There is a rumour that in the year 2012, the Mayan calender ends, and with it the world. This is the type of sensation that inspires film-makers. Apocalyptic themes promise a good box office. I have another reason for discussing this theme, and that is to present a nifty tool that can be found at fourmilab.ch. This tool can also be downloaded and used off line. What does the calendar converter do? It simply converts any date of choice into different calender systems, including the Mayan system. I use it primarily to quickly find dates for time periods larger than a month, for example searching for the conception date when using the trutine of Hermes. An example:
Take say the 15th of February 2009. What was the date 289 days before this day?
- Enter the 15th of February 2009, 12:00 in the Gregorian calendar. Press calculate.
- note the Julian day: 2454878
- subtract 289 = 2454589
- enter 2454589 in the Julian day field. Press calculate
- Look up the day in the Gregorian calendar, May 2, 2008
And what day was May 2, 2008 in the Mayan Long Count calendar?
12 baktun 19 katun 15 tun 5 uinal 7 kin or 12.19.15.05.07.
The day that is getting so much media coverage is the 19th of December 2012 or 12.19.19.17.19. This is the end of the 12th baktun cycle that is 144.000 days long. But this isn’t the end of a pictun cycle. It takes 20 baktun to make up a pictun cycle. It is only at the end of a pictun cycle that the Mayan’s believed the universe was destroyed and remade. There are still 8 baktun cycles to go! So if you are waiting for the Mayan apocalypse you have a long wait. That will be on October 12, 4772.
Great tool… but sorry the apocalipse will not get as promised (again!). I was looking forward the zombie invasion, the aliens, the new cosmic conscience, the time travel the earthquakes, etc, etc, etc
Hi Thomas,
AFAIK, “Maya” is not only the name of a “Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems.”, but also:
1. A Sanskrit word for illusion.
2. The Aramaic word for water.
3. “A high-end 3D computer graphics and 3D modeling software package originally developed by Alias Systems Corporation, but now owned by Autodesk as part of the Media and Entertainment division.”
So, after having become addicted to watching the unbelievable film “The Matrix”, I’ve come to the conclusion we all live inside the Holodeck, and “Our world is nothing but a giant hologram” (as even modern science suggests).
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126911.300-our-world-may-be-a-giant-hologram.html?full=true&print=true
Therefore, on the due date (19th of December 2012,…who’s birthday is it, btw?) the Mayan Calendar ends, meaning the Holodeck stops working (power source is out) and the hologram collapses, leaving us face to face with REALITY (Saturn’s joy), just as Neptune enters Pisces to sleep with the fishes. o o o <<
Makes sense, doesn’t it?
Hello Maggie!
Good of you to point this out. The Mayan apocalypse in 2012 is an illusion generated by a high-end computer graphic system that provides the flooding animation for film of same name?
A hologram is it? Seems like the modern day equivalent of the flat earth theory.
best regards,
Thomas
On the same topic
http://horoscopicastrologyblog.com/2009/01/17/everyone-who-is-freaking-out-about-2012-is-stupid/
Hello Yuzuru,
The link has been noted and commented!
Th.
Bless your thinking- I find the whole 2012 scare thinking rather silly at times. Please check out my blog, I love to discuss Astrology in it!
Oh stupid link didn’t work- this one should!
Hello Nadia,
Quite often links are filtered out unless approved. If there are more than one in a comment, the comment is automatically are treated as spam.
Th.
Well pardon me good sir- I had no idea of this since I didn’t know I commented twice, must have been a weird Internet mistake.
Happy Venus rx!
Hello Nadia,
Glad you find the article informative, and yes it is a bit silly (the hype). There are other celestial events of far more interest and I am afraid that there are far too many cashing in on this particular ‘event’–beginning with the film! Considering some of the responses at other sites it seems that the film will have a good audience and that the producer’s of the film have a good nose, it has potential for a few million dollars. I think I will read a good book instead.
Once we are into 2013 the next ‘event’ will be on the horizon…
Th.
Hi Thomas
Yes… Am looking forward to catch a glimpse of what another story is yet to come after 2012…. Ha ha ha…. !!!
Hello Sneha,
Oh, there will be one, don’t worry about that. Asteroids are popular, so are Black Holes. I am sure Hollywood will come up with something?
Ha ha ha…..
Yeah they are the ones who benefit from this, alarming people and spreading the vibe….