The Mayan Calendar: An Astrologer's Perspective

By Michelle Karen, Astrologer

The Mayan calendar comes to an end on December 21, 2012. That notion alone incites many questions: Why 2012?

What is the Mayan calendar anyway?   What is the meaning of its end? And does western astrology confirm the 2012 end date?

The Mayan calendar is based on elaborate calculations and only after much research did historians finally agree that the current cycle began in 3114 BC and ends  on 21 December 2012.

Map of  Consciousness

The Mayan calendar has precisely mapped the evolution of consciousness. What makes it so important, and to some alarming, is that the calendar ends in just a few years: precisely on the winter solstice, December 21, 2012.

Those who fear the end of the calendar take it to mean the end of the world. I completely disagree with the doomsday scenarios. I feel that, far from being fearful, we should be excited. As one world ends, another one, a much more glorious and beautiful one, begins. What ends is a world based on fear. What starts is a world established on love, light, unlimited abundance, peace, and joy. We are already witnessing an incredible acceleration of evolution. To take one example, only a decade ago, the word karma would have meant little to people on the streets. Now it has become part of our common vocabulary, so much so that the popular television show My Name Is Earl is entirely based on the notion that what we sow, we reap.

All over the world, external structures are starting to crumble. The ways in which we perceive reality are changing. Our lives are being turned inside out. We are being thrust into the unknown. Although these transformations could initially feel scary, we need to look at the gifts they are bringing.

Real estate, for example, is going through a crisis, pushing many to relocate. Our economic situation is radically changing, forcing us to re-evaluate what money means to us. The divorce rate has increased alarmingly. As more and more people awaken to the lies and the lack of integrity, governments are changing all over the world. Women leaders are appearing in many countries, creating more balance by empowering the feminine.

Natural cataclysms are wiping thousands of people off the planet in a few hours. Take, for example, the May 2008 cyclone in Burma (Myanmar), where over 84,500 people died, over 53,000 are missing, and more than one million are homeless. That same month, China was devastated by an earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people and injured more than 375,000, while 20,000 people went missing and over 4.8 million became homeless. But if we care to notice, these dramatic events are always occurring in troubled places (in Burma, ruled by the drug lords; in Thailand, a landmark for prostitution; in New Orleans, where the crime rate and the practice of black magic are very high). In this time of massive purification, we shall continue to witness the most extraordinary events ever to have occurred on planet Earth.

The only secure place in this changing world is within. Our only and ultimate security is the peace and the love achieved through enlightenment. During the next four years, not one, not two, but a mass of people will reach enlightenment. As we journey toward 2012 and our external reality shifts, mirroring the changes in our consciousness, I believe that everything will become absolutely clear.