Cuneiform: The Origins of the Zodiac

I wish I would have studied cuneiform at university, as my soul desired. It would have served me well in my life’s greatest work. But I did not, so I try to muddle my way through it on my own.

The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative has scanned nearly 270,000 pieces of what is estimated to be over 500,000 tablet fragments. Many refer to the creation stories told from various perspectives and shared by the Sumerians, Chaldeans, Babylonians, and Assyrians. Although many scholars disagree, I believe it is plausible that these stories were later adopted by the seed of Abraham.

All we have of the cuneiform creation stories are fragments. Based on the nature of the script, it is plausible that these ancient stories are evolved from an ever earlier oral tradition. It is plausible that more advanced civilizations than ours roamed this planet before any surviving known written accounts. The surviving Mayans are clear in that they did not build their pyramids. They simply utilized the structures left by those who came before them.

And no, I do not get my source material from ancient astronaut theorists. I have listened to the ancient astronaut theory. I applaud the effort to higher perspectives. I abhor the sensationalism and the lack of any empowering narrative.

Why am I so fascinated with cuneiform writings? They give us the first written record of the Western Zodiac – the same zodiac from which our modern day, western astrology has evolved. How can we understand astrology if we do not know its roots, its people, and the culture from which it was born?

It’s Time to Write a New Story

Mythology has always been linked to astrology. Amongst other things, it is the lens through which we understand the zodiac. Now, with the recent resurgence of fascism in the United States, we need a better story. We need a mythos that empowers us to create free and just societies. A mythos that will survive the ages. And that my dear reader is exactly what the cuneiform fragments give us – IF we read enough of them, study the way the myth evolved through the ages, study them through the lens that history is told by the victor, and intuit that which was never written down and that which has not survived.