With only nine days left before the world ends, it’s almost too much to imagine that 12-12-12 also happens to be steeped in superstition, with conflicting views on what fortune it presents – both good and bad. After all, we won’t have a date like this for another 88 years. Read on..

This is what the bodymindspirit website tells us:

The Ancient Mayan calendar speaks of 12-12-2012 as the end of times as we know it, and the beginning of a new cycle of evolution for planet earth, humanity and the cosmos. Mayan elders say that the Ancients were informing the modern world to be ready for a giant transformation for the human race.

Interestingly, traditions across the world including Buddhism, Tao, Hopi and Vedic knowledge predict a ‘Golden Age’ or ‘Satyug’ in their calendars around the same period. December 2012 is being looked upon as a significant spiritual event and a momentous shift in the collective consciousness of the planet.

Ok, but I thought the Mayans were aiming for 21 December? Did they read it the wrong way around?

Details…details! Let’s press on.

@wtaljaard tells us that at 12min & 12sec past 12pm it’s the last repeat digital repeat for 100 years!

For the romantic, it can be seen as nothing more than a cool date. According to Yahoo:

A memorable day at the Dolphin Bay, followed by a candlelit dinner at Nobu and a walk under the stars for a romantic, once in a lifetime marriage proposal is all that’s on the cards for Karan, who’s planning to pop the question to his long-time girlfriend on 12/12/12.

Calling it a “magical” day, he says: “I chose the date specifically as a memorable one that we can claim as our own some day down the road. It is the last day of the century that such a combination of date, month and year will unite.

“Why not turn it into a day for our unity?”

World over, many are looking upon 12/12/12 as a day of special meaning, calling it ‘auspicious’ or ‘unique’ for marriage or to give birth, while others are looking upon it as the start of a doomsday scenario as per the ancient Mayan calendar prediction that the world will end by December 21, 2012.

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But let’s get into the significance of these numbers:

Astrologists and conspiracy mongers have added another ominous date to the list of foreseen doom — December 12.

December 12, 2012, or 12/12/12, is the last date for the next 88 years when every number will be the same. At 12:12 a.m. and p.m. there will be five repeats of the number, six if you care to watch the clock tick until it reaches 12 seconds.

It’s also a special day for thousands of kids celebrating their twelfth birthday on Wednesday, including one who says he was born at 12:12 p.m.

Predictions abound for the day, and at least one astrologer in Australia is predicting a Y2K-style internet and computer breakdown, according to News.com.au.

“On 12.12.12 the world is feeling the impact of a stressful pattern between Mercury and Neptune, the planet that rules leaks (like Wikileaks) and also flooded computer networks,” she is quoted as saying.

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If you read on with that article, you will also hear about an influx of caesarian bookings at hospitals, with parents wanting their kids to be born on 12/12/12.

We look forward to 12:12:12 on 12/12/12 and will standby with baited breath, for whatever may or may not happen!

Good luck out there.