. If so then we are undergoing no more than ‘transformation.’

The transformation may indeed include sudden cataclysmic upheaval, but whatever is Actualised, our progression as a species is assured on various levels of equally valid reality, which will undoubtedly include an apparent Earth of raised vibration and bounty for some, and a return to more feudal existence for others.

There is the element also to consider that from the eminently sensible anticipation of our own exterrestial ancestors, and probably a few other evolved ET races, there is bound to come a time when they will interact with us. What better time would there be than when such possible changes become realised. We can therefore only ‘anticipate’ with an open mind and an aspiration to higher levels where we are far more likely to receive the forewarning we seek.

Blessings
Richard
With Judith