By Vigdis Hocken

The Mayan calendar ended one of its great cycles in December 2012, which fueled predictions about an apocalypse on December 21, 2012 at 11:11(UTC).

The most commonly known Mayan cyclic calendars are Haab and Tzolkin. In addition to these, the Maya also developed the Long Count calendar to chronologically date mythical and historical events. The 13 baktun cycle of the Mayan long-account calendar is 1,872,000 days or 5,125.366 years long. A solar calendar of 365 days, called the Haab in Yucatec Maya. The Tzolk’in and the Haab interlock and intermesh with one another like cogs in a wheel. The same combination of numbered days in the Tzolk’in and the Haab (for example, 13 Akbal in the Tzolk’in and 10 Yaxkin in the Haab ) will re-occur once every 52 years. CERN has announced that they will be conducting tests with the LHC, the largest machine ever built by man, around the same time period that the end of the Mayan calendar will be approaching. This event, is viewed by some to mark the end of the world and Lewis was certain that the cranking up of the LHC was going to make catastrophe even more. At its most basic and fundamental level, the Mesoamerican, or Mayan, Calendar is made up of: the Tzolk’in or “ritual almanac” of 260 days, comprised of 20 symbolic day signs and a series of 13 numbers (13 x 20 = 260), plus. A solar calendar of 365 days, called the Haab in Yucatec Maya. The Mayan calendar dates back to at least the 5th century BCE and it is still in use in some Mayan communities today. However, even though the Mayans contributed to the further development of the calendar, they did not actually invent it.

One theory suggests a galactic alignment which would create chaos on Earth because of the gravitational effect between the Sun and the Black hole called Sagittarius A, which is located at the center of our galaxy.

Another theory involves a 'polar shift', which means a reversal of the north and south magnetic poles.

Scientists believe that the Earth is overdue for a geomagnetic reversal. However, this can take up to 5,000 years to complete and does not start on any particular date.

Our Mayan Calendar Countdown was very popular at the time.

Mayan Calendar Cern Project

Just a New Beginning

NASA scientists have thoroughly studied and analyzed the possibility of the Earth ending in 2012, and have concluded that 21st December 2012 will be nothing more than a normal December solstice.

There is simply no scientific evidence to support any claims of an apocalypse on Earth on December 21, 2012.

No Planetary Alignment

Mayan Calendar Converter Smithsonian

In response to theories about planetary alignments leading to an apocalypse on Earth on December 21, 2012, scientists say no planetary alignments are likely to occur in the next few decades. And even if they did, the effects on our planet would be negligible.

NASA scientists also claim that the 'polar shift' theory is totally impossible. Although continents move slowly throughout time, a magnetic reversal is very unlikely to happen in the next few millennia and would not cause any harm to life on Earth.

The scientists' conclusion is that the end of the Mayan calendar does not imply the end of the world, only the end of the Mayan long-count period. The 'long count' is a part of the Maya calendar, which is shaped like a wheel.

Mayan Calendar Cnc File

When we reach the end of the wheel, it will turn to the beginning again, just like our modern Gregorian calendar starts again every January 1.