Introduction

Already for many years the year 2012 has cast a shadow on the future. Especially for the reason that on December 21st the calendars of the Maya come to an end. Elsewhere on this site I have published an article on this issue. This article has the objective to give a preview on the geocosmic events in the first half of 2012 and their potential impact on community or personal lives.

January

The most important geocosmic event will take place on January 24th, shortly after midnight (MET). The planet Mars will turn retrograde on that day. This retrograde period will last until April 13th. A retrograde Mars is not the best time for new initiatives or new contracts. If you have the idea to start something new, in general it is better to do this before the 24^th of January or after April 13^th.  If you can’t prevent this period be careful because conflicts can occur easily. During its retrograde period Mars is for approx.. half a year in the same house of an individual horoscope. This means it asks for attention to dedicated issues for private persons depending on the house where Mars is. For some people it will be work, for others health, or relations and others will have to deal with issues about friends etc. In many circumstances it can lead to tension or irritations. In addition it is not a good time to start a new job. Also more accidents or aggression might occur. A positive influence can be that things that should have been finalized already long before suddenly can come to an end.

February

The most important geocosmic event of this month takes place on February 4^th 16:41 MET. The planet Neptune will enter the sign Pisces and will stay there until March 30th 2025. As Neptune belongs to Pisces this event is especially important for people born on the Pisces sign or one of the other water signs (Cancer or Scorpio). Especially Pisces born on February 19^th, 20^th, 21^st or 22^nd or Cancer born on June 21^st, 22^nd, 23^rd or 24^th or Scorpio born on October 23^rd, 24^th, 25^th and 26^th can benefit from the positive effects of this. Neptune in Pisces offers the opportunity for idealism in a world that urgently needs new impulses for justice. Sometimes it can lead to overidealisme or fraud. The planet Neptune benefits the imaginative power and creativity and in the sign Pisces this is related to societal issues, as e.g. religion, prisons, health care and other societal systems. The last period before, Neptune was in Pisces (from  1847 to 1862) the foundation of the communist movement by Karl Marx and the Red Cross by Henri Dunant took place. For a more elaborated article about Neptune in Pisces see the other article about this issue on this website.

On February 13^th or 14^th idealistic ideas can be born and on February 23^rd someone can arrive in a quarrel. For people born under the sign of Aries the whole month romantic events are possible.

March

The first days of March ask for your attention. Things can occur unexpectedly and this can also lead to very emotional situations. From March 11^th up to April 3^rd Mercury turns retrograde. It is a period where rational decisions can be difficult. In additions there will be a lot of problems in communication both between people as well as with technology. You may have to deal with problems with your phone or computer or the technology of your car, but also simple appointments between 2 people can turn out to be miscommunicated. People you expect to come may not appear or when you when you do not take into account some retention you may appear too late at your appointment. It is also a period where you can meet people you did not meet for years.  What the influence is for every person depends on the details of the individual horoscope.

Around March 14^th the stars are in a very fortunate mood, but be careful not to exaggerate. Between March 20 and 22 is a good period for good intentions. Around March 29^th be careful for dangerous situations. For Taurus born March gives good chances for romances.

April

In April everything remains relatively quiet, however the influences of retrograde Mars (until April 14^th) and retrograde Mercury (until april 4^th) are still existing. After these dates the energy will have changed remarkably and many new initiatives will pop up. Gemini born will arrive in a period where romantic will change strongly as well as the value of their financial assets. Until about the 10^th of May this influence will be relatively positive, thereafter everything may be subject to some rollercoaster effects.

May

The first decade of May will be fairly quiet, but from about May 10^th the influence of the solar eclipse of May 21^st will be present. This eclipse will take place on the 1^st degree of Gemini. This eclipse can bring benefit people for the hard labor they have done.

On the mundane level important people suddenly can pass away, and under the influence of the first waxing square between Uranus and Pluto on June 24^th, sudden and unexpected events can take place. These events can be related to liberation movements, unexpected revelations, new revolutionary insights in the nature of matter and energy, but also earthquakes, nuclear accidents, volcanic eruptions or plane accidents can ask for a lot of attention. This influence will be present to the end of June. As Venus turns retrograde on May 14^th the problems on the financial markets and everywhere else where values of matter are over appraised will worsen.

June

The period of confusion with positive highlights and negative dips will go on, unless we have managed to change societal systems and society in a righteous way. The conjunction of Venus with the Sun on June 6^th, where Venus will shortly cover a part of the Sun around dawn is according to the Mayan predictions an announcement of bad news. Elsewhere on this website I have published an article about this transit (see: Venus transit of June 6^th 2012).

It can be considered as a preparation for June 24^th when the first of 7 waxing squares between Uranus and Pluto will take place. This first time on the 9^th degree of Capricorn and Aries. It is an aspect of liberation and purification and many of us will benefit from it. However people who resist to necessary changes, can feel themselves to be in trouble. The period of important societal changes will start, especially related to issues of unjust societal situations. The issue is service of the whole of mankind, including the purification of mother Gaya. Many things can happen more or less unexpectedly as e.g. in the area of the European integration, segregation and inequality, space travelling, freedom movement as e.g. in Syria, Indonesia, Zimbabwe or the existence of extra-terrestrial life. Many of us also can experience the these influences in their personal life, however it is evident this influence can also be very positive.

Especially Aries born (around March 29^th), Cancer born (around June 30^th, Libra born (around October 1sr and Capricorn born (around december 30^th), but also Aquarius born (around February 13^th, Taurus born (around May 14^th) , Leo born (around August 16^th) and Scorpio born (around November 15^th) can experience the energetic influences. About the possible effects of this square between Uranus and Pluto see a special article elsewhere on this website. See Radical changes: the influence of Uranus square Pluto.

Introduction
December 21st 2012, according to the Maya culture, the era of the 5th Sun will come to an end. Around this phenomena exist many prophesies, all giving a picture on what could happen with life on our planet at that moment. Big changes are expected. These changes are related to a certain kind of cosmic alignment between our solar system and the whole of our galaxy. In order to try to clarify what could be expected or not I have read some books and articles, dealing with these prophesies and also studied the horoscope of December 21st 2012, exactly at the moment of the winter solstice at 0 degrees Capricorn.
The Maya informed us, that the world we know, is not what we think it to be. Most people of our time think the world is fixed and real and that nothing can change it. The Maya also learn us, these are pictures that can be controlled by consciousness. Especially consciousness directly related to the human heart. According to the Maya, mankind is in the status of a butterfly short before it leaves its cocoon. All awareness of the butterfly is ready for change. A totally new world will be revealed to her. Consciousness of mankind transforms by learning and being aware. It is remarkable that in this years, the process of learning accelerates and more people are involved in it. We learn more in shorter periods and it looks like we are coming close to a point in our linear time where the speed of learning will come close to infinite. Could this be the meaning of the end of the Maya calendar?

The Maya and the time
The Maya related their calendars to certain astronomical phenomena. Especially the precession of the earth axis plays a significant role. Because the earth axis makes, as all other planets, an angle with the ecliptic of average 23,5 degrees, the earth axis swings in a kind of movement of a humming top around the pole of the ecliptic (an imaginary axis perpendicular on the ecliptic through the center of the earth).  The earth axis points in an apparent constant direction (currently the Pole star). However, this axis shifts very slowly and makes in about 26.000 years an ellipse. In reality this might have the shape of a curved spiral (as also the Sun and our solar system as a whole moves)  and is the picture of the ellipse a projection of this figure on the plane of the ecliptic. Only a limited part of these 26.000 years the earth axis points in the direction of the Polar star. For more explanation about these phenomena see Wikipedia. The period of 26.000 years is  accidently also the number of years of the long calendar of the Maya, according to the predictions finding an end in December 21st 2012. It takes to much effort for the purpose of this article to further explain the ideas of the Maya about time. For people interested in this issue I would like to refer to the Books of Peter Toonen, Gerald Benedict and Ronald Bonewitz (see list of literature).

The prophesies of the Maya
Benedict presents in his book 21 prophesies. Not all prophesies concern the year 2012. There is e.g. a prophesy where is told that the empire of the Maya will be conquered by strangers bringing a new religion. Probably this prophecy is related to the invasion of the Spanish in the 16th century of the southern part of America. The Maya have predicted their arrival but they seemed not to be aware of the fact their culture would be erased almost totally. Interesting other prophesies for the purpose of this article are:

About galactic synchronization
According this prophesy the earth and our solar system will be in conjunction with the rest of the universe and the our ecliptic plane will be aligned with our galactic plane. It indicates the birth of a new era.

About the Galaxy
In the Mayan mythology our Galaxy is considered as a kabalistic tree.  At the time of the winter solstice in 2012 our Sun will be in conjunction with the Black hole of our Galaxy. According to the Maya this was also the case 26.000 years ago. At every winter solstice in our days the Sun is on 0 degrees Capricorn. This is close to the Black hole (situated at the 27th degree of Sagittarius). It appears that it is not of interest that the Sun is on 0 degrees Capricorn but about something different.

About the Moon
For the Maya the Moon was that important that they based a calendar on her (Tun-uc). The prophesy is about disasters and exhaustion of minerals and other raw materials by mankind, but there are also positive elements pointing on creativity to survive this.

About Venus
In the Maya mythology Venus was not dedicated to love, but the planet bringing messages of danger. The beginning of the long calendar of the Maya is sometimes related t the birth of Venus. Especially Venus as the morning star is seen as an omen for danger. The transit of Venus across the Sun of June 6th 2012 is expected to have influence on the galactic synchronization. On this date Venus transfers from evening to morning star.

About time
This prophesy informs us that our time calendar will become useless. There will be a radical shift in consciousness that helps us to understand time is not linear but cyclic. Such a shift of consciousness is comparable to other events in history e.g. when we discovered the earth was a globe and not a plane and later that the earth was not the center of our solar system and the universe and later again that our Sun only is one of many and our galaxy is one of many.

About the fact we are the prophesy ourselves
The prophesies indicated that we mankind, in spite of our high technical and scientifical knowledge, are not able to live in harmony with our environment and other people around us. We also are not able to foresee or prevent threats caused by our own behavior. We are the prophesy and give shape to it by our own acts.  The geocosmic events are there to remind us to who we intrinsically are and what the meaning of our stay on this earth is.

Geocosmic energies
In the year 2012 a number of important geocosmic events will take place. Such as the first 2 (of in total 7) squares between Uranus and Pluto, guaranteeing radical changes in our current world picture. You can find an extensive article about these transits on this website. These first 2 squares will take place on June 24th and September 19th. Other striking events are the retrograde movements of Mars in Virgo (from January 24th to April 13th) and Venus in Gemini (from May 14th to June 24th). Mars is action and in Virgo this action should be subservient. Venus in Gemini asks for loving communication. In the period Venus is retrograde, we can experience a rather rare phenomena; Venus making a transit across the Sun. These events always come in pairs (with a distance of approx. 8 years) every about 115 years. The transit of June 6th is the 2nd of a pair (the 1st was on June 8th 2004). The next pair of transits will only take place in December 11th 2117 and December 8th 2125. For more information on this see also elsewhere on the website.
Other dates in 2012 with important energetic changes are February 3rd , when Neptune enters its own sign Pisces and will stay there until January 2026. The ideal of a caring society could receive new impulses. Also June 11th when Jupiter enters Gemini will give energetic changes leading to more attention for communication and learning processes.
In above selection of dates we miss December 21st. This is not remarkable at all because the Maya predictions do not point to tension in energy patterns inside our solar system but on the fact that our solar system as a whole is aligned with our galaxy. Our Sun (and connected to this all planets making an orbit around the Sun) is in a position in line with the center of our galaxy; the galactic center. We could derive that all planets of our solar system should be positioned in the ecliptic plane. If this would be really the case, all planets should be close to the current position of their heliocentric nodes and in 2012 this is only the case for Mercury (on May 19 and October 18), Venus (on April 24, June 6, July 21 and December 29 and Mars (on September 22) .

The planets in our solar system on December 21st 2012
In the Maya prophesies the planets, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto and the Moon play an important role. Therefore I checked the position of the planets at the moment of the winter solstice in 2012 and was surprised by some remarkable issues.
First of all the moment of the winter solstice for the MET time zone is striking:  12.12.
However we should realize that the chance that the moment of the winter solstice at this time on December 21st anywhere in the world is far less than 1%.
Secondly it strikes me, that the planets Jupiter (9th degree Gemini), Saturn (9th degree Scorpio) and Pluto (9th degree Capricorn) form an exact Yod. A Yod figure between these planets and on these positions, did not occur before in the last 2000 years and probably never before. In a Yod the apex planet (in this case Jupiter) is considered to be the planet where the energies of the Yod will be canalized.
Pluto and Saturn also make a mutual reception, because they are in each others sign. Such a mutual reception of Pluto and Saturn is a rare event. It occurred only twice before in the last 2000 years. The period of mutual reception is from October 6th 2012 up to December 23rd 2014. The assumed effect of a mutual reception is, that the energies from the planets behave as if they are in their own sign. This can be considered a positive effect where obsolete structures could be replaced by new thoroughly tested solutions. Venus is opposing Jupiter and Uranus makes a sextile respectively a trine with these planets. This indicates the possibility of big and needed changes but in the interest of earth and mankind. The MC, an indication of destination is conjunct the Galactic Center and also this does not occur every year in the MET or any other time zone. It may occur in general once in 30 years.

Expectation
Based on above analysis,  it cannot be concluded that we can expect striking events on December 21st 2012. This does not mean it is impossible. In any case, we miss in the cosmic signatures we can follow from our earth, direct evidence. This evidence should be deducted from events not visible form the earth. This does not mean there is nothing on hand. There are many signals, pointing at big changes, they only do not fit in the Maya prophesies. It seems we will enter a new phase of consciousness. This is evidently necessary to solve current problems on our earth. In this sense the last prophesy of the Maya, that we are the prophesy ourselves, very important. Be aware this is the case and pay yourself attention to the role you were created for, the realization of your own Divine potential. Possibly, the interpretation of the  degree of the mandala where the Yod (God’s index finger) is pointing at, gives us a good indication where we could find the omega state of our lives.
Deducted from the archetypical expression of the mandala according to Janduz (a queen and a king sitting on a throne, with their sovereign attributes) and Rudhyar, the 9th degree of Gemini (a bow and a quiver filled with arrows, with invisible divine help exactly in the middle of the “Y’ of the bow) give us the message to be prepared to receive divine assistance in order to be able to be filled with the plenitude of love from our divine source, connecting us all. I am fascinated by the coincidence between the Yod and the middle of the Y from the bow.

List of literature:
Gerald Benedict        The Mayan predictions for 2012
Peter Toonen            What did the Maya know
Carlos Castaneda        The wheel of time
Ronald Bonewitz        2012
Drunvalo Melchizedek     The Maya of eternal time

Introduction

June 6th 2012 Venus will transit across  the Sun. This is a relatively rare astronomical phenomena. This event is comparable to what happens when the Moon covers the Sun and creates an eclipse. However, as the distance from Venus to the earth is much greater during this transit only a very small part of the Sun will be covered by Venus. A Venus-Sun transit takes place in pairs with 8 years between. The transit of June 6^th is the second of a pair, the first took place on June 8^th 2004. The next pair of transits will take place on December 11^th 2117 and December 8^th 2125. The last pair of transits occurred on December 9^th 1874 and December 6^th 1882.

Astronomical background

The transit of Venus in front of the Sun is a kind of eclipse. It is caused by the fact that Earth, Venus and Sun are in line. As Venus and Earth make a different orbit around the Sun the plane of the orbits differ. Venus has its own plane making an angle with the ecliptic. The intersection between the plane of Venus around the Sun and the ecliptic is called the heliocentric node axis. Currently the heliocentric nodes of Venus are on Gemini 16:40 and Sagittarius 16:40. To cause a transit of Venus over the surface of the Sun, requires that it takes place close to the position of the heliocentric nodes of Venus and that is the case on June 6^th when Venus and Sun make a conjunction on 15:44 Gemini. The heliocentric node axis of Venus moves slowly through the ecliptic as illustrated in the table below.

Date                                    Degree of conjunction of Sun and Venus

Dec 9th 1874                        16:59 Sagittarius

Dec 6th 1882                        14:30 Sagittarius

June 8th 2004            17:53 Gemini

June 6th 2012                        15:45 Gemini

Dec 11th 2117                        18:59 Sagittarius

Dec 8^th 2125                        16:30 Sagittarius

Here we see something comparable to the eclipses of the Sun by the Moon. Solar eclipses are categorized in families the so called Saros series, moving slowly through the ecliptic. There a next eclipse in a series will take place 19 years later. Where Sun and Venus are concerned the period is 8 years, however in most cases there is no transit from Venus in front of the Sun, but Venus will pass slowly next to the Sun. From the table above we can deduct that the period between 2 transits of Venus in front of the Sun  in the same sign will take 243 years. In this period the heliocentric node axis of Venus moves 2 degrees. This leads to the conclusion that it takes about 43.740 (360/2x 243) years for the heliocentric nodes for Venus to make a complete round through the ecliptic.

In comparison, the precession of the earth axis takes about 26.000 years.

Inner conjunctions of Venus and Sun occur frequently, in general 5 times in 8 years, but a transit of Venus across the Sun is rather rare. They occur twice every 120 years (see above). Since the begin of this millennium we had the following inner conjunctions of Venus with the Sun:

March 20 2001 10th degree Aries

October 31 2002 8th degree Scorpio

June 8 2004 18th degree Gemini

January 13 2006 24^th degree Capricorn

August 18 2007 25th degree Leo

March 27 2009 8th degree Aries

October 29 2010 6th degree Scorpio

June 6 2012 16th degree Gemini

A series of inner conjunctions consists of 5 conjunctions and takes 8 years (to be exact 2920 (5 x 584) days). As these inner conjunctions take place at nearly the same degree of the ecliptic (difference only 2 degrees in 8 years) it appears that these inner conjunctions make a five point star, with in current times the points in Aries, Gemini, Leo, Scorpio and Capricorn.

This century there will be the following inner conjunctions in Gemini and Sagittarius:

June 3 2020 14th degree Gemini

June 1 2028 12th degree Gemini

May 30 2036 10th degree Gemini

May 27 2044 8th degree Gemini

May 25 2052 5th degree Gemini

May 23 2060 3rd degree Gemini

May 20 2068 1st degree Gemini

This series started on June 19th 1964 on the 29th degree of Gemini and counts in total 16 inner conjunctions.

The first inner conjunction for the next series in the sign Sagittarius takes place on December 20th 2085, about in conjunction with the galactic center. The horoscope of the winter solstice that year (next day) shows a remarkable picture. All planets are aligned in a special figure (a kite) in the fire signs Aries, Leo and Sagittarius. Only the Moon and Uranus are in Aquarius in conjunction and opposite with Jupiter and Neptune in Leo.

Venus and the Maya

In the Maya mythology Venus was not dedicated to erotic love but to bad omens as wars, disasters and dry  seasons. Especially the transit from Venus across the Sun to become a Morning star was considered a bad omen. At all inner conjunctions of Venus and the Sun Venus changes from Evening star to Morning star. The Maya dedicated the start of a calendar to astronomical calculations related to Venus, especially the moment of the transit across the Sun. To soothe the Gods they even sacrificed human lives to them. However Venus was not always related to bad news.

June 6^th 2012

The transit of Venus across the Sun of June 6 2012 takes place on the 16^th degree of Gemini.

Venus and Sun are then close to the heliocentric Northern node of Uranus. This means there will be a transfer of innovative energies. According to the astrological mandala of Dane Rudhyar the 16^th degree of Gemini is archetypically represented by an activist expressing dramatically  in an emotional oration everything of importance for her. It indicates the need to ask attention for everything of importance bothering us. Shortly before June 24^th, when  the 1^st of seven squares between Uranus  and Pluto will take place, it might give us an indication for the upcoming energies we will have to deal with in the coming years. Let us try to focus these changes in a constructive manner to a harmonic society where people have respect for each other and for mother earth feeding us.

In the ISAR International e-Zine I found the following article written by Charmaine Ashton (USA), giving us a beautiful insight in the serendipity of astrological and mundane events.

“The November 25th solar eclipse will occur at 2/37 Sagittarius, lending a trine to Uranus at 0 Aries in square to Pluto in Cap.  In light of the current worldwide protests against the imbalance of the distribution of wealth, the eclipse’s asteroids are helpful in telling the story.  The asteroids Fortune, Hispania, Juewa and Sita are conjunct the Sagittarian eclipse with University in Virgo squaring it.
Fortune.  People know where Fortune has landed, in the pockets of the modern aristocracy, with very little trickling down.  Where did the current protests actually begin?  In Hispania, or Spain, in May of this year.  As well, Spain’s economic crisis is a major player in the world’s financial market instability.  Instability brings us back to Fortune, who stands on a ball as a symbol of instability of your fortune. Hence, the maxim “Stay on the ball” or “Get on the ball.”  Next is Juewa, “Jue-wa-sing”, which is Chinese for “star of the future of China”, or “China’s Fortune.”
China’s fortune is an underlying reason for the current imbalances in trade, adding to the instability and malcontent.  The final asteroid conjunct the eclipse is Sita.  Sita is from Indian lore. She once was, perhaps still is in some circles, held to be the ideal wife from the male point of view.  She was completely devoted to her husband, dependent on him for her very life, and suffered greatly from her marriage.  Sita signifies, from the western point of view, dependence.  The protesters are dependent for their very lives on the machinations of those in power, and are suffering from the elite’s actions.
Finally, the above group is in square to the asteroid University.  University students were the ones who originally started the current protests. I love a good story, and this is one I have been waiting for. This movement is growing every day, and most likely will culminate around November 25.With any luck, or fortune, the powers that be will get serious about reforming the economic disgrace we find today”.

In addition to this beautiful story, I did some research after the archetypical meaning of this degree in the mandala interpretation by Janduz and Rudhyar.

The picture according to Janduz is: The entrance of an old temple. Above the arch of the entrance we see the inscription: “Notre dame de la misericorde” in English ‘the Madonna of mercifulness”. The Madonna figure protects with her hands, made longer with energy-rays, both a group of friends in devotion on her right side and a group of threatening enemies on her left side. This picture is representing the Sagittarius grail to express high ideals of mildness and good wishes. On a low level of cosmic consciousness this female energy can be expressed in a very degenerative way.

The archetypical picture according to Rudhyars mandala is: “Two men playing chess”. Chess is a game where men’s natural aggressiveness and the struggle between light and dark is transmuted in a game. Chess has a deep cosmic and esoteric meaning. One of the meanings is to achieve a complete inner self-control.

The lesson to be learnt is to synthesize both powers (female and male) in a harmonic way.

I have the wish the energy of this eclipse will contribute to this in all current societal problems to be solved, resulting in a fair share of worlds wealth equally to all as a basis of a splendid future for mankind.

Another issue concerns the family of Saros series this eclipse is part of. In her book “Predictive astrology – the eagle and the lark” Brady indicates this eclipse as being part of the family of eclipses 14 North. This eclipse family is dominated by a Neptune (higher ideals, fraud) opposing Saturn (authorities, systems) and Venus (matter, money, love relations) on the midpoint of these planets. According to her predictions this type of eclipse is on the eve of a period where unexpected events can occur related a.o. to financial issues, but also remarkable turning points in whatever issue.

This time, at the moment of the eclipse, Neptune and Saturn are in a trine relationship to each other, while Venus is part of a great trine with Jupiter (greater luck and personal growth) and Mars (action) the surprises might be positive ones, provided mankind works on solutions serving the earth and all people on it.

As also Pluto makes part of the great trine, purification is necessary and in those too egocentric cases, the square Pluto makes with Uranus surprises may turn out to be unpleasant.

Finally I would like to draw your attention to another article on this website (see menu articles) about Radical changes during the coming years 2012 to 2015 as result of 7 squares between Uranus and Pluto. In 1965/1966 we had the students in their anti-authoritarian and flower power movement at the moment of the conjunction between Uranus and Pluto. In the coming years the tenability of the results from that period will be weighed.