{"id":4048,"date":"2011-10-25T06:06:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T10:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/?p=4048"},"modified":"2011-10-25T07:54:57","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T11:54:57","slug":"when-does-the-mayan-calendar-really-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2011\/10\/when-does-the-mayan-calendar-really-end.html","title":{"rendered":"When does the Mayan calendar really end?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"(click image to enlarge)<\/a> The Mayan calendar is usually said to end on December 21, 2012, but that date seems to have little relevance to the actual Mayan calendar, although it has come to bear great mythological significance for the current age. \u00a0According to that great source of modern wisdom Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In 1975, the ending of b’ak’tun 13 became the subject of speculation by several\u00a0New Age<\/a>\u00a0authors, who asserted it would correspond with a global “transformation of consciousness”. In\u00a0Mexico Mystique: The Coming Sixth Age of Consciousness<\/em>,\u00a0Frank Waters<\/a>\u00a0tied Coe’s original date of December 24, 2011,[d]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0to astrology and the prophecies of the\u00a0Hopi<\/a>,[42]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0while both\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Arg\u00fcelles<\/a>\u00a0(in\u00a0The Transformative Vision<\/em>)[43]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0and\u00a0Terence McKenna<\/a>\u00a0(in\u00a0The Invisible Landscape<\/em>)[44]<\/a><\/sup>[45]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0discussed the significance of the year 2012, but not a specific day. It was only in 1983, with the publication of\u00a0Robert J. Sharer<\/a>‘s revised table of date correlations in the 4th edition of Morley’s\u00a0The Ancient Maya,<\/em>[d]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0that each became convinced that December 21, 2012, had significant meaning. By 1987, the year in which he organized the\u00a0Harmonic Convergence<\/a>\u00a0event, Arguelles was using the date December 21, 2012 in\u00a0The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology<\/em>.[46]<\/a><\/sup>[47]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0He claimed that on August 13, 3113 BC the Earth began a passage through a “galactic synchronization beam” that emanated from the\u00a0center of our galaxy<\/a>, that it would pass through this beam during a period of 5200\u00a0tuns<\/em>\u00a0(Maya cycles of 360-days each), and that this beam would result in “total synchronization” and “galactic entrainment” of individuals “plugged into the Earth’s electromagnetic battery” by 13.0.0.0.0 (December 21, 2012). He believed that the Maya aligned their calendar to correspond to this phenomenon.[48]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Aveni has dismissed all of these ideas.[49]<\/a><\/sup><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s something romantic and thrilling about the end of the world occurring on the Winter Solstice, but some scholars debate the date of December 21, 2012 as the true end of the Mayan calendar. \u00a0For example, Alejandro Cirilo Perez Oxlaj, the 13th generation Quiche Mayan High Priest, and a Grand Elder of the Continental Council of Elders and Spiritual Guides of the Americas, said last year<\/a>:<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t know exactly if it is going to be 2012 or if it is going to be later on. Because 2012 is a Gregorian date, sometimes it does not coincide with the Mayan calendar. There are many reasons why we don\u2019t know exactly the timing. It has to do [with] when the invasion came, a little over 500 years ago [Spanish Conquistador invasion], the [Mayan] men and women of wisdom were the first ones to be assassinated. Then Bishop Diego de Landa, during the invasion, gathered all the books where all the information was, and they set them on fire. So they burned all the information. \u2026 The calendar that was at that time in effect, they have gone through so many modifications. . . Like in this Mayan council, they left out days; they didn\u2019t count just to catch up with time. Then with the Gregorian Calendar, all the months are so irregular in length, like the months of 28 days, 30 days, 29 days, 31 days. So this is why it doesn\u2019t [align]. But one thing is for sure, it is certain that you all will know when this happens, because it is going to be a long period of darkness. It is a change of sun; it is another sun that is coming. So, like now, we see the north, and in the other time, it will [be] a different direction.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Writer Johann Calleman claims to have the facts – that the actual date of the end of the Mayan calendar is October 28, 2011. \u00a0As I write this, October 28th is just a few days away which makes this a particularly interesting date. \u00a0Calleman claims that he successfully predicted the economic collapse in 2008 based on the fact that the Fifth Night of the current cycle began in November 2007, coinciding with the global crash of the world economy. \u00a0(He does not seem to take into account the fact that Pluto entered Capricorn in January of 2008 which is when the actual crash began.)<\/p>\n

In any case, the LibraRising <\/a>website has a wonderful depiction of the Mayan calendar (shown above) \u00a0that is clearer than any other I have seen, outlining all of the larger cycles and the breakdown into smaller cycles. \u00a0This article is a bit on the New Agey side, but one interesting aspect to this depiction of the cycles is the fact that the first cycles are extremely long in duration, and as humanity evolves the cycles of evolution become shorter and shorter, reflecting what we have actually seen in the progression of human consciousness and civilization.<\/p>\n

Some hysterical internet riders posted this date as PROOF that the world would end because the Comet Elenin would be closest to earth around this same time. \u00a0We recently saw<\/a>\u00a0that Elenin was nothing to be feared, but the penchant for dramatic endings to the world continue. Even preacher Harold Camping, who has three times unsuccessfully predicted the end of the world, finally admitted<\/a> that no one can know when that day will come. \u00a0(Just as Jesus said so many years ago. I suspect that Jesus said that just to keep people from going crazy about the end of the world, but as with so many things he said, no one really listens.)<\/p>\n

In any case – if the world does end on October 28th the November Skywatch article may be delayed. \u00a0Just in case, sign up now<\/a> so that you can receive November’s planetary news in your inbox!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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