Maya Cosmogenisis by John Major Jenkins

Page XXXIX of Maya Cosmogenisis John Major Jenkins writes :

“The ecliptic is the path traveled by the sun, moon and planets through the sky. 12 constellations lie along the ecliptic, and the sun passes through all 12 during the course of one year. The ecliptic crosses over the Milky Way at a 60 degree angle near the constellation Sagittarius. As such, it forms a cross with the milky way, and this cosmic cross was called the Sacred Tree by the ancient Maya. ( the cross form was also known as the “crossroads”) Amazingly, the center of this cosmic cross, that is, where the December Solstice Sun will be in 2012. This alignment occurs only once every 25,800 years.

The dark rift of the Milky way looks like a dark road running along the Milky Way, and it points right at the cosmic crossing point, the center of the Maya sacred tree, right where the sun will be in 2012! The Maya called this dark rift the Black Road, or the road to the underworld. They seemed to have imagined it as a portal to another world, and the December Solstice sun can enter it only in 2012.

The area of the sky where all of these symbols and celestial objects converge is the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.

" This was perhaps the most astounding thing I discovered. The part of the Milky Way that the December solstice sun will conjunct is also where the Galactic center is located. It is the cosmic womb from which everything in our Galaxy, including humans, came”.