The Maya

There have been many interpretations and predictions about the year 2012, known as the Mayan End Time--touted in everything from books to television commercials. But what do the Mayans themselves have to say about these prophecies?

The Book of the Cube has been called forth by death, rebirth and liberation from cosmic disorder. It is the seventh and final in the Cosmic History Chronicles series, signifying the capacity for the creative process to equalize itself in all directions simultaneously. All aspects of creation are equal as are all sides of the cube.

There will come a time when the birds will fall from the trees, the rivers will be poisoned and the wolves will die in the forests.

But then the warriors of the rainbow will appear and save the world.

—Prophecy of the Cree Indians

The Mayan Calendar has taken on special prominence with the buzz around 2012, a date that many claim is the end of that calendar.

“Although time (and not too much of it) will tell, I suspect that José will be honored as one of the most important thinkers in human history.” —Daniel Pinchbeck

The Egyptians, Chinese and Babylonians all studied heavenly cycles, but the Maya created a series of calendars that could be cross-referenced. Their eclipse tables could have been used to predict eclipses 700 years in the future.

How to Practice Mayan Astrology presents a contemporary guide to one of the most sophisticated astrological systems ever developed. Like other ancient peoples, the Maya looked to the cycles of the planets as markers of time and designators of order.