21,12,2012 - Mayan The End Of The World or 5,125 Years Since The Birth Of Venus?
Friday, 12 February 2010 at 14:10

"The tzolk'in and the haab' were combined to create a 52-year period known as the Calendar Round. A Calendar Round designation consists of a tzolk'in date followed by a haab' date—for example, 1 Ahaw 3 Pop. To reach the next date in the series, one moves forward one position in the tzolk'in (to 2 Imix) and one position in the haab'(to 4 Pop). This combination of dates will not occur again until 18,980 days, or 52 years, have passed."

"In addition to these calendrical cycles, the Maya also made use of a calendar known as the Long Count, which places dates in linear rather than cyclical time. The Long Count calendar was established during the Preclassic era, perhaps by the Olmec, and appears to have been astronomically motivated. The beginning of the current era (August 11, 3114 B.C.) may be linked to a solar zenith passage in the southern Maya area, whereas the end of the era (December 21, A.D. 2012) corresponds to the date of a winter solstice. Although not all Mayanists agree on the best means of correlating the Maya and Christian calendars, the two solutions preferred by most epigraphers today differ from each other by only two days. An overview of the correlation question may be found in The Ancient Maya by Robert Sharer."

"The Long Count is based on a cycle of 13 b’ak’tuns (or 5125 years), which is more than sufficient to account for any event within the recorded history of Maya culture. Long Count dates are generally accompanied by a Calendar Round permutation. For the example given previously (i.e., 9.5.15.0.2), the corresponding Calendar Round date would be 5 Ik’ 5 Wo. Each Long Count date may be associated with one and only one Calendar Round date, although the reverse is not true. The combination of the two defines a date absolutely with reference to a mythological starting date. This date is 13.0.0.0.0 4 Ahaw 8 Kumk’u, or August 11, 3114 B.C. according to the correlation that we use. (The other common correlation places 4 Ahaw 8 Kumk’u on August 13, 3114 B.C.)."

http://www.mayacodices.org/calendar.asp

Long Count periods

The Long Count calendar identifies a date by counting the number of days from a starting date that is generally calculated to be August 11, 3114 BCE in the proleptic Gregorian calendar or September 6 in the Julian calendar (or −3113 in astronomical year numbering). There has been much debate over the precise correlation between the Western calendars and the Long Count calendars. The August 11 date is based on the GMT correlation (see Correlations between Western calendars and the Long Count calendar section elsewhere in this article for details on correlations).

The completion of 13 b'ak'tuns (August 11, 3114 BCE) marks the Creation of the world of human beings according to the Maya. On this day, Raised-up-Sky-Lord caused three stones to be set by associated gods at Lying-Down-Sky, First-Three-Stone-Place. Because the sky still lay on the primordial sea, it was black. The setting of the three stones centered the cosmos which allowed the sky to be raised, revealing the sun.[2]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayan_Long_Count_calendar

"At Palenque, evidence suggests that the priest timekeepers believed the cycle would end after 20 b'ak'tuns, rather than 13. A monument commemorating the ascension of the king Pakal the Great connects his coronation with events as much as 4000 years after, indicating that those scribes did not believe the world would end on... 13.0.0.0.0.[19]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon

"The last solar maximum was in 2001, and the next one has been predicted by NASA for 2013" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_maximum

"Solar maximums are keyed to the orbit of Jupiter.

The central American calendar is directly based upon astronomical cycles.

Neither the Mayans nor their precursors believed that the world was going to end at the end of any particular baktun. The various Worlds (first, second etc the Mayans currently live in the fourth) end at various times which are in retrospect associated with nearby (astronomically) important dates in the calendar.... See more

The Aztecs would fast, not bathe, break old dishes, not have sex etc during the 'Five (days) That Are There' and at there was an expectation that the World (the Aztecs were living in the fifth World) would end during the Five at the end of some 52 year cycle or another. As it happened, the fifth World did not end at the end of a 52 year cycle. As the end took several years, it was certainly going on during more than one set of the Five." -- Josh Geller

in any case, the "mythological date" or "astronomically motivated" date from when the Mayans reportedly started their Long Count around 3114 BCE is based, as this story goes, on when planet Venus made its first appearance as the morning star on the stage of the Earth's sky.

On December 21, 2012 will be 5125 years since the birth of Venus, not the painting, the real one, as the passing through planet was supposedly captured by the Sun's gravity pulling the Venus through the Solar system and wreaking havoc on its way in.

The two Babylonians, one Mayans, and one modern set of dates for Venus by scientists indicate that its orbit is still unstable and shrinking.

Interesting to note that a cycle of 13 b’ak’tuns (or 5125 years) when multiplied by 13 produces 66625, which means nothing but the number of the Beast.