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The Harmonic Convergence was the world's first synchronized global peace meditation, coinciding with an exceptional alignment of
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planets on August 16–17, 1987. The event was organized by spouses
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and Lloydine Burris Argüelles, via the Planet Art Network (PAN), a
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they founded in 1983. Timing of the Harmonic Convergence allegedly marked a significant celestial alignment of the Sun, Moon, and six planets as "part of the grand trine."


Origins

Though Arguelles eventually connected the timing of the Harmonic Convergence with his understanding of the significance of Maya calendrics, the dates themselves were derived not from Maya cosmology but from the reconstructed
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prophecies of Tony Shearer in his 1971 book ''Lord of the Dawn''. According to Shearer's interpretation of the
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, the selected date marked the end of twenty-two cycles of 52 years each, or 1,144 years in all. The twenty-two cycles were divided into thirteen "
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" cycles began, ending 468 years later in 1987. The very beginning of the nine "
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" cycles was precisely the day that
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landed in Mexico, April 22, 1519 (coinciding with "1 Reed" on the Aztec/Mayan calendar, the day sacred to Mesoamerican cultural hero Quetzalcoatl). The 9 hell cycles of 52 years each ended precisely on August 16–17, 1987. Shearer introduced the dates and the prophecy to Arguelles, and he eventually co-opted them and coined Harmonic Convergence to promote the event.


Astrological alignment

According to the astrologer Neil Michelsen's "The American Ephemeris," on 24 August 1987 there was an exceptional alignment of planets in the Solar System. Eight primary celestial bodies were aligned in an unusual configuration called a grand trine. The Sun, Moon and six out of nine planets (note: Astrology continues to consider Pluto as a “planet.”) formed part of the grand trine, that is, they were aligned at the apexes of an
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when viewed from the Earth. The Sun, Moon, Mars, and Venus were in exact alignment, astrologically called a conjunction at the first degree of
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in
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. Mercury was in the fourth degree of Virgo which most astrologers count as part of the same conjunction being within the "orb" of influence. Jupiter was in Aries, and Saturn and Uranus in Sagittarius completing the grand trine. However some believe that this is an Earth grand trine with Sun/Moon/Mars/Venus/Mercury in the initial degrees of Virgo, Neptune at 5 degrees of Capricorn, and Jupiter in the last degree of Aries ( anaretic degree), on the cusp of Taurus. Uranus, and especially Saturn are on the edge of this trine. There is disagreement regarding this occurrence being a unique event. Grand trines, where planets share 120 degree positions forming an equilateral triangle, are not uncommon or particularly noteworthy. Traditional astrology does not consider trines to be action points, and would not regard such an occurrence to be significant.


Astrological interpretations

The convergence is purported to have "corresponded with a great shift in the earth’s energy from warlike to peaceful." Believers of this esoteric prophecy maintain that the Harmonic Convergence ushered in a five-year period of Earth's "cleansing", where many of the planet's "false structures of separation" would collapse. Adherents deemed the event as beginning a new age of universal peace, with signs indicating a "major energy shift" was about to occur, a turning point in
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's collective
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and
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, and that this energy was powerful enough to change the global perspective of man from one of conflict to one of
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called it a "window of light," allowing access to higher realms of awareness. According to Argüelles, the Harmonic Convergence also began the final 25-year countdown to the end of the Mayan Long Count in
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, which would be the so-called
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and the beginning of a new 5,125-year cycle. Evils of the modern world (war, materialism, violence, abuses, injustice, oppression, etc.) would have ended with the birth of the 6th Sun and the 5th Earth on
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.


Power centers

An important part of the Harmonic Convergence observances was the idea of congregating at "power centers." Power centers were places, such as
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, California,
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, and
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where the spiritual energy was held to be particularly strong. The belief was that if
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people assembled at these power centers and meditated for peace, that the arrival of the new era would be facilitated.


See also

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'', 1987 album by the band
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including the song "Holy Lamb (Song for Harmonic Convergence)" * Harmonic Convergence (''The Legend of Korra'') *
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* World Contact Day


References

* ''Adapted in part from the
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.'' • The Legend of Korra season 2 episodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 mentioned the Harmonic Convergence


External links


Thirty Years Ago, People Tried to Save the World By Meditating
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Almanac: The Harmonic Convergence
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December 21, 2012
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