Graphs and Charts Temperature   Sunspots   Temperature   Dow Jones Industrial Average   Graphical Data Home Page TEMPERATURE page 4 The Sun is one-half degree wide so it takes the winter solstice Sun 36 years to move through the one-degree Galactic equator. The rim of the Sun first touched the equator in 1980 beginning the gradual transition from one World Age to the next. The precise alignment of the solstice point with the center of the Sun as viewed from Earth took place in 1998. The disk of the Sun will no longer touch the galactic center after 2016. The transition to the New Age will then be complete. This does not mean that extreme climate changes, unprecedented species extinctions, epic discoveries and inventions, and rapid changes in human consciousness will suddenly end. Just as the summer solstice, for instance, is the longest day of the year – heralding the beginning of the warm months – July and August are usually hotter than June. There is a delay in the warming and cooling effect. I suspect that this will also be the case for the turn of the New Age. There will be a lag or extended period after the official transition of the Sun’s disk through the winter solstice in which disruptions in climate and culture will continue for some time, perhaps well into the third decade of the 21st Century. Four ancient civilizations – the Hopi Indians, Vedic India, Aztec, and Maya – believed in four or five World Ages within the 25,625-year precessional cycle. All of these traditions cite a cataclysm that begins each new age. WE ARE CURRENTLY LIVING DURING THE CHANGE OF A NEW WORLD AGE! The New Age transition is the real cause for the rapid changes in weather, the world economy, regional instability, natural resource depletion due to population explosions and rapid industrialization, and progressive political policies that attempt to bring balance to a very unstable world. [ This important topic is covered in more detail under the “Articles link.”] Next Page