2012. A transit of Venus and the Maya connection

Here's a trailer for yet another film cashing in on the 2012 hype. From what I have seen, it's more complete and utter hogwash, but I am featuring this one as this is a new take on it that I hadn't heard of before.




The astronomy means the disappearance of the Sun could not be true, however many myths that have been handed down over the years are often allegories which, when correctly deciphered, do have some truth in them.

In this case it seems to me that the Maya so revered the planet Venus that they must have calculated that 2012 coincided with a transit of Venus to the Sun. The transit causes a black spot to pass across the face of the Sun and it is entirely possible that over the ages this fact has become 'corrupted' in much the same way as 'Chinese Whispers' alters the original message that was being conveyed. The Transit of Venus also produces something called the Black Drop Effect. Whilst the size and distance of Venus from Earth could, in no way produce the phenomenon we see at Solar eclipses - when the Moon appears to either completely cover the Sun or, as in today's eclipse, leave a ring around the Moon (known as an annular eclipse).

Nevertheless it is visible to the eye and a small part of the Sun is blacked out by Venus in 2012. (see pic at top) We won’t notice any decrease of sunlight during the transit but you can see how the whole notion of a black spot could have got misconstrued over the ages to become 'the sun is blacked out'. This happening in 2012 is too coincidental to this man's take on it in the video to be dismissed.

The Maya Calendar is thought to have begun in 3114BC (no one knows for sure - it's just a nifty bit of retrospective calculation that appears to have stuck). This list of 5 millennia of Venus transits reveals there was a transit in 3108BC

Although we last had a transit of Venus to the Sun in 2004 (they come in pairs) the last one before that was in 1882 so they are rare. If you want to read all about the transit this site is great. Use the links on the side of the page when you get there too. One of them allows you to calculate what the transit will look like from your location and another gives you a fascinating set of instructions from 1882 of exactly how to view it through a telescope.

A transit typically lasts from 7 to 9 hours but they can last much, much less or even not happen at all, just missing the Sun, in which case they are known as missing transits. How much you see of it depends on your location but one other interesting fact, which totally supports my theory that it is this to which the Maya gentleman in the video could be (unknowingly) referring to, is that in that part of the world the Sun will set before the transit is complete therefore the Sun and Venus effectively make the world go dark together from their perspective in 2012!

The transit will be wholly visible from eastern Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, the Philippines, China, Korea, Japan, the islands of the western Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, Russia, Alaska and north-west Canada. In the far north the entire transit can also be seen, since the sun does not set. From eastern Canada, the United States, Central America, the Caribbean and northwest South America only the first part of the transit will be visible, because first contact occurs in the afternoon of June 5 and the sun sets while the transit is still in progress.

To my mind THIS transit of Venus is the event of 2012. It is June 5/6 is when people should be holding gatherings - not 21.12.2012.

From my extensive research, I still cannot rule out that the Maya knew of the return of a long term comet sometime around 2011/2013, or that some kind of electromagnetic changes may raise the vibrational frequencies of our Universe, in turn perhaps affecting our consciousness, but an extinction event it is not.

On that point at least myself and this Mayan chap agree! If you fancy hanging around until April 05 15232AD though then we'd really have something to jump up and down about. Take a look at this animation (obviously you have to click to play once you land on this page). The simultaneous occurrence of a transit of Venus and a total Solar Eclipse! Now that's really something that would strike awe and wonder into one's heart. Talking of which.............

Venus transits, like eclipses come in series. There are ten series, each with a distinct start and end date. Each member of a series is separated by 88,756 days or 243 years (= sum of 8 + 105.5 + 8 + 121.5 years). The one's in the 3114BC range were series 3 and 4 the upcoming 2012 one is series 7. This means the 2012 one is linked to one on JUNE 3RD 1769 a year also very much linked into the founding of America. It is also a date when a mere 5 hours later there was a total Solar eclipse! The significance of the planet Venus to the Masonic fraternity and the Mystery Traditions in general cannot be overlooked - she mentioned cryptically in advance of her still in progress book!.

Here is the full list of the Venus Transit Series - thanks again to Mr Jan Curtis. Jan's whole site is a masterpiece

Member    First Transit      Last Transit  Number  Duration

1    BC 18182 May 07   BC  4574 May 21    57      13608
2    BC 13412 Nov 02   BC  4178 Nov 15    39       9234
3    BC  6996 May 14   BC   921 May 23    26       6075
4    BC  6859 Nov 14   BC   541 Nov 19    27       6318
5    BC  3100 May 18   AD  3705 Jun 24    29       6804
6    BC  1764 Nov 21   AD  2854 Dec 14    20       4617
7    AD   554 May 22   AD 11732 Aug 30    47      11178
8    AD  1631 Dec 07   AD  7707 Jan 27    26       6075
9    AD  5269 Jan 08   AD 27868 Jul 26    94      22599
10    AD  9537 Aug 15   AD 14883 Sep 29    23       5346

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Just in case you haven't heard today's annular eclipse is historic. It is the longest until Dec 23 3043 which is 1033 years ahead. Lots of my fellow bloggers are covering it in detail so check out Astrodispatch to find them.

A correlation between severe weather and planets?

Snow is lovely to look at when it first falls but, for those who get the white stuff all the time, it is rarely a talking point. The same with cold temperatures. This year however record snowfalls and below-the-norm temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere are leaving even the most seasoned winterers, wide-eyed.

Temperatures of -22C have left 122 dead in Poland, while in central Norway temperatures plummeted to -41C on Wednesday.In the Swiss Alps avalanches have killed at least seven people, parts of the USA are feeling unseasonally cold and the UK is in the grip of the longest cold snap for 29 years. Many are housebound due to icy conditions outside.

Is there a correlation between harsh conditions and planetary alignments or cycles. You bet there is!

The Met Office tells us that the average mean (UK) temperature for last month was the lowest since 1981, which had the coldest December on record. Whenever astrologers hear mention of a time span of '29 years', we know the words testing, hard, restricted or difficult will probably be somewhere in the same conversation. This is because these are words we know correlate to the planet Saturn, which has a periodicity of approx 29 years. (Saturn's orbital period around the Sun is 29.42 years) In 1981 Saturn was in the sign of Libra -where it is now - and in December 1981 ( that cold, snowy winter) it started to edge towards a conjunction with Pluto. These two planets, Saturn and Pluto, are currently moving towards another important phase of that early '80's cycle on 31st January.

While Saturn returning to the sign it was in back then gives a strong indication of a recurrence of similar circumstances now, the proximity to another harmonic alignment in its cycle with Pluto (this one is 270 degrees, a closing square) means that extreme conditions, where survival often becomes an issue, are also to be ( re) expected.

Now if you are in the Southern hemisphere you may already be thinking, well that's a load of tosh because down here it's summer! However the same warning applies - this time in mirror image. (remember everything has a polarity) Cape Town in South Africa, for example, is seeing record highs in their temperatures and other countries are suffering extreme conditions.

Unfortunately, astrologers get a bad rap when it comes to pointing out things like this because the skeptics are quick to point out that there have, of course, been many other dates of record lows and highs - they didn't all just occur at once 29 years ago. BUT it's a question of looking at the different cycles, such as the Saturn/Uranus or the Saturn /Jupiter and a myriad of others, plus the lunation cycle, sun spot activity and other heavenly events. This weather pattern is predominantly correlating to the Saturn cycle but a confluence of other factors can link it to the 196o's and earlier dates (etc)

One thing is absolutely sure though, and this is why so many sane, intelligent people do get brought around to 'believing in astrology' once they have studied it........ The planetary activity above correlates to events below on Earth - without doubt.

So, as in late 1981 there were extreme temperatures, it may be of interest to know these will persist, whichever side of the globe you are on, until the aspect has perfected at the end of January plus a week or so the other side. The overall feeling is one of conditions in which one feels tested in some way. In the shorter term some countries will feel a let-up after the next eclipse and the forward motion of a currently retrograde Mercury i.e. by the 15/16th Jan. Where the snow has paralysed countries, states and counties, most schools will reopen next week and transport should get moving again when Mercury picks up speed. With Mars still in reverse until mid March though I'm not saying there will be no more problems, just that the harshest of them should subside with the Saturn/Pluto at the end of January.

Many are latching onto current weather conditions and citing it as further evidence of Global warming. Agree with them if you like but you'll only hear me saying in a weary voice, "No, it's cyclical"! I think we should address pollution and other ecological issues but the weather is beyond control.

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Snow is the perfect reminder that, just as small shift in temps can turn moisture into a tangible form, so can the correct shift in your energy bring the things you imagine to visible manifestation. It's called transmutation - the changing of form.

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This weather in the Northern hemisphere also somewhat mirrors the economic outlook - very bleak. Unfortunately shops are going to have low takings due to a lack of customers. Businesses will suffer due to the employees not being able to make it to the office, or parents not being able to organise childcare for this period. Distribution across Europe is affected, so many perishable goods, although being naturally kept 'on ice' will be unsaleable and have to be trashed. Many flights are cancelled, causing further problems for BA, other airlines and Heathrow this week ( see previous post - which highlights how you can see a problem ensuing but never tell where the 'threat' is coming from; terror or weather) Also the de-icing process is costly and time consuming, so on top of staff shortages, with many not able to get to work to crew the aircraft; all these delays significantly increase the debt burden of airlines.

The only winners are the oil, gas and salt industries. (BTW, there was no salt to be found anywhere in my town but a bit of lateral thinking helped me and may help you - Dishwasher salt and cat litter, both do the same trick!)

Anyway keep warm or cool depending on your location and try and scroll back to read my article on the upcoming January eclipse. Written in November, the astrology accurately pinpointed Yemen as being a country that would rise to the headlines in this period!