Nibiru, to the Babylonians, was the celestial body associated with the god Marduk. The name is Akkadian and means 'crossing place' or 'place of transition'. In most Babylonian texts it is identified with the planet Jupiter. In Tablet 5 of the Enuma Elish it may be the pole star, which at the time was Thuban or possibly Kochab (Ursa Minor).

The term “Nibiru” comes from the Sumerian cuneiform tablets and writings dating 5,000 years old. The term Nibiru means “Planet of the crossing”, and it's 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.

Due to its use in opposition to the phrase itebbiru “who used to cross,” Landsberger and Kinnier Wilson suggest that it refers to a stationary point in the heavens.1 In a reconstruction of Tablet V of the Enûma Elish by Landsberger and Kinnier Wilson, the word ni-bi-ri (variant: ni-bi-ru and ni-bi-a-na) is translated as “pole star.”1 The authors add in the footnotes that “Applied to Marduk, there is no question that in the late periods neberu is a planet, whether Jupiter or Mercury” however for the referenced translation of Tablet V, “pole star” is used.

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Yes, the world has been waiting for the end of days for thousands of years. Falling stars have sent people into terror of the end, since time immoral. Beneath the surface, this 2012 end of world prediction is nothing like Y2K or the lunatic fringe cult.

It is true that the world has been waiting for the end of the world for thousands of years.
This message has been so well instilled in our consciousness that falling stars have sent people into terror, since time immoral. Yet, falling stars are a normal part of the solar system's mechanism. Comets streak through near earth space and wreak havoc with our weather on a pretty regular basis. Meteors and space debris has pocked the crust of this planet with craters since the day it was created. December 21, 2012 promises to be far more than anything experienced through recorded time.

This 2012 end of world prediction is not anything like Y2K.
A simple programming error in man made machines was what Y2K was really all about. What caused the fringe elements to stock up on water, toilet paper and canned beans? The New Millenium for one and for another, everything is computer controlled. If all the control mechanisms crashed, then how would you have water to drink or be able to purchase anything? There is no end of an age calendar date anywhere to connect to the start of the 21st century.

The planet was not faced with staring down the dark rift of the Milky Way galaxy on 1-1-00.
The celestial event that took place on that day was that the star Sirius rose to west ahead of the morning sun at the tip of the Washington Monument. This particular alignment at dawn, viewed from The Mall in Washington, D.C. was monumental on it's own. It also rose over the pyramids at Giza at midnight and over Paris after that. Sirius had not been in this exact position since some 6700 years ago. In 2012, the horizontal Milky Way Galaxy will be visible in the sky directly over Washington D.C. Was this in the Mayan calendar? Certainly not, but it is in another calendar, along with being very real and approaching fast.

No one is fervently hoping that this 2012 end of world scenario actually happens.
It would take a true sadist to wish that all these catastrophic events are really going to occur. The biggest issue with all the predictions and prophecies is that no one is absolutely certain what is going to happen. We do know for a fact that something beyond our solar system is putting phenomenal pressure on Earth. The land mass around both the North and South Poles is becoming indented. This fact was publicized by NASA; along with the information the effect of this pressure is changing the shape of Earth's equator. The pressure is increasing, not dissipating which is rather alarming even to NASA.

Is global warming the prelude to 2012 end of the world?
In truth, the climatic change on Earth is not from global warming, but solar system warming. Man's abuse of the planet is not helping her out much, but the pilfering of all her natural resources and pollution is really no way to treat your own source of life itself. Many natural elements of Earth are changing in a rapid pace that began to be really noticeable over a decade ago. Has this happened before? Yes, there is evidence that major climate alterations have occurred long ago. These alone are not signs that these 2012 end of the world scenarios are real. Humanity, if only a small number of people, has survived these major world upheavals in the past. The closer the Milky Way gets to the galactic alignment, the more radical our weather will become.

The end of the Mayan calendar is not doomsday, but the arrival of a new era of humanity.
There are those that say December 21, 2012 is a date of cosmic awareness and synchronocity that will allow humanity to ascend to a new consciousness level. This group believes that prayers and meditation will erase all the strife and evil amok among man. What a beautiful world it would be too, if 2012 end of the world really turned out to be only the transformation from greed and injustice to global peace, love and prosperity.

Transforming 2012 end of world into a new era of spiritual beauty without strife, is a stretch.
First, you must rid the entire globe of hate and domination by the few. How does this faction presume that they can cleanse humanity of those who have risen to possess the riches of the world represented by its monetary wealth and population control? If meditating, chanting and prayer could stop the mechanisms of chaos and suffering, it would long ago have changed everything throughout recorded history. There have always been more wanting what was good for the people as a whole, than the number of those who wished only for the wealth of themselves. Yet, we still live in a world filled with hunger, bloodshed and confusion.

The last time the center of the Milky Way aligned with the sun the current Earth was formed.
That was 25,625 years ago as of Dec. 21, 2012. Just because the marking of time is destined to reset does not mean that 2012 end of the world is not real. Nor does it mean that it is absolutely all going to end. Learning to separate the real possibilities from the lunatic fringe is no different than putting insurance on your car, your house or your life. If you aren't prepared for what is possible, your future could be decidedly grim.

The Great Galactic Cross was known to more ancients than just the Mayas.
This astronomical alignment was also fully known to the Egyptians, most likely the Druids and definitely the early Christian leaders. There are many things that were lost to the mists of time that will be recovered. Time emits all things. Knowledge that was hidden will come to the forefront again; it is already happening to some degree. While no one is certain what will happen on December 21, 2012, end of the world as we know it appears to be approaching. Even a marked end of the current age of man will no doubt bring great pains of birth, for there are many who are not going to accept such change without a mighty fight. A fight that will no doubt lead to a great many people suffering for the obstinate refusal of those who do not want this alteration in the world to take place.

Instead of swiftly deeming 2012 end of the world a hoax, get informed.
The more facts you know, the better prepared you will be for the end of this 4th world of man. It doesn't matter if it is the end of the world, or just the end of an age. The changes coming will not be welcomed with peace and love by all. Nor do we know for a certainty that all predictions or prophecies will happen on December 21st. More likely these events will begin playing out before we arrive at this ominous date. What you need to know won't be found from watching a Hollywood movie or television programming. The truth is out there and grows more in depth every day, as long lost knowledge becomes available to more and more people. It isn't easily located, but it is there for those who seek to learn it.