A Word About The Failed Rapture And The Coming Of The New Age

As some of you may know, the Christian 'rapture' has come and gone with nothing more than a whimper (it did make Preacher Harold Camping quite rich though).

Okay, there seems to be some confusion on this rapture, Apocalypse, 2012 thing so here's the scoop in brief.

As the earth spins on it's axis it 'wobbles' through the cosmos. This is called the precession of the equinoxes and it represents the shifting of the position of the sun across the equator into a new constellation every 2,156 years (approx) with the complete cycle lasting around 25,868 years.

Each new 2,156 'precession' represents a new 'age'. Within that age the constellation represents the symbol of that god for that age; Age of Leo (lion, sphinx (with a lion head 10,000 = years ago), Age of Taurus (Bull headed god-symbol minotaur), Age of Aries (Ram god symbol around Moses' time), and the age of Pisces (current age and god-symbol of fish/fisherman Jesus). Note that Jesus (age of Pisces) was born opposite the sign of Virgo (the Virgin).

The transitions between the ages can be felt for 500-800 years. Thus we are currently in the dawn of the age of Aquarius (like that song form Hair - no really), the beginnings of a New Cosmic Age of the earth and thus of a new god-symbol. Remember the gods of the old become the devils of the new (sorry jesus followers but it's inevitable). Thus the 'christian' symbol of the 'devil' is a ram-horned head, cloven hoof variety (the symbol of Aries). The future image of the Catholic church and Christianity doesn't bode well I'm afraid.

The Mayan calendar ends on 12/21/2012, the winter solstice. Our sun is in the process of crossing the galactic equator and entering a new age of Aquarius - give or take 500-800 years of pre/post influence.

Sorry, no rapture as the bible is just a heavily edited compilation of god-myths adapted to the age of Pisces. But we are indeed entering a new cosmic age.

Where do our god-myths come from? Ask our ancient astronauts, my friends!

Campaign Calendar

With my sandbox campaign I used a broad-stroke at the beginning and have been fleshing things out as we play or as is needed. I've had the cosmology floating in the back of my mind and this is where I'm currently at.

Over at Lamentations of a Flame Princess, James Raggi posted his campaign calendar. I had just so happened to have finished the visual representation of my calendar earlier his week and thought I'd add to the mix.



I love the concept of a lunar calendar and mine is also based on the 28 day, 13 month calendar with one day out of time (Agas). Agas would be a time of High magic and ritual both black and white while the 15th day of the Toad would be a time of only Black Magic potency. The standard 4 seasons apply with the Month of the Phoenix being the beginning of the year and the first day of summer. The moon sister planet of Thuvius (maybe?) waxes and wanes in the 28 days of the month reaching full on the 14th-15th.

I may throw in more Dates of Reverence and Ritual as time progresses but this is what I'll be working with for now.

I liked James' concept of having the players cross off the days as the game progresses. I've been doing that for them and have been giving them an update on the general amount of time that has passed but I'm not sure if they get a real picture. If the players tend to the calendar I think they may have a greater sense of the passage of time and plan events accordingly.