UPDATE: NASA scientists have reportedly confirmed that the
planet Nibiru will collide with Earth on December 21st. The
Nibiru collision with Earth in 2012 has been predicted for a
long time, but astrophysicists, cosmologists and astronomers
around the world have now come to a consensus that Earth will
indeed collide with the planet, which lies just outside Pluto.
Nibiru, in Babylonian Astronomy translates to “Point of
Transition” or ”Planet of Crossing,” especially of rivers, i.e.
river crossings or ferry-boats, a term of the highest point of
the ecliptic, i.e. the point of summer solstice, and its
associated constellation. The establishment of the Nibiru point
is described in tablet 5 of the Enuma Elish. Its cuneiform sign
was often a cross, or various winged disc. The Sumerian culture
was located in the fertile lands between the Euphrates and
Tigris rivers, at the southern part of today’s Iraq. As the
highest point in the paths of the planets, Nibiru was considered
the seat of the summus deus who pastures t