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Year 2012 -satya/dwapara Yuga

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Year 2012 -satya/dwapara Yuga
Satya yuga starts in 2012

Age is calculated based on the position of Vernal equinox. Vernal equinox is located in Pisces now. Vernal equinox will move into Aquarius after 360 years. The time taken for Vernal equinox to move from one zodiac to another is not same as rate of precession varies. Vernal equinox takes about 2,160 years to move from one zodiac to another based on present rate of precession. The precessional cycle is about 25920 years based on present rate of precession. The precessional cycle is only 24000 years as per ancient Indian astronomy. One mahayuga is 12,000 years and two mahayuga makes 24,000 years. The current mahayuga started about 9,988 B.C.. Calculation of yuga is based on solstice and not equinox. Mayan calendar is accurate on this account.
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<!--QuoteBegin-"Multatuli"+-->QUOTE("Multatuli")<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->History is not what we’re taught in our schools – a linear March of Progress, from primitive beginning to our enlightened selves with our hydrogen bombs and our bobblehead dolls. What we are taught is effectively a 19th Century fabrication; a White Supremacist, Eurocentric con job.

History is actually a cycle, a very long cycle. This was understood by Plato, who talked about a Golden Age, a Silver Age, a Bronze Age and an Iron (or Dark) Age. This is paralleled, but in more detail in the Vedic/Hindu and its doctrine of the ‘Yugas’. Other ancient civilizations and the myths and legends of other peoples around the world project a similar understanding. The much-discussed Mayan 2012 prophecy is another expression of history as a cycle.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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http://michigal.blogspot.com/2008/02/201...eddon.html
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And it's not just Mayan astronomy that predicts that Winter Solstice 2012 is something significant:</b>

-- In Egypt, the pyramids of Giza seem to have been built so that they would provide both a time marker and an optimum viewing platform for the astronomical phenomena associated with the winter solstice of 2012. On that day, the Milky Way will seem to rise horizontally with the Nile River on the ground, while Orion’s belt will align perfectly with the three major pyramids. In addition to that, the the sun will rise up into alignment with the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

--I've read that NASA predicts that the poles will reverse in a "polar shift" in 2012, but I haven't been able to find evidence of that. What I did find, though, was this article: In February 2001, the Sun did a magnetic polar shift. The next one is due again in 2012. NASA scientists who monitor the Sun say that our star's awesome magnetic field flipped 22 months ago, signaling the arrival of a solar maximum. But it wasn't so obvious to the average human. The Sun's magnetic north pole, which was in the northern hemisphere just a few months ago, now points south. It's a topsy-turvy situation, but not an unexpected one. "This always happens around the time of solar maximum," says David Hathaway, a solar physicist at the Marshall Space Flight Center. "The magnetic poles exchange places at the peak of the sunspot cycle. In fact, it's a good indication that Solar Max is really here." The Sun's magnetic poles will remain as they are now, with the north magnetic pole pointing through the Sun's southern hemisphere, until the year 2012 when they will reverse again. This transition happens, as far as we know, at the peak of every 11-year sunspot cycle -- like clockwork. Earth’s magnetic field also flips, but with less regularity. Consecutive reversals are spaced 5 thousand years to 50 million years apart. The last reversal happened 740,000 years ago. Some researchers think our planet is overdue for another one, but nobody knows exactly when the next reversal might occur.

The Sun shifts it's magnetic field every 11 years, and it has already happened for this solar cycle. The Earth's magnetic field flip is much more erratic and has happened approximately 25 times in the last 5 million years. It's been about 740,000 years since the last flip, however, so we're long overdue. There is evidence that we may be heading towards a reversal (the dipole magnetic field is weakening and the higher order terms are increasing), but we can't predict when it would happen. Depending upon how quickly the field reversal happens, it could cause problems for things like electric power lines and oil pipelines, and if the field goes to near zero, it might cause a higher background radiation at the ground, but there is no evidence that previous reversals have had any major biological effect. The forces due to the interaction of the solar and terrestrial magnetic fields are only very small perturbations.
(NASA, October 2000)

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http://www.2012predictions.net/


2012 Predictions

This site is a directory of links to prophecies and predictions relating to the year 2012, no matter whether they relate to global catastrophes, changes of consciousness, or mundane predictions about science and economy. Which ones turn out to be correct will be revealed in the fullness of time ....

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Acharyaji and Ramanaji,
Looked at this thread out of curiosity. Never thought of this before sriously. But the SF angle is plausible. SF based camapigns could be targeted at younger netintelligentsia. But are they not more likely to be trawling through literarure and finding and promoting the ones more suitable for their agenda? A bit unconvinced about non-physics/astrophysics claims of 2012.

But would be interested in checking out predictions for India proper. Have not seen many in this thread. Looked quickly for links on web. But India does not appear much. Empirically interested in cycles of political importance for India. Also why this fascination with Jupiter about all these predictions? In one link I read just now which has the most about India, I think Nostradamus is interpreted as indicating that the endtime "AC" could be an Indian because of the Jupiter connection. But is Jupiter really that important in the Hindu pantheon and has such direct "violent" connotations? He is more supposed to be a "guru" figure rather than direct-action AC! In fact the reason behind my adopting it as forum names was because I thought it was innocuous and reflected in a twisted way my real-life profession as "deva"-guru as well as my birthday. <!--emo&Smile--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Theoretically speaking, as far as I know both in the East and the West, Jupiter is supposed to be benign. Why associate such an entity with the type of ruthlessness and violence being talked about around apocalyptic scenarios around 2012? I have not studied astrology at all, so is there some other significance that I am not aware of, but meaningful to general readers both in the East as well as the west?
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Jupiter also gives direction of the path

2013 Feb-March is the Maha Kumbh

http://www.kumbhmela.org/KM10home.html

The 12 year cycle of Jupiter as seen from Earth is used for the Maha Kumbh mela.

Jupiter in each cycle reaches a new stage in the yuga.

Earth polar rotation takes 72 years for 1 degree.

For 360 degree it takes 25920 years.
Around 2160 Maha kumbhs are done for each cycle.

It is a multiple of 108 which is the holy number for Hindus.


Astrological Importance

When the planets have reached their maximum alignment, the gathering begins at the banks of the holy Ganges, Yumuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers. Jupiter enters Aries at this special time when the bubbling waters of the underground Saraswati River can also be seen merging with the blue waters of the Ganges and the green Yumuna River.


http://www.kumbhmela.org/KM23astro.html
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Brihaspatiji,

Please be sure to go through the Jesus Historicity thread #2
and #1. IMO, these are not so much about jesus as about western propaganda systems. Why have these propaganda systems begun to falter at this time?
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Thanks to both acharyaji and dhu-ji,

Gone through those threads and links today. Quite fascinating. My interests stems from a much earlier observation of mine about a 30 year cycle in Indian history. Start at 1977, and go back in steps of 30 years - I have gone up to right around Bimbisara. All those years are significant and have certain longer cyclical patterns - a 90 year cycle of retuen of similar situations.

My knowledge of astronomy says that the 30 year cycle comes closest to that of Saturn - which is however approx 29.5 years. Checking astronomical software that I have, I found that the 30 year peaks appear to coincide with the apparent presenceof Saturn in Cancer .

Now if I combine Jupiter with it, the LCM gives 60 years - which would be two 30 year cycles, but not getting the 90 years.

Just look at the first few cycles though and go back as much as you can - 1977,1947,1917,1887,1857,1827,1797,1767,1737,1707,1677,1647,1617,1587, 1557,1527,1497,1467,1437,....

90 year cycles - 1947,1857,1767,1677,...

In my scheme, I would see 2007 as similar to 1917. An apparently dud year, but Gandhiji is starting out after arriving two years earlier, and Jalianwallhbag is waiting to happen. This would gear me to think of 2037 as of similar order to 1947 when "old order changeth, yielding place to new". I am an empiricist here and would like to explore this with an open mind - neither believing nor disbelieving. Please let me know what you find as support or not about these cycles. I could be missing out on facts.


The propaganda machinery is failing perhaps because there is no longer any great "purpose" driving the "west". No colonization, no search for wealth, no great goal or superaim that transcends "ordinary" existence. Even most of the "freedoms" have been obtained - what is left to fight for!
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<!--QuoteBegin-brihaspati+Apr 9 2009, 04:52 AM-->QUOTE(brihaspati @ Apr 9 2009, 04:52 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Thanks to both acharyaji and dhu-ji,

Gone through those threads and links today. Quite fascinating. My interests stems from a much earlier observation of mine about a 30 year cycle in Indian history. Start at 1977, and go back in steps of 30 years - I have gone up to right around Bimbisara. All those years are significant and have certain longer cyclical patterns - a 90 year cycle of retuen of similar situations.

My knowledge of astronomy says that the 30 year cycle comes closest to that of Saturn - which is however approx 29.5 years. Checking astronomical software that I have, I found that the 30 year peaks appear to coincide with the apparent presenceof Saturn in Cancer .

Now if I combine Jupiter with it, the LCM gives 60 years - which would be two 30 year cycles, but not getting the 90 years.

Just look at the first few cycles though and go back as much as you can - 1977,1947,1917,1887,1857,1827,1797,1767,1737,1707,1677,1647,1617,1587, 1557,1527,1497,1467,1437,....

90 year cycles - 1947,1857,1767,1677,...

In my scheme, I would see 2007 as similar to 1917. An apparently dud year, but Gandhiji is starting out after arriving two years earlier, and Jalianwallhbag is waiting to happen. This would gear me to think of 2037 as of similar order to 1947 when "old order changeth, yielding place to new". I am an empiricist here and would like to explore this with an open mind - neither believing nor disbelieving. Please let me know what you find as support or not about these cycles. I could be missing out on facts.


The propaganda machinery is failing perhaps because there is no longer any great "purpose" driving the "west". No colonization, no search for wealth, no great goal or superaim that transcends "ordinary" existence. Even most of the "freedoms" have been obtained - what is left to fight for!
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Your logic is correct.
You have observed correctly and you have to go to Jyothish/Astrology to explain some of this. It is very logical. I have been studying this for several years.
Good place to check out some articles.
http://www.journalofastrology.com/articl...egory_id=1

Saturn takes 30 years for one cycle. 12 Rashis in the chart and Saturn takes 2.5 years for each chart and comes back to it after 30 years.

Leo-Simha- Sign of leadership is the most important sign/rashi and it signifies leadership in countries and anything related to it.

Saturn right now is in Leo sign for the last 2 years from Aug 2007 and moves to Virgo in Sept 2009/

This means that the leadership will undergo change - old leadership will fall out of favour and a new leadership will emerge. Old leadership will lose its credibility and that is what we are seeing world wide.
Bush and company removed/ and similar changes in India too.

60 years anniversary is celebrated since it coincides with Guru and Shani. In jyotish is signifies double impact of Shani and second cycle and new life.


2007, 1977, 1947 are all similar. Replacement of leadership of the country and also due to revolution from previous 2 years. Revolution occurs when the saturn is in Cancer sign. That occurs in the previous 3 years before saturn reaches Leo sign.

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In my scheme, I would see 2007 as similar to 1917. An apparently dud year, but Gandhiji is starting out after arriving two years earlier, and Jalianwallhbag is waiting to happen. This would gear me to think of 2037 as of similar order to 1947 when "old order changeth, yielding place to new". </b>

Gandhiji was the new leadership who was coming inside the INC leadership in 1915.(Saturn in Cancer Aug 1916 - Sept 1918) It is a revolution. Also WWI in Europe.

When Saturn entered Leo - Oct 1918-Nov 1920 -
Jalianwallhbag occured and the new leadership under Gandhiji took over INC to take on Purna Swaraj.

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This would gear me to think of 2037 as of similar order to 1947 when "old order changeth, yielding place to new".
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Saturn will enter Cancer in Aug 2034 till Sept 2036.
This period will see major changes with Pak and India. Pak will realise its 90 years struggle against India is not yeilding and the population will see the benefit of merging or economic union with India. <span style='color:red'><b>IN 2037 PAKISTAN and ITS PEOPLE will OFFICIALLY END THE JIHAD AGAINST INDIA which was started in Aug 14 1947</b></span>

Saturn will enter Leo in Oct 2036 till Nov 2038- Leadership Change
INDIA will also see changes and a new leadership looking at global role with the entire subcontinent as its base will emerge.



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Just look at the first few cycles though and go back as much as you can - 1977,1947,1917,1887,1857,1827,1797,1767,1737,1707,1677,1647,1617,1587, 1557,1527,1497,1467,1437,....

90 year cycles - 1947,1857,1767,1677,...</b>

All these years are the years when saturn was in the same sign - Simha Rashi
All these period resulted in the change of Leadership across the world
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from Guru Gobind Singh ji's Sau Sakhi or his predictions into the future.

this is the Pipal tree prediction:

this pipal tree is still around in Punjab

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Tenth Master, Sahib Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji and his Sikhs were
travelling south. There was, on the way, a village by the name of saheva.
As they neared the village, they came to a grove of Jand trees. Here the
Sikhs asked the Guru if this might be a good place to stop and rest. The
Guru agreed and they made their camp.

After the camp was set up, the Guru told his men to go and look for a Pipal
tree (fig tree). They replied, "But Sir, the Pipal treedoesn't grow in this
region, for it is very arid here and the Pipal tree grows where there is
water. "Go and look" replied the Guru. The Sikhs went out to search for the
Pipal tree but returned without success. "Go and look again" said the Guru.
One Sikh climbed to the top of the highest Jand tree to look in all
directions, but still he saw no Pipal tree. Climbing down from the tree he
told the Guru that although he could not see a Pipal tree growing anywhere
around the camp, there was a tiny sapling of a Pipal tree growing in the
roots of the big Jand tree.

On seeing the sapling, the Master spoke thus: "This sapling will grow into
a mighty tree. When it overshadows the parent Jand tree and overwhelms it,
that is the time for the Order of the Khalsa to grow in large numbers. They
shall achieve recognition in the direction and the countires of the West.
Then the flag of True Religion shall be implanted there. The Sikhs shall
become sovereign in the Sikh homelands and then become the decision
makers." On hearing this the Sikhs made a deep obeisance and said, "Glory
be to the Guru and the True Master."

<b>In 1862, whent he British were in India, Sir Attar Singh, the chief of
Bahadur sent this prophecy of Sahib Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji to Queen
Victoria in England. That the Queen took the prophecy seriously there is no
doubt, for she asked the royal scientists what the rate of growth of the
Pipal tree was known to be. When they told her that it would be 100-150
years until the Pipal tree overshadowed the parent tree, she breathed a
sigh of relief.</b>

In 1957 or thereabouts, it was reported that the Pipal tree was equal in
height to the parent Jand tree. Based on this, we can expect some
significant events to take place in the next few decades that will cause
this prophecy of the Guru to be fullfilled!

The above is taken from THE VOICE OF TRUTH (Sach Di Avaaj) Vol. 1 No. 1 & 2
which is publiched by Sri Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa Garh Malaysia.
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1862 + 150yrs is 2012

same as the mayan year.

also as per sau sakhi the following predictions lay in store for Punjab

half of this has already happened and the other half is yet to happen

1) A widow will sit on Delhi Throne (referring to Indira Gandhi)
2) A Jarnail will rise and fortify Akal Takht Sahib (referring to Bhinderanwale)
among other things
3) <b>Extreme Big destruction going to take place in Majha area of Punjab</b>.
4) <b>Big destruction in Doaba and Malwa</b>.
5) <b>Small scale destruction in Delhi areas</b>.
And after this Khalsa Raj going to be established.
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Dasha Event Date Event
Saturn- Rahu 17th December 1960 India Occupies Goa
Saturn- Rahu 19th December 1960 Goa officially ceded to India after 400 years of Portuguese Rule
Saturn-Rahu 20th October 1960 Chinese Troops invade India
Mercury-Rahu 19th April 1975 The first Indian satellite Aryabhatta, goes into Earth's Orbit
Mercury-Rahu 26th June 1975 A state of emergency is declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during which the press is censored and 100,000 are jailed.
Ketu- Venus 26th June 1983 India wins Cricket World Cup
Ketu-Moon 31st October 1984 Assassination of Indira Gandhi
Venus- Rahu 1st June 1996 H.D. Deve Gowda became the Prime minister
Venus-Rahu 11th and 13th May 1998 Pokhran II Nuclear Explosion
Venus- Ketu 26th November 2008 Terrorist Attack in Mumbai
We are now experiencing Venus/Ketu period till November 2009.

We have already experienced the 26/11, effects of unprecedented economic recession and stock market crash. The Kaal Sarpa yoga is in full trigger.

The election process will be completed on 31st May. Election results should be declared within the first week of June. It is off course clear to everybody that no single party will have clear majority neither Congress or BJP.

http://www.cyberastro.com/articles/dasha_event.asp

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http://www.newprophecy.net/

Nostradamus and the New Prophecy Almanacs
(1999 to 2243)
by Michael McClellan, author of
Nostradamus and the Final Age


Welcome to an on-line experiment, now in its tenth year!

Nostradamus and the New Prophecy Almanacs is a synthesis of prophetic interpretation and personal prediction.

The prophets and prophecies interpreted here are many. They include:


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Not much on India, again, on this site. Cannot see, why rational calculation about India turning out to be a crucial factor seems to escape all these "western" seers. Predictions on India seems very rare!
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<!--QuoteBegin-brihaspati+May 31 2009, 10:17 AM-->QUOTE(brihaspati @ May 31 2009, 10:17 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Not much on India, again, on this site. Cannot see, why rational calculation about India turning out to be a crucial factor seems to escape all these "western" seers. Predictions on India seems very rare!
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India is the largest target of the judegement day/apocalyptic event/end of humanity
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Acharyaji,
was looking for specific and more details about the future decades of India. Especially the political and military scenario. Do you have any links to such detailed treatments? Only elaborate treatment I could find was this one :
[URL=http://www.scribd.com/doc/939132/Birth-of-Kalki-Avtar-or-Iind-Comingchrist]
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Rare triple treat - 3 eclipses in a month
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->What is strange is that if one looks back at the events that have unfolded in the past, triple eclipses have always been followed by destruction. Hari told rediff.com that the first of the triple eclipses was recorded way back in 3067 BCE (Before Common Era). Following this triple eclipse there was the Kurukshethra war which was fought between the Pandavas and Kauravas in which 47 lakh people took part. The sequence of the first triple eclipse was as follows- Lunar eclipse on 29 September 3067, Solar eclipse on 14 October 3067 and Lunar eclipse on 28 October 3067 BCE.

The second of the triple eclipses occurred in 36 years after the first one in November 3031 BCE. There was a lunar eclipse on October 20,  which was followed by a solar and lunar eclipse on November 5 and November 19,  3031 BCE. Following this sequence, the city of Dwaraka was destroyed after it was submerged in water.

Hari explains that in the years 1913 to 1946 people have witnessed back to back triple eclipses. There were triple eclipses in the years 1915, 1916 and 1917. This was the period when the world witnessed World War I. There was a similar event in 1933, the year when Adolf Hitler assumed charge of Germany. 1935 also witnessed a triple eclipse and the very same year, the world was horrified at the persecution of the Jews. There were triple eclipses in 1940, 1942 and 1944 when the world witnessed World War II.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse tomorrow

New Delhi (PTI): A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur tomorrow, however, sky gazers in India will miss the spectacular show as it will not be visible in the country.

The penumbral lunar eclipse will occur on Tuesday as the moon rises over Australia and sets in western North and South America in the early predawn hours, Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) Director C B Devgun said.

As the moon will only enter the southernmost tip of the penumbral shadow of the earth, it will be very difficult to observe the eclipse with the naked eye, Devgun said.

The phenomenon is only of academic interest since the magnitude of the eclipse is just 0.156 at its maximum, he said, adding there is only a little chance for seeing any of the eclipse's dimming effect. It will, however, last for two hours.

The first penumbral contact is predicted to occur at 08:37:51 Universal Time (UT) and end at 10:39:23 UT. The point of greatest eclipse occurs at about 09:38:37.9 UT.

The eclipse will be visible in North America west of the Great Lakes, including Hawaii, and many parts of Alaska (Harrington, 1997). The moon will also be high in the sky over New Zealand and eastern Australia during the eclipse, he said.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth is in a straight line between the sun and the moon and the shadow of the earth falls on the moon, Devgun said, adding that a penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through penumbra, the lighter part of the earth's shadow.

The next lunar eclipse will occur on August 6.
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