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Originally Posted by DEUCE N CHICA
I'm an amateur reader of the Mayan culture and other "end times" prophecies just for entertainment. I was wondering though, if someone might have a credible link to information regarding the "alignment" between the "center of the galaxy" and our sun.
Thanks
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Here is a 26 second
YouTube clip that actually explains it all without saying a word. I get it now.
Basically, the Galactic plane runs through our sky. Because the galaxy is really big, and we're not (thank you
Warners), the Galactic plane extends far above and below the Solar plane, but does not actually cross it, in a physical sense. At two points along the ecliptic (Solar plane), the Galactic plane seems to cross it, as seen from Earth. It's a perspective thing. The Galactic plane just extends out so far that it's long enough to look like it dips below the ecliptic. On the Winter Solstice, from 1994, to 2012, the disk of the Sun will cover that spot where the Galactic plane seems to cross the ecliptic.
Maybe someone else can say it better, but basically, it's an event about like an airplane blocking out the light from Venus from where you're standing. And just about as significant.