World End

Astrology

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1. Introduction

One of the time periods of the Long Count of the Maya is the baktun,

which lasts 144,000 days. In some texts of the Maya a new period of

the Long Count is said to begin after 13 baktuns (exactly 1,872,000

days). Such a new period in the Long Count of the Maya will probably

begin on 21 December 2012, when the Long Count returns to 0.0.0.0.0

(see the Historical
Calendar Page), and some people expect to see special things in

the sky or on Earth then that would not otherwise be expected.

The interest for 21 December 2012 seems to have been spurred by
publications by John Major Jenkins, who (if I understand correctly) is of
the opinion that the Maya designed their Long Count in order that the
coming special date 0.0.0.0.0 corresponds to a southern solstice (when
the winter begins in the northern hemisphere) when the Sun stands in
the Milky Way in the sky. Mr. Jenkins reached this opinion based on
extensive research of Maya texts and other traces. See http://alignment2012.com for his opinion.

As far as I know, no text by the Maya has been found in which they
explain (unambiguously) how they chose the day on which their Long
Count should start (or on which the special date of 0.0.0.0.0 should
return), so we cannot be sure why the Maya designed their calendar in
that way. We can form opinions about this, based on other knowledge
we have of the Maya culture and of other calendars, and depending on
how much weight we assign to each fact and each opinion. Different
people can form different opinions about this.

2. Basic Arguments

The basic arguments of many stories about 21 December 2012 seem to be

as follows:

On exactly 21 December 2012 there is a certain special
astronomical conjunction that is so rare that it doesn't repeat for a
long period of time (centuries, or even millennia) before or after
that date.
21 december 2012 corresponds to the round date 0.0.0.0.0 in the
Long Count of the Maya.
The Maya designed the Long Count in such a way that the special
conjunction would correspond to the round date 0.0.0.0.0 in their Long
Count, far into their future.
The Maya had the knowledge to predict that special conjunction
precisely and accurately to one day.
Because of the conjunction, special phenomena are to be expected
in the sky or on Earth on 21 December 2012.

Reaction

My claim is that nothing will happen on 21 December 2012 that is tied to the conjunction and that is of interest to the physical sciences. I explain my arguments below.

The conjunction is not clearly limited to a single day, but covers a
period of many years.

The Milky Way is a luminous band in the sky that can be seen only
(sometimes) at night, outside, from dark locations far from city
lights and other lights. The Milky Way has a fixed location amidst
the stars in the sky. The annual path of the Sun between the stars in
the sky crosses the Milky Way in two locations, near the

constellations of the Archer and the Twins. So, the Sun passes
through the Milky Way in the sky twice a year.

The southern solstice (the beginning of winter in the northern
hemisphere, and of summer in the southern hemisphere) always falls
around 21 December in the Gregorian calendar (around 11:13 UTC on 21
December 2012). The spot where the Sun then is between the stars
slowly shifts between the stars, because of the precession of the
equinoxes. In about 26,000 years that spot moves once around the
whole sky (compared to the stars), roughly along the ecliptic (the
annual path of the Sun between the stars in the sky), so the southern
solstitial point moves through the Milky Way twice each 26,000

years.

The Milky Way has no very clear boundaries, but is on average about 12
degrees wide in the sky, and the solstitial point takes about
12°/360°*26000 = about 900 years to cover such a distance.

The Milky Way has no clear central line either, so there is
uncertainty about when the solstitial point crosses that central
line. Different groups of people can each use reasonable definitions
for the central line that yet deviate from one another. If we
estimate (for example) that the uncertainty about the "best" central
line of the Milky Way is half a degree (which is only a small fraction
of the width of the Milky Way), then the corresponding uncertainty in
the date at which the solstitial point crosses the central line is
0.5°/360°*26000 = about 36 years.

The conjunction of the southern solstitial point and the Milky Way
is therefore quite rare (it happens only once each about 13,000 years)
but also lasts many years.

If you accept the central line that the IAU has defined for the Milky
Way (see question 480), then (based on some experimenting with
planetarium program Redshift 5) the southern solstitial point
crossed the central line of the Milky Way already back in 1999.
It is quite likely but not entirely certain that the Long Count date
of 0.0.0.0.0 corresponds to 21 December 2012.

The exact correspondence between the Long Count and modern calendars
was lost when the Spanish conquistadors destroyed many Maya documents
in the 16th century. In the course of time, the beginning of the Long
Count has been proposed to correspond to dates in our calendars that
varied by as much as 1000 years.
It seems unlikely to me that the Maya would be (almost?) the only
people to define a calendar based on a date in their distant future.

It seems very unlikely to me that the Maya (or any other people) would
design a calendar such that a certain round date in that calendar
would correspond to some astronomical conjunction more than 2000 years
into their future. All calendars that I know that have a certain
specific day as a reference point have for that reference point a date
in the past of the calendar makers that is important to them, such as
the birth date or the date of the beginning of the reign of an
important leader, or of the founding of an important city or of their
country, or the (assumed) beginning of the world.

The idea that the Long Count was designed to have 0.0.0.0.0 on 21
December 2012 was invented when someone noticed not too long ago that
the next beginning of a new period of 13 baktuns (on 21 December 2012)
coincides with a solstice. Munro Edmonson writes [Edmonson, p. 119]:

There was, however, nothing arbitrary about the fixing of
the end of the Long Count era. Victoria Bricker has pointed out to me
that 13.0.0.0.0 4 Ahau 3 Kankin corresponds to an astronomically
correct winter solstice: December 21, 2012 A.D. (Julian day number
2456283). Thus there appears to be a strong likelihood that the eral
calendar, like the year calendar, was motivated by a long-range
astronomical prediction, one that made a correct solsticial forecast
2,367 years into the future in 355 B.C.

(The mentioned 13.0.0.0.0 corresponds to the 0.0.0.0.0 that I mention
elsewhere.) Absent from this description (and from its neighborhood
in the book) is any indication about this from texts of the inventors
or users of the Long Count. That we think that it fits so nicely
doesn't say anything about what the inventors had in mind when they
designed the Long Count.
I don't think that the Maya had the knowledge to be able to predict
the date of such a conjunction over 2000 years into their future to an
accuracy and precision of one day.

The Maya could of course pick a certain day over two thousand years
into their future, just like anyone can do, but they did not have the
knowledge to be very likely to predict the correct day for
the conjunction.

To be likely to calculate the correct day, the Maya would have had to
be able to do the following:
- Define the central line of the Milky Way very accurately, and hence
  also measure the positions of stars very accurately.
  
  If that central line is not clearly defined, then you cannot determine
  either when the solstitial point crosses that central line. The
  solstitial point shifts by only about 360/26000 = 1/70 degree per
  year, so, to be able to predict the exact year in which the conjunction
  was suposed to happen, the Maya would have to define the central line
  of the Milky Way at an accuracy of better than 1/70th of a degree.
  That angular distance is at about the limit of what the human eye can
  distinguish. However, I have never heard of a star map from the Maya
  that shows the central line of the Milky Way or even the positions of
  stars with that kind of accuracy.
- Accurately predict the motion of the solstitial point.
  
  If you can determine from observations the time of a solstice or
  equinox accurately to one day (which seems reasonable if you have no
  modern equipment), then, to be able to make a prediction with a likely
  accuracy of one day, you need to have observations spanning as many
  years into the past as the number of years into the future for which
  you want to make a prediction.
  
  To correctly predict the date of a southern solstice 2367 years into
  the future in the 4th century BC, the Central Americans must then have
  had accurate records of observations of solstices and equinoxes from
  the preceding 2400 years, but no indications of such records for so
  many years have been found.

The conjunction has no astronomical or physical scientific
significance.

The conjunction is not visible from Earth, because the Sun is then
in the solstitial point so the solstitial point is then above the
horizon only during the day.
There are no special forces associated with the conjunction, so
the planets and other celestial bodies will continue in their orbits
as usual.

The positions of the planets on 21 December 2012 are not remarkable.
Here are the geocentric ecliptic longitude λ

and the elongation E of the Sun and all planets on 21
December 2012, measured in degrees:

Planet	`λ`	`E`
Sun	269.3	0.0
Mercury	253.8	−15.5
Venus	245.8	−23.5
Mars	295.9	+26.5
Jupiter	68.8	+159.4
Saturn	218.4	−50.9
Uranus	4.5	+95.1
Neptune	330.6	+61.3
Pluto	278.8	+9.4

For example, Mercury is then 15.5 degrees west of the Sun, and Jupiter

159.4 degrees east of the Sun. The planets aren't especially close
together, and I see nothing special in their configuration on that
date.

Here is a picture (made using xplns) of the
location of the Sun, Moon, and planets in the sky on 21 December 2012.
The round white spot (below the name "Pluto") is the Sun, and the half
round spot between Jupiter and Uranus is the Moon. The white lines
indicate the approximate boundary of the Milky Way. I see nothing
special here, either.

4. Other Claims

Besides the basic arguments that I mentioned above, I also encounter
other claims related to 21 December 2012 or to astronomical knowledge
of the Maya. I note a few of them below, with my response.

"The Sun is then in conjunction with the center of the Milky Way": The Sun (and hence also the ecliptic) does not approach the center of the Milky Way to closer than about 5 degrees (which is ten times the apparent size of the Sun and the Moon in the sky), and that happens not on 21 December but around 18 December, and not just in 2012 but in every year. It is of course possible that the Maya recognized some other point as the center of the Milky Way than we do today, but I don't know of any Maya text that clearly defines that point, so there is no evidence that the Maya regarded 2012 as a special year in this regard.
"The conjunction happens at sunrise": This is total nonsense. Sunrise does not happen at the same moment everywhere on Earth, and the conjunction is of things outside of the Earth and does not depend on where you are on Earth, and not either on whether it is sunrise there at the time. It may be that sunrise was a special time of day for the Maya and that such special conjunctions should be celebrated preferably at sunrise, but that does not say anything about the conjunction itself.
"We then pass through the plane of the Milky Way to the other side": The Sun is now a few dozen lightyears north of the plane of the Milky Way. Not everybody agrees exactly how many dozen, which means that not everyone agrees where the plane of the Milky Way is near the Sun. See question 337. If we are now a few dozen lightyears north of the plane of the Milky Way, then it is clear that we cannot pass through that plane in 2012, because to get to that plane would take a few dozen years even at the speed of light, and the Sun moves much slower than light does.
"The Maya knew the precession of the equinoxes and knew that five of their periods of 13 baktuns of the Long Count were equal to the period of the precession": From J. Laskar et al., 1993: Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 270, p. 522 I find that the (instantaneous) period of the precession of the equinoxes is on average about 25,678 Julian years but that it varies between about 24,820 and 26,550 years during the coming 500,000 years (ignoring the unknown influence of ice ages). Between the years -2000 and +3000 the period of the precession decreases at a rate of 0.100 year per year, and the period was 25,946 years in the year 0. (This linear approximation yields errors of at most 6 years compared to the full method, for years between −2000 and +3000.) The period of the precession of the equinoxes is about equal to five periods of 13 baktuns, and 5 * 13 = 65 baktuns are exactly 9,360,000 days, or approximately (but not exactly) 25,626 Julian years. Some people claim that the Maya (or their predecessors - for convenience, I refer to them all as Maya) knew about the precession of the equinoxes and tried to follow the precession using their Long Count, and that the period of the precession of the equinoxes was exactly 65 baktuns long according to the Maya. However, I have seen no indications that the Maya knew the precession, except for this rough correspondence between the period of the precession and 65 baktuns, and that correspondence could very well be a coincidence. (See at the bottom of this page for a discussion of coincidence.) To detect precession, one needs to measure the position of the Sun between the stars in the sky very accurately and then compare those positions that were measured a century or more apart, because precession is very slow. 100 years of precession causes the phenomena of a particular star at a particular time of day to occur about one day sooner (compared to the solstices and equinoxes), or on the same day about 5 minutes earlier. However, I've not heard of any Maya texts that record measurements of the positions of one or more stars with sufficient accuracy to be able to make these kinds of comparisons. Moreover, the period of the precession when the Long Count was invented was not equal to 65 baktuns = 25,626 Julian years, and the period of the precession is not constant anyway. In the year −500 the period of the precession was about 25,998 years and in the meantime it has declined to about 25,744 years. Only around the year 3176 will the period of the precession be equal to 65 baktuns. The earliest recorded date in the Long Count that I know of is from the year −31, so the Long Count and the date of the end of the period of 13 baktuns on 21 December 2012 were already fixed then. If the Long Count is indeed based on the period of the precession, then the Maya would have had to measure the period of the precession already in or before the year −31 (and found 65 baktuns for it). The period of the precession was then about 25,951 years, which is 1.3 percent less than 65 baktuns, so the Maya would then have measured the period of the precession with an error of 1.3 percent. Such seemingly small differences can have great consequences in the long run. According to the data of Laskar the vernal equinox (and hence also the southern solstitial point which is exactly 90 degrees removed from the vernal equinox) shifts over 28.46 degrees between the years −31 and 2012, but if the period of the precession were equal to 65 baktuns then the shift would have been 360/25626.28*(2012 - (−31)) = 28.70 degrees. The Maya would then have had to aim for a shift of 28.70 degrees for 2012, but in 2012 we've only had 28.46 degrees of that shift. It takes an additional 18 years (until the year 2030) before the shift has increased to 28.70 degrees. How much extra time is needed to compensate for the difference between the true precession and the precession according to a period of 65 baktuns depends on when exactly the Long Count was fixed, because the period of the precession is not constant. The longer ago the Long Count was fixed, the more compensation is needed. If the Long Count was already fixed by the year −300, then 21 extra years would be needed.
"The Maya used very accurate astronomical knowledge to design their calendar, and that's why even today special things happen in the sky on nice round dates in their calendar.": The periods in the calendars of the Maya are always the same, and no extra periods are ever inserted or removed. Therefore, the calendars of the Maya cannot keep accurately in step with astronomical periods. Most calendars attempt to follow one or more astronomically determined periods, such as the seasons or the phases of the Moon, but those periods are not a whole number of days long and are not equal either to some fixed ratio of whole numbers. That means that a calendar that always has the exact same periods that are always a whole number of days long cannot run in step with any astronomical period. For example, a calendar with always 365 days in a year (such as one of the calendars of the Maya) runs about (but not exactly) 1/4 day more out of step with the seasons each year, compared to the first year, so in the course of time the beginning of every season runs through all months of such a calendar. To be able to follow an astronomical period reasonably well, a calendar must occasionally vary the length of a period, or occasionally include an extra period or omit a period. Lunar calendars, for example, have some months of 29 days and some months of 30 days. Solar calendars occasionally insert a bissextile (extra) day, and lunisolar calendars occasionally insert an embolistic (extra) month. In this way, the average length of the periods of those calendars can be a simple ratio that is close to the length of the astronomical period that that calendar tries to follow. The calendars of the Maya do not do this. Also, astronomical periods are not constant, but slowly vary with time. For example, the length of the year of the seasons varies because of the influence of the gravity of the Sun and the other planets, and (through the precession) because of the influence of the distribution of mass in and on Earth (including the flow of matter under the surface, of water in the oceans, and of the air, and the distribution and melting of ice). The length of the synodical month increases because the Moon slowly recedes from the Earth. We can accurately predict some of these influences, but not others (including the distribution of matter in and on Earth and how that influences the rotation of the Earth). A calendar that wants to follow an astronomically determined period must occasionally be adjusted because the length of the astronomical periods changes in a not entirely predictable way. Calendars such as those of the Maya that have fixed rules that are not adjusted based on observations cannot keep accurately following an astronomical period forever, even if they did so at the beginning. So, the calendars of the Maya do not keep in step with any astronomically determined period.

Conclusion

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My conclusion is that a new period of 13 baktuns in the Long Count of
the Maya probably begins on 21 December 2012, but that we should not
expect any special phenomena in the sky that are tied to that
beginning.

It seems unlikely to me that the Maya tried to design their Long Count
in such a way that the new period would start on a southern solstice
in the middle of the Milky Way in their distant future, though it is
not impossible.

If the Maya did design their Long Count with that conjunction in mind,
then I do not think that they had enough knowledge to be able to
predict the correct day of the conjunction accurately to better than a
few dozen years, so if any special phenomena could be expected on the
exact day of the conjunction, then they would probably not be visible
on (or not visible just one) 21 December 2012.

I think that the beginning of a new period in the Long Count of the
Maya in 2012 is just as unimportant as the 6000th anniversary of the
Biblical creation date (celebrated in 1996), or the planetary
conjunction of May 2000, or all kinds of past dates for which the end
of the world had been predicted. Someone who did not hear about the
prediction in advance would not have noticed anything special on those
dates, and I predict that December 2012 will be like that as well.

The only effects that can be expected associated with the conjunction
of 21 December 2012 have to do with the attention that people draw to
that conjunction and date. If people expect that unusual things will
happen on a certain date, then on that date they'll behave differently
than usual, and that in itself is already an unusual thing. In this
way they can fulfill their own expectations.

Coincidence

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I believe that it is but a coincidence that 65 baktuns are

approximately equal to the period of the precession of the equinoxes

and that it is coincidence that the coming date of 0.0.0.0.0 in the

Long Count falls on a southern solstice in the middle of the Milky
Way.

You might think that it would have to be a very great coincidence,
because if you choose the length of 65 baktuns at random then the
chances of it happening to be about equal to the period of the
precession of the equinoxes would be very small, and if you fix the
date 0.0.0.0.0 at random (without regard to solstices or the Milky
Way), then the chances of it happening to fall on a southern solstice
in the middle of the Milky Way are also very small.

However, the probability of getting three sixes when casting three
dies is also very small, but if someone does cast three sixes then
that is not evidence of design or foul play. After all, if you cast
the dies, then you must get some result, and if the dies are
honest, then any result is equally probable, with the same very small
probability, so getting three sixes is then just as likely as getting,
for example, a two, and then a four, and then a three. This shows
that the improbability of an occurrence is not by itself proof of
design or foul play.

The observation that 65 baktuns are roughly equal to the period of the
precession of the equinoxes is by itself not evidence that the Maya
knew the precession, and the observation that the real 0.0.0.0.0 falls
on a southern solstice when the Sun is in the middle of the Milky Way
is therefore by itself no proof that the Maya must have designed their
Long Count with the solstice and the Milky Way in mind.

Without unambiguous evidence from the Maya themselves we'll never be
certain why they designed their Long Count in exactly the way they
did.

You can read more about the calendars of the Maya on the Historical Calendars
Page and more about planetary conjunctions on the Planetary Conjunctions Page.

MAYAN LATEST NEWS

2010-02-06T11:01:00.001+05:30

The Real Prophesy - Mayan - Is This End?
In November of 2007, Mayan Elders from all the tribes got together to give us the true interpretation of the Mayan prophesy about December 21st 2012, which some have called "the end of time."
Don Alejandro Cirilo Perez Oxlaj a 13th generation high priest and elected leader of the National Mayan Council of Guatemala will select 25 high authority elders to give us an accurate interpretation of the Mayan glyphs. Don Alejandro or Grand Elder Wakatel Utiw(his Mayan name) is the primary keeper of the teachings, visions and prophesies of the Mayan people
They had also invited the chiefs of aboriginal cultures around the world. The Kogi, Arhuaco and Wiwa Mamos from Columbia, the Waitaha and Maori elders from New Zealand, the Hopis of North America and many others who wish to be present with the Mayans at this time. This long awaited announcement got little if any media attention but it will be of great importance to all humanity. Many have waited a long time for the Mayans to gives us the true meaning of the much publicized date.
December 21, 2012 is the end of the grand cycle according to the Mayan calendar. It is the end of the 13th Baktun and 13th Ahau, a 5200 year cycle that is ending in our lifetimes. Exciting times from my perspective. It is the day that the calendar ends. There is no record for the sun to arise the next day. Does this mean the end of humanity?
The Mayan calendar has been the most accurate calendar the world has ever known. They have a knowledge of how the universe works and it's truths that is second to none. The amazing part is that this information has been with us for over 4000 years. It is only now that the Mayans and the information they have recorded in glyphs is getting the respect and attention it deserves.

MAYAN CALANDER

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The Maya Calendar was the center of Maya life and their greatest cultural achievement. The Maya Calendar's ancestral knowledge guided the Maya's existence from the moment of their birth and there was little that escaped its influence. The Maya Calendar made by the Maya World Studies Center in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico follows a centuries old tradition.

This Maya Calendar website is developing with the intent of providing a complete view of Maya culture; being that the Maya world was centered on the calendar, this name is more than appropriate for the Maya World Studies Center website.
Click on the photo above or on the text link below to enter and enjoy, make sure you bookmark this site. Remember to return soon for new information is constantly added.

The Maya are probably the best-known of the classical civilizations of Mesoamerica. Mayan history starts in the Yucatan around 2600 B.C., Mayan history rose to prominence around A.D. 250 in present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, western Honduras, El Salvador, and northern Belize.

Building on the inherited inventions and ideas of earlier civilizations such as the Olmec, the Maya developed astronomy, calendrical systems and hieroglyphic writing. The Maya were noted as well for elaborate and highly decorated ceremonial architecture, including temple-pyramids, palaces and observatories, all built without metal tools. Mayan history shows that they were also skilled farmers, clearing large sections of tropical rain forest and, where groundwater was scarce, building sizeable underground reservoirs for the storage of rainwater. The Maya were equally skilled as weavers and potters, and cleared routes through jungles and swamps to foster extensive trade networks with distant peoples.

Many people believe that the ancestors of the Maya crossed the Bering Strait at least 20,000 years ago. They were nomadic hunter-gatherers. Evidence of settled habitation in Mexico is found in the Archaic period 5000-1500 BC - corn cultivation, basic pottery and stone tools.

Natal Charts (Kundli) Lagan Chart, Nirayana Longitudes 21, Dec, 2012. 21.12.2012 - 12 PM

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Natal Charts (Kundli) Lagan Chart, Nirayana Longitudes 21, Dec, 2012. 21.12.2012 - 12 PM

2010-02-05T23:56:00.000+05:30

Super Volcano :-
Yellowstone National Park in the United States is famous for its thermal springs and Old Faithful geyser. The reason for this is simple - it's sitting on top of the world's biggest volcano, and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats. The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 years or so, and we're many years overdue for an explosion that will fill the atmosphere with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the Earth into a frozen winter that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone is building steadily, and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for the big bang. . .

SUN STROMS

2010-02-05T23:47:00.000+05:30

Sun Storms :-

Solar experts from around the world monitoring the sun have made a startling discovery: our sun is in a bit of strife. The energy output of the sun is, like most things in nature, cyclic, and it's supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombarding the Earth with so much radiation energy, it's been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. This activity is predicted to get worse, and calculations suggest it'll reach its deadly peak sometime in 2012

The Bible says about WORLD END

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The Bible says...
If having scientists warning us about the end of the world isn't bad enough,religious folks are getting in on the act aswell. Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between Good an Evil, has been set down for 2012. The I Ching, also known as the Chinese book of Changes, says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hindu teachings.

DECIDE YOUR FATE ON EARTH

2010-02-05T23:27:00.000+05:30

Imagine if you will, that you are in the center of a vast central train station.

The tracks are arranged like the spokes of a giant wheel, each moving away from the center in a different direction. The trains are all scheduled to depart at the same moment on December 21, 2012.

Every human being on Earth is at the station; free to board any of the trains he or she chooses. Each train is destined for a different parallel universe in which one of the innumerable possibilities is played out.

You (like everyone else) are at the station and must get on one of an almost infinite number of trains. But, like the psychic, you can only see one or two of them. Your choices appear meager — almost as if you had no choice at all and your future was determined totally by fate. Such is not the case at all — unless, of course, you allow it to be.

If you remember the station scene in the Harry Potter books (or movies) in which the wizard children were able to board the Hogwarts Express on platform 9 3/4 by walking straight through a concrete pillar, then you will begin to see how all this works. What is delightfully easy for wizards is equally impossible for muggles (non-wizards).

The Hogwarts Express is bound for the next dimension — the Golden Age of our dreams. The problem is that until you become a wizard, you have no way of finding the right platform. The world, as you know it, will definitely end on December 21, 2012, if that's what you choose. You will definitely be there when it happens, seated on one of the infinite number of trains leaving the station. Every one of us will be required to be on board.

Now that you know where you will be on the day the world ends, you get to decide which train you'd like to ride. There is still time (according to the calendars of this illusion) before the trains must leave the station. Plenty of time for you to leave your muggle world behind and become the wizard you already are. The choice, as always, is yours.

Slip-Slop-Slap-BANG!

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Slip-Slop-Slap-BANG!
We all know the Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that sheilds us from most of the sun's radiation. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call north and south have a nasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or so - and right now we're about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists have noted that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30kms each year, much faster than ever before, which points to a pole-shift being right around the corner. While the pole shift is underway, the magnetic field is disrupted and will eventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough UV outdoors to crisp your skin in seconds, killing everything it touches.