Zarin

12 21 2012 is considered to be a most propitious date towards the end of the year 2012. It is the date of the winter solstice and also happens to be a singular date when our solar system lines up with the center of the galaxy directly on the galactic plane. This only happens every 13,000 years. Not above or below the Galactic plane, but dead center.
Many systems of prophecy seem to suggest something important will begin at this time. There are three camps of thought. One: It will be the beginning of the end of the world as we know it with all sorts of ghastly prophecies centered around this approach. Two: A new spiritual awakening is about to begin (or aliens are coming to safely transport believers away). Three: nothing is going to happen.
Which of these do you feel is most likely and why?
I just happened to recently realize that 12 21 2012 is a Fibonacci sequence. A Fibonacci sequence is where any number is created by adding the previous two numbers together. (12) 1+1=2, (21) 2+1=3, (2012) 2+1+2=5. Fibonacci sequences are part of the structural mathematics of nature, which humanity has yet to fully understand. There are very few Fibonacci sequences after 1 2 3 CE (could this be the possible bithdate of Jesus?) and there are two in 2012 and they are only 18 days apart. That 12 21 2012 should be a Fibonacci sequence only adds to the growing mystique around this particular date.
A very interesting sychronism occurs in the Rider-Waite Tarot concerning the High Arcana cards for 12 21 20 12. You can access this information without going out to buy a deck of Tarot by going to
spiritualu.eu/ and clicking on the Tarot section. No membership is required to access any articles.
or you can go to my blog IsAtlantisReal.com (no membership required here either) and click on the Tarot section. Much food for thought here.

Rasta

Certainly something will happen. Things are happening all the time.

Do I believe that people can accurately predict the future through mystical means? No I do not.

Our dates are ultimately arbitrary however.

AlpinLuke

Pay attention that in Latin countries dates are written in a different way.

In Italy we write 21 12 2012.

Anyway the year 2012 has got something curious from a numeric perspective: it's the last year in which ...

01 01 2001
02 02 2002
03 03 2003
...
...
10 10 2010
11 11 2011
12 12 2012

day, month and year are equal.

13 13 2013 is impossible ... and so on.

redcoat

Question:
Is there any danger



Answer:
Only if you don't look both ways when crossing the road


ps: Does anyone else find it depressing that some people actually believe the, for want of a better word, 'theories' mentioned in the original post

The Cell

Could it be that it might just turn out to be just another average day on the calender??? We will never know till the day comes.

Zarin

Well it all comes down to belief does it not? And belief can be a very powerful force even if you, yourself, do not believe it. However, I will bet that you have your own "belief" system as well. And as long as this belief system serves your purposes in life, who may question it? And on what legitimate grounds may anyone do so?
One thing that I am sure of and even science is sure of. There are many things in the universe that we do not understand. And many things we may not ever be able to understand.

Rasta

Perhaps if I claim that my belief grants me special knowledge that others don't have and claim that my special knowledge impacts every human being in the world.

Agreed. On a personal level, I would rather say that a lack of knowledge is ignorance, rather than knowledge. Maybe that's just me though.

The Cell

I remember reading on one of my E-mail's about the leap year. It was introduced by Julia Caesar in 45 BC... This alone puts off any prediction about the future that was made before this, because they had no leap years...

Zarin

Of this statement about "not knowing until the actual date" reliability is 100%. You probably subscribe to the camp that believes nothing will happen? The vast majority of people most likely belong to this group. Probably the same type of people, living in Pompeii, who simply couldn't imagine that the mountain they had lived so peacefully with all their lives was about to explode and destroy them all. Except that smoke was starting to come out of the mountain and there were far too many small earthquakes.
All of nature's events have preliminary warnings or signs. It is not wise to ignore such signs. Pay attention and watch for these signs. They will forewarn us, if anything really bad is actually about to happen. The main problem is in understanding such signs and what they actually represent.

Rasta

Also, calendars could be described as; "When humans began counting." Different cultures started counting at different times.