Thanks Veeger. I read that thread and found this great picture of the meeting of the ecliptic and the solsticial meridian. But, isn't the 2012 issue that the point of the galactic centre will then be at the cross hatch where the sun is in this picture? I am sorry I don't have access to astronomical software (will look at http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/ ). I am wondering, if you took that picture in 2008 and again in 2012, and added to it the point of the galactic centre, would you see what the hoo-hah is about?