Mayan Calendar Prophecies: The Complete Collection of 2012 Predictions and Prophecies

by Gary Daniels

  The choice of the Quetzal bird fits quite well with this theory with its long comet-like tail. The Chinese, in fact, referred to comets as "long-tailed pheasant stars" since they reminded them of the long tail feathers of pheasants. The choice of a bird combined with a snake helps to symbolically represent a snake-like entity located in the sky, which is a perfect description of a comet.

  The color green seems to be another important part of this symbolism. Quetzalcoatl is usually represented as being green. In fact, the Aztec day sign "coatl" is a green rattle snake. Could this prophecy be a prediction of the appearance of a green comet between 1993-2012?

  In fact, there have been three green comets between 1993-2012. The latest was in June 2010 when Comet McNaught became naked eye visible. The next previous was in February 2009 and was named Comet Lulin. Both of these were only barely visible to the naked eye for a few days thus they are not likely candidates to be included in such a momentous book of prophecy.

  Yet four years prior in January 2005 another green comet, Comet Machholz, became naked eye visible just a week after the Indonesian megaquake and tsunami. This event killed over 230,000 people in 14 countries making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. This was the third largest earthquake ever recorded and produced a tsunami wave over 100 feet tall.

  Comet Machholz was discovered on August 27, 2004. The comet's orbit was calculated to be about 12,500 years thus its last appearance was around 10,500 BC. At that time the Earth was in the midst of a global warming which brought about the end of the last Ice Age. Yet something catastrophic occurred that plunged the Earth back into Ice Age conditions for another thousand years. The great megafauna of that age, including mastadons, mammoths, saber toothed tigers and more, all became extinct. Richard Firestone in his book Cycles of Cosmic Catastrophes theorized that a comet slammed into the Earth bringing about much of these changes.

  Equally interesting as its green color is the fact that Comet Machholz passed near the Pleiades. The Pleiades were known as "tzab," the rattlesnake rattles, to the ancient Maya. The rattlesnake uses its rattles as a warning before it strikes. Thus could the use of the green, long-tailed Quetzal bird combined with a rattlesnake in the Quetzalcoatl symbol have been created purposefully to encode the passing of a green comet near the Pleiades as a type of "early warning" system to warn future generations that this sequence of events signaled the beginning of a new age of catastrophes that happen once every 10,500 years?

  “Comet Machholz meets the Pleiades.” © Stefan Seip, Astromeeting.de

  In fact, since the discovery of Comet Machholz in August 2004, Earth has experienced some of its worst natural disasters in recorded history from the Indonesian and Japanese megaquakes and tsunamis to Hurricane Katrina. We are also in the midst of another global warming comparable in scale to that which ended the last Ice Age. We are also in the midst of one of the greatest extinction events since the last Ice Age. Are all of these things happening by chance or is there a natural cycle of cataclysms every 10,500 years that the orbit of Comet Machholz just happens to coincide with thus making a perfect early warning system? (This will be discussed more in-depth in Part 2, chapter 7, “Comet Machholz and the Return of Kukulkan.”)

  This concludes my interpretation for a few of the prophecies for Katun 4 Ahau, the time period that ends on December 21, 2012. Yet this does not end the katun prophecies. What did the Maya predict for the cycle named Katun 2 Ahau that begins on December 21, 2012 and continues for another twenty years until 2032? That will be the subject of the next chapter: "Predictions for Katun 2 Ahau (2012-2032)."

  5. Predictions for Katun 2 Ahau (2012-2032)As discussed in the previous chapter, "Predictions for Katun 4 Ahau (1993-2012)," the Maya made predictions in their prophetic books known as the Chilam Balam that seem to correspond with real events over the past 800 years. Yet these predictions do not end on December 21, 2012 thus clearly the Maya did not believe the world would end on this date. So what did the Maya believe would happen beyond 2012?

  The Maya believed a new cycle known as Katun 2 Ahau began on December 21, 2012 and ended in 2032. According to Bruce Scofield in his book Signs of Time: An Introduction to Mesoamerican Astrology, the predictions for this twenty year period are as follows:

  For half of the katun there will be food, for half some misfortunes. This katun brings the end of "the word of God." It is a time of uniting for a cause.

  The Mayan Katun cycles repeat every 256 years thus, as in our previous article, it is instructive to do as a Mayan calendar priest would have done and look back at previous Katun 2 Ahau time periods and see what happened then to get a better idea of what to expect in the future. The previous Katun 2 Ahau began in 1756 and ended in 1776. For Americans, this period represents the birth of ideas that led to their Revolution and the founding of their country. Thus it was certainly "a time of uniting for a cause."

  Interestingly, this new country was founded on the principles of reason and not religious ideology. It was perhaps one of the first empires in history based on the idea that men could rule themselves without the need for god-kings. In fact, this new nation was the first in history to purposefully keep separate the religious sphere from the political sphere. Thus the founding of America did, indeed, see "the end of 'the word of God,'" in the political sphere. Laws were not based on the interpretation of ancient religious texts but instead on debate between reasonable men. A man-made Constitution interpreted by secular judges was the ultimate authority on the validity of a law and not the opinions of religious leaders (as is the case in Iran and other theocracies.) This truly represented a new model for humanity and these ideas would spread around the globe bringing profound changes over the next 250 years.

  The next previous Katun 2 Ahau cycle corresponded to the years 1500-1520. This time period was the Age of Exploration and the first explorations of the New World. Again, this was certainly a "time of uniting for a cause." It was also a time that saw "the end of 'the word of God'" but this time it was the religions of the New World that came to an end. Religions throughout North and South America, which had been practiced for thousands of years, were replaced by Christianity and it all began in 1520 when the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in modern Mexico City was conquered.

  Yet Christianity also underwent a major crisis during this time period as well. Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation in 1517. This revolution would eventually see the Catholic Church lose much of its power in world affairs. The Pope, in particular, once seen as God's sole representative on Earth, was completely cast out of the Protestant faith. The hierarchical structure of the priesthood and the view that priests were the sole mediators between the individual and God were both abandoned in favor of a direct relationship between the individual and God.

  These were revolutionary ideas in the history of civilization and represented profound changes in religious practice. In fact, without the Protestant Reformation in the prior Katun 2 Ahau cycle could the American Revolution have happened at all? It seems the Protestant Reformation with its focus on the individual was the foundation upon which the American Revolution was built in the next Katun 2 Ahau cycle.

  Thus the two prior occurrences of the Katun 2 Ahau cycle saw profound changes in the role of religion within society. What, then, can we expect for the next Katun 2 Ahau cycle that begins on December 21, 2012 and ends in 2032?

  Already there have been very serious crises in the Catholic Church with the pedophile priest scandals. Will the next twenty years see the priesthood lose even more respect and power over their parishioners as a result? The American Catholic Church has already been separating itself from Rome over the past few decades. Will this separation grow stronger?

  Islam has seen its own crisis recently with the rise of fundamentalist groups espousing a violent and repressive ideology. Will a "protestant reformation" happen within Islam that will lead to a loss of power for its religious leaders and a rise in the role of the individual and secular voic
es in the political sphere? Recent events in North Africa and the Middle East, the so-called Arab Spring, suggest such changes are already underway. If events of the last two Katun 2 Ahau cycles are any indication, these revolutions in the Muslim world should lead to long-term positive changes.

  The first part of the Mayan predictions for Katun 2 Ahau is, by far, the most troubling: "for half the katun their will be food, for half misfortune." Previous occurrences of this cycle have, indeed, coincided with severe famines. Between 1756-1776 there was famine in Spain, Italy, India, Czech Republic, Germany and Sweden. Over ten million died in India alone. Between 1500-1520 there was famine in Spain and Italy. Between 1244-1263 there was famine in Portugal, Germany and Italy.

  Where will famine strike in the next Katun 2 Ahau cycle between 2012 and 2032? Worrying signs are already appearing in news headlines around the globe. Colony Collapse Disorder has seen the bee population reduced by as much as 30% which is significant since bees pollinate many of our food crops. There has also been a dramatic increase in the use of genetically modified food crops such as corn and soybeans. Recently, an 80% crop failure was experienced with genetically modified corn in Africa with no known cause to date. If something similar happened to the American corn crop that consists primarily of genetically modified varieties, it would lead to a worldwide food crisis since much of the developing world relies on American surplus corn. It could also lead to drastic increases in the price of other staple foods leading to food riots similar to those seen before the recent financial crisis when commodity prices were soaring.

  The continued environmental crisis could also lead to famines. Already important fish and mollusk species in the ocean have been collapsing due to overharvesting and pollution. Coral reefs, important breeding grounds for fish species, have been dying off at alarming rates due to acidification and warmer ocean temperatures. Climate change is also causing more severe droughts in once productive areas and causing more severe floods in others. Both of these situations can easily lead to severe famines in areas of the world that are not prepared to handle them through technologies such as irrigation and flood control. In fact, on September 3, 2012 CNN.com ran a story predicting a food crisis in 2013 due to droughts in the U.S., Australia, and Russia pushing global food costs up.[25]

  Thus the cycle beginning on December 21, 2012 and ending in 2032 brings both positive and negative changes for civilization. The current trend of democratization of the world seems likely to continue as it spreads across the Muslim world. Yet the continued environmental crisis and use of genetically modified food crops could lead to severe famines during this time period as well.

  6. Predictions for Katun 13 Ahau (2032-2052)The Maya did not predict the end of the world on December 21, 2012. But they did predict major problems for civilization between the years 2032-2052. As noted in the two previous chapters on Mayan 2012 predictions, the Maya believed civilization operated on a 256-year cycle broken into thirteen 20-year periods known as the ‘Cycle of 13 Katuns.’ For each 20-year katun the Maya had a prophecy or prediction associated with it and as seen in the previous two chapters, these "prophecies" seem to contain accurate predictions for what actually happened during these time periods in the past.

  The cycle that begins in 2032 and ends in 2052, named Katun 13 Ahau, is the last of the thirteen katuns in the current 256-year cycle that began in 1796. According to Bruce Scofield in his book Signs of Time: An Introduction to Mesoamerican Astrology, the prophecy recorded in the Mayan books known as the Chilam Balam for Katun 13 Ahau is as follows:

  This is a time of total collapse where everything is lost. It is the time of the judgement of God. There will be epidemics and plagues and then famine. Governments will be lost to foreigners and wise men, and prophets will be lost.

  Since the Maya believed the Katun cycles repeated once every 256 years, it is helpful to look back at previous years associated with Katun 13 Ahau and see what happened then to be better able to foresee what might happen in the future.

  The previous time period associated with Katun 13 Ahau was between 1776-1796. These were indeed momentous years for the world and the history of civilization because these years represented the birth of the United States of America and modern democracy.

  In 1776 the British colonies in America declared their independence from England. The most famous sentence from this declaration was the following:

  We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

  The impact of these words on human civilization cannot be underestimated. Not only did it lead to the American Revolution but these words would also form the foundation for the abolition of slavery and the equal rights of women and racial minorities.

  Since the beginning of civilization, slavery and other forms of servitude and inequality had been a central, nearly unquestioned part of life. Kings and Pharaohs believed they not only derived their power from God but also were, in fact, descended genetically from God; thus, their power was not to be questioned by those they ruled over. They passed their power genetically down to their sons who inherited their father's throne and thus power stayed among a very small group of people.

  This would all change with this one sentence from the Declaration of Independence. Over the next 256 years kings would be abolished or reduced to mere symbolic figureheads all over the world. Over this time period more and more classes of people would gain more and more rights. Thus the trend of the past 256 years starting in 1776 has been an increase in the rights of individuals. Thus for kings, it was definitely a time of total collapse where everything was lost. All the European empires would eventually collapse and the country whose Declaration of Independence started the ball rolling would end up the one lone superpower in the world.

  This reveals an important aspect of the Mayan predictions: they appear dependent upon one’s point of view. From the point of view of kings, it was a time of total collapse. Since the ancient Egyptians 4,000 years prior, civilization had been based on kingship. The beginning of the end for this model of civilization arrived in 1776. But for the average person, it was not a time of total collapse but a time of ever-increasing rights and power.

  The last year of the previous Katun 13 Ahau cycle was 1796. This was also a momentous year for humanity for it was then that the first President of the United States stepped down and refused to hold office beyond the two terms he had already served. For this act, King George III in England called Washington "the greatest man in the world" because it is a rare thing for a person in power to voluntarily give up that power.

  George Washington never had opponents during his two elections and had he run again it is unlikely anyone would have challenged him and he would have easily served another term in office. Instead, he stepped down. Thus in 1796 the first true election was held in the world's youngest democracy. A peaceful transfer of power occurred which was a rare thing in world history.

  The next previous Katun 13 Ahau cycle was between 1520-1539. This time period would see the fall of the major empires in North and South America: the Aztecs and Incas. Outbreaks of smallpox and other diseases would wipe out millions of native inhabitants. The Spanish explorations of the southeastern U.S. would wipe out tens of thousands of Native Americans through disease and warfare and bring about the collapse of many of the ancient Native American civilizations. Thus from the perspective of the native inhabitants of the New World, this cycle did, indeed, bring about all the negative events predicted in the Chilam Balam prophetic books.

  Based on the preceding evidence, what can we expect between the years 2032-2052? One worrying bit of information comes from a U.S. Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) report in 2007 that noted by 2040 the world was expected to reach “peak oil.”[26] According to Wikipedia, “peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate
of production is expected to enter terminal decline.”[27] According to the report currently there is no energy source that can replace oil for transportation purposes. Also the report stated, “While the consequences of peak oil would be felt globally, the United States, as the largest consumer of oil and one of the nations most heavily dependent on oil for transportation, may be particularly vulnerable.”

  As supplies of oil dwindle there will be increased competition to control the supplies that remain. This competition would likely take the form of warfare between the superpowers. Yet long before this the price of oil would continue going up causing the price of everything else from food to consumer goods to go up as well. In the past such price increases have led to great social unrest. Food riots have been the downfall of many regimes in the past.

  Another worrying bit of information comes from the U.S. Congressional Budget Office. According to their current projections the CBO believes the budget of the United States is unsustainable at current levels and the American economy will crash by 2037. The global economy nearly crashed in 2008 due to a few financial and insurance institutions in the U.S. and elsewhere making bad business decisions thus illustrating the world financial system is more fragile than anyone knew. If the U.S. crashes in 2037 it would take the rest of the world with it. Combined with Peak Oil this could be a perfect storm of events that could bring the developed nations to their knees.

  Yet a financial collapse and Peak Oil may not be the only threats we are faced with between 2032-2052. In 2004 NASA reported that the asteroid 99942 Apophis was on a collision course with Earth. It was originally calculated to impact Earth in 2029 but later calculations disproved that timeline. But these new calculations projected the asteroid might strike on Friday, April 13, 2036. Based on the size of the asteroid, NASA calculated that it would have an explosive impact of 510 megatons. By comparison, the Barringer Crater in Arizona was created 40,000 years ago by an impact of around 10 megatons.