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What the Mayan Calendar Says About the End of the World

By Stephanie A. Smith, published May 08, 2007
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It is well known that the mayan calendar says that the world is going to end on Dec. 21st, 22nd, or 23rd (there is some debate about which day), but does it really say that? Or does it say something else entirely?

For the purposes of this article, I will refer to december 21, 22, and 23 as the "end of days".

The Maya date civilization back to August 13, 3114 b.c. This is the beginning of the Mayan calendar. The date is also the beginning of the 5th Great Cycle. The Mayans believed that there are 5 Great Cycles of the Earth and that the beginning of civilization was the beginning of the 5th one. 2012 is the year thet the 5th Great Cycle is supposed to end. This is where the belief that the End of Days is 2012 comes from. All 5 Great Cycles are supposed to end in destruction.

There are several important events happening in 2012- particlularly on the end of days. The Earth, the Sun, and the black hole at the center of the Milky way Galaxy will align, this happens once every 26,000 years, also the Eath will complete one wobble around it's axis, another event that happens about once every 26 thousand years ( more on happenings in 2012 later).

The Mayan calendar has made many prophesies that have come true. The third part of the calendar, the Katune is broken down into 13 parts each being 20 years and having it's own prophesy. For ex. Katune 10's prophesy is " Bleak times, Drought, famine, foreing occupation, change." Katne 10 last happened during WW2.

Katune 1's prophesy is "great changes, rebuild". This Katune next begins on the End of Days. Does this mean that there are going to be people left to rebuild? I believe that it does.

Nobody knows for sure, but in astrology, the Age of Aquaruis is supposed to begin sometime between the late 1900's to the early 2000's. Consensus is that it could begin close to the beginning of this century. Could it actually start on the End of Days? The Age of Aquarius is supposed to herald in a time of great changes and enlightenment, when we see what we have done wrong and really fix the problem.

Takeaways
  • The Mayan calendar has made many prophesies that have come true.
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Cris is true, those people are idiots

Posted on 09/04/2008 at 9:09:18 PM

 
why does the world have to end on that day THIS SUCKS diniling

Posted on 09/04/2008 at 9:09:49 PM

 
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Posted on 09/04/2008 at 9:09:53 PM

 
my email address is eyadkattanisgay@hotmail.com you will probably will want to sell your worldly possessions before you kill yourselves while waiting for a UFO or something

Posted on 06/22/2008 at 12:06:20 AM

 
You people are a bunch of idiots! This is probably just another Y2K bug. How many of you idiots are willing to sell your property cheap? contact me

Posted on 06/22/2008 at 12:06:29 AM

 
who knows wt is going to happen............,bt i think it's true;

Posted on 06/19/2008 at 4:06:26 AM

 
no one knows except GOD alone...

Posted on 04/19/2008 at 12:04:25 PM

 
no ones the end of the world except GOD alone......but the time is near..be prepare..always...

Posted on 04/19/2008 at 12:04:55 PM

 
"Does any of the Mayan's story seem familiar to you? it should, the whole world is overpopulated, we are overusing our natural resourses, and the whole world is beginning to be in warfare. All we are missing is the invading force." You left out the Mayan religious addiction to human sacrifice, the great sin of the ancient world, and still religiously sanctioned by the Maya and others in Meso-America only 500 years ago. Humanity HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES through millennia of trial and suffering, and no ancient worldview can teach us either a better science or a better spiritual understanding: That is the lesson of the world's long, bloody history, which benighted terrorists and bigots--the "eye for an eye", "holier than thou" people--in every generation would have us forget. See http://www.lulu.com/hdhsciences for more, the real story behind the history-long religious obsessions of mankind.

Posted on 03/03/2008 at 12:03:37 PM

 
The truth is that the Mayan "doomsday prophecy" is not a prophecy and does not herald doom or enlightenment, but is a misunderstanding of the precise harmonization of the Earth year with the Venus sidereal and synodical periods. See my article at http://www.scientificblogging.com/harry_dale_huffman/the_real_origin_of_the_2012_mayan_doomsday_prophecy The real story behind such precise harmonization lies in my epochal discoveries, see http://www.lulu.com/hdhsciences and my articles on associatedcontent.com, helium.com and scientificblogging.com. The start of the coming Age of Aquarius is defined by an initial design, "in the beginning", which my work has uncovered. Other modern authors are only speculating about it, and none are right.

Posted on 03/03/2008 at 12:03:49 PM

 
Hope this one dont come true that would totaly suck big time

Posted on 11/23/2007 at 8:11:00 PM

 
Hope this one dont come true that would totaly suck big time

Posted on 11/23/2007 at 8:11:00 PM

 
thats rly scary...but i see a pattern forming...6/6/06, and now 12/12/12....

Posted on 11/23/2007 at 11:11:00 AM

 
Great article. I too thought it was 12/12/12!

Posted on 11/07/2007 at 11:11:00 PM

 
This article sounds like people who are influenced by television's wonders of destruction ect. The truth is we are human. We cry, we love, we feel. these feelings have meaning outside our own understanding. If we were to be pulled into space by orbit and die, then are existence was pointless. I don't beleive our existence our pointless because we would not be here. So people our so evil that we are always thinking of ways we are going to die, from Hollywood and beyond. Its funny how people are so into explaining our death, but not one person has attempt to gather information to save us, if where going to die. Because of that, I can say there is no balance here, and everything has a balance, good/evil. If we can't be saved then it ain't going to happen, so chill.

Posted on 10/22/2007 at 3:10:00 PM

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