Galactic Alignment
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The galactic alignment can refer to several different astronomical and astrological phenomena. According to Raymond Mardyks, the galactic alignment was composed of the thirteen equinoxes and solstices between Septembers 1998 and 2001. This is only one of several factors contributing to the astrology of 2012.
One common misunderstanding regarding the galactic alignment refers to an alignment between the December solstice sun with the equator of our galaxy, the Milky Way. The galactic equator is a reference line that describes 0 degrees longitude and 0 degrees latitude, and acts as a divisional line between the northern and southern hemispheres of the observed Milky Way. The alignment occurs as a result of the precession of the equinoxes. Precession is caused by the earth wobbling very slowly on its axis and shifts the position of the equinoxes and solstices one degree every 71.5 years. Because the sun is one-half of a degree wide, it will take the December solstice sun 36 years to precess through the galactic equator. The galactic equator passed exactly through the solstitial points of the ecliptic in May 1998. [1]
References
- ^ Meeus, Jean (1997). "Ecliptic and galactic equator". Mathematical Astronomy Morsels. Richmod, Va: Willmann-Bell. pp. 301–303. ISBN 9780943396514. OCLC 36126686.
The exact time of coincidence is May 1998.
External links
- Galactic Alignment by Raymond Mardyks A source document by an expert astrologer.
- The Galactic Alignment on December 22, 1999 A group who works for the "tranformation of global consciousness" believes that the Alignment occurred in 1999.
- The 2012 Winter Solstice Non-event Astronomer Stephen Tonkin attempts to debunk ideas about "planetary alignments causing cataclysms on Earth."