Detangle

The following is from Bv’s comment in this post:
Track Down Part 4

Here’s Bv’s Question:

IN PART 4 rare galactic alignment - TALKING ABOUT THE GALACTIC YEAR - - IT WASN’T QUITE CLEAR ABOUT AN IMPORTANT ISSUE - I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT WE - (OR RATHER THE SUN - BUT DO THE PLANETS CROSS AT A DIFFERENT TIME??? - PLUTO IS 240 YRS IN ORBIT) , ANYWAY THE SUN BEGAN CROSSING OVER THE EQUATOR IN 1955, HIT ZERO DEGREES 12/21/97 AND IS NOW MOVING AWAY FROM IT

BUT

DOES THAT MEAN WE HAVE INDEED GONE THRU THE GALACTIC YEAR AND MOVED FROM THE NORTHERN TO THE SOUTHERN GALACTIC HEMISPHERE? SEEMS SO IF I AM UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY.


This is something Jag and I talked about when Part 4 was in production — the problem of clearly explaining the difference between “our view from Earth” of the Sun crossing the Galactic Equator and our entire Solar System crossing over. There is most definitely a difference.

In the History Channel documentary there are several things that seem to be talking about the same thing - but are not. That can get very confusing of course.

Here’s what we’re working with that is mentioned in the History Channel piece…

  1. A “rare galactic alignment” is mentioned. (What that galactic alignment is, isn’t made clear.)
  2. Then Daniel Pinchbeck talks about crossing over the “galactic equator”.
  3. A 25,800 year cycle is thrown into the pot.

From this collection of parts one can easily assume the “rare galactic alignment” that takes place every 25,800 years “could be” our solar system crossing over the Galactic Equator, which “might ultimately be” responsible for devastation on earth.

Okay. There is a cycle called precession that is roughly 26,000 years in length.

Precession of the Earth, is the only cycle that even comes close to matching the periodicity mentioned in the History Channel piece - and by the way - it is also the cycle that has been associated to the Mayan calendar by several authors (for years) as a hypothesis to answer why the Mayan calendar ends on a particular date (i.e., December 21, 2012) — we’ll deal with this in more detail in the next segment of the TRACK DOWN series.

The precessional cycle has nothing to do with our solar system crossing over the actual (physical) Galactic Equator of the Milky Way. These are two different things.

So far we have two mis-matched items:

  • (1) precession: a 25,800 year cycle AND
  • (2) the Galactic Year cycle: which is actually a much larger cycle (240-250 million years) which does include an actual crossing over the physical Galactic Equator in a sinusoidal rhythmic movement.

Completely DIFFERENT topics are fused together in the History Channel piece. It’s highly likely this fusing together came from the experts interviewed for the show, though there’s no way of knowing that for certain.

The precessional cycle of the Earth has nothing to do with physically crossing over the Galactic Equator.

The Sun only appears to cross the center of the Milky Way from our perspective on Earth.

To picture this: Take a pencil or pen and hold it up in front of your field of vision. At a distance of just 100 feet you can hide a car behind the pencil. Go ahead and try it right now.

If you move your position in relation to the pencil you can hide a building. What is seen or what is hidden depends on YOUR perspective in relation to the pencil and the car or building.

From our perspective on Earth, the background of the heavens behind our Sun changes. This happens because our Earthly perspective changes as the Earth rotates and moves around the Sun.

Do you see the difference between the Sun appearing to be crossing the center of the Milky Way from our view of it on Earth and our entire Solar System (including all the planets and moons) actually crossing over the Galactic Equator of the Milky Way? These are two entirely different things.

Our Solar System did literally cross over the Galactic Equator - or galactic mid-plane - 3 MILLION years ago. This won’t happen again for some 60 million years. This event is behind us at this point. Therefore… there will be no crossing from South to North and no potential destruction on earth as a result of that.

In the question quoted at the beginning of this post, the orbit of Pluto came up. The planets are not a factor here.

So… where does precession fits into the 2012 story? That’s coming up in our next segment.

Now that we’ve de-tangled some of the information that simply does not belong together, we can toss out the idea there will be potential destruction on Earth, as a result of crossing the actual galactic mid-plane. That’s not going to happen in December 2012 — it won’t happen again for 60 million years.

Stay tuned for the next segment in the TRACK DOWN: Mayan Calendar 2012 Connection

Peacefully,
Andi Mac

QUESTION: Did this clear up any misunderstandings? If so post a comment below!

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