2012: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

2012 will be a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar).

Events

• May 20 - Annular solar eclipse
• June 6 - Second and last solar transit of the planet Venus of this century; the next pair is predicted to occur in 2117 and 2125.
• November 6 - Presidential election in the United States
• November 13 - Total solar eclipse (visible in northern Australia and the South Pacific).
• December 21 - End of the great cycle of the Maya calendar's Long Count, and thus the alleged end of our world (the end of the cycle is dated December 23 by some calculations). Also interpreted as a change in human consciousness ie. the 'end' of the world as we know it but the start of a new one
• 2012 Summer Olympics scheduled
• 2012 Summer Paralympics scheduled
• According to many, such as spiritualist writerr Bob Frissell and John Major Jenkinsand others, humankind will ascend into a higher state of collective conciousness.
• LISA will be launched to probe the Universe.