Why mayans predict 2017

The Pacific season starts on 15 May and lasts until 30 November, while its Atlantic counterpart lasts from 1 June to 30 November. An average of 23 hurricanes with winds of more than 63 kilometres per hour hit the country between May and November.

Of these, 14 occur in the Pacific and nine in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. The vulnerable population has been estimated at approximately four million, due to the fact that important urban centres are located along the Mexican coastline. The Pacific hurricane season was the second most active on record, with 26 named storms, including 11 severe hurricanes. Mexico has suffered many destructive hurricanes in recent years. Hurricanes Gilbert in , Pauline in , Wilma in , and Patricia in are among the most damaging storms.

Mayan experts Harvey and Victoria Bricker wanted to know. Of the thousands and thousands of books, only four survived the Spanish conquest, he said. Only one was preserved in its entirety: The Dresden Codex, named for the city where it is kept. Eclipses, more dramatic events, were signs of destruction. In the Dresden Codex, one of the four surviving codices, the sky band with two eclipses underneath is shown with water spilling out—floods were often associated with the end of the world.

The recording of these codices, as well as all other writing and drawing, was the exclusive right of the aristocracy, who were thought to carry the blood of gods. Thus, the documentation of the movement of the gods in the sky fell to the responsibility of the Maya nobility, who they believed were descended from the gods. The Maya nobility were also heavily involved in religious rituals.

In addition, one could individually go to apriest and ask to know what was going on in the spirit world that was affecting their personal life and get help to correct an ill will towards them, by curing illnesses.

In some cases preists would even predict people's futures for them. This system seems to insinuate that humans have free will, but some determined evetns.

Individuals are free to act as they want according to mayan lore. They can go and do whatever they want and know that they can cotrol their own destiny. The gods and other being only get involved to affect conditions and major events going on, but people's personal live are their own.