Hebrew Astronomy

The Babylonians

The key to full explanation
of the "Sons of God" List is
the total of 108 sars.
We see the significance
of 108 viz. 1080 to astronomy
in the comparable Hebrew
astronomical calendar.
Since 360 x 3 = 1080 allows
finer division, the Hebrews
divided an "hour",
i.e. one full turn of a 360 degree
astronomical "clock", into 1080
subdivisions called HALAQIM.

The Enc.Brit. writes,"this
division is originally Babylonian".
See the Encyclopaedia Britannica,
Macropaedia, 15th ed., Calendar.
But the Norse tales suggest
another perhaps earlier origin
further North.
(Let us also keep in mind the
recent investigation by Ryan and
Pitman of Columbia University
and an international team
of researchers on the
Black Sea Flood ca. 7500 B.C.)

Valhalla

 Babylonians, Navajos

Bullfinch's Mythology notes
the same division of the heavens
in the Valhalla of Odin, i.e.
the "hall "of slain heroes,
which has 540 gates "from
which the warriors go out
each morning to return at night
for another banquet with the
Valkyries....",
so that these 540 gates
represent one-half
of the heavens = 1080. So,
Valhalla(m) = ALULIM
- the cycle of the heavens.

The Babylonian Anunnaki
(Ningischzida) also consisted of  
500-600 "extra-terrestrials"
constantly moving between
heaven and the underworld.
According to Werner Papke,
these were without question the
rising and setting stars. To
Anunnaki, the Navajo Indians
have the similar term Anasazi
(Ancient Ones)
and South American Indians
have their (A)Naz(a)ca figures:
constellations marked on earth.

Exclusion of ALULIM?

Even-Numbered Reigns? 

Why was ALULIM the only king
listed in both years and months?
Because the Saros cycle is a
specific astronomical cycle
of 18 years and 4 months
for a 360-day civil calendar year
using 30-day months.
Hence, Alulim must be excluded
from the total calculations
involving other kings on the list,
whose reigns are whole numbers.

Why were all reigns of other kings
on the "Sons of God"
List of Sumerian Kings
only given in EVEN numbers
(20, 20, 6, 8, 6, 10, 20, 8, 10)?
and why were their reigns
also not given in months?
Because these numbers were
used for astronomical calculation
of the heliacal risings of stars
with a Halaqim type of system.

Precession of the Equinoxes and Solstices

The usage of the number 1080 may also reflect ancient knowledge
that precession moves 1° in 72 years. In 1080 years
precession is 15°, one half-month of the precessional "great year".

The Mathematics

The ancient cultures divided the sky
into 36 "night stations" of stars.
These could be divided into a total of 108 (36 x 3) segments
or sars (Latvian zar- = "branch") for better detail.
I simply calibrated the data by potentiating 108 by 10
to get 1080 (= 360 x 3) and then dividing by 3.
This was applied to the individual "reigns" of the kings.
to get the degrees of arc of the circle.
For example, we potentiate 20 sars x 10 = 200.
Then we divide by 3, which gives 66.66 degrees (of 360 degrees).
When we do this with all of the lengths of reign, the total is 360°.
Hence, the ancients are simply "sectioning"
their ancient heavenly "clock" of stars.

CONCLUSIONS

I.
Each length of "reign" of a Sumerian "son of God"
applies to a particular NAMED "heavenly" region
of the 360-degree "circle" of heaven.

II.
The length of "reign" listed for each alleged "king"
is the distance in heliacal rising star days
between consecutive "NAMES" on the list of kings.

These names are identified in detail subsequently
as specific stars in the heavens,
moving within these six "heavenly houses",
which 6 preceded the division of the heavens into 12.

1) HABUR 2) ELLASER 3) BADTIBIRA
 4) LARAK 5) SIPPAR and 6) SHURUPPAK

III.
Each "house" covers a section of ca. 60 degrees of the circle.

1. HABUR = From the star ß-Arietis  (Aries) to the Staff of Orion - 66.7°
2. ELLASER = From the staff of Orion to LEO to Denebola - 86.7°
(ELLASER  was made larger than 60° to take Leo, the Lion, into the animal pen.)
3. BAD-TIBIRA = From Denebola to BOETHos to Vega - 46.7°
4. LARAK = From Vega to LYRA to ß-Scorpionis - 33.3°
 5. SIPPAR = From ß-Scorpionis SCORPIO to the Great Square- 66.7°
6. SHURUPPAK = Cross the Great Square , then to ß-Arietis - 60°

 The Sumerians also applied these names to their earthly city counterparts.