The following descriptions are based on ancient Sumerian texts (including their subsequent translations into other languages).
And while these texts may also be based on ancient theories, there is reasonable cause to believe that eyewitness accounts may
not be totally out of the picture.
There is the additional factor that these ancient texts ("published" circa 3,000 to 10,000 B.C.E.) have been incredibly accurate in
describing our Solar System as it is presently constituted -- a fact we shall soon encounter. There is the added nicety that this
description existed at least 5,000 years before mainstream science developed its own currently held views. It is in fact
delightfully amusing that recent discoveries (within the last several decades) have required mainstream science to modify its
theories on the origins of the Solar System, and in many cases, to align them with the original Sumerian view.
[Incidentally, ancient Sumer was the world’s first civilization, located in the Tigris-Euphrates valley (in what is now Iraq/Kuwait),
and spanning the time from approximately 4,000 B.C.E. to 2,000 B.C.E. There will be a lot more on Sumer later on -- probably
much more than you ever really wanted to know. Meanwhile, keep in mind that B.C.E. stands for “Before Current Era”—
science’s way of avoiding the bias implications of “Before Christ” -- and “c.” or “circa” is the term to indicate an approximate date.
Actually, virtually every date in these annals is approximate, but when we reach those dates which appear reasonably accurate,
we will discard the c.’s and circas.]
The Epic of Creation (c. 4.6 billion years)
It all begins with the “Celestial Battle”, a cataclysmic event the description of which is central to the Sumerian’s cosmogony,
worldview and religion. It was an event to which references were continually being made in numerous Sumerian texts, hymns,
and proverbs (just as in the Bible’s books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, et al). It was described in detail, step by step, in the Enuma
elish, a long text that required seven tablets (keep that number, seven, in mind). The Enuma elish, with a single cosmogonic
premise, explains puzzles that baffle modern day astronomers and astrophysicists.
It begins with:
“Enuma elish...
When in the heights Heaven had not been named,
And below, Earth had not been called;
Naught, but primordial APSU, their Begetter,
MUMMU, and TIAMAT -- she who bore them all.
No reed had yet been formed, no marshland had appeared.
None of the gods had yet been brought into being,
None bore a name, their destinies were undetermined.”
In the Sumerian epic, APSU (“one who exists from the beginning") is another name for the Sun. MUMMU (“one who is born”)
becomes known as the trusted emissary of Apsu -- a possible description of the planet Mercury. TIAMAT (“maiden of life”) is an
early planet unknown to modern science.
Larger than the Earth, Tiamat apparently orbited the Sun at two to three times that of the earth’s distance from the Sun. This
would place Tiamat at about the distance of the main bulk of the asteroid belt, between where Mars and Jupiter are currently
located. Between Tiamat and Apsu, “their waters were mingled together”, i.e., the void was filled with primordial elements of
both bodies -- this situation constituting a cross between chaos and the slow accumulation of matter, particles, and elements
into ever larger bodies. At the same time, however, their “destinies were undetermined”, i.e., the orbits of the planets were not
yet stable.
“Their waters were mingled together...
Gods were formed in their midst:
God LAHMU and goddess LAHAMU were brought forth;
By name they were called.”
LAHMU (“deity of war”) probably denotes the planet Mars while LAHAMU (“lady of battles”) represents the planet Venus. Both
Mars and Venus are located between the Sun and Tiamat. Their exact locations are not important in that both were probably
roaming about in the chaotic early times.
“Before they had grown in age and in stature to an appointed size -God ANSHAR and KISHAR were formed, surpassing them.”
KISHAR (“foremost of firm lands”) is the planet Jupiter. The largest of the planets, Jupiter is indeed, “foremost” of the planets,
the location of “firm lands” (as opposed to space and the confusion of primordial matter in the Solar System). ANSHAR (“prince,
foremost of the heavens”) is the planet Saturn, with its glorious rings orbiting the gas giant. Both of these planets
overshadowed and surpassed in size both Mars and Venus. The implication is that the more inner planets had never quite had
the opportunity to grow to the size of the outer planets. At about the same time, GAGA, the emissary of Anshar (Saturn) is
created, probably as a satellite of the planet, but ultimately with a destiny of his own. Then, after a long time had passed...
“As lengthened the days and multiplied the years,
God ANU became their son—of his ancestors a rival.
Then ANSHAR’S first-born, ANU, as his equal and in his image begot EA.”
ANU (“He of the heaven”) became Uranus. Anu then begot his twin and equal, EA, also known as NUDIMMUD (“artful
creator”), or what we today call the planet Neptune.
“The divine brothers banded together; they disturbed TIAMAT as they surged back and forth.
They were troubling the “belly” of TIAMAT by their antics in the dwelling of heaven.
APSU could not lessen their clamor; TIAMAT was speechless at their ways.
Their doings were loathsome... Troublesome were their ways.”
The new planets, Uranus and Neptune, were surging back and forth in erratic orbits, often getting too close to one another,
often interfering with each other. Think of the situation as a stellar bumper car competition, with planets moving in erratic
orbits, sweeping up matter and debris from the primordial Solar System and adding it to their bulk. And in the process
interfering and threatening one another.
These antics of her “grandkids” evidently disturbed the goddess Tiamat no end. (Mothers are not always delighted with children
underfoot.) Apparently, “she who bore them all” could no longer bear them and complained to Apsu; who being just a touch on
the side of rampant egomania, responded quickly to Tiamat’s complaints. Apsu (the Sun) announced his intention to “destroy,
wreck their ways”. He conferred with Mummu in secret, but “whatever they had plotted between them: was overheard by the
other gods -- the plot to destroy them left them speechless.”
Ea, however, did not lose his wits. He devised a plot to “pour sleep upon Apsu” When the other celestial gods liked the plan, Ea
“drew a faithful map of the universe and cast a divine spell upon the primeval waters of the solar system.”
The physical mechanism of Ea’s spell is not entirely clear. The orbit of Neptune might have affected the Sun’s magnetism and
thus its irradiative outpourings, or Neptune itself, might have emitted some counter radiations of energy. In any case, the
physical equivalent was to quench the immense outpourings of primeval matter from the Sun. In effect, Apsu was “vanquished”,
“Mummu, the Counselor, was powerless to stir.” In effect, Mummu was prevented from roaming about, “bound and left behind”,
a lifeless planet close to the Sun. Neptune apparently stopped the process of the Sun emitting any more of the energy and
matter to create additional planets, deprived the Sun of its creativity, and thereby brought temporary peace to the Solar System.
The Solar System then became known as “the abode of EA”. Any additional planets could now come only from “The Deep”, the
far reaches of space beyond the outermost planet (at the time), Neptune.
c. 4.1 Billion: Ah yes, from the deep space beyond Neptune: An intruder!
“In the Chamber of Fates, the place of Destinies,
A god was engendered, most able and wisest of gods;
In the heart of the Deep was NIBIRU created.
Alluring was his figure, sparkling the lift of his eyes;
Lordly was his gait, commanding as of olden times...
Greatly exalted was he above the gods, exceeding throughout...
He was the loftiest of the gods, surpassing was his height;
His members were enormous, he was exceedingly tall.
When he moved his lips, fire blazed forth.”
Nibiru was also, obviously enough, the first to use really good Public Relations.
In the Akkadian version of the original Sumerian text and from which the Enuma elish is taken, the glorious intruder is referred
to as MARDUK. This, however, is an early example of revisionist history, inasmuch as the god of Babylon at the time of the
Akkadian Empire was named Marduk. His destiny was not that of a humble, self-effacing god. Marduk had had to raise hell to
reach his exalted position (the story of which will be offered herein in a later missle), and was now apparently trying to take on
the glory of the original Nibiru. It’s not an uncommon practice, even today.
[We, however, are not prone to tolerating revisionism, and (indirectly assume that Marduk is no longer the god to which all
must demonstrate their allegiance). Thus we will hereafter refer to the intruder planet as Nibiru. This would be in keeping with
the bulk of the Sumerian texts.]
Nibiru, arriving from the outermost depths of interstellar space, did not possess a pedigree of which we are aware. There is no
evidence in the Sumerian records from whence this planet came, or the circumstances of its birth. (We’re not even sure Nibiru
was legitimate!) But as a new-born planet on his arrival in our environs, belching fire and flashing radiation all about (on the
make, so to speak), legitimacy was probably not the initial nor even the primary concern. Peace and stability were threatened.
Worse yet, Nibiru was unique in that it was traveling in a retrograde motion, i.e., in an opposite direction from all the other
planets of the Solar System. This is akin to entering an eight lane (in one direction) freeway in the wrong direction! There is,
admittedly, a fair amount of space with which to dodge the on-coming traffic, but it’s a fair bet that there will be a reasonable
amount of excitement generated nonetheless.
For this reason, if for no other, as Nibiru neared the other planets, “they heaped upon him their awesome flashes”, and he shone
brightly “clothed with the halo of ten gods.” In effect, Nibiru’s approach stirred up electromagnetic emissions from the various
planets and Sun. Nibiru first passed by the planet that “begot” him, that pulled him into the Solar System, the planet
Ea/Neptune. It was Neptune’s gravitational attraction that rounded out Nibiru’s path, “making it good for its purpose”.
Nibiru was in a very plastic stage at this time, apparently early in its cosmogony. The gravitational attraction of Neptune caused
the side of Nibiru to bulge, as though he had a “second head”. There is the distinct possibility Neptune’s largest moon, Triton,
being created at this point. This is suggested by the fact that Triton also has a retrograde motion in contradistinction to virtually
all of the other satellites of all of the other planets in the Solar System. By the time Nibiru reached the vicinity of Anu/Uranus,
chunks of matter began to tear away from the intruding planet (the same sort of process that may have created Triton). The
result was the formation of at least four satellites of Nibiru:
“Anu brought forth and fashioned the four sides,
Consigned their power to the leader of the host.”
Called “winds”, these “four sides” were thrust into a fast orbit around Nibiru, “swirling like a whirlwind”. At the same time,
Uranus may have taken a massive “hit”, flipping its axis of rotation on its side, while one of its moons, Miranda, may still show
the scars of the encounter. In addition, some of the satellites of Uranus may have been fashioned at this time.
Moving right along, Nibiru was then affected by the gravitational and magnetic forces of the larger planets, Saturn and Jupiter.
The rendezvous with Saturn was particularly fateful, for it was here that Nibiru “kissed Anshar’s lips” (a description, incidentally,
vastly superior to a modern science estimation of the number of megatons of TNT detonated by a celestial collision). The result
was that the Nibiru-Saturn encounter “changed the destiny of Nibiru” (i.e. determined its orbit about the Sun).
[It might be noted, parenthetically, that it’s not necessary to the theory for Nibiru, after encountering Neptune, to have then
proceeded directly to its rendezvous with Uranus. It may very well have been that Nibiru, on the “fast track” caused by its new
orbit about the Sun (the result of the encounter with Neptune) interacted with Uranus on a subsequent orbit. The orbital period
of Nibiru, as we will eventually learn, is estimated at 3,600 years -- a very long orbital period for our Solar System, but when
taken in context of possibly millions of years for Nibiru “to make the rounds”, quickly fades in comparison.]
[Similarly, the subsequent encounters with other members of the Solar System may have occurred in yet later (or even earlier)
orbits. It would appear, therefore, that the Sumerian version, lacking the eyewitness vantage at the time of the events, was not
willing to venture a guess as to the exact sequencing of all of the events -- BUT, that in the true spirit of literary license, arranged
the events in a sequence appropriate to a dramatic unfolding! On the other hand (a common occurrence in these annals), the
encounter with Saturn the first time around may have been critical to the creation of a solar-oriented orbit for Nibiru.
Furthermore, the harmonic connections between the planets of the Solar System (a subject to be held in suspense until the
second part of our series) might suggest at least the possibility of the sequencing described by the Enuma elish. And if you're not
into suspense, see The Harmony of the Spheres.]
Meanwhile, back in the environs of Saturn, the brief affair between Anshar and Nibiru moved Gaga (formerly attached to
Saturn) in the direction of Mars and Venus, into “the inner circles” of the Solar System, and in a new orbit considerably more
eccentric (inclined to the plane of the Elliptic) and considerably more elliptical than circular. This extremely elliptical orbit
subsequently resulted in Gaga sweeping out as far (or further) than Neptune, until at one point in the future, Uranus and
Neptune “addressed it” and fashioned its current orbit into that of the planet Pluto. Pluto, originally a satellite of Saturn, thus
became a planet.
[This contradicts mainstream astronomy’s guess that Pluto was an escaped moon of Neptune. However, Pluto may also have
spent some time interacting with Neptune, and thus its life path is only indicated by the last phase of its journey.]
Finally, the encounters with Saturn and Jupiter also bent Nibiru’s path even more inward, into the Solar System, toward Tiamat,
and in the process, disturbed all of the inner planets.
“He produced streams, disturbed Tiamat; the gods were not at rest, carried as in a storm.”
The gravitational pull of Nibiru began to tear away parts of Tiamat. From her midst there emerged eleven “monsters”, a
“growling, raging” throng of satellites who “separated themselves” from her body and marched at her side. As if preparing
herself to meet the onrushing intruder, Tiamat “crowned them with halos” (planetary electromagnetic fields), giving them the
appearance of gods (i.e. planets). Whether or not the throng was created on the first pass of Nibiru to Tiamat and thereafter the
two planets commenced to do “battle” on a subsequent pass, or whether the “celestial battle” began in the midst of their first
meeting, is not clear from the texts. But once engaged, the “celestial battle” had begun:
“She has set up an Assembly and is furious with rage...
Withall, eleven of this kind she brought forth....
They thronged and marched at the side of Tiamat;
Enraged, they plot ceaselessly day and night.
They are set for combat, fuming and raging;
They have assembled, prepared for conflict.”
Of particular note was Tiamat’s chief satellite, KINGU (“great emissary”).
“From among the gods who formed her host, her first-born, KINGU, she elevated; in their midst she made him great.
To be head of her ranks, to command her host, to raise weapons for the encounter, to be in the lead for combat, in the
battle to be the commander -These to the hand of KINGU she entrusted, as she caused him to be in her host,
‘I have cast a spell for thee,’ she said to him; ‘I have made thee great in the assembly of the gods;
Dominion over the gods I have given unto thee,
Verily, thou art supreme!’”
Subjected to the gravitational pull of Nibiru, Kingu evidently began to shift away from Tiamat, the end result of which could be
an independent orbit for Kingu. It was this granting to Kingu of a “Tablet of Destinies” -- a planetary path of his own -- that
especially upset the outer planets/gods. Ea was the first to ask, “Who had granted Tiamat the right to bring forth new planets?”
He took the problem to Anshar, the giant Saturn. All that Tiamat had plotted, to him Ea repeated:
“...she has set up an Assembly and is furious with rage...
She had added matchless weapons, has borne monster-gods...
Withal eleven of this kind she has brought forth;
From among the gods who formed her Assembly,
She has elevated KINGU, her first-born, made him chief...
She has given him a Tablet of Destinies, fastened it on his breast.”
Unfortunately, none of the other planets were eager to take on Tiamat. Except, of course, Nibiru (whom the others quickly
labeled as their “Avenger”). And naturally, there was a price to pay!
“If I, indeed, as your Avenger am to vanquish Tiamat, save your lives -Convene an Assembly to proclaim my Destiny supreme!”
Nibiru was thus granted his “destiny”, a relatively fixed orbit about the Sun, and was to be supreme among all the celestial gods.
In the process, Gaga (ultimately to become Pluto) was loosened from his orbit about Anshar/Saturn and allowed to visit all the
other planets in the course of its strongly elliptical orbit. Anshar gave Gaga his marching orders:
“Anshar opened his mouth, to GAGA, his Counselor, a word he addressed...
‘Be on they way, GAGA, take the stand before the gods, and that which I shall tell thee, repeat thou unto them.’”
Passing by the other gods/planets, Gaga urged them to “fix your decrees for Nibiru”. This was apparently a successful venture,
because as the Avenger passed by Jupiter and Saturn and subject to their tremendous gravitational pull, Nibiru “brought forth”
three more satellites -- “Evil Wind, Whirl Wind, and Matchless Wind” -- to add to his existing arsenal of the four “Winds”.
“The Lord [NIBIRU] went forth, followed his course;
Towards the raging TIAMAT he set his face...
The Lord approached to scan the innerside of TIAMAT -The scheme of KINGU, her consort, to perceive.
As he [NIBIRU] looks on, his course becomes upset,
His direction is distracted, his goings are confused.
When the gods, his helpers, who were marching at his side,
Saw the valiant KINGU, blurred became their vision.
TIAMAT emitted a roar... the Lord raised the flooding storm.
TIAMAT and NIBIRU, the wisest of gods, advanced against one another;
They pressed on to single combat, they approached for battle.
The Lord spread out his net to enfold her;
The Evil Wind, the rearmost, he unleashed at her face.
As she opened her mouth, TIAMAT, to devour him -He drove in the Evil Wind so that she closed not her lips.
The fierce storm Winds then charged her belly;
Her body became distended; her mouth had opened wide.
He shot there through an arrow, it tore her belly; it cut through her insides, tore into her womb.
Having thus subdued her, her life-breath he extinguished.
After he had slain TIAMAT, the leader, her band was shattered,
Her host broken up, the gods, her helpers who marched at her side,
Trembling with fear, turned their backs about so as to save and preserve their lives.”
The Basic Idea
Consider the ramifications of all of this. A young and still unstable Solar System, made up of the Sun and eight planets, was
invaded some 4 billions years ago by a large planet from outer space. The intruder approached as a comet, but in a retrograde
motion, opposite to all of the members of the Solar System. Influenced by the gravitational attraction of the outermost planet,
Neptune, the intruder is brought into the Solar System, making a close approach and leaving its mark on the outer planet.
Eventually, this planet, Nibiru, passes by Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter, in each case interacting strongly, creating seven satellites,
and having its orbit altered toward the inner Solar System, on a collision course with Tiamat.
Of particular importance, however, is the fact that Nibiru and Tiamat do not collide! It was Nibiru’s satellites that crashed into
Tiamat. The collisions distended the body of Tiamat, making a wide cleavage (but not the kind of cleavage for which many
females yearn), and then with an immense bolt of electricity from the energy-charged Nibiru, Tiamat’s own electric and
magnetic fields were neutralized (“extinguished her life-breath”).
This first encounter with Tiamat left her fissured and lifeless, but her fate, as well as Kingu’s, was still to be determined. The fate,
however, of her other ten, smaller satellites was determined at once. Their shattered remains were turned into comets—orbiting
in wildly eccentric orbits, in diverse planes (as opposed to the planar nature of the Solar System’s planets), and because of
Nibiru’s retrograde motion, in their own retrograde motion (“Trembling with fear, they turned their backs about”).
The battle also resulted in Nibiru taking from Kingu his “Tablet of Destinies” (Kingu’s potentially independent orbit) and
attaching it to his own -- Nibiru’s orbit being bent into a permanent solar orbit, albeit an extremely elliptical orbit. Having
“vanguished” Tiamat, Nibiru continued on past the Sun, past the outer planets, and after along time, returned to “strengthen his
hold on the vanquished gods,” Tiamat and Kingu.
Having now completed his first-ever orbit around the Sun, Nibiru...
“...then returned to TIAMAT, whom he had subdued.
The Lord paused to view her lifeless body.
To divide the monster he then artfully planned.
Then, as a mussel, he split her into two parts.
The Lord trod upon Tiamat’s hinder part;
With his weapon the connected skull he cut loose;
He severed the channels of her blood;
And caused the North Wind to bear it to places that have been unknown.”
It’s time for the Birthday Girl, Earth!
The second collision between Nibiru and Tiamat, splits Tiamat into two pieces. Another of Nibiru’s satellites crashes into one of
the separated parts, Tiamat’s skull, cuts it loose and then “escorted” by his North Wind to a new orbit -- one that would
eventually orbit the Sun at an average distance of some 93 million miles -- creates the Earth and its own “Tablet of Destinies”!
Better yet, the newest planet was even given a “head start”. (Yes, yes, I know -- unforgivable!) Meanwhile, the lower half of
Tiamat had another fate: On a subsequent orbit, Nibiru himself hits it, smashing it into pieces, thus creating the asteroid belt:
“The [other] half of her he set up as a screen for the skies:
Locking them together, as watchmen he stationed them...
He bent Tiamat’s tail to form the Great Band as a bracelet.”
The dismembering of Tiamat created, according to the Sumerian texts, the “Heaven and Earth.” Furthermore,
after Nibiru’s North Wind had pushed Earth to its new celestial location, Earth acquired its own orbit around the Sun (resulting
in our seasons) and received its axial rotation (giving us night and day). The Sumerian texts also claim that after Nibiru had
created the Earth, he “alloted [to Earth] the days of the Sun, and established the precincts of day and night.”
In chronological order, the Sumerian texts continue with the shaping of the Earth. At first it is consumed with gushing lava
(Tiamat’s “spittle”); then with the formation of the atmosphere, the oceans of Earth, and the continents. After the “cloud waters
were gathered”, the oceans began to form and the “foundations” of Earth -- its continents -- were raised. As “the making of cold”
-- a cooling off -- took place, rain and mist appeared. Meanwhile, the “spittle” continued to pour forth, “laying in layers”, shaping
Earth’s topography.
“Putting TIAMAT’s head [Earth] into position,
He raised the mountains thereon.
He opened the springs, the torrents to draw off.
Through her eyes he released the Tigris and Euphrates.
From her teats he formed the lofty mountains,
Drilled springs for wells, the water to carry off.”
Nibiru is also credited with having “made the divine Moon appear... designated him to mark the night, define the days every
month.” The Moon thus became the “celestial god who protects Earth” and resides “within her heavenly pressure [gravitational
field].” In effect this is a transformed Kingu, which the Epic of Creation specifically excluded from the “host” of Tiamat that was
shattered and scattered and put into reverse motion around the Sun as comets. Then after Nibiru had completed his first orbit
and returned to the scene of the battle, he decreed Kingu’s separate fate:
“And Kingu, who had become chief among them,
He made shrink;
As god DUG.GA.E he counted him.
He took from him the Tablet of Destinies, not rightfully his.”
Kingu remained a “god” -- a planetary member of the Solar System, but without an orbit of his own. (Hey! He backed the
wrong horse.! Still, Nibiru let him keep his job of “protector”, only for Earth instead of Tiamat. But Kingu had another price to
pay.
In the midst of the celestial battle, Kingu had been stripped of his “vital” elements: atmosphere and waters. Kingu had also been
shrunk in size and transformed into a celestial duggae, a “mass of lifeless clay”. This description of our Moon pretty well
correlates with what we now know of the Moon’s characteristics and history. It also explains NASA’s findings regarding a huge
collision, “when celestial bodies the size of large cities came crashing into the Moon.”
The battle over, the results glorious and appropriately lauded, the victorious Nibiru then took a quick victory lap around the solar
track. Nibiru “crossed the heavens and surveyed the regions.” This time his attention focused on “the dwelling of Ea/Neptune,
to fix a final “destiny” for Gaga, the former satellite of Anshar/Saturn—who had been doing all the shuttle diplomacy between
the planets, acting as “emissary” of Saturn. In one of his final acts (at least as far as the Epic of Creation is concerned), the planet
Nibiru assigned the celestial god, Gaga, “to a hidden place”, a hitherto unknown orbit facing “the deep” (outer space).
Appropriately, Gaga also got his gold watch, as Nibiru entrusted to him the “counsellorship of the Watery Deep.” Sounds like an
impressive title, but it also sounds a bit like being given the job of “Royal Commander of All You Survey” and then posted to
northern Greenland. A name change was also appropriate, and Gaga became US.MI (“one who shows the way”), also known as
our outermost (at least most of the time) planet, Pluto.
[Please note that I have refrained from commenting on the name, US.MI.]
Our Solar System had now reached its present state, a grand composition of twelve major (from the viewpoint of Earth) celestial
bodies. These included Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and Nibiru -- with the
asteroid belt located predominantly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. And of course, each celestial body had a ruling god
as its counterpart.
If you’ve ever wondered why the number twelve shows up so much in our lives (12 months, 12 tribes, 12 jurors, etcetera), now
you know.