Have you heard that the Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world soon, in the year 2012? You no doubt have heard the buzz about these things, as the Mayan calendar has been in the news of late. In fact there is a major feature due out later this year that plays upon several elements commonly found in the Mayan calendar interpretations.
But what does the Mayan calendar mean for you?
Before we can examine the predictions about the calendar of the Mayans, it is important that we learn a little about it. The first thing to realize is that the Mayans had a very precise calendar. Specifically, they had two calendars known as the Haab and the Tzolk'in made up of 365 days and 260 days respectively. When combined together the two calendars rotate in a large cycle that encompasses 52 years. The Mayans believed that the calendar could foretell important events to occur in the future, so in many ways they subscribed to a sort of astrology. However, their astronomy was quite advanced as well. And it is for these reasons that people are beginning to pay so much attention to it today.
What do the Mayans say about the year 2012?
The Mayans organized their calendars according to what they called "counts." The long count makes up a unit of time of over 5,000 years. The reason that there has been so much written about the year 2012 is that the Mayan long count will expire in that year. The date December 21, 2012 represents the end of the Mayan long count and many people believe that it signifies that something rather important will happen on that date.
However, there is no way to know exactly what will happen in the future. And there is particularly no way to predict any event on a particular day such as December 21, 2012. Therefore the question becomes one of faith and is therefore open to interpretation.
There has been a great deal written about 2012 predictions and prophesy. To find out more about it visit 2012 Hoax where we discuss the latest theories. Our most recent article is entitled 2012 End of the World.
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