From what I understand is, that ancient societies used the stars in many ways and for a great many different reasons. The Mayan are no different, they were very intelligent in regards to their ability to map the stars. The calender you're speaking of is based on the earths elliptical orbit, which rotates 1 degree every 72 years, will a total revolution taking approximately 26,000 yrs. The ancient people used astrology to mark this passage of time, noting that as the earth rotated it did so by passing through the 12 zodiac signs/houses. It just so happens that this year 2012, more specifically the 21st of December will begin the next 26,000 year cycle. So the Mayans were more likely pointing out that this "age" is about to end, not so much as the earth it's self. There are certain, shall I say quirks that have been known to show up around this time and that's what I think has most people concerned.
What do you think about the galatic alignment calculations? regarding the milky way ?
