Mayan Cycles

David Burton explores the trading methodology of WD Gann: Were Mayan cycles coded in WD Gann’s work?

Most have heard or read that the Mayan cycle ends on 21 December 2012, and at that time the world will end. Anyone who knows anything about cycles knows that the world will not end in such a way, especially since Mayan cycles have existed for more than 5000 years. The cycle has to do with the alignment of the sun and earth, and the winter solstice. Because the planets create a magnetic pull on the earth, we might expect earthquakes, floods, storms and extreme weather at times of alignment. Such events would inflict physical damage on many commodities and cause inflation to rise more than it is at present.

We know that to research ancient knowledge, WD Gann visited India, Egypt, and South America. I would take an educated guess that he would have studied the Mayan cycles as well, but of course we can’t know for sure. However, there are certainly some cycles that overlap when we compare Gann, the Mayans, and biblical cycles.

The Mayan calendar systems are very ancient. The 20-day cycle times thirteen equals a 260-day cycle. The Mayans also combined this time cycle with a calendar year period of 365 days, in order to generate a recurring 52-year period known as the ‘Calendar Round’. The 260-day cycle is divided into four periods of 65 days called ‘burner days’...

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