The Numerology of 2012

Find meaning behind the math

The Mayans predicted that the world would experience a drastic event starting December 21, 2012, and this issue has been making some headlines recently. According to general predictions, we might expect complete global destruction or the Second Coming and the beginning of the Age of Aquarius to start on this date. Before discussing the number arrangements for that day, which is rather remarkable to say the least, I would like to mention a few other things.

Due to the almost total destruction at the hands of the Spanish of all written materials produced by the Mayans, we can't pinpoint what the Mayans actually expected to happen on this date, we can only expect that it is big -- as in really, really BIG. It could be good or it could be bad. We have, of course, plenty of doomsday sayers, as there have been many of them throughout the ages.

On the other hand, there are a number of people who believe that December 21, 2012 marks the beginning of a 10,000 year period of peace, prosperity and a general sense of well-being to be enjoyed by all human beings. Christians are convinced that all good Christians will enter a time of Heaven on Earth while everyone else gets to spend forever and a day burning in Hell. Islam, Mormonism, Judaism, Brahmanism and other religions have their own variations on this nasty and cruel (and completely un-God-like) scenario, but all of them have the exclusivity clause in common -- which makes being attached to a religion a somewhat dicey undertaking. As a person with no affiliation to any religion whatsoever -- and one who is fascinated with the miracle of life, devoting copious amounts of effort toward gaining an understanding of the connection between our identities and the force that so obviously keeps us alive -- I am of the humble opinion that perhaps the human race is nowhere near as divisive as the pious would like us to believe.

So here we are, approaching a date that is, especially to numerologists, quite extraordinary. The numbers read as follows: 12/21/2012. Only the single digits 0, 1 and 2 are present. More importantly, the sum total of this number arrangement, after reducing it to a single digit, is an 11, which reduces to 2. All Challenges (or, weaknesses we must consciously work to improve) that are derived from this date are also 2s, except for the First Challenge which is 0. So ... what does all this mean?

Certainly, this date is special. But just as interesting are 12/12/2012, 11/11/2011, and many other dates, so what makes December 12, 2012 truly special? The sum total of 11 (in an individual's chart this is called the "Life Path") combined with a Second, Main, and Fourth Challenge of 2 is what makes this date particularly promising. Not only does it reflect that the level of sensitivity and insight into all matters of the heart is sky-high, but the 2 Challenges also create a vacuum that needs to be filled with a sense of love and brotherhood. It's the perfect storm of brotherly love and individual awareness. It is a Bringer of Peace. (And on a coincidental side note, this same date also brings the Sun's alignment with the center of the Milky Way, which happens to occur only once every 26,000 years.)

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