So, as they say - "When the solstice meridian passes through the Galactic Equator"....

  As for the periodicty, here are a few things that suggest the 25,810 years, or 25,920 years, or about 26,000 years:

 -  "In our galaxy there is a giant wheel revolving - we are actually on a slow wobble and the stars are just appearing to revolve. This "precession of the equinoxes" takes 25,800 years to complete one cycle, and within this cycle we can observe conjunctions in the heavens between the stars and our solar system.

 - the "Precession" is said to take 26,000 years - to do with the Earth's "Wobble on the North-South Axis"

 - The idea of the Earth orbit "delayed" 1 degree of the circle [the circle described in the wobble of the Earth with a line drawn from pole to pole] every 72 years [72 X 360o = 25,920 years];

 - The Age of Aquarius [ 2160 years per House X 12 Houses = 25,920 years] Astronomers call this the "Zero Point to the Precessional Cycle"

 - the Pyramids indication of 25,810 years {4110 "pyramid inches" - the "pyramid inch" being the basic unit of measure used by the Egyptians - is prominent in various dimensions of the Great Pyramid; Take 4110 X 2 X Pi = 25,810 and that is just WAY too accurate to be some kind of a coincidence.

 - and even in the Bible, in Revalations, in a way: the Mark of the Beast being 666, so take 6 X 6 X 6 = 216, which is sort of, kinda, 2160, and of course 2160 X 12 Houses of Astrology = 25,920

 As for the Mayans, they knew stuff. So did the ancient Pyramid builders. We might wonder how...

  The Mayan calendar is the main one that points to 2012 being the year this great cycle starts all over again:
   "The Mayan calendar began the Great Cycle in 3114 B.C and will end on 21 December 2012 AD in their 5,125 year calendar. Mayan Elder Leonzo Barreno says the next cycle is "The Fifth Sun" and there is a whole lot more to say about that.... but for another post ok?

  Yup, we are only a few days away now, although in reality we are about as close as we will get, this year, or this time next year.

  It takes 71 years to move just one degree of the whole "wobble", as in one degree of 360 degrees, so its not like anything sudden is taking place.  Really - by this time next winter solstice we will be in nearly the exact same position as we are this winter, and as we were last year.

 This post was just to introduce the astronomical significance; There is a lot more to it, and hopefully I will be able to post on the ethereal matters before the big day.

And, for those who hunger for more of the facts:

-----------More  technical information:

  "changes in axial orientation with respect to the plane of the ecliptic that are caused by precession and nutation"

  "Axial precession is the movement of the rotational axis of an astronomical body, whereby the axis slowly traces out a cone. In the case of Earth, this type of precession is also known as the precession of the equinoxes, lunisolar precession, or precession of the equator. Earth goes through one such complete precessional cycle in a period of approximately 26,000 years or 1° every 72 years, during which the positions of stars will slowly change in both equatorial coordinates and ecliptic longitude. Over this cycle, Earth's north axial pole moves from where it is now, within 1° of Polaris, in a circle around the ecliptic pole, with an angular radius of about 23.5 degrees."

  "The gravitational tidal forces of the Moon and Sun apply torque to the equator, attempting to pull the equatorial bulge into the plane of the ecliptic, but instead causing it to precess."

precession
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precession

nutation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutation


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Galactic Center

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Center

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Here is the "wobble" in a diagram:

 > http://www.revealer.com/platonic.htm

  Here is a picture of the Dark Rift/Galactic Center  [with some explanatory labels added]

 > http://tinyurl.com/d2som55

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