The number of different prophecies surrounding the 2012 Mayan predictions could easily fit into the scribblings on the inside of a tinfoil hat. Will the world end? Will the universe just blink out of existence? Will an age of peace and understanding dawn on all of mankind as time becomes irrelevant and love fills the soul of every man, woman and child? The questions, both beautiful, sanctimonious, and absurd, continue regarding the 2012 Mayan predictions. The only thing that we can truly say for a fact, however, is that the Mayans were really quite good at astronomical predictions.
The most stunning prediction, that gives strong weight to any 2010 Mayan predictions out there, is that the Mayans predicted their own downfall to Spanish conquistadors. Why they didn't move or figure out a better way to fight the Spaniards is not known, but they did know they were coming. This excellence at astrological interpretations was based on their amazing astronomical observations. Their ability to identify constellations and whole universes, while placing them in mathematical reference to Earth and other heavenly bodies, allowed them to derive concepts of time, such as the year, down to the thousandth of a decimal point. This amazing ability to define time was unheard of in other highly advanced cultures, and allowed the Mayans to predict every single lunar eclipse, solstice, and solar eclipse to this very day. So any 2012 Mayan predictions should at least be taken seriously in terms of their past correctness.
The only problem with 2012 Mayan predictions then is, what exactly did they predict would happen? This question remains unanswered, as, like a good fictional story, many of the Mayans ancient books and manuscripts regarding any number of their endeavors were destroyed by the Spanish when they were conquered. This leaves only a few surviving books and passed down stories to detail what is supposed to happen. What can be pieced together revolves around the propensity for Mayan culture to see no concrete beginnings and endings, but a flow of change that causes one end to lead directly into another beginning. A circle of change, if you will. The idea 21-12-2012 marks the final day of a countdown concerning one of these cycles, a zero hour that turns into the start of another set of numbers, immediately. Whether this next age leads to beauty or mayhem, remains to be seen, but our bet is on beauty.
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