(''' MMXII ''') will be a Leap Year Starting On Sunday of the Gregorian Calendar .
- December 3 — Jupiter oppositions.
- December 21 — The Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar , notably used by the Maya Civilization among others of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica , completes its thirteenth '' B'ak'tun '' cycle since the calendar's mythical starting point (equivalent to 3114 BC August 11 in the Proleptic Gregorian Calendar , according to the "GMT-correlation" JDN = 584283).See Finley (2002), Houston (1989, pp.49–51), Miller and Taube (1993, pp.50–52), Voss (2006, p.138), Wagner (2006, pp.281–283). Note that Houston 1989 mistakenly writes "3113 BC" (when "-3113" is meant), and Miller and Taube 1993's mention of "2 August" is a (presumed) erratum. The Long Count ''b'ak'tun'' date of this starting point (13.0.0.0.0) is repeated, for the first time in a span of approximately 5,125 Solar Year s. The significance of this period-ending to the pre-Columbian Maya themselves is unclear, and there is an incomplete Inscription ( Tortuguero Stela 6) that records this date. It is also to be found carved on the walls of the Temple of Inscriptions in Palenque , where it functions as a base date from which other dates are computed.Wagner (2006, p.281; also ill.443). However, it is conjectured that this may represent in the Maya Belief System a transition from the current Creation world into the next. The December Solstice for 2012 also occurs on this day.
- December 23 — The alternative date for the completion of the thirteenth ''b'ak'tun'' cycle in the Maya calendar, using a version of the GMT-correlation based on a JDN of 584285 (a.k.a. the "Lounsbury correlation"), which is supported by a smaller number of Mayanist researchers.After a modified proposal championed by Floyd Lounsbury ; sources that have used this correlation include Houston (1989, p.51), and in particular Schele and Freidel (1990, pp.430 ''et seq.''). See also commentary by Finley (2002), who although making an assessment that the " correlation yielding end-date of December 23 is now more popular with Mayanists", expresses a personal preference for the 584283 correlation.
- December 31 — Expiration of the Kyoto Protocol .
2012 is sometimes claimed to be a Great Year of spiritual transformation (or Apocalypse ). Many esoteric sources interpret the completion of the thirteenth B'ak'tun cycle in the Long Count of the Maya Calendar (which occurs on December 21 by the most widely held correlation) to mean there will be a major change in world order.
- Polar Shift is a theory that on December 21st 2012 Earth will experience earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or other natural disasters.
Accordingly, several eclectic authors claim that a major, world-changing event will take place in 2012:
- The 1995 book '' The Mayan Prophecies '' linked the Maya calendar with long-period Sunspot Cycles .
- The book '''' claims the Maya may have been instructed in their wisdom by discarnate entities from Orion and the Pleiades . Contact was maintained through shamanic rituals conducted in accordance with the movements of planets and stars.
- However, Mayan priests living and working in Guatemala aver that the so-called Mayan Prophecy for 2012, as touted by various foreign New Agers who have no knowledge of Mayan culture, language, or religion, is twaddle.
- The 1997 book '' The Bible Code '' claims that, according to certain algorithms of the Bible Code , a meteor, asteroid or comet will collide with the Earth.
- The book ''The Nostradamus Code'' speaks of a series of natural disasters caused by a comet (possibly as above) that will allow the third Antichrist to disperse his troops around the globe under the guise of aid in preparation for a possible nuclear war, although in the strictest sense it is unspecific as to nuclear war or some other natural or man caused destruction.
- The book ''The Orion Prophecy'' claims that the Earth's Magnetic Field will reverse.
- The 2005 book ''Beyond 2012: Catastrophe or Ecstasy'' by Geoff Stray reviews several theories, prophecies and predictions concerning 2012 and finds where authors have used faulty information or have bent the truth to fit their theories.
- The 2006 book ''2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl '' by Daniel Pinchbeck discusses theories of a possible global awakening to psychic connection by the year 2012, creating a Noosphere .
- The 2007 book ''Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation into Civilization's End'' by Lawrence Joseph does not make any specific new predictions, but it reviews a number of 2012 predictions made by various sources, and presents arguments for the possible existence of dangerous positive feedback loops involving solar storms, Earth's magnetic field, cosmic rays, hurricanes, global warming, earthquakes, and supervolcanoes that may be on the verge of erupting.
Other prophecies and apocalyptic writings and hypotheses for this year include:
- Terence McKenna 's mathematical Novelty Theory suggests a point of Singularity in which humankind will go through a great shift in consciousness.
- The Prophecy Of The Popes , attributed to Saint Malachy , speculated that Pope Benedict XVI would reign during the beginning of the Tribulation of which Jesus spoke, and sometime later a future pope described in the Prophecy as "Peter the Roman", the last in this prophetic list, would appear, bringing as a result the destruction of the city of Rome and the Last Judgment .
- Some proponents of a Peak Oil catastrophe place major events in 2012. Richard C. Duncan 's book '' The Peak Of World Oil Production And The Road To The Olduvai Gorge '' claims that the Olduvai Cliff will begin and permanent Blackout s will occur worldwide. Several studies predict a peak in oil production in or around 2012. [http://www.solartoday.org/2006/mar_apr06/transitioning.htm [http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/Hearings/12072005hearing1733/Hirsch.pdf]
- Some alien-enthusiasts (e.g. Riley Martin ), along with some new-agers, believe 2012 to correspond approximately with the return of alien "watchers" or "caretakers" who might have helped the first human civilizations with developing their technology and may have been waiting for us to reach a higher level of technological and/or social advancement. Beliefs range from the extra-terrestrials having benevolent purposes — such as to help human society evolve — to malevolent purposes — such as enslavement of mankind and/or manipulation.
- There is a Hindu following indicating the appearance of an Avatar (God in human form) with God-like powers who will herald a new age. A website to this effect appears at: End of the World 2012 .
- '' takes place. In both novels, viewpoint character Lazarus Long is asked what happened at this meeting as he is the last living eyewitness; in both novels he declines to answer.
- '' The Notion Club Papers '' by J. R. R. Tolkien (1945): About one-quarter of the papers are found among sacks of waste paper at Oxford by a Mr. Green.
- "Domain" and "Resurrection" by author Steve Alten : A fictional series that tells the events of the Gabriel twins after discovering the mystery behind 2012.
- "A Certain Shade of Green," a song from the Incubus album '' S.C.I.E.N.C.E. '', references 2012 in the following lines: ''Are you gonna stand around till 2012 A.D.? / What are you waiting for, a certain shade of green?''. December 21, 2012 also appears to be the date when the video for the song "Warning" is supposed to take place.
- Genesis 's song ''Get'em Out By Friday'' from their 1972 album '' Foxtrot '', sets "18/9/2012" (on the printed operistic-dialog lyrics) as the date when "Genetic Control" would set a height restriction on human beings so that twice as many people could fit on real estate properties.
- "Pesky Solar Flares", by Angie Strange has lyrics relating to coronal mass ejections occurring during the Winter Solstice of 2012. The song was available as a free download on the website of the popular American conspiracy talk radio show Coast To Coast Am.
- The (həd) P.e. song "I.F.O." (to be found on their second, self-titled album), which is about UFO sightings and governmental conspiracies to cover them up, references the year 2012: "Prepare to meet your maker in the skies over the pyramids / Check Stonehenge / Go ask the Mayans / 2012 soon come / I will be waitin' sayin' I told you so / When the skies are ripped open / And the mothership lands on your cynical ass".
- Stones Throw Records artist Dudley Perkins released his LP, entitled ' Expressions (2012 A.U.) ', in 2006
- The Some Girls song " Mayans Suck Earth Rules " presents a counter argument to the ancient predictions regarding 2012, even posing the question, "Oh yeah?"
- The instrumental song "December 21, 2012" by Frodus , which appears as a B-side to their best-selling 7" vinyl single of their Devo cover "Explosions" (Released 1997).
- The Anaal Nathrakh song " Timewave Zero " is about the apparent end of the world on December 21, 2012. The lyrics are translated as "The 21st Of December, 2012, The time will come"
- The A Day To Remember song " Fast Forward To 2012 " refers to the world ending in 2012 as a warning for friends to do something to prepare.
- British nu-rave outfit Klaxons sing about apocalyptic horsemen in their song "Four Horsemen Of 2012" (Xan Valleys EP)
- The song "2012 — Demise of the 5th Sun" by the melodic death metal band Scar Symmetry is a reference to the year 2012. "''For the lines on the fractal wave / Fit the course of history / They're created to work as one till the end / When the winter solstice comes / Actualizing the prophecy / The demise in 2012 realized''"
- The Testament song "3 Days in Darkness", off of The Gathering album is a song about 2012, and speaks of the earth being swallowed in molten fire.
- VNV Nation 's album Praise The Fallen" has the subtitle "PTF 2012", which is also the name of a track in the album, which seems to be predominantly about an upcoming war. The song, "Honour" starts with the line, "Passive fields, January 2012..."
- Heavy metal band Burnt By The Sun 's two albums both deal with prophecies concerning the year 2012.
- "2012" is the name of the 2005 album by the experimental rock band Old Time Relijun , and several songs make references to ancient Mayan culture, such as "Burial Mound" and "The King of Lost Light."
- On the band Hella 's album There's No 666 In Outer Space there is a track called "2012 and Countless" in which the only words are "There's no 666 in Outer Space" repeated.
- '' Doctor Who ''
- --- " breaks loose under the Utah salt plains, and plans to kill every living thing on Earth .
- --- " in London .
- '' lost his "freakishly long legs."
- '', Aliens invade Earth.
- '', magic returns to the world in an event called "The Awakening."
- ''Escape 2012'': The player's mission is to escape from alien captivity.
- In Dark•Matter , a campaign setting for the Alternity and D20 Modern roleplaying games, the institute that the protagonists belong to believe that 2012 will be the end of the world.
- ''S.T.A.L.K.E.R — Shadow Of Chernobyl'' is set in this year
- '' Psychic Force 2012 '' is set during this year.
- In '''', the Hierarchy invasion begins.
- An in-game document from '' The Secret World '' contains the date 2012 circled and underlined but the significance of this is yet unknown.
- In '' Shattered Union '', American president David Jefferson Adams accepts his second term in office after the Supreme Court disqualifies all other presidential candidates.
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- Argüelles, José/Valum Votan. (2004) '' Living Through The Closing Of The Cycle, A Survival Guide On The Road To 2012 ''. Law of Time Press.
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