Mayan Calender?

Question

We've all heard that the calender ends in december of 2012. What happens after that is subjective. Last night I heard another thing that stated that at that time the earth, our sun and the center of our galaxy will be in alighnment on the big day which may cause a magnetic polar shift on earth. Is it scientifically proven that the earth, sun and galaxy will be alighed on that day? I'm sure we can accuratly predict the positions so it should be easy to acertain if this is true or not.

I should have said, the Earth, the Sun and the CENTER of out Galaxy.

Answer 1

Near as I can tell, the sun, earth, and galactic center were pretty close to being aligned on June 20. It will happen again in early winter (with the sun on the other side) and again next summer, etc. The center of the galaxy is the section of the Milky Way located in the constellation Sagittarius, which you can see in the summer months as it rises to a position directly opposite the sun. I did not sustain any serious magnetic damage. In the winter, Sagittarius is not visible because it is lost in the glare of the sun. Happens all the time. Please do not believe everything you hear from people that do not know what they are talking about. The Mayan calendar is an interesting archaeological item; when referenced as current knowledge it is completely and utterly useless. Good luck - read, read, read.

Answer 2

>> We've all heard that the calender ends in december of 2012. What happens after that is subjective.

No it isn't.

Predicting the outcomes of future experiments is the purview of science and science is the opposite of subjective.

Planetary alignments, whatever they are, do not cause polar shifts, or indeed, anything at all.

Answer 3

No, it's just more psuedoscientific garbage by people predicting things that aren't going to happen.

See you in 2013 :-)

Answer 4

In a word, no.