2012 phenomenon

 2012 phenomenon

Scholars from various disciplines have dismissed the idea of catastrophe in 2012. Mainstream scholars state that predictions of impending doom are not found in any of the existing, and that the idea that the Long Count calendar "ends" in 2012 misrepresents  The  do not consider the date significant, and the classical sources on the subject are scarce and contradictory, suggesting that there was little if any universal agreement among them about what, if anything, the date might mean.

The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21, which is said to be the end-date of a 5,125-year-long cycle in the Count calendar. Various astronomical alignments and numerological formulae related to this date have been proposed.

A  interpretation of this transition posits that during this time Earth and its inhabitants may undergo a positive physical or  and that 2012 may mark the beginning of a new era.Others suggest that the 2012 date marks the r a similar catastrophe. Scenarios posited for the end of the world include the Earth's collision with a passing planet (often referred to as ) or or the arrival of the next solar maximum.