By now you must be quite curious about the year 2012. Is what people are saying really true?

A lot of it is just hype, and fear mongering, however there are definitely reasons to be concerned in that year, in particular 21/12/2012.

The year 2012 Dec 21 (11:11GMT) is talked about at: http://www.greatdreams.com/2012.htm in relation to the Mayan calendar (the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar) and how it represents the Winter Solstice and the crossing of the Galactic Equator. It is the end of what the Mayans call "The Great Cycle" which is of 1,872,000 days in length. The actual time according to their dating system is the year 13:0:0:0:0.

It is also mentioned that in a book called "The Mayan Prophecies", by Adrian Gilbert and Maurice Cotterell, that the end of the Great Cycle is the culmination of a series of long-term sunspot cycles, which will flip the suns magnetic field, causing "causing earthquakes and flooding on earth. Moreover, the changing magnetic field will alter the endocrine production of the pineal gland." (David Willcock has an interesting video on Google videos where he mentions about the pineal gland).

So there is some evidence/theories/revealing studies of ancient texts, that point to activities caused by the above i.e. our sun aligning so that it apears to rise from the galactic centre, and increased sun-spot activity which may cause a change in the magnetic field of the sun and also a polar shift on the earth.

You don't have to search far on the internet to find that solar storms are on the increase, and the sun will be in such an alignment on the above date. (the alignment itself does not appear to be unsafe physically)

• The Hopi Indians, have it as a time of purification of the earth.
• The prophecies of St Malachy predict only 1 more Pope (not exactly saying it will end in 2012)
• Nostradamus hints of it being a time when an asteroid may collide with earth.
• Experiments using the Chinese I-Ching lead people to believe it's the end of our time.
• Some surprising words cross with 2012 in the Bible Code.
• Some say Einstein said it's when a polar shift will occur, but actually he didn't give a date he just talked about the theory of when there is a dramatic change in the ice in the poles there may be a shift - which is happening during these times. (http://www.crystalinks.com/poleshifts.html)
• The ancient Sumerian texts, (which people like Zacharia Sitchin have translated) talk about there being another planet in our solar system which has a 3600 year orbit and travels between Jupiter and Mars, it is said that the "Annunaki" (or "Nephilim"), a race of aliens live on that planet, which Sitchin calls Nibiru (planet X). - This is a very interesting theory and probably the most thought provoking of all, however there are many sceptics on both the physics and translations, the truth to this one should be seen in the next year or 2 if there is such a planet. (One video on youtube, says by March 09).

Here's the lastest video I found interesting

Jesse Ventura Conspiracy Theory - 2012 Part 1 of 6:

Looking at it in a lighter view, check out this amusing vid clip:

One thing I'll say is that all these predictions and prophecies, call for at least a bit of Hollywood commotion, and so yes we have 2012 the movie, coming out this year in July... cool.

I'm not worried myself, however if NASA/politicians are hiding any evidence. that's uncool.

There are movies about 2012 being a time of a consciousness shift.. they are also quite interesting, however many are anti-Christian so it's hard to sift through what's out there and find the truth, be careful when looking at movies/sites about 2012 as many seem to be true, but are based on lies.
One recent documentary I found interesting was: "Nostradamus 2012" on youtube, from the History Channel.

The ideas on there being a consciousness shift are very interesting though, and the possibilities of what a new future would be like are amazing. Read this one for instance.

If there will be a polar shift... we should be able to survive.. have an evacuation plan in case there are any huge earthquakes/tidal waves. Be careful of massive solar flares which are a cause of the Aurora Australis, if there is a massive one, the Aurora may spread to other countries.. -Don't stare at it, stay indoors would be my suggestion.

There is no evidence to say that the Mayan's believed the end of the great cycle was the end of the world, they actually celebrated the end of cycles.

Another consequence of the increased solar flares of the sun, may be that the core of our earth is stimulated causing more movement in the earths crust, which may cause more seisemic activity. Here is a recent article from Time, about activity in Yellowstone national park:
Yellowstone Article
For more information regarding recent earthquake activity, take a look at:
http://www.iris.edu/seismon/.
On the 19th Mar. 09 there was an earthquake with a magnitide of 7.9 on the Ricter scale near the Tongan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, there are also new volcanoes erupting there as seen below:

I didn't see much coverage of this activity on the news.. whether the hole in the earth's magnetic field and the increase in the suns radiation has anything to do with the increase in seismic activity I'm not sure however it's worth being aware of.

What are solar flares? This video may help explain:



Here is an update by physicists about how they have underestimated 2012, relating to solar flares alone.

To finish off, I thought I'd include 3 videos from the History Channel which explain the alignment of our sun with the centre of the Milky Way in relation to Astrology:






I don't think it will be the end of the world, however things will definately change, whether it be from external forces or just due to people's attitude towards the events either way there will be change.
Don't fear the change!

Other pages with more theories include: http://2012-predictions-review.blogspot.com/

Final note, just because I have mentioned some peoples names above it does not mean I support them (besides Einstein).