The media frenzy around 2012 is building, projecting fear onto the Winter Solstice of 2012. Should we be heading into the hills and honing our survival skills? Or is this another Y2K false alarm? This lecture explores the facts and myths around the 2012 prophecies. We will look at the major planetary cycles that carry us beyond the Uranus-Pluto square of 2011-2015 and up through the Jupiter-Saturn-Pluto conjunction of 2020, along with “full spectrum living” strategies to maximize the potential of the dynamic decade ahead