Happy Dec. 12, 2012!
Today
is a numerical marvel, 12-12-12. Consecutive date sequences are
rare occurrences and somewhat mysterious. This one is the last major numerical
date of this sort on the Gregorian or Christian calendar for a long time. So,
today is the last
time that the month, day and year will all be the same number — at least until
the next one which I will not personally experience on January 1, 2021.
Two
days after my birthday in 2009 we had one of these numerical oddities, 09-09-09.
There was one more in 11-11-11.
Some
people make much of this coincidence of numbers believing that it is not
inconsequential that there are 12 inches in a foot, 12 ounces in a troy pound
for measuring gold, 12 in a dozen, 12 hours of day and night, and 12 months in the year in the Roman
calendar, there 12 signs of the Zodiac, 12 Apostles, 12 days of Christmas,
12 tribes of Israel, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 old testament prophets... you get
the idea.
This
date, 12-12-12 is also the much
publicized ‘end of the world’ date on the Mayan calendar. For many people,
particularly numerologists, these numbers are believed to have a power over
events. Hence there is associated with this number 12-12-12 a doomsday
delusion. For another kind of spiritualist, there is a supposition that today
is a window of possibility for an evolutionary leap, that is, the forces of consciousness have
crafted this window of opportunity for us to globally create a new world order.
For some people, the day
symbolizes love, others completeness or fulfillment.
I suspect on the
other hand that if you have not yet done your Christmas shopping, you will
still have time to do that this week. 12-12-12 is simply a number. My own conviction is that
this day, like all of the other earth
days, is a day the LORD God has made and I will choose to be glad in it.
Oh,
and incidentally, today is also the sixth annual World Hoop Day, a nonprofit organization that
gives hula-hoops to children around the world to promote peace and the
importance of play. http://www.worldhoopday.org
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