this doomsday scenario of the disturbing 2012 event is reinforced by the thought of galactic alignment. little did everyone know that we are actually currently aligned with the galactic equator right now. the alignment had started to unfold since 1980 and will egress by 2016. what effects are we expecting for this alignment? gravitational tug? the galactic equator from where we are(being at the spiral arm) is 1,600 light years. that's way too long. closest star is around several hundred light years only, and even so, we never had any field force effect of these stars, except perhaps untikl they kaboom into a supernova.