Solar Explosion Cycle: Hitting us in 2071?
12-12-12 * Calendario Circular (Photo credit: jacilluch)
Although almost every 2012er focused on the end date of the Long Count calendar, few considered that it might be related to a cyclical phenomena. Even though every ancient Meso-American calendar is/was cyclical…
It has become muddled, but according to the ancient Maya and Aztec peoples, we are currently in either the 4th or 5th age/sun – representing a repeating process. Unless you believe in Gods that rule our fate, it must be a natural process. A prime candidate is of course the Sun. Our Sun. We haven’t been studying it long enough to know if it has any patterns beyond the 11-12 year solar cycle. But given its extraordinary lifespan, and natural processes, a large-scale pattern of activity wouldn’t be so surprising.
Evidence of solar activity is lacking in written records, but fortunately we do have evidence existing in tree rings – traces of Carbon-14 and Beryllium-10.
In 2012 scientist Fusa Miyake announced the detection of high levels of the isotope Carbon-14 and Beryllium-10 in tree rings formed in 775 CE, suggesting that a burst of radiation struck the Earth in the year 774 or 775…
…Prof. Miyake also considered whether a solar flare could have been responsible, but these are not powerful enough to cause the observed excess of carbon-14. Large flares are likely to be accompanied by ejections of material from the Sun’s corona, leading to vivid displays of the northern and southern lights (aurorae), but again no historical records suggest these took place.
Following this announcement, researchers pointed to an entry in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle that describes a ‘red crucifix’ seen after sunset and suggested this might be a supernova. But this dates from 776, too late to account for the carbon-14 data and still does not explain why no remnant has been detected.
It is sad that scientists are so lacking in imagination (or are unable to express their gut feelings). My immediate instinct is that the crucifix is related (and solar, rather than a supernova), and the one year discrepancy needs to be resolved. And why would you dismiss solar flares because we have never seen one that large in our really short period of observation? Because academics must rely on published evidence, rather than educated guesswork… And everyone knows that you can’t really expect to find records of auroras during the Dark Ages.
So, if there was a solar explosion in 775, and the start of the pattern was 3113 BC, then that equals 3888 years. If there have been 4 instances to date, then they would have occurred on:
- 3113 BC
- 1817 BC
- 527 BC
- 775 AD
- 2071 AD
It is entirely possible that we are in the 5th Sun and the next solar nasty is just 58 years away.
Certainly 2012 and 2071 are quote apart, but if you look at an oral message passed through hundreds of generations and even through various cultures and peoples, I’d say that accuracy being retained is highly unlikely!
