Pleiadas is a large star cluster which also came up in the 2012 Mayan apocalypse theories.Īccording to one of these theories, the Earth and the largest star in Pleiadas Alcyone, would be aligned in such a way that the latter would exert a certain force on Earth. Similar claims of imminent planetary collisions had been made in 19 as well, but the same theory was reinvigorated in 2012 as the expected Mayan doomsday drew close. It was claimed that the collision is expected to happen sometime in December, 2012. It is believed that a mysterious planet, Planet X exists in the galaxy containing Earth.īefore 2012, several proponents theorized that this planet was being channeled by the aliens and that it was on its way to collide with Earth. It was also claimed that the reversal of Earth’s poles would release an energy exceeding that of 100 billion atomic bombs, which was sure to bring about the apocalypse as envisaged in the Mayan Long Count. The proponents of this theory stated that such a reversal would destroy everything on Earth, possibly the planet itself. The Geomagnetic TheoryĪccording to another theory related to the predicted Mayan apocalypse, the Earth was expected to undergo a geomagnetic reversal due to a solar flare. It was specifically proposed that in December 2012, the Sun and a super-massive black hole would align in such a way as to disrupt the gravitational field of the Earth.Ī related theory proposed that events causing mass extinctions occurred on Earth after a specific period, and that the end of the Long Count denoted such a period when another such event was expected to happen. One of these theories referred to the alignment of astral bodies in a specific pattern. New Age authors repeatedly affirmed that a doomsday was imminent upon the conclusion of the Mayan Long Count calendar, many theories were proposed as to how exactly such an apocalypse would happen. These theories became more frequent in the present century as the Mayan Long Count moved to its conclusion. Some went on to claim that Armageddon, or an apocalypse, was imminent as soon as the calendar reached its end. Many New Age authors claimed that when the Long Count calendar ended, it was going to bring huge changes to the world. Theories regarding the significance of the completion of Mayan Long Count calendar have been frequent throughout the 20th century. Recent interpreters used the Mayan Long Count calendar to prophesy that this fourth world was coming to an end on 21 December 2012, effectively marking the end of this world.Īlthough no apocalypse took place in 2012 at the close of the Mayan calendar, a huge wave of panic gripped major portions of populations all over the world. Mayans believed that they were living in the fourth world created by the gods. One of these, as mentioned in the extant Mayan book Popul Vuh, states that the gods created the world three times before but each of these attempts failed on one account or another.Įach of these previous world, according to the Mayan mythology, lasted for a period of 5125 years. Mayans had a number of different creation mythologies. However, the theories of an apocalypse came to nothing when the December 2012 passed away without any major astral events. Some construed it to spell a doomsday like scenario ending in an apocalypse. The last cycle came to an end in 2012 and many New Age theorists believed that this would mark the end of the current era of the world. The proponents of this theory based the claim on the Long Count of the Mayan calendar, which comprises of a period of 5126 years. The Mayan apocalypse refers to the claims made during 2012 according to which, the world was doomed to end in December 2012 according to the Mayan calendar.