What is the significance of the date 2012....???

Answer 1

I expect nothing out of the ordinary to happen in 2012. At least, I would think we won't see anything that has not happened before.

But people can sometimes make prophecies come true because they want to. And there certainly is a lot of prophetic stuff regarding the year 2012 A.D.

The following Wikipedia article about "2012" lists some of these things:

2012 is sometimes claimed to be a great year of spiritual transformation (or apocalypse). Many esoteric sources interpret the completion of the thirteenth B'ak'tun cycle in the Long Count of the Maya calendar (which occurs on December 21 by the most widely held correlation) to mean there will be a major change in world order.

Accordingly, several eclectic authors claim that a major, world-changing event will take place in 2012:

* The 1995 book The Mayan Prophecies linked the Maya calendar with long-period sunspot cycles.
* The book 2012: Mayan Year of Destiny claims the Maya may have been instructed in their wisdom by disembodied entities from Orion and the Pleiades. Contact was maintained through shamanic rituals conducted in accordance with the movements of planets and stars. However, some Mayan priests living and working in Guatemala assert that there is no legitimacy to this theory.
* The 1997 book The Bible Code claims that, according to certain algorithms of the Bible code, a meteor, asteroid or comet will collide with the Earth.
* The book The Nostradamus Code speaks of a series of natural disasters caused by a comet (possibly as above) that will allow the third Antichrist to disperse his troops around the globe under the guise of aid in preparation for a possible nuclear war, although in the strictest sense it is unspecific as to nuclear war or some other natural or man caused destruction.
* The book The Orion Prophecy claims that the Earth's magnetic field will reverse.
* The 2005 book Beyond 2012: Catastrophe or Ecstasy by Geoff Stray reviews several theories, prophecies and predictions concerning 2012 and finds where authors have used faulty information or have bent the truth to fit their theories.
* The 2006 book 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck discusses theories of a possible global awakening to psychic connection by the year 2012, creating a noosphere.
* The 2007 book Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation into Civilization's End by Lawrence Joseph does not make any specific new predictions, but it reviews a number of 2012 predictions made by various sources, and presents arguments for the possible existence of dangerous positive feedback loops involving solar storms, Earth's magnetic field, cosmic rays, hurricanes, global warming, earthquakes, and supervolcanoes that may be on the verge of erupting.

Other prophecies and apocalyptic writings and hypotheses for this year include:

* Terence McKenna's mathematical novelty theory suggests a point of singularity in which humankind will go through a great shift in consciousness.
* Some proponents of a peak oil catastrophe place major events in 2012. Richard C. Duncan's book The Peak of World Oil Production and the Road To The Olduvai Gorge claims that the Olduvai cliff will begin and permanent blackouts will occur worldwide. Several studies predict a peak in oil production in or around 2012. [13][14][15]
* Some alien-enthusiasts (e.g. Riley Martin), along with some new-agers, believe 2012 to correspond approximately with the return of alien "watchers" or "caretakers" who might have helped the first human civilizations with developing their technology and may have been waiting for us to reach a higher level of technological and/or social advancement. Beliefs range from the extra-terrestrials having benevolent purposes — such as to help human society evolve — to malevolent purposes — such as enslavement of mankind and/or manipulation.
* There is a Hindu following indicating the appearance of an Avatar (God in human form) with God-like powers who will herald a new age. A website to this effect appears at: End of the World 2012

Answer 2

I don't really understand where all the fear is coming from. The Mayans Calendar, which is not predicting the end of the world in 2012, but the start of a new era on December 21st, 2012. The year 2012 marks the end of the "Great Cycle." When it came to mathematics, time and calendars, the Maya were geniuses. Believing that time repeated itself in cycles.

Why do the Americans prefer to live in fear 24/7? Didn't we already go thru this "the world is coming to an end in 2000?"

Answer 3

Aztecs were primitive to us when comparing civilizations, but as far as their calendar, it was even more accurate than what we use today. No other civilization past or present is as accurate at tracking time, events, or seasons as they were. So, on one hand, you could say they were uncivilized and didn't have any idea what they were talking about, but on the other hand, you have a group of people that kept time in a manner that today's society wasn't smart enough to do. Take it as you will, 2012 is listed by them as the end of another of Earth's cycles. Even Nostrodomus wrote about this date. My suggestion would be to stock up on canned foods and hope for the best.

Answer 4

According to the MAYANS (not the aztecs) its the time when the universe is reborn. They created a very very accurate 260 day calendar with various cycles. They used this calander for many prophecies including the end of time.

Answer 5

Some believe that the world will end in 2012 which is laughable; how many other "prophets" throughout history have predicted this date or that as the coming of Armageddon? And here we still are.

Answer 6

Supposedly all the old calendars (mayan,chinese,etc.) go no further than 2012 so some think that the world will end in 2012.

Answer 7

It ends a cycle of the Mayan calendar is all, but some con men have tried to say that means Doomsday. How ridiculous can one be?

Answer 8

Nothing. The Mayan calendar ends there and may consider it the end of an "age", but this does not indicate anything unless you believe in the Mayan gods.

Answer 9

It's a superstition people all over the world have that the Aztecs had it right when the end of the world will happen. Aztecs also hacked up their own to make it rain more and built a lot of stupid, superstitious semi-pyramids that took a lot of man-hours and wasted people's lives. They were a pretty barbaric tribe of lunatics like the ancient Egyptians were.

Answer 10

According to the Mayan calander, that is the year that "Doom's Day" is supposed to happen.