Mayan Calendar December 2012

Update: New Mayan Calendar Videos at IntuitivePlanet.com

So the world's going to end this month...at least according to the Mayan Calendar. And since the Mayans actually predicted their own demise and the end of their civilization lots of people are paying attention to what this will mean for us.What will happen on 12/12/12 or 12/21/12?

The Mayan Calendar, which dates back to before the 5^th century BCE, predicts the energy of future days. Each day is represented by a combination of symbols, there were 20 days in a “week”, 18 months in the year plus five days at the end of the year (called dangerous days). The whole calendar is set in a wheel and this wheel is coming to the end of a 5,125 year cycle. This, along with the Venus Occultation we had earlier this year, signifies the end of the calendar itself. 

Predicting using the Calendar: The Mayan people used the calendar to read the future. They used it to see when there would be war and when there would be peace. They could see when there would be abundance and when there would be lack. They could see when there would be lots of new children and times when there were less. It was like our Farmer's Almanac or Astrological transits, it gives an indication of things to come.

So let's be Mayan for a second and we are producing our predictive calendar. We look forward and everything, year after year, decade after decade, millennium after millennium, adheres to a familiar cycle. People are growing crops, trading with close neighbors, moving around by riding animals or on carts pulled by animals. People live in small villages, getting together and having children, eating a lot in the fall, nearly starving in Winter and in Spring starting the cycle again. Everything continued on this familiar cycle until about the 1800's. And then everything started to look very unfamiliar.

When we look at today what do we see? Only parts of the world would seem familiar to the ancient Mayans. In other parts there would be people zipping along in metal boxes and soaring through the air in metal tubes. They would be focused on the shiny square in their hands and shiny boxes on their desks. People talking but ignoring the people around them. In some parts of the world there would be so much food during winter that people would get fat. They would see people dependent on little white pellets that they swallowed to make themselves feel better. People today would seem alien to the Mayan people. And so how could a predictive calendar be of use to aliens?

So the world is ending: The world's ending so we can enter a new world of our own creation. This ending doesn't come in a day it's been coming for years. Our lives are entirely different than that of our great-grandparents lives. There's economic changes going on and power shifting to Asia. Technology is speeding up and innovation is happening...sometimes for better and sometimes for worse. We interact with our world differently than those from the past.

How does this affect us? During this time, the time of endings and new beginnings, people can get a little freaked out. They start to cling to what they have and try to keep things from changing. But the people who can change and do change will be the ones who prosper. This ending of the Mayan calendar signals our need to adapt. We need to figure out what we want and boldly take the steps to manifesting the life of our dreams. We can't wait any longer. Time is up.

What you can do right now: From a practical standpoint you need to take whatever you do each day and challenge yourself to try something different. You can change big things, like career, relationships, residences, but even changing small things will create new neural pathways in your brain and bring you new creative ideas and energy, the butterfly effect. Changing small things will help you manifest new energy and opportunities. Here's a short list of things to consider trying.

Try sleeping on the other side of the bed. Brush your teeth with the other hand. Have dinner for breakfast. Find a new route to work. Shop at a different grocery store. Go a whole day without TV. Bake cookies and take them over to the Senior Center. Wash your hair in the kitchen sink. Put a leash on the cat and take him for a walk. Take a drawing pad to a coffee shop and sketch. Submit a resume to a new company. Ask a neighbor to go to Zumba with you. RSVP for the oddest meetup group you can find.

Sometimes the smallest change can lead to a whole new life. The old world is ending and a new one will begin. And those of us who can adapt will survive and prosper.

One more thought: So the world may not have a literal end right now but I'm a California girl and seen my share of earthquakes, fires and floods, so Mayan Calendar aside I have a week's worth of food, water and medications (including pet food) stored in my pantry. If you don't have your emergency supplies ready this is a good time to get it together. You never know how whacky people can be when you combine holiday shopping with a predicted apocalypse.