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THE NEW WORLD AGE
by Bill Hansen
Mayan and Egyptian astrologers were aware of the
Precession of the Equinox, a gradual shifting of the first day of spring (when
the Sun is at 00 Aries) westward through the zodiac (ecliptic) by
1-degree every 71-years. The Mayan 2012
end date is based on this movement; their calendar ends in 2012 because this is
the beginning of the next New Age according to their calculations. The Precession is caused by the earth
wobbling very slowly on its axis and, thus, shifting the position of the pole,
equinoxes and solstices one degree westward through the zodiac (ecliptic) in
approximately every 71.653-years. It
takes an average of 25,794-years for the equinox or solstice points to return
to the same point. Ancient astrologers
divided this long cycle into twelve Great Ages of 2,150 years each, depicted by
the signs of the zodiac
The Egyptian Sphinx, a half-man and half-lion
figure, is probably a representation of the transition from the Age of Virgo to
the Age of Leo around 10,500 B.C.
During The Age of Leo there was global warming and the melting of the
glaciers.The Age of Cancer brought the
biblical flood.The Age of Gemini
corresponded with the rise of alphabets and writing.The Age of Taurus was during the height of Egyptian culture – the
bull god Baal was popular.During the
Age of Aries great conquests took place by the Greeks and Romans; iron tools
revolutionized civilization.The Age of
Pisces started right before Christ and early Christians used the Fish sign to
recognize one another.The
constellations are not equal in length, however, so disagreement exists as to
the beginning of each age.The spring
equinox still occurs within the constellation of Pisces, although convincing
evidence can be presented that we are already in the Age of Aquarius.
Another way
to view this grand cycle is to determine when the solstice or equinox points
line up with the center of the Milky Way galaxy.Precession, the movement of the intersection of the solar equator
and ecliptic (path of earth and planets around the Sun), can thus be used to
measure four World Ages.As the equinox
and solstice points shift, they each cross the galactic equator - near the
center of the galaxy - in 6,448-year approximate intervals.
Each time this happens a new World Age
commences.The winter solstice has now
moved due to Precession so that on December 21 the Sun is aligned with the
galactic equator.This will not happen
again for approximately 26,000 years.
The significance of the alignment between the
solstice and galactic equator is not merely an astronomical curiosity. A rising number of astrophysicists consider
the entire galaxy as a living organism capable of self-communication. The galactic nucleus may be sending
information signals throughout the galaxy with the energetic flow of matter and
radiation coming from several “hot spots” or discrete emission sources located
within 2o of the nucleus.
These signals or flows of intense energy may be influencing our solar
system in unknown ways. This may
account for the year after year of record breaking weather and changes in world
climate, numerous unusual monstrous storms, and an increase in earthquake and
volcanic eruptions that have been going on since the early 1990s.
The 2012 Mayan
date is roughly the midpoint in this grand cycle. It is not the exact alignment!
Because the Sun is one-half degree wide, it will take the winter
solstice Sun 36 years to process through the one-degree Galactic equator. Jean Meeus, Mathematical Astronomy
Morsels, 1997, calculated that the precise alignment of the solstice point
with the center of the Sun as viewed from Earth took place in 1998. The rim of the Sun, however, touched the
equator in 1980. This started the
transition from one World Age to the next because it takes the Sun 36 years to
move across the 1o galactic equator. The disk of the Sun will no longer touch the galactic center
after 2016. The transition to the new
age will then be complete. WE ARE NOW
EXPERIENCING A TRANSITION BETWEEN WORLD AGES.
The Hopi Indians
adhere to a transition that states that there have been three great world
transitions. Each of these preceding
worlds concluded with a great catastrophe.
The first with earthquakes and the reshaping of continents, the second
with the earth covered in ice, and the third with a great flood. The prophecy says that the fourth world will
happen in our lifetime!
Ancient Indian
sages teach of four world orders called Yugas that each end in a
cataclysm. The Aztec and Maya
civilizations referred to five world ages, again ending in a natural
catastrophe. The ancient Aztec
traditions of central Mexico share many of the Mayan beliefs that the universe
is composed of great waves of energy that repeat as cycles of time. Each wave is characterized by a different
energy that they simply called a “sun.”
The Aztec cosmology describes the first “sun” as Nahui-Ocelotl; this was
a time when giant creatures lived within the earth – dinosaurs? The geological record does point to a time
roughly 65 million years ago when an asteroid collided with the earth resulting
in an ice age. The second sun was named
Nahui Ehecatl in which humans learned to cultivate plants. A great wind swept across the planet and
destroyed much of the growing zone. The
third sun was called Nahui Quiahuitl when the people of the earth formed cities
and great temples. The destroyer of
this sun was a “rain of fire.”
Approximately 12,900 years ago a meteor appears to have struck the Earth
killing off most large mammals. The
rare element iridium is found in ground layers of this age. The impact would have quickly changed the
temperature of the planet by blocking the Sun’s rays and within two years an
ice age commenced dropping the climate by 180 F. A mega flood resulted thrusting Europe into
a mini ice age as large volumes of freshwater from Greenland ice melting flowed
into the North Atlantic that triggered a rapid cooling of the warm Gulf Stream
waters.
It is important
to realize that each New Age did not wipe out all life. These grand transitions were violent
extremes that rapidly broke down the old hierarchy and ushered in a new
evolutionary era. Unlike the
traditional astrological ages depicted by the Precession of the Equinox through
the Zodiacal Signs, this schematic is based on astrophysical evidence. It is a fact that the weather tends to be
more stormy and extreme at the equinoxes and solstices, which are four critical
turning points that create the seasons.
The alignment of the equinox and solstice points with the galactic
equator is a similar transition to our yearly seasonal changes but on a much
grander and longer scale.
THE RISE IN
WORLD TEMPERATURE IS DUE TO THE TRANSITION INTO A NEW WORLD AGE.
Greenhouse gases are, no doubt, a
contributing factor but other hot periods recorded in Antarctic ice core
studies going back 440,000 years point to rising and falling earth
temperatures. Along with global warming
and its ecological effects expect the following: An increase in
electromagnetism will naturally occur as sunspot cycle 24 reaches a peak in the
next few years. This is usually a sign
of increased human restlessness resulting in more accidents and hostility. Wars, violence, and riots will continue to
flare up during the World Age transition.
Economic instability will also persist in spite of periods of
growth. A scarcity of water, food, and extreme
weather will create social unrest in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East among
other areas. The degradation of our
natural resources through pollution, earth changes, and habitat destruction
will also continue at an accelerated rate. Extreme, brutal weather will
continue to batter region after region the world over.
The weird record-breaking
weather started in the early 1990s and has only gotten worst. Consider what has happened in just the
United States during the first half of 2011: epic floods, massive, wildfires,
drought, blinding sandstorms, and the deadliest tornado season in 60
years. The cost so far amounts to $20
billion in damage and lost productivity.
Hundreds of people have died and thousands of homes destroyed and
millions of acres lost. All this in the
first half of 2011!
Climatologists
have dug hundreds of feet down into the ice of Greenland and Antarctica. This ancient ice consists of bubbles of
trapped atmospheric gases going back 650,000 years. Although the climate history of the planet shows both warm and
cold phases, the level of carbon dioxide (a “greenhouse gas” that warms the
planet) is now 27% higher than at any time in the ice core records recovered to
date. This points to a strong human
footprint. During past earth solstice
and equinox alignments with the galactic plane very few if any humans inhabited
the planet. This transition is the
first time that nearly 7 billion people are alive.
Global warming
is a fact. 2005 was the hottest,
stormiest, and driest year on record, according to NASA’s Goddard Institute for
Space Studies. Twenty-six tropical
storms – including three Category 5 hurricanes – formed. The North Pole’s ice cap is melting
quickly. A Russian transport ship
sailed straight from St. Petersburg to the North Pole without assistance from
an icebreaker. This is a first in the
history of seafaring.
Scientific
studies suggest that it is probably too late to stop or reverse the
warming. Changes of 5 to 10 degrees
over the rest of this century are thought to be inevitable. Coastal areas will be flooded as the seas
rise by 3 feet, while drought conditions will affect other regions. It is Nature’s way of forcing us to adjust
and rethink our relationship with the earth.
Pollution was
and still is a problem on land and in waterways. Every square mile of ocean, for instance, contains 46,000 pieces
of plastic trash. But more significant
is the way oceans are becoming more acidic.
If the slow acidifying effect of increased carbon dioxide continues,
oysters, mussels, and the coral reefs may not survive. Snails, barnacles, sea urchins, corals and
other marine organisms make their shells and skeletons by combining calcium and
carbonate ions in the water. When
atmospheric carbon dioxide levels go up, the organisms’ supply of essential
carbonate goes down because more hydrogen ions are created that acidify the
water (the pH goes down) and this ties up carbonate ions, converting them into
bicarbonate ions.
Another example
of the ocean’s peril is the Great Barrier Reef off of Australia. It stretches more than 1,400 miles providing
shelter and food for a variety of marine life.
As a whole, the reef’s size and diversity help stave off massive
environmental change. But as a living
structure, the reef is vulnerable.
Major bleaching occurs when the sea-surface temperature rises by 30
F over normal. This has been going on
in cycles throughout time without great harm to the entire reef. But the bleaching that took place in 2001
and again in 2005 was much worse than ever before. Some reef experts claim that by 2030 these destructive heat zones
will occur every year, especially battering the Great Barrier Reef to
death. Rising seas are bad for shallow
corals and deeper ones too. It is a
balancing act that is breaking down seemingly everywhere. More alarming is the 60-year decline in
ocean phytoplankton – the microscopic organisms that not only eat greenhouse
gases but also feed almost every other living organism in the sea directly or
indirectly. If the phytoplankton go, so
goes the ocean. Frogs led the way to
biodiversity die-offs. Now we are witnessing
multi-level species extinction, species creation, and broad environmental harm.
THE CHANGING
WORLD AGE BRINGS NEW LIFE THROUGH THE BREAKDOWN OF OLD STRUCTURES.
Notice all the innovative initiatives in
alternative energy, medicine, transportation efficiency, recycling, and
technology of all kinds. Social
improvements like healthcare and infrastructure repair are leading the way to a
new world order. What we must be careful
to preserve in this time of increased instability and spectacular change is our
basic form of government. Benjamin
Franklin once said that now that we have a democracy let us see if the people
can keep it. There will be a popular
backlash to the wasteful ways of our federal government. The corruption of our democracy by an elitist
group of “career politicians” may also come to a crisis point. Irresponsible spending will come back to
haunt those who voted for pork over practicality. If the government doesn’t fix the looming social security
shortfall and reneges on its debt, a popular revolt – a taxpayer revolt – will
ensue. The seeds of this seething
undertow of popular disappointment and anger with the Federal Government can be
seen in the nascent Tea Party Movement.
Nature provides
a vivid clue in its seasonal shifts as to how World Ages commence. The World Age is a macro-transition, just as
the seasons are micro-transitions. Each
brings a refreshing change after an awkward transition. Four great upheavals usher in each age: the spring fire of Aries; the summer water
of Cancer; the Libra winds; and the Capricorn cold. All this is rather complicated of course. The earth does not necessarily have to be
ravaged by only water during one World Age, and wind by the next. A large meteor impact causes fire, as do
massive volcanic eruptions; but these can also cause a cooling effect by
tossing debris up into the atmosphere that partially blocks the heat from the
Sun. The point is merely that Nature
has four paths of destruction leading to new growth – analogous to the biblical
account of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
There is much
conjecture as to exactly what will take place in terms of the cataclysm. Since the transition into the next age takes
place as a gradual process, and not a sudden event, we are already witnessing
Nature’s rage. Some believe that the
magnetic polarity of the planet will reverse.
This appears not to be the case.
The Earth’s magnetosphere was discovered in 1958. Scientists determined that this magnetic
“curtain” protects us from the harsh effects of solar wind radiation. The strength of the magnetic field also
keeps the planet’s temperature within a narrow range over very long period of
time.
The Earth’s
magnetic field varies; and it has reversed 171 times based on ice core sample
studies in the last 76 million years.
Fourteen of these have occurred in the last 4.5 million years, the last
reversal happening approximately 780,000 years ago. The time spans involved with magnetic reversals are not
associated with the New Age phenomena discussed here. Magnetic field strengths, however, play a significant role in
climate change and biological reactions.
When the field lessens, more solar energy reaches the Earth’s surface,
which causes global warming. Global
warming has taken place many times in the ice core samples of the last 76
million years. Greenhouse gases caused
by carbon dioxide were clearly not the cause of these past warming periods
since humans had yet to exist.
The human body
produces a magnetic field that is profoundly influenced by the environmental
electrical field. Our nervous systems,
our immune systems, and our perceptions are all influenced by magnetic
fields. Magnetic fields vary from place
to place in a ribbon-like pattern.
Early in the 20th century scientists charted these patterns
as a contour map of the world. The map
shows where the strongest and the weakest magnetic effects are located. Astrological relocation analysis determines
specific conditions and potentials for various localities through the world
based on an individual’s horoscope.
Magnetic fields are the primary reason that one area of the country is
better than another for specific endeavors.
The Antarctic
ice core samples have provided a very significant piece of information. They show that the overall strength of the
Earth’s magnetic intensity must fall to a certain level before a polarity shift
can occur. This threshold appears to be
a reading below 2 units on the Virtual Axial Dipole Moment (VADM). Current magnetic strength is 7.5 units, well
above the threshold that would trigger a pole reversal. Past New Age transitions showed similar low
magnetic readings that allowed more solar radiation to penetrate the
stratosphere and warm and planet without causing the north magnetic pole to
become the south and vice versa.
Previous New Ages experienced 20
C warming. This warming is still quite
enough to melt much of the polar ice caps and cause rising sea levels. The radiant energy from the Sun is also
increasing due to the weakened magnetic field; this adds to the warming
effect. The melting of the polar ice
will be quick and brief, followed by a period of cooling. I have commented in my book, Earth
Changes, how quickly the warming ocean currents in the Atlantic can be
interrupted to cause a sudden freezing of Europe and North America – an ice
age. This remains a secondary threat to
the effects of global warming.
Specifically we
can cite multiple wars as one result of the New Age transition. A collapsing economy, in our case a world
economy, is associated with this transition.
The Earth itself goes through a metamorphosis of
extremes too. Normal weather patterns
are replaced by years of record-breaking heat, droughts, storms, floods, earthquakes,
freezes – and freak meteor strikes or, today, manmade disasters like oil spills
and pollution. Climate change
accelerates in the extreme.
The rapidly
changing world climate breaks up existing social order to a degree; it imposes
new threats and challenges that motivate people (and all living things) to
adapt. Adaptation means that humans
quickly learn new skills, employ different means, and invent outstanding
machines to get around the rough times.
The last New Age transition was around 4400 B.C. This was during the time that irrigation
techniques in the Indus Valley were first used. The horse was also being domesticated in Asia. These were colossal inventions and
utilizations that revolutionized forthcoming civilizations. Also around this time (c. 4800-3750 B.C.E.)
there emerged the world’s first city-states in Mesopotamia. Near 4000 B.C. the plow was first used in
Mesopotamia.
The world is reborn out of the chaos and
ruin of areas and people unable to adapt to Nature’s next grand season. We have much to look forward to: new sources
of energy, more efficient motors and engines and buildings, nano technology;
and a computer conversion of the world making the life span longer, more
productive, and by far easier. The
rapid changes being made in technology extend to policy changes within
governments and businesses. The human
consciousness is changing to embrace a new world order. Hopefully, humans will come to their senses
about pollution and work with, rather than against, Nature. There are, obviously, huge challenges facing
us today. We must survive the climate
extremes. We must manage unstable
regimes and terrorists bent on old style ideology. Better working economic and political models are needed. Supplying adequate water and food for the
world’s needs are of paramount importance.
But, as Rome’s wise Seneca said, “Calamity is virtue’s opportunity.”
There are grave threats and exciting
opportunities that we face in this changing World Age. Each World Age ends in a cataclysm. Out of the destruction, though, came a new
form of doing things – a New Age of hope, and life’s potential for renewed
growth. What ends is the old, worn, and
useless. Throughout history the idea
runs of a world-disaster through human misconduct, wickedness, or godly
disobedience. But, as Jack Lindsay
writes in The Origins of Astrology (Barnes & Noble, 1971): “…the
scheme of eternal cycles, each controlled and brought to its end by the
positions of the stars, each lasting exactly the same length of time and
involving an exact repetition of the previous cycle, could only come about
after astronomy, with its astrologic interpretations and applications, had
reached a high level of achievement.”
There has always been in the human psyche a sense of doom and
renewal. Lindsay went on to write,
quoting Senaca’s account of the famous Chaldean astrologer Berosos (cir. 280
B.C.) and his view of Earth transitions, “But after the universe’s foundations
have been destroyed, there will arise everything afresh ‘in pristine
innocence when no teacher of evil survives.’ The cycle repeats itself.
‘Man, ignorant of any crime, will once again be given to the world,
born under better auspices.’ But
evil revives too and destroys the earthly paradise. ‘Vice needs no teacher, while Virtue is hard to learn.’”
The Galactic Nucleus or center is located about 26o of Sagittarius
in Zodiacal longitude and 5o south latitude.
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Article written by Bill Hansen 2010. All rights reserved.
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