Our full article on just what might happen on Dec. 21, 2012, and the Mysteries of the Maya Calendar can be read in our article at:
2012 Maya Calendar Mystery and Math vs. Thor’s Day, Worship the Sun Day, …

Maya Calendar People:
What will you be doing on Dec 21 / 23, 2012

This is an appeal to all Maya Calendar People, and the rest us of us too, to tell us what you will be doing when the odometer rollllllls over….

Really, all the excitement is about one part of at least a 6 part Maya Calendar. The upcoming changing takes us through a truly magic number that occurs just one day out of almost 2 million days. Just like European cultures have magic numbers like Lucky 7’s, bad 13’s, etc, the ancient Maya thought 13 was special. 13 months in the religious calendar (Tzolkin calendar), etc.

Since the Long Count (a 5 digit number) gets to the value 13.0.0.0.0 only once every 5000 years, … then sometime between Dec. 21 or Dec. 23, we will have moved from the first magic-number of the Calendar’s Long count starting date (4-Ajau, Dios 9, 8-Kumku) of the Long Count, through 5,126 years as 1,872,000 days, to the mysterious magic ” 13.0.0.0.0 “, when the odometer rolls over to … 4-Ajau 8-Lanl’n.

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The mystery deepens, as this magic date is only mentioned on 2 stelae, but because celestial events, ….

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Curious readers who would like to know more about the surprisingly rational, predictable, math based Maya Calenders can check out just what might happen on Dec. 21, 2012, and the Mysteries of the Maya Calendar:
2012 Maya Calendar Mystery and Math vs. Thor’s Day, Worship the Sun Day, …

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