December 12, 2012, will be an interesting day astronomically. The place in the sky where the sun rises on the autumnal equinox will line up with the "galactic plane," meaning the place in the sky that we see as the center of the Milky Way. That, IMHO, is the ONLY significance of this date. Contrary to popular belief, neither the Mayans nor Nostrodomus predict the end of the world on that date. I'd be interested in your opinions on this article, and on this subject in general:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33261483...ience-science/