Astronomers, Cosmologists and Scientists all agree that 2012 is a very unusual year, not only because of the 26.000 year cosmic alignment, but 2012 is also a year of three rare solar eclipses. One reason many believers in Nostradamus state that he is pointing to this year, as the “end of days.”

The truth about Nostradamus’ prophecy can be found through a study of the Mayan calendar system. According to the system, our home star, the Sun, will transect the center of the galaxy. At the same time, earth’s rotation will also change, like the wobble of a spinning top. This is one point that scares people, but when I spin a top and it wobbles, it still spins in the same direction. Some have stated that the earth’s changing orientation will change the gravitational field of the planet. I emphatically disagree.

Nostradamus is appealing because of his mystery and the fact that his predictions carry an ominous message. This makes for riveting television. I guess the idea of the world ending as we know it can be a scary proposition, and sensationalizing the negative possibilities is much less boring than the happy ending. Perhaps that’s why horror movies do so well. It’s just more fun to watch something scary than something that gives you a warm fuzzy feeling about the future. Aren’t we supposed to be scared about the future anyway? It’s so intimidating and capricious.