The Mayan Calendar.  Reputed to end in only four years.

 The calendar underlines the ancient understanding of the slow cycles of the cosmos.  2012 not only represents the end of this calendric cycle, it is the time of transition out of the age of Pisces and into Aquarius.  We will live to see this day come, what does it signify, and what can we learn?

The cycles of the ages is a connection between the macrocosm of the universe, and the microcosm of the bieng.  How do they interact?