In the first half of the show, George spoke with author and astrological consultant Bruce Scofield about Mayan astrology. Scofield described the Maya as "expert observers" of the sky, able to accurately predict eclipses and the movement of planets. For the Maya there was no distinction between astronomy and astrology, he added. Venus was very important in Mayan thought, Scofield explained, noting how they derived a special numerical relationship of 5-to-8 from watching the planet's passage between Earth and the Sun. Scofield touched on the Mayan calendar and 2012 as well. According to Scofield, the calendar does not end at 2012, but is more "like an odometer turning over in a car." He pointed out that there are Mayan inscriptions with numbers that go beyond 2012. Scofield thinks the Maya anchored the end point of their calendar to a time when the winter solstice would be passing through the galactic equator of the Milky Way. The Mayans thought this dark-band in the stars was a road or portal to the underworld, he added.
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