Why does the Aztec calendar end in 2012???

Answer 1

It's the Mayan calendar. They went out of business before they could update it.

Answer 2

Despite what a large number of people think, the entire Mayan calendar does not end on 12/21/12.

The Mayan calendar is rather complex, and is made up of groups of days, rather like weeks and months but there are more of them. In the mayan calendar, today reads as

12.19.14.12.14

Using their calendar it's true that Dec 21st 2012 will read as

13.0.0.0.0

Cool number, I'll admit.

But the Mayans used a base 20 system, as opposed to our 7 day / 12 month system.

The number in the long calendar aren't going to run out until October 13th 4772. Mayans probably just went out as far as the 12's because that seemed far enough at the time.

We've got ways to go before we start to sing about the end of the world :)

Answer 3

The simple answer is that it doesn't.

The more complicated answer:
It's the Mayan Long Count calendar which many people claim "ends" in 2012. It does not end. It goes from Baktun 12 to Baktun 13 (a baktun is about 400 years long). In about 400 years, it will go to Baktun 14 and so on, up to Baktun 19. At the end of Baktun 19, it does indeed go back to 00...but even then it doesn't end. Pictun 1 begins.

Answer 4

Because that was far enough ahead for them; updates would be in the mail - except all the Aztec priests are long dead.

The whole calendar is based on struggles between deities, and shifting strength of their influence, and on the human need for balance lest the gods destroy all in their struggles with one another.

"The tonalpohualli, or day-count, has been called a sacred calendar because its main purpose is that of a divinatory tool. It divides the days and rituals between the gods. For the Aztec mind this is extremely important. Without it the world would soon come to an end. According to Aztec cosmology, the universe is in a very delicate equilibrium. Opposing divine forces are competing for power. This equilibrium is in constant danger of being disrupted by shifting powers of the gods, of the elemental forces that influence our lifes. This struggle cannot be won by any god. The notion that everything ultimately consists of two opposing forces is essential to the Aztec worldview. The world is always on the brink of going under in a spiritual war, a war of gods competing for supreme power. To prevent this from happening, the gods have been given their own space, their own time, their own social groups, etcetera, to rule over. The tonalpohualli tells us how time is divided among the gods."

Answer 5

Its the Mayans not the Aztecs, the Mayans say that the world will end on December 23, 2012.

Answer 6

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Why does the Aztec calendar end in 2012???

Answer 7

The Mayan calendar abruptly ends on December 21, 2012. Many believe is the end of the world as we know it. I personally think they ran out of space. Time is infinite, how can they possibly create a calendar that will refer to all the days of creation, future, present, and past.

Answer 8

That's to represent us entering a new epoch... the transition of which is from 1987 to 2012 December. Apparently some big thing is supposed to happen that time.

(It's NOT that the world will end! I think it has something to do with technology or severe weather of some sort.)

Answer 9

Here's an interesting thought....Did you know that when a star runs out of gas it gets bigger and explodes at some point? So, the sun is said to run out of gas or whatever its gonna run out of in the next 10-15 years. So when it explodes, does that mean the world will end? Maybe this is why the calendar ends in 2012. Because they were keeping this in mind since back then there wasn't much developments in science so maybe they estimated the age of the sun somehow??? Just a thought! =) by the way, this is something a geology professor mentioned in lecture.....very interesting i say!

Answer 10

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