The Galactic Alignment of 2012

The Galactic Alignment of 2012

The Galactic Alignment, a great astronomical anomolie which will occur on December 21st, 2012 marks one of the greatest happenings of the 2012 phenomenon.

What is the Galactic Alignment?

The Galactic Alignment which will occur on the ending of year 2012 marks 1 of 3 different eclipses said to happen during 2012. At this time, from the earths perspective, the Sun will appear directly in the middle of our Galaxy, the Milky Way. In other words, our earth, the sun and the center of the galaxy will be in perfect Alignment with each other.

This particular anomolie happens because of earths wobble as it rotates around the sun. Our earth shifts only one degree every 71.5 years, as a result we experience a Galactic Alignment every 26,000 years.

Why is the Galactic Alignment Important?

Many 2012 enthusiasts feel that the galactic alignment of the Milky Way Galaxy is extremely important and a number of theories and prophecies coincide with this particular event... some of which is pure speculation while others seem to be highly significant.

In the center of the Milky Way Galaxy is an extremely large and powerful Black Hole. In addition, many believe that intense energies radiate from the center of the Milky Way in which we may be vulnerable to. The Milky Way Galactic Alignment which has also been referred to as the Dark Rift.

Some ancient cultures believe that the "Dark Rift" is the gateway to "Hell" or the "Underworld". Some people also believe that due to our alignment we could be exposed to a number of gravitational, radiant and magnetic disturbances which could potentially greatly affect the way we life and the earth as we know it.

Another important happening around 2012 and the Galactic Alignment is what will be going on with our own Sun during this time. Our sun goes through cycles just like every thing in our Universe does, during 2012, the Sun will be at a peak of it's solar cycle which could mean solar flairs in addition to a number of solar disturbances which could affect our environment.

The Magnetosphere and the Magnetic Poles

It is believed that the magnetic poles of the earth have switched a number of times throughout history. In addition, the earth gets its protection from solar radiation through our magnetosphere which is derived from the hot core of the earth. Lately we have witnessed some weakening in the magnetosphere which could possibly point to the earth possibly switching its magnetic poles.

So what would happen if we momentarily lost our magnetosphere?

If this were to happen in completion, we would have no protection from the suns radiation. As a result, the earth would be exposed to horrible radiation, killing crops, causing starvation, heating up the earth.

In addition, such a disturbance could cause global environmental disasters such as huge seismic activity, flooding, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, hurricanes, storms and much more.

If our magnetic poles switch, this would make magnetic north switch sides (our compasses would turn north, south and south, north) - This could also cause a series of events which could trigger one disaster after another.

Such a change could move continents, engulf land in water, cause Super Volcanoes to erupt (such as the one in Yellow Stone park), if this were to happen we would experience great destruction in over half of North America, then due to the large influx of ash in our atmosphere we would experience what is known as a Nuclear Winter which would cover the earth and block the suns light killing massive vegetation, making life on earth almost impossible.

So does this have anything to do with the Galactic Alignment? No one really knows. It is simply another one of the 2012 theories.

What we do know is that many cultures and civilizations point to 2012 as an extremely significant time of change and was obviously important to many throughout history.