Nibiru – as understood by most modern readers – is complete B.S. And what I mean by that is that the idea of some exoplanet from beyond our solar system orbiting in every 3600 years and coming close enough to cause catastrophes on earth – yet magically not quite close enough to mess up Earth’s orbit and kill us all in any of the last however many thousands of approaches – is not scientifically plausible. The idea was made up by the popular author Zechariah Sitchin, but it’s garbage.
There is a wonderful scholarly analysis of Nibiru by a PhD here: http://www.sitchiniswrong.com/nibiru.pdf
Let’s go straight to the source for some real insights on Nibiru:
In the Sumerian creation epic, the Enuma Elish, Nibiru is mentioned many times. The root of the word means “crossing point“ and although it is usually used in conjunction with a god, a star, or another astronomical body, it is sometimes used to merely represent a bridge over a river, a gateway, or a door.
Nibiru is often referred to as the great god Marduk’s star or planet. It has been associated with Jupiter (many times) Mercury (once) the pole star, and an otherwise unnamed star. It is described as appearing irregularly and appearing every year, and is described as having a fixed position and as having changed its position. I believe this confusion is because the true importance of Nibiru is in the form of an alignment of multiple heavenly bodies. I believe this was understood by earlier Sumerian writers, but that the concept was no longer fully understood by later Babylonians who still used its name with single heavenly bodies.
If you have read my books (End Times and 2019 – Antichrist 2016-2019) you know that I believe the single most important alignment in the sky occurs when the winter solstice sun is in alignment with the galactic center – and is met by Jupiter. This event is an astronomical marker in time – a clue to the timing of one of Dr. Paul LaViolette’s galactic superwaves arriving based on the periodic activity (Seyfert phase) of the massive black hole at the galactic center. This is the astronomical representation of God becoming manifest in the sky, because when this occurs, the galactic center is suddenly visible, even in daytime. The last time this event was visible, it was known to the Egyptians as the Eye of Horus; in India as the Navel of Vishnu; to Hebrews as the Shekinah Glory; to Muslims it is the Tariq Star; to the Hopi it is the Blue Star Kachina…
It sits at the crossing point of the Milky Way (the “spine” of the galaxy provides a visible line in the sky) and the path of the ecliptic – the course/line followed by the sun and planets through the signs of the zodiac. At this crossing point of the two lines is the galactic center, which periodically becomes brightly visible at the time when an incoming superwave arrives and causes destruction like a pole shift. This is the Mayan conjunction of the four roads in the sky and when the winter solstice sun (the sun on its shortest, weakest, dying day) appears at this crossroads it is represented by Jesus dying on the cross and being reborn a few days later.
So when the Enuma Elish cuneiform tells us “Nibiru is his [Marduk’s in context] star, which he made appear in the heavens” (Tablet VII, line 130-131) we know Nibiru “appears” – it had not been visible, then it becomes visible, like the galactic center during a Seyfert phase…
When the Enuma Elish says “let Nibiru be the holder of the crossing place of the heaven and of the earth” (Tablet VII, line 124) we know Nibiru sits at an important crossing place in the sky – in my opinion, the crossing point of the ecliptic and the Milky Way.
As the galactic center is normally not visible, but is brightly illuminated at the start of horrific events that periodically cause a pole shift – which happens to occur when the winter solstice sun is near the galactic center in conjunction with Jupiter – this conjunction is also associated with our sun, and with Jupiter, and with the pole shift that sets a new course for the heavenly bodies in the sky. The heavenly bodies do not actually change course, but because the ground beneath us moves in relation to our axis of rotation the course of heavenly bodies appears to change, from the view of survivors of the pole shift.
“He [Marduk in context] set fast the position of Nibiru to fix their [the stars] bounds” (Tablet V, Line 6) – the galactic center is the central and most important point in the sky, newly visible and appearing at the time of destruction of the former world, so the crossing point it marks must seem very important. This new eye of God appearing in the sky must seem to be responsible for setting the new course of the stars and planets in the sky.
One other mention from outside the Enuma Elish is also worth noting, as it describes the central position (in the central bulge of the Milky Way) and controlling role Nibiru plays in the new order in the sky when we are told “after the gods of the night [the stars] have been finished, dividing the sky in half, this star is Nibiru.” (Astrolabe B, the Star catalogue known as “KAV 218B ii, lines 29-32)
So in summary, I believe Nibiru originally represented a god-star-crossing-point – the crucial alignment which occurs with Jupiter and the sun at the suddenly visible galactic center during a pole shift, but that this understanding was lost already by Babylonian times, because the galactic center only remains visible for a few centuries. Eventually the correct understanding of Nibiru, and how the galactic center’s periodic active phases lead to pole shifts – this understanding was lost over time – leading to improper use of the name Nibiru for multiple heavenly bodies, causing much confusion, greatly compounded by the false teachings of Sitchin in modern times.
In summary, not every dot of light in the night sky means Nibiru is approaching. Not every lens flare in a photograph is Nibiru. Statistically, any rogue star or planet crossing near enough to Earth to cause devastation every 3600 years (for which there is no serious evidence) would have entirely destroyed the planet ages ago. While I do think the real “Nibiru” (the galactic center) will be visible in the sky soon because I think evidence points to a pole shift coming in late 2019, I merely believe Nibiru refers to the newly visible galactic center experiencing its active/Seyfert phase, not some non-existent rogue planet allegedly approaching us.
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