There is no shortage of information out there about the significant date in our not too distant future that involves a cataclysmic event.
What this date means to you and I will vary depending on what you know thus far and what you are willing to learn from here.
The 12 21 2012 polar shift is something that is being debated fervently world wide as being either the date that we will all succumb to the end of the world, or an insignificant date that the doomsday league would like us to believe.
I guess it is important to look back as to why this date has been indicated as the date the world will end.
The Mayan calendar is one of the earliest calendars that we have to go by in our past.
The Mayans were an ancient civilization that lived in Northern America back in early 6th century B.
C.
The Mayans were way before their time when it came to astronomy and mathematics.
What they devised was a calendar that was called the Long Count calendar, which spanned over centuries and landed right into our futures today.
The accuracy with which the Mayans devised this calendar,which was mainly based on the astronomical alignment of the stars, was enough for future civilizations to base our modern day calendar on.
Nostradamus and Einstein were both great believers and subscribed to many of the predictions and prophecies that were embedded in the Mayan calendar.
What had many of the Mayan calendar admirers convinced as to its accuracy was the fact that they had predicted the dates of the first and second world wars.
They were also able to accurately pinpoint the date that white settlement landed on the shores of America.
What has rocked the Mayan subscribers, however, is that the calendar that has been such an accurate guide to our future and past suddenly ends on the 21st of December 2012.
Some believe that this date signifies the end of the world.
Why the Mayan calendar stops there is up for discussion but many have correlated this date with another prediction that there will be a heavenly body or planet that will interrupt the earth's magnetic field and subsequently cause a polar shift.
The 12 21 2012 polar shift will be so devastating to earth that human life, and indeed any life form is said to not be able to survive.
A polar shift would occur when the north pole and south pole will flip on the earth's axis and would cause a catastrophic environmental event.
This could mean that tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tornadoes would sweep across the globe and destroy all in its path.
Some say that surviving the environmental impact would be one thing, but to live on earth post this event would be almost impossible.
Finding good information on the 12 21 2012 polar shift is not as difficult a task as you may think.
There are some very good books and guides that can aid you in preparing yourself and your loved ones for this date with doom.