In Western astrology we have twelve constellations represented by the twelve horoscope signs that mark out one year. Each of these constellations also marks an age called a “constellation age” and lasts about 2,160 years. Some of these astrologers tell us we are now entering a new constellation age called the Age of Aquarius. This concept of constellation ages came from ancient Greek and Egyptian science where the “shifting of the ages” is based on an astronomical phenomenon called the precession of the equinoxes.
The precession of the equinoxes is determined by the wobble of the Earth on its axis. The Earth spins on its axis every 24 hours, giving us our daily sunrise and sunset. The Earth is like a spinning top and wobbles or precesses on its axis as it is spinning. According to modern astronomical calculations, one full wobble or one full precessional cycle takes about 25,800 years. This can be observed by the sun rising in different constellations over this time meaning the sun has been rising in the constellation of Pisces and soon the sun will rise in the constellation of Aquarius.
In the book, Hamlet’s Mill, it is noted that during the precessional cycle, the sun will periodically line up with the Milky Way. The authors also wrote that about 6,400 years ago (4400 BC) the fall equinox sun lined up with the Milky Way, and this was called the Golden Age found in many myths. As the precession ended so did the harmonious celestial alignment. The authors of Hamlet’s Mill suggest this slipping out of harmony resulted in our descent into violence and the rise of patriarchal society based on hierarchies that began in the Middle East and spread to form our own Western Tradition.
The Milky Way can be observed as a band of stars stretching across the night sky. In ancient Mesoamerica, dark blotchy areas could be observed in the Milky Way during the clear night skies. These dark formations, caused by interstellar dust, were called the “dark-rift” or the “Great Cleft” of the Milky Way. These formations looked a lot like a road and it pointed right at the crossing point called by the Maya the center of the Sacred Tree. The sun will be in this same place again in 2012.
Just a side note: This crossing point mentioned above was symbolized by a cross by itself or a cross with a circle like the two pictures below.
Look familiar? The longer leg of the cross represents the point where our sun lined up with the center of the galaxy.
The road seen in the Milky Way was called the Black Road and was believed to be a road to the underworld. In much of Mayan art we see this Black Road as having something to do with a portal where the gods traveled through to get to the earth.
All galaxies have a center and it’s considered a womb where new stars are born and thrust out into the galaxy’s arms. Our galaxy’s center is where everything in our solar system has come from, including us. On the winter solstice of 2012 there will be a rare conjunction of the sun with the galactic center and due to the higher density of the stars close to the galactic plane, mass extinction periods on earth has been experienced possibly due to an increase of impacts from meteors and other such cosmic debris.
The Ouroboros is a symbol inspired by the Milky Way Galaxy and refers to the ring or band of light seen in the heavens on a clear night. The point of the Ouroboros, where the serpent is eating it’s tail, can be seen when our sun is crossing the galactic center near the constellation Sagittarius. The symbol showing the sun rising out of the mouth of the Ouroboros is called Suntelia Aion which is Greek for “The End of the Age” and will occur December 2012.
The precession of the equinoxes is not a new concept. Researcher R. A. Schwaller d Lubicz reveals, in his book Sacred Science, evidence that the ancient Egyptians were aware of the precession of the equinoxes. J. L. E. Dreyer found three Babylonian tablets, each from a different era, shows different posisitions for the equinox proving the Babylonian astronomers understood the precessons. Scholar David Frawley shows that the Vedic astronomers of ancient India, were also aware of the precessions and this knowledge could very well go back as far as 6,000 years. William Sullivan shows us that knowledge of the precessions was well known among the people of the New World. In Sullivan’s book The Secret of the Incas, he tells us the Incas had an understanding of the precessional phenomenon.
The Pleiadian Agenda, by Barbara Hand Clow, explores the alignment in 2012 in a deeper, more multidimensional way. Clow shows us her insights of ancient history and the relationship humans have always had with the cosmos. This connection goes much deeper than just the physical, and this forces us to think in terms of dimensions. Clow explains that we are right now entering a new phase of spiritual growth that is being influenced by our galaxy.
There is possible evidence that 2012 will have an impact on life as we know it. According to Dennis and Terence McKenna, in their book The Invisible Landscape, explain the 2012 alignment could implicate the galaxy as a major formative influence upon the structure of the molecules that maintain and define life. Interesting enough, the McKennas arrived at the date of 2012 without the use of the Mayan calendar.
It seems to me the Mesoamerican shaman had an understanding of specific types of alignments in the cycle of precession and that it stimulated the evolution of life on earth. The ancient people of the world understood the profound implications the precession had in pushing life on earth to higher complexity and levels of organization that the end result is the full realization of spirit and consciousness in all living things on this planet.
There is an understanding with the Maya of the 260 day cycle as the period of individual human gestation, and the 26,000 year cycle is our collective gestation as a species. This knowledge is found encoded in their calendars and myths. It seems these truths of the Maya includes 2012 as a zero point for this evolutionary process and is seen as a collective spiritual birth.
We are experiencing a major transformation process that seems to be propelling us ever deeper within ourselves. To resonate with each other in a love-based vibration we must learn to stop resisting the experiences and start flowing with these new changes occurring within us. When we grow in love for the Self we assist in raising the vibration of others and the planet making the passage through this time of change easier.
This is a time of spiritual awakening where we reunite our fragmented soul, individually as well as collectively. Reuniting the soul can only come through healing that comes through emotional awareness. Raising your awareness and embracing your fears, pain, and your humanness you will find yourself on a whole different level of consciousness. This higher level of consciousness will make our journey through the Holy Cross a safe passage into a galactic awareness where we move into a cosmic reality.
Dawn Michele Ziemer is a Certified Spiritual Life Coach, Witchcraft Teacher, Yoga and Meditation Instructor, Karuna and Usui Reiki Master/Teacher and Clairvoyant living in Delhi, IA. To learn more about Dawn and to join her newsletter go to Aurora Dawn.
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