December 27, 2011

The Mayans lived in what is today the Yukatán Peninsula of Mexico. Scholars are somewhat in dispute as to the dates of their civilization’s development, which ranges between 2000 BC and 900 AD.  Also in dispute is how the Mayan civilization collapsed – it seems to have come suddenly, just prior to 800 AD, when inscriptions and temple building ceased – with possible destructive mechanisms ranging from war to epidemic.

A few decsendents from the Maya have survived and live in areas of Mexico today. Some important artifacts have survived as well. Even though Cortez’ Christian invaders of 1519 destroyed most of the Mayan documents as blasphemous relics, four have been preserved.  One of these is known as the Dresden Codex.  After years of attempts to translate the document, the Dresden Codex was finally determined to be an astrological document, complete with predictions of lunar and solar eclipses and information on planetary movements. In addition to this, it was a long calendar of cycles dating back to August 11, 3114 BC and ending on the exact date of December 21, 2012 AD – what has become known as the Mayan Calendar.

The very last page of the Mayan Calendar shows water being poured out from the mouth of the celestial serpent, the sun, the moon and also from a pitcher held by a weird looking person with bird feet and snakes on the head. The bird-crowned chief-priest below seems to be ceremoniously resisting the oncoming deluge, but the situation looks futile.

Does this signify an all-powerful flood, destroying the earth? Or could it be some kind of global cleansing? Or perhaps the water signifies consciousness – pouring water as if to wake-up the inhabitants of the earth from their sleeping state?  It’s nearly impossible to determine exactly what the codex is trying to convey without understanding the science the Mayans used in the development of the calendar.

But it is interesting that the Mayan end-date of December 21, 2012 coincides precisely with:

• The winter solstice
• The sun, earth and center of the galaxy are aligned, which occurs once every 25,800 years
• The eleven year sun-spot cycle
• At least the dawning of the age of Aquarious, which is also associated with water being poured from a vase, as its zodiac depicts

2012 may be the year our entire financial system collapses, resulting in our lives, as we’ve known them, being dramatically altered. Just listen to Ann Barnhardt, who recently closed down her investment firm, giving her clients’ money back and telling them she no longer feels their money is safe in the financial markets any more.